Attack

For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Attack skill, see Attack/Level up table.

For the Attack training guide, see Attack training.

Attack

Released

15 April 2025 (Update)

Description

Defeat enemies with melee weapons to level this skill.

Attack is one of the skills in Runescape: Dragonwilds and is one of the three combat styles. Fighting monsters using melee combat levels a player's Attack to gain various bonuses that enhance their effectiveness with the skill.

Players can either use their unarmed fists or melee weapons while in combat to earn Attack experience. The higher the tier of the weapon, the higher the base damage, and thus the more experience earned. To effectively combat, see Attack/Strategies for more details.

In addition, players can gain experience from Attack Skill Tomes or from special reward tomes like the Tome of the Dragon Slayer.

Equipment

Weapons

Melee weapons are split into two categories: one-handed and two-handed weapons. One-handed weapons allow players to also wield a shield. Some weapons have unique special attacks while some classes of weapons have the same special attack across variants.

Shields

Shields allow players to parry while using melee which can apply debuffs to monsters and reduce the damage received by attacks.

Armour

Players can earn set bonuses when wearing armour of the same combat type (i.e., melee, ranged, mage) and can mix and match within that type. For example, a player wearing a Paladin's helm (melee), green dragonhide body (ranged), and white platelegs (melee) will get the second tier of melee set bonuses and the first tier of ranged set bonuses. The melee armour set bonuses are:

1/3 -33% block stamina cost
2/3 +50% critical chance after blocking
3/3 +25% damage to staggered targets

Consumables

Players can consume certain crafted materials to receive a temporary boost to damage or allow their melee attacks to apply debuffs to monsters.

Whetstone - provides a percentage buff to melee damage

Weapon barbs - applies the Bleed status effect
Weapon poison - applies the Poison status effect
Fire oil - applies the Burning status effect

Boosts

Players can consume potions, eat foods, or equip trinkets to increase Attack experience or increase damage and, indirectly, the experience.

Lesser Attack potion - Increases the chance of landing critical hits with melee by 25% for 10 minutes (600 seconds)
Weak Focused Attack potion - Provides a 5% XP boost for 5 minutes (300 seconds)
Lesser Focused Attack potion - Provides a 5% XP boost for 10 minutes (600 seconds)
Sweet veg ball - Grants a 10% XP boost for 5 minutes (300 seconds)
Wild pie - Grants a 10% XP boost for 10 minutes (600 seconds)
Inspiring amulet of Attack - Provides a 5% XP boost while worn
Amulet of strength - Increases melee damage by 12.5% while worn
Unholy symbol - Increases all damage by 15% while lowering maximum HP by 15 points.
Amulet of glory - Increases critical damage to all combat style

Experience Calculation

Experience is earned based on the amount of damage dealt to an enemy (except for the training dummy). If the attack is normal, players will receive 25% of the damage value as Attack experience. If the attack is a critical hit, players will instead receive 50% the damage value as Attack experience.

Levelling

See experience for a table of the experience required to reach each level.

Levelling Attack grants access to both passive benefits as well as unlocking spells and other abilities.

Level	Ability	Type	Description
All	Reduced Melee Stamina Drain	Passive	Reduces the cost of stamina using melee weapons by 0.5% per level to 49% total stamina reduction at level 99.
5	Parry	Passive	Parry attacks by blocking at the last moment to stagger your enemies and deal increased damage!
8	Melee Weapon Special Actions	Passive	Unlocks unique special actions for melee weapons!
11	Tempest Shield	Spell	Conjure a shield of air magic that prevents all damage for a limited time while blocking, triggering a powerful burst when spell ends. Attack levels increase duration.
13	Sprint Attacks	Passive	Unlocks the ability to perform a Unique Sprint Attack action after sprinting for a short distance.
16	Weapon Expertise	Passive	Unlocks additional attacks for all melee weapons.
20	Enchant Weapon: Fire	Spell	Enchant your current melee weapon with the power of fire! Apply Burning to enemies with critical hits!
23	Adaptability	Passive	Evading or blocking no longer interrupts your combos when using a melee weapon!
27	Weapon Rack	Recipe	Unlocks the ability to build a weapon rack to display your weapons.
30	Enchant Weapon: Air	Spell	Enchant your current melee weapon with the power of air! Increases your melee weapon's attack speed.
34	Lesser Attack Potion	Recipe	Unlock the recipe for the lesser Attack potion at the brewing cauldron.
37	Training Dummy	Recipe	Unlocks the ability to build a training dummy to test your melee weapons on.
40	Whetstone	Recipe	Allows crafting of whetstones at the crafting table, which can be used to sharpen melee weapons for increased damage!
50	Enchant Weapon: Water	Spell	Enchant your current Melee weapon with the power of Water! Strike enemies with Water damage and occasionally create healing orbs to restore health.
65	Tempest Shield Upgrade	Passive	Your shield now lasts longer.
99	Attack Skillcape	Recipe	Unlocks the ability to wear and craft the Attack skillcape and its trimmed variant.