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 will enable 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	10
	White armour	15
	Mithril armour	20
	Corrupt Morrigan's armour	20	78 Range
	C. vesta & statius armour	20	78 Strength
	Corrupt Zuriel's robes	20	78 Magic
	Fremmenik shield	20
	Yak-hide	20	20 Range
	Mystic robes	20	40 Magic
	Enchanted robes	20	40 Magic
	Initiate armour	20	10 Prayer
	Adamant armour	30
	Decorative armour	30
	Snakeskin	30	30 Range
	God robes	30	25 Prayer and 50 Magic
	Rune gloves	30	50 Strength and 61 Hitpoints
	Rune armour	40
	Rock-shell armour	40
	Spined armours	40	40 Range
	Skeletal armour	40	40 Magic
	Gilded armour	40
	Dragon gloves	40	58 Strength and 71 Hitpoints
	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
	Blessed dragonhide	40	20 Prayer and 70 Range
	Splitbark armour	45	45 Strength and 45 Prayer
	Void knight robes	45	45 Strength, 45 Magic and 45 Range
	Void melee helm	45	75 Strength and 75 Attack
	Void ranger helm	45	75 Range
	Void mage hood	45	75 Magic
	Warrior helm	45
	Berserker helm	45	45 Strength
	Archer helm	45	45 Range
	Farseer helm	45	45 Magic
	Granite armour	50	50 Strength
	Mirror shield	50	60 Slayer
	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 robes	70	70 Magic
	Armadyl armour	75	75 Range
	Bandos armour	75	75 Strength
	Battle robes	75	75 Magic
	Dragonfire shield	75	75 Strength
	Spirit and Special spirit shields	75
	Morrigan's armour	78	78 Range
	Vesta and Statius's armour	78	78 Strength
	Zuriel's robes	78	78 Magic
	Third-age melee armour	80
	Third-age range armour	80	80 Range
	Third-age mage armour	80	80 Magic