Ranged

Ranged is the that allows players to attack enemies from a distance with projectiles. Players who practice the Ranged combat style are often referred to as rangers or archers. The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at rank 2,000,000) on the hiscores for Ranged is level 50.

According to the RuneScape combat triangle, Range is effective against Magic, and weak against Melee. Ranger armour provides high defence against Magic, but is relatively weak against Melee.

Ranged combat, like magic, allows players to attack from afar. This makes it possible to avoid taking any damage by hiding behind an object that the player can shoot over but that their target cannot get around. Places that this can be done are called 'safe spots'.

Ranged is a favored attack choice in - it's fast and accurate and could kill someone in a matter of seconds.

The experience that a player earns for doing damage to an opponent is earned before the on-screen character raises the bow, the arrow flies, and damage is shown on the opponent. This effect can be seen by hovering the mouse over the ranged icon on the skills panel while attacking an enemy.