RuneScape: How to Make a Pure

First of all you’ll need

• An Internet connection
• A computer
• Time and Patience

First off ‘what is a pure?’

A pure in terms of Runescape is(usually) an account that does not level up its defence or prayer level or at least keeps them very low.

If you’re new to Runescape I do not suggest making a pure for your first account as you should get yourself more acquainted with the game first.

First off you’re going to have to make an account for your pure. Try to think of a cool name but one without numbers such as ‘Pkerpure’ or ‘rangepurepk’. If your chosen name is taken you could try variations of it by adding x’s e.g. ‘XPkerpureX’. If you pick a good name not only will it be easy to remember but also other players may identify you as a pure.

You’ll start off on tutorial island. You’ll most likely have already done this on your first account but if not it’s still pretty straight-forward. Just rush through it remembering not to level up your prayer or defence levels. So don’t bury any bones and switch your combat style to attack or strength.

At this point you should pick what type of pure you will be:

You could be a range pure which means you’ll only level up your range and hitpoints levels.

You could be a mage(magic) pure which means you’ll only level up your magic and hitpoints levels.

You could be a melee pure which means you’ll only level up your attack,strength and hitpoints levels.

Or you could make a hybrid which is a combination of all 3. This means you’ll level up your attack,strength,magic,range and hitpoints level while still not leveling up your defence and prayer level. This still qualifies as a pure as your combat level is affected by 3 things:

• Your top combat level out of strength and attack, range or magic level.
• Your hitpoints level
• Your defence level
• Your prayer level
• Your summoning level(members only)

So this means that if you level up all 3 styles of combat your combat level will only be affected by your top level e.g. if your attack and strength level are both 1, your range level is 7 and your magic level is 8 then your combat level will be based on your magic level+your defence level+your hitpoints level+your prayer level.

In my opinion and experience this is the best type of pure because you have multiple options available to you in a fight so if you ran out of runes you could attack your enemy with melee and still be effective. The only drawback of this type is that it will take longer as you’re training 4 levels instead of 1 or 2.

What equipment you use as a pure will obviously vary between different types of pure so I’ll list each one separately. You don’t have to stick to the equipment mentioned, you can mix’n'match but this equipment has been tried by me and found to do the job well.

Melee:

• Full iron armour(very cheap, less than 1k)
• An amulet of strength
• The best scimitar you can use with your attack level
• Possibly a 2 handed weapon
• Possibly some green d’hide legs and vambraces(requiring 40 range)
• A normal or team cape
• Fighting boots(obtained from Security Stronghold)

Range:

• A leather body
• An amulet of power
• green d’hide legs and vambraces(if you have level 40 range)
• Otherwise leather or studded chaps(these require level 20 range)
• Leather vambraces(if your range level is less than 40)
• A normal or team cape
• The best shortbow you can get with your range level
• Leather boots

Magic:

• Wizard Hat(blue or black)
• Wizard Robe(blue or black)
• Possibly monk bottoms or leather chaps
• An amulet of magic
• A normal or team cape
• Leather boots
• A staff of fire or air
• Leather vambraces

OK now that you’ve decided your type of pure you will become you must start training. Training a pure can be long and boring but its worth it when at the end of it you get to have lots of fun p’king(player-killing).

This guide will not cover the training aspect of a pure but that will be covered in my next article which should be up soon.