Skills

Skills are attributes that players can train by performing various actions. The skills in RuneScape: Dragonwilds are all based on skills from RuneScape.

Skills can be trained up to level 99 by gaining experience, with each level unlocking a small bonus or a new spell related to that skill.

Skill type	Skill	Description
Combat	Attack	Defeat enemies with melee weapons to level this skill.
	Magic	Defeat enemies with magic or cast spells to level this skill.
	Ranged	Defeat enemies with ranged weapons to level this skill.
	Prayer	Currently unreleased. This skill will be added in a future update.
Gathering	Mining	Mine ore, clay, or stone, or gather stones from the floor to level this skill.
	Woodcutting	Chop down trees, tear up saplings or collect logs from the floor to level this skill.
	Farming	Grow crops to level this skill.
	Fishing	Catch fish to level this skill.
Artisan	Runecrafting	Gather rune essence and craft runes to level this skill.
	Construction	Build new structures to level this skill.
	Artisan	Craft new weapons, armour or tools to level this skill.
	Cooking	Cook food to level this skill.
Support	Agility	Run courses and traverse the world.

• When the game launched into Early Access, there were only nine skills available in the game.
• Inside the game's file there are three unannounced skills that has not been announced as of today, those are Defence, Herblore, and Thieving.
• Prior to the release of Dowdun Reach, the skill cap for most skills was level 50.
  • The only skill that had a different skill cap was Farming at 65.
  • Any experience gained past this level cap (at the time) was used to increase the maximum experience cap by 100,000,000 + n XP.
• On 29 January 2026, Jagex revealed that, with the increase capacity to level 99 in all skills, it would allow them to backfill in extra content while growing the world of the game.
• On 15 May 2026, Jagex revealed that they are moving the Agility skill up to July 2026 and putting Prayer to after the conclusion of Kuldra's Saga.