SKILL GUIDE

Defence

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Level unlocks

LevelUnlockRequirements
1Wear bronze armour—
1Wear iron armour—
1Wear leather armour—
1Wear wizard robes—
1Wield bronze defendersP2P—
1Wield iron defendersP2P—
5Wear steel armour—
5Wear red decorative armour—
5Wield steel defenders (with 5 Attack)P2P5 Attack
10Wear black armour—
10Wear hardleather bodies—
10Wear Black masks (with 20 Strength and 40 combat)P2P20 Strength
10Wear Slayer helmets (with 55 Crafting and 400 Slayer reward points spent)P2P55 Crafting
10Wear white armour (with Wanted! completed)P2P—
10Wear Xerician robes (with 20 Magic)P2P20 Magic
10Wield black defenders (with 10 Attack)P2P10 Attack
10Wield oak shieldsP2P—
10Wield hard leather shields (with 20 Ranged)P2P20 Ranged
10Required to complete hard Desert DiaryP2P—
20Wear mithril armour—
20Wear studded bodies (with 20 Ranged)20 Ranged
20Wear white decorative armour—
20Wear initiate armour (with 10 Prayer and Recruitment Drive completed)P2P10 Prayer
20Wear mystic robes (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
20Wear enchanted robes (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
20Wear robes of darkness (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
20Wear Shayzien armour - Tiers 2-5 require the previous tier to obtain when fighting soldiers in the Combat RingP2P—
20Wear yak-hide armourP2P—
20Wield mithril defenders (with 20 Attack)P2P20 Attack
20Required for Rag and Bone Man IIP2P—
20Required to complete medium Falador DiaryP2P—
20Wear corrupted Ancient Warriors' equipment (only usable in Bounty Hunter)P2P—
25Wear frog-leather armour (with 25 Ranged)P2P25 Ranged
25Wear infinity robes (with 50 Magic)P2P50 Magic
25Wield Neitiznot shieldP2P—
30Wear adamant armour—
30Wear gold decorative armour—
30Wear Fremennik helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P—
30Wear Ram skull helms (with Rag and Bone Man II completed)P2P—
30Wear proselyte armour (with 20 Prayer and Slug Menace completed)P2P20 Prayer
30Wear Inquisitor's armour (with 70 Strength)P2P70 Strength
30Wear snakeskin armour (with 30 Ranged)P2P30 Ranged
30Wear 3rd Age mage robes (with 65 Magic)P2P65 Magic
30Wield adamant defenders (with 30 Attack)P2P30 Attack
30Wield Fremennik shields (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P—
30Wield willow shieldsP2P—
30Wield snakeskin shields (with 30 Ranged)P2P30 Ranged
30Wear Masori armour (with 80 Ranged)P2P80 Ranged
30Required for Between a Rock...P2P—
35Wear samurai armourP2P—
40Wear rune armour (with Dragon Slayer I completed for platebody)—
40Wear green d'hide bodies (with 40 Ranged and Dragon Slayer I completed)40 Ranged
40Wear rock-shell armour (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P—
40Wear spined armour (with 40 Ranged and The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P40 Ranged
40Wear blue d'hide bodies (with 50 Ranged)P2P50 Ranged
40Wear red d'hide bodies (with 60 Ranged)P2P60 Ranged
40Wear black d'hide bodies (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed d'hide bodies (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed coifs (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed d'hide boots (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed d'hide shields (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear Hueycoatl hide bodies (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear Hueycoatl hide coifs (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear skeletal armour (with 40 Magic and The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P40 Magic
40Wear splitbark armour (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
40Wear lunar equipment (with 65 Magic and Lunar Diplomacy completed)P2P65 Magic
40Wear Dagon'hai robes (with 70 Magic)P2P70 Magic
40Wear fighter torsos (purchased with 375 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P—
40Wear penance skirts (with 60 Ranged, 375 Honour points in each role, and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P60 Ranged
40Wear penance gloves (purchased with 150 Honour points in each role in Barbarian Assault)P2P—
40Wear runner boots (purchased with 100 Honour points in each role in Barbarian Assault)P2P—
40Wear sunfire fanatic armour (with 60 Prayer)P2P60 Prayer
40Wield rune defenders (with 40 Attack)P2P40 Attack
40Wield maple shieldsP2P—
40Wield yew shieldsP2P—
40Wield magic shieldsP2P—
40Wield redwood shieldsP2P—
40Wield green d'hide shields (with 40 Ranged)P2P40 Ranged
40Wield blue d'hide shields (with 50 Ranged)P2P50 Ranged
40Wield red d'hide shields (with 60 Ranged)P2P60 Ranged
40Wield black d'hide shields (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wield V's shield (with 60 Slayer and partial completion of The Fremennik Exiles)P2P60 Slayer
40Required for Lunar DiplomacyP2P—
42Wear Void Knight equipment (with 42 Attack, Strength, Magic, Ranged, Hitpoints, and 22 Prayer)P2P42 Attack, 22 Prayer
42Required to complete elite Western Provinces DiaryP2P—
45Wear berserker helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P—
45Wear warrior helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P—
45Wear archer helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P—
45Wear farseer helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P—
45Wear fighter hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P—
45Wear ranger hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P—
45Wear healer hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P—
45Wear runner hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P—
45Wear 3rd Age range equipment (with 65 Ranged)P2P65 Ranged
45Wear Zaryte vambraces (with 80 Ranged)P2P80 Ranged
45Wield spirit shields (with 55 Prayer)P2P55 Prayer
50Wear dwarven helmets (with Grim Tales completed)P2P—
50Wear granite armour (with 50 Strength)P2P50 Strength
50Wear zombie helmets (with 50 Strength)P2P50 Strength
50Wear swampbark armour (with 50 Magic)P2P50 Magic
50Wear mixed hide armour (with 60 Ranged)P2P60 Ranged
50Wear blood moon armour (with 75 Strength)P2P75 Strength
50Wear blue moon armour (with 75 Magic)P2P75 Magic
50Wear eclipse moon armour (with 75 Ranged)P2P75 Ranged
50Required to complete hard Falador DiaryP2P—
55Wear the Helm of Neitiznot (with The Fremennik Isles completed)P2P—
60Wear dragon armour (with Legends' Quest completed for square shield and Dragon Slayer I completed for platebody)P2P—
60Wear obsidian armourP2P—
60Wear bloodbark armour (with 60 Magic)P2P60 Magic
60Wield dragon defendersP2P—
60Wield toktz-ket-xilP2P—
60Wield odium wardsP2P—
60Wield malediction wardsP2P—
65Use Chivalry (with 60 Prayer and completing the Knight Waves Training Grounds)P2P60 Prayer
65Wear Bandos armourP2P—
65Wear 3rd Age melee equipmentP2P—
65Wear ancestral robes (with 75 Magic)P2P75 Magic
65Required for King's RansomP2P—
65Highest possible requirement for the elite clue scrollsP2P—
70Use Piety (with 70 Prayer and completing the Knight Waves Training Grounds)P2P70 Prayer
70Use Rigour (with 74 Prayer and unlocked using a dexterous prayer scroll)P2P74 Prayer
70Use Augury (with 77 Prayer and unlocked using an arcane prayer scroll)P2P77 Prayer
70Wear Neitiznot faceguard (with The Fremennik Exiles completed)P2P—
70Wear Barrows equipment (with 70 Ranged for Karil the Tainted's equipment, or 70 Magic for Ahrim the Blighted's equipment)P2P70 Ranged, 70 Magic
70Wear crystal armour (with 50 Agility and Song of the Elves completed)P2P50 Agility
70Wear Armadyl armour (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
70Wear Boots of Brimstone (with 70 Magic and Ranged)P2P70 Magic
70Wield crystal shields (with 50 Agility and Roving Elves completed)P2P50 Agility
70Wield Avernic defenders (with 70 Attack)P2P70 Attack
70Wield blessed spirit shields (with 60 Prayer)P2P60 Prayer
70Required to complete hard Kandarin DiaryP2P—
70Required to complete hard Morytania DiaryP2P—
70Required to complete elite Kandarin DiaryP2P—
70Highest possible requirement for the master clue scrollsP2P—
75Wear serpentine helmsP2P—
75Wear Justiciar armourP2P—
75Wear Virtus robes (with 78 Magic)P2P78 Magic
75Wear guardian bootsP2P—
75Wear echo bootsP2P—
75Wear primordial boots (with 75 Strength)P2P75 Strength
75Wear eternal boots (with 75 Magic)P2P75 Magic
75Wear pegasian boots (with 75 Ranged)P2P75 Ranged
75Wield dragonfire shields (with partial completion of Dragon Slayer I)P2P—
75Wield ancient wyvern shields (with 70 Magic and partial completion of Dragon Slayer I)P2P70 Magic
75Wield dragonfire wards (with 70 Ranged and partial completion of Dragon Slayer I)P2P70 Ranged
75Wield Dinh's bulwarks (with 75 Attack)P2P75 Attack
75Wield elysian spirit shields (with 75 Prayer)P2P75 Prayer
75Wield arcane spirit shields (with 70 Prayer and 65 Magic)P2P70 Prayer, 65 Magic
75Wield spectral spirit shields (with 70 Prayer and 65 Magic)P2P70 Prayer, 65 Magic
75Wield twisted bucklers (with 75 Ranged)P2P75 Ranged
78Wear oathplate armourP2P—
78Wear Ancient Warriors' equipment (only usable in Bounty Hunter)P2P—
80Wear Torva armourP2P—
80Wear ferocious gloves (with 80 Attack and Dragon Slayer II completed)P2P80 Attack
80Wear Fortified Masori armour (with 80 Ranged)P2P80 Ranged
80Wear Avernic treads and its maxed variants (with 80 Strength, 80 Ranged, and 80 Magic)P2P80 Strength, 80 Ranged, 80 Magic
80Wield Elidinis' ward (with 80 Magic and 80 Prayer)P2P80 Magic, 80 Prayer
80Wield Elidinis' ward (f) (with 80 Magic and 80 Prayer)P2P80 Magic, 80 Prayer
99Skill mastery—
99Buy the Defence cape and hood from Harlan in Lumbridge, and wear themP2P—
99Jump-over the Rockslide to reach Mac's islandP2P—

Temporary boosts

  • Defence cape

    +1 · Visible

  • Kebab

    +2 · Visible

  • Varlamorian kebab

    +2 · Visible

  • Poison chalice

    +1 or 4 · Visible

  • Spicy stew

    +±0-5 · Visible

  • Excalibur

    +8 · Visible

  • Defence mix

    +3-12 · Visible

  • Elder (-)

    +4-13 · Visible

  • Overload (-)

    +4-13 · Visible

  • Elder potion

    +5-17 · Visible

  • Overload (Chambers of Xeric)

    +5-17 · Visible

  • Sapphire glacialis (item)

    +4-18 · Visible

  • Sapphire glacialis mix

    +4-18 · Visible

  • Bandages (Theatre of Blood)

    +4-18 · Visible

  • Super defence

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Super def. mix

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine super defence potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Super combat potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine super combat potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Bastion potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine bastion potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Battlemage potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine battlemage potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Overload (Nightmare Zone)

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Smouldering heart

    +?-20 · Visible

  • Elder (+)

    +6-21 · Visible

  • Overload (+)

    +6-21 · Visible

  • Moonlight potion

    +3-26 · Visible

  • Smelling salts

    +11-26 · Visible