Defence

Players train the Defence skill to decrease the chance of being hit in a fight and to be able to wield better armour for melee, Magic and Ranging alike. Defence can be trained in any form of melee, magic or ranging combat with any weapon, spell or bow against Monsters or other players in the Wilderness or Minigames. A player must use the last combat style (generally Block or Longrange) to gain Defence experience. Only melee can purely train defence, if you train defence using ranged or magic, you will also gain ranged and magic experience. If you use melee on the defensive combat style, you will gain 80 Defence experience per hit.

A player can boost the Defence skill by using Defence potions, Super defence potions or Saradomin brews made with the Herblore skill. With potions players can reach a maximum Defence level of 122.

A higher Defence level will decrease the chance of being hit by your opponent in a fight. However, it will never nullify this chance, and it will not decrease the maximum damage of your opponent! You will significantly notice that players and monsters hit '0' more often on you. Attack is the contrary of Defence: it increases your accuracy.

A higher Defence level will enable you to wield more and different kinds of armour for melee, magic and ranging.

Image	Item	Required level	Other requirements
14096;;0.7	Sacred clay armour	1
1139;;0.7	Bronze armour	1
1137;;0.7	Iron armour	1
1141;;0.7	Steel armour	5
1151;;0.7	Black armour	10
6621;;0.7	White armour	15
1143;;0.7	Mithril armour	20
10826;;0.7	Fremennik shield	20
10822;;0.7	Yak-hide	20	20 Range
4089;;0.7	Mystic robes	20	40 Magic
7400;;0.7	Enchanted robes	20	40 Magic
5574;;0.7	Initiate armour	20	10 Prayer
1145;;0.7	Adamant armour	30
6326;;0.7	Snakeskin armour	30	30 Range
10454;;0.7	God robes	30	25 Prayer and 50 Magic
7460;;0.7	Rune gloves	30	50 Strength and 61 Hitpoints
1147;;0.7	Rune armour	40
13950;;0.7	Corrupt Morrigan's armour	40	78 Range
13920;;0.7	C. vesta & statius armour	40	78 Strength
13938;;0.7	Corrupt Zuriel's robes	40	78 Magic
6128;;0.7	Rock-shell armour	40
6131;;0.7	Spined armours	40	40 Range
6137;;0.7	Skeletal armour	40	40 Magic
3486;;0.7	Gilded armour	40
10548;;0.7	Fighter hat	40
10551;;0.7	Fighter torso	40
7461;;0.7	Dragon gloves	40	58 Strength and 71 Hitpoints
1135;;0.7	Green d'hide body	40	40 Range
2499;;0.7	Blue d'hide body	40	50 Range
2501;;0.7	Red d'hide body	40	60 Range
2503;;0.7	Black d'hide body	40	70 Range
10382;;0.7	Blessed dragonhide	40	20 Prayer and 70 Range
3385;;0.7	Splitbark armour	45	45 Strength and 45 Prayer
8839;;0.7	Void knight armour	45	45 Strength, 45 Magic and 45 Range
11665;;0.7	Void melee helm	45	75 Strength and 75 Attack
11664;;0.7	Void ranger helm	45	75 Range
11663;;0.7	Void mage helm	45	75 Magic
3753;;0.7	Warrior helm	45
3751;;0.7	Berserker helm	45	45 Strength
3749;;0.7	Archer helm	45	45 Range
3755;;0.7	Farseer helm	45	45 Magic
10589;;0.7	Granite armour	50	50 Strength
4156;;0.7	Mirror shield	50	60 Slayer
7462;;0.7	Barrow gloves	55	70 Strength and 86 Hitpoints
10828;;0.7	Helm of Neitiznot	55
4071;;0.7	Chalkos armour	55	55 Hitpoints
1149;;0.7	Dragon armour	60
6524;;0.7	Toktz-ket-xil	60
13961;;0.7	Corrupt dragon armour	70
4224;;0.7	Crystal shield	70
4716;;0.7	Dharok's armour	70
4724;;0.7	Guthan's armour	70
4745;;0.7	Torag's armour	70
4753;;0.7	Verac's armour	70
4732;;0.7	Karil's armour	70	70 Range
4708;;0.7	Ahrim's robes	70	70 Magic
21472;;0.7	Vanguard armour	72	72 Attack, 72 Range
21462;;0.7	Templar armour	72	72 Attack, 72 Magic, 25 Prayer
21467;;0.7	Trickster armour	72	72 Range, 72 Magic
11718;;0.7	Armadyl armour	75	75 Range
10251;;0.7	Bandos armour	75	75 Strength
12866;;0.7	Battle robes	75	75 Magic
11284;;0.7	Dragonfire shield	75	75 Strength
13738;;0.7	Arcane spirit shield	75	75 Attack
13740;;0.7	Divine spirit shield	75	75 Range
13742;;0.7	Elysian spirit shield	75	75 Magic
13744;;0.7	Spectral spirit shield	75	75 Hitpoints
13876;;0.7	Morrigan's armour	78	78 Range
13896;;0.7	Vesta and Statius's armour	78	78 Strength
13864;;0.7	Zuriel's robes	78	78 Magic
10344;;0.7	Third-age amulet	80	80 Magic
20460;;0.7	Steadfast gloves	80	80 Attack
21787;;0.7	Steadfast boots	80	80 Attack
20462;;0.7	Glaiven gloves	80	80 Range
21790;;0.7	Glaiven boots	80	80 Range
20464;;0.7	Ragefire gloves	80	80 Magic
21793;;0.7	Ragefire boots	80	80 Magic
10350;;0.7	Third-age melee armour	80
10334;;0.7	Third-age range armour	80	80 Range
10342;;0.7	Third-age mage armour	80	80 Magic
20135;;0.7	Torva armour	82	82 Attack
20151;;0.7	Pernix armour	82	82 Range
20163;;0.7	Virtus robes	82	82 Magic
18708;;0.7	Chrysos helm	85	85 Hitpoints