Defence

#What Defence does

Defence decides which armour you can wear. Heavier helms, body armour, gauntlets, boots and shields all need a Defence level, and heavier armour means more armour. See Defence for every unlock by level.

Defence also counts toward your combat level.

#How to train it

Defence trains itself: every time a monster hurts you, you earn Defence XP in proportion to the damage you took. You don't need to do anything special. Just fight things that can hit back.

#Training tips

• Fight things that fight back. Trivial monsters barely scratch you, so they give almost no Defence XP. Even and slightly Dangerous fights train it much faster.
• Melee trains it fastest, simply because you're standing in reach of everything.
• XP comes from damage actually taken. Good armour means each hit gives a little less Defence XP, but you stay out longer and fight tougher things, so it evens out. Don't take your armour off to train faster.

#Armour tiers

Armour comes in tiers, from leather (which anyone can wear) through iron, steel, mithril and emberforged to obsidian and dragonscale, each needing more Defence than the last. Rings and amulets have no requirement at all.

Name	Slot	Requires.level
Iron Helm	Helm	10
Iron Chainbody	Body	10
Iron Gauntlets	Gloves	10
Iron Boots	Boots	10
Viperskin Boots	Boots	10
Iron Kiteshield	Offhand	15
Delver's Lantern Shield	Offhand	15
Sunscale Buckler	Offhand	15
Burrower Carapace	Body	15
Steel Helm	Helm	20
Steel Platebody	Body	20
Steel Heater Shield	Offhand	20
Steel Gauntlets	Gloves	20
Steel Sabatons	Boots	20
Tomb Guardian's Helm	Helm	20
Trollhide Jerkin	Body	20
Snapper Shell	Offhand	20
Mithril Kiteshield	Offhand	30
Mithril Armet	Helm	30
Mithril Platebody	Body	30
Mithril Gauntlets	Gloves	30
Mithril Greaves	Boots	30
Blackened Greathelm	Helm	35
Emberforged Aegis	Offhand	40
Emberforged Horned Helm	Helm	40
Emberforged Cuirass	Body	40
Emberforged Gauntlets	Gloves	40
Emberforged Greaves	Boots	40
Rimebone Gauntlets	Gloves	45
Rimefang Pelt	Helm	45
Yeti-Fur Boots	Boots	45
Obsidian Greathelm	Helm	50
Obsidian Plate	Body	50
Obsidian Gauntlets	Gloves	50
Obsidian Greaves	Boots	50
Obsidian Tower Shield	Offhand	50
Werewolf Claws	Gloves	55
Rotcap Hood	Helm	55
Dragonscale Helm	Helm	60
Dragonscale Hauberk	Body	60
Dragonscale Gauntlets	Gloves	60
Dragonscale Boots	Boots	60
Dragonscale Aegis	Offhand	60
Briarwood Shield	Offhand	60