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 123.

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 willenable you to wield more and different kinds of armour for melee, magic and ranging:

Image	Item	Required level	Other requirements
	Bronze armour	1
	Iron armour	1
	Steel armour	5
	Black armour	5
	White armour	10
	Mithril armour	20
	Mystic armour	20	40 Magic
	Initiate armour	20	20 Prayer
	Adamant armour	30
image	Decorative armour	30
image	God robes	30	50 Magic and 25 Prayer
File:Runegloves.jpg	Rune gloves	30	50 Strength and 61 Hitpoints
	Rune armour	40
	Rock-shell armour	40
	Spined armour	40	40 Range
	Skeletal armour	40	40 Magic
	Green d'hide body	40	40 Range
	Blue d'hide body	40	50 Range
	Red d'hide body	40	60 Range
	Black d'hide body	40	70 Range
	Gilded armour	40
	Dragon gloves	30	58 Strength and 71 Hitpoints
	Splitbark armour	45	45 Strength and 45 Prayer
	Void melee helm	45	75 Strength and 75 Attack
	Void range helm	45	75 Range
	Void mage hood	45	75 Magic
	Void knight armour	45	45 Strength, Magic and Range
	Warrior helm	45
	Berserker helm	45	45 Strength
	Archer helm	45	45 Range
	Farseer helm	45	45 Magic
	Granite armour	50	50 Strength
	Barrow gloves	55	70 Strength and 86 Hitpoints
	Helm of Neitiznot	55
	Dragon armour	60
	Crystal shield	70
	Dharok's armour	70
	Guthan's armour	70
	Torag's armour	70
	Verac's armour	70
	Karil's armour	70	70 Range
	Ahrim's armour	70	70 Magic
	Armadyl armour	75	75 Range
	Spirit shields	75
	Bandos armour	75	75 Strength
	Dragonfire shield	75	75 Strength
	3rd age melee armour	80
	3rd age range armour	80	80 Range
	3rd age mage armour	80	80 Magic