Pets are one of the biggest flexes in Old School RuneScape.
They don't make your account stronger.
They don't increase your GP per hour.
They don't unlock new content.
Yet players will happily spend thousands of hours chasing them.
Why?
Because some pets are incredibly rare.
When you see a player walking around with one of the game's rarest pets, you immediately know they've either been extremely lucky, extremely dedicated, or both.
Let's look at some of the rarest pets in OSRS and why players spend so much time hunting them.
Pets are permanent trophies.
Unlike gear, they can't be bought on the Grand Exchange.
Unlike GP, they can't simply be traded.
You have to earn them yourself.
That's what makes them special.
Many players spend years chasing a single pet and never get it.
Others somehow get lucky on their first few kills and make everyone else jealous.
The Bloodhound is often considered one of the rarest pets in the game.
It's obtained from Master Clue Scroll caskets.
The problem?
Master Clues take a long time to complete.
Many players finish hundreds of Master Clues before ever seeing the Bloodhound.
Some complete thousands without getting one.
That's why seeing a Bloodhound is always impressive.
The Penance Queen Pet comes from Barbarian Assault.
A lot of players avoid...
Even after all these years, Zulrah is still one of the most farmed bosses in Old School RuneScape.
And honestly, there’s a reason for that.
Most players remember their first real “money maker” in OSRS. For a lot of people, Zulrah was the boss that completely changed their bank.
I still remember finally getting consistent kills after dying over and over trying to learn the rotations. At first it feels impossible. The switching, the venom, the panic during jad phase — it can genuinely feel overwhelming when you’re new.
Then suddenly something clicks.
You start predicting phases without thinking. Your kills get cleaner. Your inventory starts lasting longer. And eventually, you realize you’re making some of the best consistent GP in the game.
Even in 2026, Zulrah remains one of the strongest solo money makers because of:
- Consistent loot
- Valuable uniques
- Fast kill times
- Low downtime
- Strong GP per hour
- Reliable scale drops
For many players, Zulrah becomes the boss that funds their entire account progression.
One thing that keeps Zulrah relevant is consistency.
A lot of bosses in OSRS rely heavily on getting lucky rare drops. Zulrah still gives steady profit even during dry streaks because the regular loot adds up surprisingly fast over time.
You’re constantly getting:
- Zulrah scales
- Rune items
- Herbs
-...
Every Old School RuneScape player reaches the same point.
You log in on a fresh account, open the quest list, and suddenly have over a hundred quests staring back at you.
Where do you even begin?
While you'll eventually want to complete almost every quest in the game, doing them in the right order can save dozens of hours of training. Some quests instantly give you combat levels, while others unlock powerful weapons, transportation methods, spellbooks, and even entirely new cities.
If I were starting a brand-new account today, I'd follow the progression below every single time.
Waterfall Quest is arguably the best quest for any new account. It rewards a huge amount of Attack and Strength experience without requiring you to train either skill beforehand.
Completing it first lets you skip the slowest part of early combat training and gets your account off to an excellent start.
Why complete it first?
• Massive Attack and Strength XP
• Very short completion time
• No early combat grinding required
• Perfect for fresh accounts
Tree Gnome Village continues your melee progression while unlocking Spirit Trees.
Fast transportation becomes more valuable than many players realize, especially once you begin completing more quests around Gielinor...
For years, the max cash stack was one of the weirdest limitations in Old School RuneScape.
Most players never thought about it.
After all, 2.1 billion GP sounded like an impossible amount of money.
Back in the day, if someone told you they had max cash, they were probably one of the richest players in the game.
Fast forward to today and things look very different.
Some Third Age items are worth several times more than max cash.
Rare clue rewards regularly trade for billions.
And buying certain items became a hassle because the Grand Exchange simply couldn't handle them.
That's finally changing.
The Grand Exchange is moving beyond the traditional max cash limit, allowing some of the game's most expensive items to be traded more easily than ever before.
For collectors, merchants, and anyone interested in rare items, this is one of the biggest economy updates we've seen in years.
The max cash limit was 2,147,483,647 GP.
This number wasn't chosen by Jagex.
It's simply the largest value that could be stored using the system the game was built on.
For years it wasn't a problem.
Most items weren't even remotely close to max cash.
Then the economy continued growing.
Rare items became rarer.
Collectors accumulated wealth.
And eventually some items started pushing far beyond the limit...
If you've played OSRS long enough, you've probably had that one item you kept staring at in the Grand Exchange.
Maybe it was a Twisted Bow.
Maybe it was a Tumeken's Shadow.
Maybe it was an Elysian Spirit Shield, Ancestral piece, or some rare item you knew you would probably never grind out anytime soon.
That is usually the point where players start thinking about buying gold.
But here is the thing.
A lot of players do not actually want gold.
They want the item.
They want the upgrade.
They want to stop doing the same money maker for another 100 hours and finally use the gear they have been working toward.
That is why more players are starting to look at buying OSRS items directly instead of buying raw GP first.
Buying gold has always been the more common option, but it is not always the most practical one.
If your real goal is to buy a specific item, then buying GP is just an extra step.
You buy the gold.
You wait for delivery.
You go to the Grand Exchange.
You hope the item price did not move.
Then you finally buy what you wanted in the first place.
For some players, it makes more sense to skip all that and just get the item directly.
That is one reason we added our full OSRS item store, so players can...
If you've played OSRS for more than a few weeks, you've probably had one of those moments.
You spend ten minutes running somewhere.
You finally get there.
Then you see another player teleport directly to the exact spot you needed.
Or maybe you're grinding a quest and realize you need to travel halfway across Gielinor again.
OSRS is full of unlocks that completely change how the game feels.
The funny thing is that many players don't realize how important they are until much later.
Looking back, most experienced players wish they had unlocked these much sooner.
These are some of the most useful upgrades every OSRS player should unlock as early as possible.
If there is one unlock that belongs at the top of this list, it's Fairy Rings.
Before unlocking them, traveling around the map feels slow and annoying.
After unlocking them, you'll wonder how you ever played without them.
Benefits include:
• Fast transportation across Gielinor
• Huge time savings
• Useful for quests
• Helpful for clue scrolls
• Great for skilling and bossing
Many players consider Fairy Rings one of the biggest quality-of-life upgrades in the entire game.
Nobody enjoys training Agility.
Nobody.
But almost everyone agrees that Graceful is worth it.
Benefits include:
• Reduced weight...
Let's be honest.
Most players don't train Agility because they want to.
They train Agility because they have to.
You run out of energy every thirty seconds.
Shortcuts are locked behind Agility requirements.
Your favourite money maker suddenly needs a higher Agility level.
Or maybe you're chasing a Quest Cape and realize half the requirements seem to involve this skill.
Whatever brought you here, you're probably already aware of Agility's reputation.
It is one of the slowest and most complained-about skills in OSRS.
The good news is that there are ways to make the grind significantly less painful.
If you're looking for the fastest way to get 99 Agility in OSRS, this guide covers the best training methods, common mistakes, and what to expect before committing hundreds of hours to the grind.
Even players who hate Agility admit it has some great benefits.
• Faster run energy restoration
• Access to useful shortcuts
• Required for quests and achievement diaries
• Marks of Grace for Graceful outfit
• Helpful for almost every account build
• One of the most useful skills in the game
Agility is one of those skills that rarely feels exciting while you're training it, but you'll notice the benefits every single day afterward.
If you're still building your account, check out our guide on...
Most OSRS players don't start training Defence because they want to.
They start training it because they're tired of dying.
Maybe a quest boss keeps sending them back to Lumbridge.
Maybe their Slayer tasks feel way harder than they should.
Maybe they finally saved up for a piece of armour only to realize they don't even have the Defence level to wear it.
Whatever the reason, Defence eventually becomes one of the most important combat skills in the game.
The higher your Defence level gets, the more mistakes you can survive, the longer your trips become, and the easier PvM starts feeling.
If you're looking for the fastest way to get 99 Defence in OSRS, this guide covers the best methods, gear choices, and mistakes to avoid along the way.
A lot of players focus entirely on damage early on.
That makes sense.
Big hits are fun.
But eventually everyone learns the same lesson.
You can't deal damage when you're dead.
Training Defence provides several important benefits:
• Wear stronger armour
• Take less damage from monsters and bosses
• Complete quests more easily
• Improve Slayer efficiency
• Stay alive longer during PvM
• Unlock powerful equipment upgrades
If you're still building your account, our guide on How to Get a Quest...
Unlike most skills in OSRS, almost nobody trains Hitpoints directly.
It just kind of happens.
You train Attack.
You train Strength.
You train Defence.
You train Slayer.
And before you know it, your Hitpoints level has quietly climbed alongside everything else.
That sounds great until you look at your stats and realize something frustrating.
You've got multiple combat skills in the 90s, but you're still nowhere near 99 Hitpoints.
A lot of players are surprised by how long Hitpoints actually takes.
If you're looking for the fastest way to get 99 Hitpoints in OSRS, this guide covers the best methods, common mistakes, and what to expect during the grind.
Hitpoints is one of the most important skills in the game.
Every level gives you a larger health pool, making combat safer and more forgiving.
Benefits include:
• Increased survivability
• Longer bossing trips
• Better PvM performance
• More room for mistakes
• Higher overall combat level
• One of the most iconic skillcapes in OSRS
Unlike some skills, every single Hitpoints level feels useful.
You may not notice one level.
But you'll definitely notice the difference between 70 Hitpoints and 99 Hitpoints.
Not really.
Hitpoints XP is gained through combat.
Every time you deal...
If you've ever trained Fishing in OSRS, you've probably had the same experience as everyone else. You start off motivated. A few levels fly by, you unlock some new fish, and everything feels great. Then somewhere around the middle levels, reality kicks in.
You're staring at the same fishing spot for hours, your inventory fills up for the hundredth time, and you start wondering how people actually reach 99 Fishing without losing their mind. The good news is that Fishing is one of the most AFK skills in Old School RuneScape. The bad news is that getting to 99 still takes a lot of patience.
Whether you're chasing a max cape, training an Ironman, unlocking diary requirements, or just looking for a relaxed skill to work on while doing something else, this guide covers the fastest ways to get 99 Fishing while helping you avoid the mistakes that make the grind feel even longer.
A lot of newer players overlook Fishing.
It doesn't unlock flashy gear upgrades.
It doesn't give huge combat boosts.
It doesn't make billions of GP overnight.
But later in your account progression, Fishing becomes much more useful than many players expect.
• Provides food for Slayer and bossing
• Extremely AFK compared to skills like Agility
• Useful for Ironman accounts
• Can generate steady GP while training
• Required for quests...
If there's one skill that makes players question their life choices, it's Construction.
At first, it sounds great.
Build your own house.
Unlock teleports.
Create useful rooms.
Customize your account.
Then you start buying supplies.
Suddenly millions of GP are disappearing from your bank every hour and you're wondering if 99 Construction is really worth it.
The painful truth is that Construction is one of the fastest skills in OSRS, but it's also one of the most expensive.
Still, despite the cost, many experienced players consider Construction one of the most useful skills in the entire game.
A high-level Player Owned House changes your account completely.
Instead of running around Gielinor looking for teleports, your house becomes a central hub that takes you almost anywhere.
Construction unlocks:
• Ornate Rejuvenation Pool
• Jewelry Box
• Portal Nexus
• Fairy Ring
• Spirit Tree
• Achievement Gallery
• Useful teleports all across the game
Many players say Construction saves hundreds of hours over the lifetime of an account.
Once you've experienced a maxed house, it's difficult to imagine playing without one.
The biggest mistake isn't spending too much GP.
It's waiting too long to train the skill.
Many players treat...
Every OSRS player reaches the same point eventually.
You finally build up a decent cash stack and start wondering:
"What should I buy next?"
The problem is that OSRS has hundreds of gear upgrades. Some are incredible for their price. Others cost tens or even hundreds of millions of GP while barely improving your account.
Making the wrong purchase can set you back weeks of progress.
I've seen players spend nearly their entire bank on expensive armour upgrades while still using mediocre weapons. I've also seen players hold onto GP for months because they're scared of making the wrong choice.
The truth is that some upgrades give far more value than others.
If you're wondering where your GP should go next, this guide will walk through some of the best gear upgrades for every budget.
Before we talk about specific budgets, let's clear up one common mistake.
Most players focus too much on armour.
Weapons almost always provide bigger upgrades than armour.
A stronger weapon means faster kills.
Faster kills mean more GP.
More GP means even better upgrades later.
When deciding between a weapon and armour upgrade, the weapon is often the better investment.
At this stage, your goal should be maximizing value.
Some of the best upgrades include:
• Abyssal...
