OSRS — Skill Training Order 2026: Best Training Plan

The Skill Training’s golden rule in OSRS is simple: Quests are the most efficient training method you have. Before you ever chop a tree or mine a rock for experience, know that many quests can grant you thousands, even tens of thousands, of XP in minutes, effectively skipping the slowest early levels. This guide is built on that foundation.

Skip Early Skill Training Levels

Waterfall Quest

Waterfall Quest is the crown jewel of early-game quests. While it involves a journey to the beautiful but dangerous Baxtorian Falls and features fire giants and moss giants, the combat can largely be safespotted. The payoff is monumental .

Why It’s Key: Upon completion, you are granted a whopping 13,750 Attack XP and 13,750 Strength XP. this instantly boosts you to over Level 30 in both Attack and Strength.

Tip: This is a members-only quest, but if you are a member, it should be one of the very first things you do.

Fight Arena & Tree Gnome Village

These two quests form a powerful one-two punch after the Waterfall Quest. Fight Arena pits you against a series of challenging but manageable gladiators, while Tree Gnome Village introduces you to the peaceful gnomes and their struggle, unlocking a fantastic transportation system .

Why It’s Key: Fight Arena grants another 12,175 Attack XP, and Tree Gnome Village gives 11,450 Attack XP . Together, they will push your combat stats firmly into the 40.

Vampyre Slayer & Witch’s Potion

The Local Initiations: For pure free-to-play players or those looking for a simpler start, these two quests are perfect. Vampyre Slayer in Draynor Village is a classic rite of passage, while Witch’s Potion in Rimmington serves as a fun introduction to Magic .

Why It’s Key: Vampyre Slayer gives a solid 4,825 Attack XP boost, and Witch’s Potion provides the first real chunk of Magic XP (325) for many players.

Shadow of the Storm (10,000 XP)

This is the single most important early Ranged quest. It allows you to choose which combat stat receives a 10,000 XP reward lamp (putting the experience reward on Ranged).

Death to the Dorgeshuun

This sneaky quest takes you into the goblin mines beneath Lumbridge. Beside giving you 2,000 Ranged XP, completing this unlocks the Dorgeshuun Crossbow and Bone Bolts. This weapon is the best cheap, fast, early-mid game training weapon.

Horror from the Deep

Upon its completion, the quest rewards the player with 4,662.5 Ranged, 4,662.5 Magic, and 4,662.5 Strength experience, making it an exceptional chunk of levels for multiple combat styles simultaneously.

The Temple of Ikov

To finish this quest normally, the game states you need 40 Ranged because you must equip a Yew Longbow to shoot and kill a boss named the Fire Warrior of Lesarkus using Ice Arrows.

You equip Iron Darts or Iron Knives in your weapon slot, and place the Ice Arrows in your ammo slot. When you attack the Fire Warrior, you will throw the darts/knives, but the game recognizes the Ice Arrows in your inventory/ammo slot and registers the weakness bypass anyway.

By executing this glitch, you bypass the level 40 requirement entirely at level 32, complete the quest, and take the 10,500 Ranged, and 8,000  Fletching XP reward, instantly shooting your account up to 36 Ranged without ever firing a standard arrow.

The Early Utility & Transport Rush

Do not train stats manually yet. Complete these quick quests to unlock Fairy Rings, Spirit Trees, and the best early game gear.

Do not train stats manually yet. Complete these quick quests to unlock Fairy Rings, Spirit Trees, and the best early game gear.

• The Knight’s Sword: Do this immediately. It takes 10 minutes and instantly rockets your Smithing from level 1 to 29.
• The Grand Tree: Requires 25 Agility. Completing it unlocks Gnome Glider and awards massive Attack and Agility XP, pushing your Attack past level 40 (unlocking Rune weapons).
• Lost City: Beat the low-level tree spirit using Magic. This unlocks the ability to wield the Dragon Dagger and Dragon Longsword once you hit 60 Attack.
• Priest in Peril & Nature Spirit: Unlocks the Morytania region and give you 3,000 Crafting, 2,000 Defence, 1,406  Prayer, and 2,000 Hitpoints experience.
• Fairytale I & Start Fairytale II: You do not need the high skill requirements to start Fairytale II. Just start the quest up until the point where you get permission to use the Fairy Ring Network. This is the single biggest transport unlock in the game.

Passive Skilling & Map Unlocks

With transport sorted, unlock the two best early-game passive training methods to build your bank and levels while you play.

• Bone Voyage (Fossil Island): Unlocks Birdhouse Runs. Do these every 50 minutes to passively train Hunter to 60+ and get bird nests for easy gold.
• Daddy’s Home: A quick miniquest that gives you a free Player-Owned House (POH) and a headstart on Construction.
• Children of the Sun: Unlocks the region of Varlamore, giving you access to Hunter Rumours and early-mid game thieving methods.

The Melee & Ranged Combat Push

• Train Magic to 55: use Water strike spell on Blue Dragons (safe-spottable) or Earth Strike spell on Hill Giants until you unlock High Alchemy at 55.
• Train Ranged to 50+: Buy a Hunter’s Crossbow or Bone Crossbow. Complete Animal Magnetism to unlock the Ava’s Accumulator, which saves your ammunition.
• Train Attack & Strength to 60: Grind on Sand Crabs (Hosidius) or Ammonite Crabs (Fossil Island). Once you hit 60 Attack, immediately buy a Dragon Scimitar (requires Monkey Madness I) or a Dragon Sword.

Final Thoughts

The combat quests you already know (Waterfall Quest, Fight Arena, Tree Gnome Village, and Vampyre Slayer) instantly give you the power of a mid-level warrior, while the Shadow of the Storm and Temple of Ikov Ranged bypass route ensures your ranged combat matches that power without any weapon friction.