2.0 - ConsumablesConsumables are the main source of healing or boosting you stats that you have while in combat. So you should stock up a nice amout of these in order to do your PvM without interruptions. You should mainly pay attention prayer potions and food, however if you wanna kill monsters faster I do recommend you stuck up on super potions and brews as well.
I saw people filling their inventories full of food and put their hopes only on that, so I will briefly explain some food/potion effects that might be handy while fighting monsters.
Food- - Shark is the most economical food I'd suggest you to use for PvM, they heal you 20 hitpoints.
- - Sea turtles are okay to use as food, but not the best. Let your budget decide. It heals you by 21 hitpoints.
- - Manta rays are the go-to food for anyone wanting to kill high level monsters. They can cost you a bit if bought in large amounts but it's the best food you can have. Manta rays heal your healt by 23 hitpoints.
Potions- - Prayer potions, same as food, are a must in your bank, they restore 25% of your prayer points plus 7.
- - Even better than prayer potions, Super restore potions restore your combat stats(except Hitpoints) back to normal by 25% plus 8.
- - To perform better in your PvM or bossing you can use these potions and the ones that follow below, depending on your combat type. Super attack potion will temporarily increase your attack level by 15% plus 5. This boost will gradually wear out until your stat is back to the original level.
- - Super strength potion will do pretty much the same thing as Super attack one does, it will temporarily increase your strength level by 15% plus 5. This boost will gradually wear out until your stat is back to the original level.
- - I don't need to say what it does, it has the same effects as the two potions above but it effects your defence level instead.
- - This is a combination of three potions above mentioned, it will increase you attack, strentgh and defence level by 15% plus 5 all at once. These boosts to your stats will also gradually wear out. These are actually really useful as they can save a lot of your inventory space and can make your trips way longer!
- - Not only melee combat styles can have their stats increased so we have a Super magic potion too, it has the same effects as any type melee potion have but it applies to your magic level.
- - Boosts your ranging level by 15% plus 5, wears out with time until the stat comes back to it's original level.
- - Saradomin brew will heal an amount of your health depending on your Hitpoints level. If your Hitpoints level is 99 you will be healed by 16. It will also increase your maximum Defence and Hitpoints Level, up to 123 and 115 respectively. This potion have also a negative downside, it will decrease your Attack, strength, Ranged and Magic levels by 5%. These buffs and debuffs will gradually wear out.
- - This potion works exactly the same way as Saradomin Brew but it will boost your Strength level instead of defence. It iwll also debuff Attack, Defence, Ranged and Magic levels.
- - When drinking an Antifire potion you will be protected from the dragonfire attacks from dragons and the special effect of dragon bolts (e). The effect of this potion will stack with the shields. This potion can be really useful while fighting stronger dragons or when using a two-handed weapon.
- Guardian Angel is an another consumable which is worth a mention. It's special effect will be protecting user's items once from Death, or will revive user's character. It will regenerate the user with full health at the same spot he died. The user will be immune for attacks for 10 seconds.
You may have noticed that some potions give you better advantages than others, it's up to you what to choose but if you're wealthy enough to afford them then do it, it's really worth doing.
You don't always have to keep the disadvantages of some potions, so here you are few 'workarounds'.
Many people prefer using Super restore potions instead of Prayer potions as they restore more prayer points and also you debuffed stats(except Hitpoints). Super restore potions come handy also when using brews as they restore stats that brews debuff.
Super Melee potions save you a lot of inventory space, they're really useful for this, you have some extra slots for food, potions or even equipment. Make good use of them.
Brews are an alternative option to heal your Hitpoints but be sure to not mistake which one you're using for your combat style. Saradomin brews are better while using Magic and Ranged combat types, Zamorak instead for Melee users.
3.0 - PrayersPrayers are very important if you want consider seriously PvM. They provide excellent way to protect you from damage, boosting your stats and other cool advantages. I will only mention prayers that are useful in PvM which may be completely different from PvP, anyways here we go.
- - Protect item is really useful prayer and can even save you some money. It protects 1 extra item on your death if you die with it activated. Be sure to not forget to activate it if you're risking some items that you don't want to lose. This prayer only needs a level 25 of Prayer.
- - Protect from Magic is really useful while fighting certain monsters like Tormented demons, that use more than one combat style, or monsters that use only magical attacks. This prayer reduces accuracy and maxhit of magical attacks you receive by 50%.
- - Protect from Range does the same thing as Protect from Magic prayer does, but it effects ranged attacks you receive.
- - While training prayer, I think that, Protect from Melee prayer is the only that people can't wait to be able to use as it is the most used prayer for most of monsters you fight. It has the same effects of the two protection prayers mentioned above. It does it's effect on melee attacks that you receive.
- - Chivarly is the little brother of Piety, that I'll mention below, if you don't have required level of prayer to use Piety use these. These will boost your Defence by 20%, your accuracy by 18% and strength by 15% of the combat you're using(Melee, Ranged and Magic respectivily), just be sure to activate the right Chivarly prayer according to the combat type you're using.
- - While using Piety prayers you will notice that the boosts is way greater than Chivarly's boosts are. Use them the same way you use Chivarly in order to obtain the right effects. You will notice your Defence boosted up by 25%, accuracy by 23% and strentgh by 20% for the combat type you're using.
These are the most used prayers in PvM but you may find useful also others. Prayer skill is really worth training I'd say!
4.0 - Spells and TeleportsSpells can give you nice advantages whatever combat type you're using, you can combine spells to melee or ranged combat type to hybrid at the best against certain monsters(even if hybriding isn't really used in PvM).
Teleporting in time can save you from difficult combat situations, bring to monster spots that you can't reach on foot and also take safely your loots to bank. There are also items, like amulets and rings, that can teleport you to monster locations, and not only, but I won't cover those in this guide.
I will talk about most common spells used in combat in order to obtain some nice advantages, but I wont go too much inside Magic skill nor talk about spells to use for magic-only combat type.
- - Low and High alchemy are used a lot in PvM, these spells can save your inventory space and save time trying to sell items you loot. It will convert your items into coins.
- - These are nice spells to use on certain monsters and sometimes can make differnce. They have effects like reducing your opponent's accuracy, strength or defence, binding and stuning your oponent. They're not always used but as I said can give a slight advantage.
- - Teleports can take you to different locations in a matter of seconds. Teleports that you'll find in different spellbooks will requires runes to be used, and can't be casted while in combat.
- - Teleport tablets have same effects as as teleportation spells do. Using a teleportaion tablet you wont receive any magic experience, it wont require you any runes and you will be able to teleport away even during the combat(as long as you're not above Wilderness level 20.)
Above spells and teleports are from Normal spellbook(except the Teleportat tabs), Ancient spellbook contains only spells that should be used for a constant magic combat, and has pretty much same teleportation spells as Normal and Lunar spellbooks do. Lunar spellbook does contain spells that can be really useful for solo and also team PvM/bossing.
- - Monster examine gives you information about the monster's combat level, hitpoint level, and maximum hit.
- - Cures you of poison as though you have taken an Anti-poison potion.
- - Cures everyone of poison in a 3x3 square and yourself.
- - Stat restore pot share is a support spell. When you activate this spell and drink any restoration potion afterwards, everyone in a 3x3 square will gain the same effect
- - Boost potion share is also a support spell, when you activate this spell and drink any boosting potion afterwards, everyone in a 3x3 square will gain the same effect
- - Transfer a maximum of 10 points of your hp and your running energy to another player.
- - Allows you to cast one spell from the Ancient spellbook or the Normal spellbook. Consumes runes even if you cancel the spell.
5.0 - General tipsFor general tips I mean that tips on how to set up your inventory and all that stuff will be given.
First of all gather all the information about monsters you're willing to fight, be sure to know which prayers to use, which combat style to use, and also which gear to use. Do your best to keep it budget-friendly and also get the best items you could. Don't spend a big part of your budget just for 1 piece of your gear, for example: Don't buy a bandos chesplate if all your other items have to be dragon. Get something in between, Bandos chestplate costs 25M, you can buy an entire gear including weapon with 25M and still be very good.
Use right potions, for example: If you know that the monster you're going to fight requires a prayer activated all the time, bring some extra prayer or restore potions to prolong your trip.
Using spells and teleports is extremely useful so always bring a teleport tab instead of runes(if possible), to preserve some inventory space.
To get aknowledged about the monster you're willing to fight have a good use of forums which contain guides with useful information about bosses and other monsters, and also don't forget the wiki.
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