OSRS Skilling Guide: Skills, Training & Power Leveling

March 11, 2026

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A guide to Old School RuneScape skilling: what skills are, the 24 OSRS skills, and how power leveling can help you train faster.

What is Skilling in Old School RuneScape?

In Old School RuneScape (OSRS), skilling means training your character's skills by repeating actions that grant experience until you reach the next level. Skills cover everything from cooking food and chopping trees to casting magic and fighting. Many skills work together: for example, logs from Woodcutting can be used for Firemaking, and then to cook food with Cooking.

The 24 OSRS Skills

All skills start at level 1 except Hitpoints (10). Train each to level 99 and beyond. Use potions, prayer, and equipment for temporary boosts.

Attack

Hitpoints

Mining

Strength

Agility

Smithing

Defence

Herblore

Fishing

Ranged

Thieving

Cooking

Prayer

Crafting

Firemaking

Magic

Fletching

Woodcutting

Runecraft

Slayer

Farming

Construction

Hunter

Sailing

Combat skills

Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Ranged, Prayer, Magic

Gathering skills

Mining, Fishing, Woodcutting, Farming, Hunter

Production skills

Smithing, Cooking, Crafting, Fletching, Herblore, Runecraft

Utility skills

Agility, Thieving, Slayer, Firemaking, Construction, Sailing

Popular methods, fastest training, cost & time

Per-skill overview based on the OSRS Wiki skill training guides. Times are approximate to level 99; cost is Profit / Low / Medium / High.

Skill	Popular methods	Fastest	Cost	Time (1–99)
Attack	Slayer, Ammonite crabs, Nightmare Zone	NMZ (absorb)	Low	~50–80 hrs
Hitpoints	Combat, Barbarian Fishing	Passive (combat)	Profit	Passive
Strength	Slayer, Ammonite crabs, NMZ	NMZ (absorb)	Low	~50–80 hrs
Defence	Slayer, AFK crabs, NMZ	NMZ (absorb)	Low	~50–80 hrs
Ranged	Slayer, Ammonite crabs, Chinchompas	Red chins (MM2)	High	~40–60 hrs
Prayer	Ensouled heads, Chaos altar	Chaos altar (bones)	High	~10–20 hrs
Magic	Burst/Barrage, High alch, Slayer	Burst/Barrage (dust devils)	High	~50–70 hrs
Mining	Motherlode Mine, Iron, Amethyst	3t Granite / Volcanic Mine	Profit	~60–100 hrs
Fishing	Barbarian, Karambwans, Minnows	Barbarian (tick manip)	Profit	~50–70 hrs
Woodcutting	Teaks, Redwoods, Sulliusceps	2t Teaks / 1.5t Teaks	Profit	~50–80 hrs
Cooking	Wines, Sharks, Karambwans	Wines (1t)	Medium	~15–25 hrs
Firemaking	Wintertodt, Redwoods, Line fire	Wintertodt / Line (1t)	Medium	~45–60 hrs
Crafting	Battlestaves, Glass, Dragonhide	Glass (superglass make)	High	~40–60 hrs
Smithing	Blast furnace, Gold ore, Giants' Foundry	Blast furnace (gold)	High	~25–40 hrs
Fletching	Broad arrows, Darts, Longbows	Darts / Broad arrows	Medium	~25–40 hrs
Herblore	Stamina, Super combats, Prayers	Highest XP potions	High	~30–50 hrs
Runecraft	GOTR, Bloods, ZMI	Ourania (ZMI) / Bloods	Profit	~80–120 hrs
Agility	Hallowed Sepulchre, Ardy, Rooftops	Hallowed Sepulchre	Profit	~60–80 hrs
Thieving	Blackjack, Ardy Knights, Pyramid	Blackjack / Pyramid	Profit	~40–60 hrs
Slayer	Efficient task list, Cannon, Burst	Efficient + cannon/burst	Medium	~100+ hrs
Farming	Tree runs, Herb runs, Tithe	Tree + fruit + calquat	High	~50–80 hrs (active)
Hunter	Bird house runs, Herbiboar, Chins	Black chins / Herbiboar	Profit	~40–60 hrs
Construction	Mahogany homes, Oak dungeon	Oak dungeon (myths)	High	~25–40 hrs
Sailing	Port tasks, Shipwreck salvaging	Efficient port + salvage	Low	Varies

Bottom line: how to use this table

Read the table above as three separate questions rather than one ranking. The fastest column tells you what a full-attention session looks like, the cost column tells you whether the skill needs a bank before it needs your time, and the time column is only meaningful once you know how many hours a week you actually play.

The two figures that move are experience rates and prices, which is why every row links to the wiki instead of freezing numbers here. Check the rate the week you start a skill, not the week you planned it.

If you are picking your next skill rather than your next method, the honest ordering rule is unlocks first: a quest reward, a diary teleport or a support level often removes more hours from a grind than any efficiency trick inside it.

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Training and power leveling

Leveling skills takes time, and the experience needed grows at higher levels. If you want to focus on other parts of the game or need a boost, professional OSRS power leveling and skill training services can help you reach your goals faster. At Bils Services we offer skill boosting and training for all 24 skills so you can spend less time grinding and more time enjoying the game.

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For full details on each skill and training methods, see the officialOSRS Wiki Skills page

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