⚡ XP Rates

How fast every skill trains, from the level you unlock a method to level 99 in the best gear. A level costs the same XP in every skill — 13,034,431 XP to reach 99 — so the rates below are directly comparable, and the hours column is just that number divided by the rate.

How to read the numbers

no gear = the rate at that level with nothing equipped and no upgrades. best gear = the same level in the recommended loadout for the skill, including the skill glove (+5% XP) and every permanent upgrade the rate formula sees. Both come from the game's own calcExpectedXpPerHour, success curves and action timers included. Event multipliers, potions and gem baits are not counted — they stack on top.

Want a level the tables below skip? The XP-rate dashboard is a slider over this same data.

Fastest training per skill

Skills you can sit on: the node, the fish or the monster is the only input, so this rate is also a schedule. The best method at level 99, and how long 1 → 99 takes at it.

Skill	Best method	No gear	Best gear	1 → 99	Notes
Melee	Abyssal Titan	417k	432k	30 h	plus 144k Hitpoints xp/hr
Woodcutting	Elderwood Tree	48.3k	239k	55 h	active
Fishing	Raw Leviathan	126k	189k	69 h	active
Thieving	The Vault Keeper	72.0k	134k	98 h	active
Exploring	Ossuary Reach	33.6k	67.2k	194 h	active
Mining	Runite Ore	31.2k	62.2k	210 h	active
Farming	Dragon Pepper × 16 fields	27.8k	27.8k	468 h	passive · grows while you are away

XP/hr.

Processing skills

These consume something you had to gather first, so their timer rate is a ceiling, not a schedule: one Runite Bar is a Runite Ore and four Coal, and the smithing itself takes three seconds. Sorted by XP per item consumed — the number that actually decides what to do with a full bank. The per-hour column is what the skill pays while the materials last.

Skill	Best recipe	Eats	XP / action	XP per item	Ceiling
Prayer	Offer Warden's Urn	1 Warden's Urn	9,400	9.4k	6.9M
Cooking	Raw Leviathan	1 Raw Leviathan	2,100	2.1k	370k
Crafting	Black D-hide Body	3 Black Dragonhide	3,750	1.3k	1.8M
Brewing	Necromancer's Brew	3 Kwuarm + 2 Magic Herb + 5 Dragon Bones	1,800	180	544k
Smithing	Runite Dagger	1 Runite Bar	140	140	176k
Firemaking	Burn Willow Logs	1 Willow Logs	90	90	129k
Fletching	Rune Arrow (15)	3 Runite Bar + 15 Feather	1,200	67	1.7M
Runecrafting	Air Rune	1 Rune Essence	60	60	118k

Ceiling is XP/hr with the inputs already banked. How fast you can actually supply them is the Money Making guide's loop model.

Skill by skill

The fastest method available at each level and what it pays. The method is picked on the best-gear rate, and a ↳ means nothing new has unlocked since the row above. Every action with its own XP and timer is on the skill page.

Woodcutting

Loadout: Timberfall helmet, Timberfall body, Timberfall legs, Timberfall boots, Woodcutting Gloves, Timberfall belt, Woodcutting Skill Cape, Ring of the Grove, Sapling. The full axe ladder cuts 35% off every swing, and the Timberfall set never fails.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Normal Tree	15	8.6k	31.5k
10	Oak Tree	30	14.5k	52.5k
20	Willow Tree	50	15.9k	65.6k
30	Teak Tree	80	18.9k	84.0k
40	Maple Tree	110	20.0k	96.3k
50	Mahogany Tree	150	21.4k	113k
60	Elder Spirit Tree	300	40.0k	210k
70	↳ Elder Spirit Tree	300	46.8k	210k
80	↳ Elder Spirit Tree	300	54.0k	210k
90	Elderwood Tree	500	40.9k	239k
99	↳ Elderwood Tree	500	48.3k	239k

All 11 woodcutting actions →

Mining

Loadout: Stoneheart helmet, Stoneheart body, Stoneheart legs, Stoneheart boots, Mining Gloves, Stoneheart belt, Mining Skill Cape, Mining Helmet, Mining Ring, Geode Charm. Silver Ore, Gold Ore, Dragonite Ore are finite discovery nodes, not a rate you can sit on, so they are left out.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Rune Essence	10	14.4k	28.7k
10	↳ Rune Essence	10	14.4k	28.7k
20	Iron Ore	18	17.3k	34.4k
30	Coal Ore	21	20.2k	40.2k
40	↳ Coal Ore	21	20.2k	40.2k
50	Mithril Ore	35	25.2k	50.2k
60	↳ Mithril Ore	35	25.2k	50.2k
70	Adamantite Ore	50	28.8k	57.4k
80	Runite Ore	65	31.2k	62.2k
90	↳ Runite Ore	65	31.2k	62.2k
99	↳ Runite Ore	65	31.2k	62.2k

All 11 mining actions →

Fishing

Loadout: Fishing Skill Cape. Plain gold-shop bait only; gem baits are faster and pay bonus XP on top.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Raw Shrimp	12	11.5k	13.7k
10	Raw Sardine	24	14.2k	19.6k
20	Raw Herring	48	14.4k	21.6k
30	Raw Trout	140	31.5k	47.3k
40	Raw Pike	200	44.0k	64.0k
50	↳ Raw Pike	200	52.0k	72.0k
60	↳ Raw Pike	200	60.0k	76.0k
70	Raw Shark	750	67.5k	101k
80	Raw Manta Ray	1,000	81.8k	123k
90	Raw Anglerfish	1,250	93.8k	141k
99	Raw Leviathan	2,100	126k	189k

All 14 fishing actions →

Thieving

Loadout: Vault Keeper's Coinpurse, Thieving Gloves, Thieving Skill Cape, Guild Signet Ring. Target mastery is 1 in the no-gear column and 99 in the best-gear column.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Man	12	13.0k	15.1k
10	Fisherman	15	16.2k	18.9k
20	Farmer	25	27.0k	31.5k
30	Golo The Master Farmer	35	37.8k	44.1k
40	Lumberjack	40	43.2k	50.4k
50	Miner	50	54.0k	63.0k
60	Mage	60	64.8k	75.6k
70	↳ Mage	60	64.8k	75.6k
80	Knight	80	86.4k	101k
90	↳ Knight	80	86.4k	101k
99	The Vault Keeper	120	72.0k	134k

All 9 thieving actions →

Exploring

No gear exists for this skill yet, so both columns are the same. "Best gear" here means full area mastery — 1,000 surveys halve the timer.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Gloomwood	300	7.2k	14.4k
10	↳ Gloomwood	300	7.2k	14.4k
20	Hollowdeep Mine	450	10.8k	21.6k
30	Emberhall Ruins	700	16.8k	33.6k
40	↳ Emberhall Ruins	700	16.8k	33.6k
50	Thornfield Estate	1,000	24.0k	48.0k
60	Ossuary Reach	1,400	33.6k	67.2k
70	↳ Ossuary Reach	1,400	33.6k	67.2k
80	↳ Ossuary Reach	1,400	33.6k	67.2k
90	↳ Ossuary Reach	1,400	33.6k	67.2k
99	↳ Ossuary Reach	1,400	33.6k	67.2k

All 5 exploring actions →

Cooking

Loadout: Guild Ladle, Cooking Gloves, Cooking Skill Cape, Chefs Ring, Ember Charm. Assumes the inputs are already banked.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Raw Shrimp	30	54.0k	66.2k
10	Raw Sardine	48	57.6k	70.6k
20	Raw Herring	72	64.8k	79.4k
30	Raw Trout	150	108k	132k
40	Raw Salmon	270	122k	149k
50	Raw Tuna	400	144k	176k
60	Raw Swordfish	510	153k	187k
70	Raw Shark	720	173k	212k
80	Raw Manta Ray	1,000	200k	245k
90	Raw Anglerfish	1,250	225k	276k
99	Raw Leviathan	2,100	302k	370k

All 14 cooking actions →

Firemaking

Loadout: Emberward Apron, Firemaking Skill Cape, Pyro Necklace, Cinder Ring. Assumes the inputs are already banked.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Burn Logs	30	43.2k	51.8k
10	Burn Oak Logs	60	60.5k	72.0k
20	↳ Burn Oak Logs	60	66.2k	77.8k
30	Burn Willow Logs	90	71.3k	84.2k
40	↳ Burn Willow Logs	90	77.8k	90.7k
50	↳ Burn Willow Logs	90	84.2k	97.2k
60	↳ Burn Willow Logs	90	90.7k	104k
70	↳ Burn Willow Logs	90	97.2k	110k
80	↳ Burn Willow Logs	90	104k	117k
90	↳ Burn Willow Logs	90	110k	123k
99	↳ Burn Willow Logs	90	116k	129k

All 11 firemaking actions →

Smithing

Loadout: Smithing Gloves, Smithing Skill Cape, Forgemaster's Ring. Assumes the inputs are already banked. The 186 plating recipes are left out too: each one upgrades a single item you already own, so their six-figure XP is a one-off, not a rate. 201 recipes are left out because an input has no repeatable source (chest-only gems, the finite veins) — they are great XP you cannot farm on demand: Silver Bar, Gold Bar, Dragonite Bar, Dragon Dagger, Dragon Sword, Dragon Gloves and 195 more.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Bronze Dagger	20	19.2k	25.2k
10	Iron Dagger	30	28.8k	37.8k
20	↳ Iron Dagger	30	28.8k	37.8k
30	Steel Dagger	50	48.0k	63.0k
40	Mithril Dagger	100	96.0k	126k
50	↳ Mithril Dagger	100	96.0k	126k
60	Adamantite Dagger	120	115k	151k
70	Runite Dagger	140	134k	176k
80	↳ Runite Dagger	140	134k	176k
90	↳ Runite Dagger	140	134k	176k
99	↳ Runite Dagger	140	134k	176k

All 279 smithing actions →

Crafting

No gear exists for this skill yet, so both columns are the same. Assumes the inputs are already banked. 10 recipes are left out because an input has no repeatable source (chest-only gems, the finite veins) — they are great XP you cannot farm on demand: Sapphire Ring, Ruby Ring, Emerald Ring, Sapphire Necklace, Ruby Necklace, Emerald Necklace and 4 more.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Leather Gloves	25	24.0k	24.0k
10	Leather Cowl	125	90.0k	90.0k
20	Leather Body	250	144k	144k
30	↳ Leather Body	250	144k	144k
40	Ashen Urn	600	288k	288k
50	↳ Ashen Urn	600	288k	288k
60	Ember Urn	1,400	504k	504k
70	Green D-hide Cowl	750	540k	540k
80	Emberglass Urn	3,200	922k	922k
90	Warden's Urn	7,200	1.7M	1.7M
99	Black D-hide Body	3,750	1.8M	1.8M

All 45 crafting actions →

Fletching

No gear exists for this skill yet, so both columns are the same. Assumes the inputs are already banked. Dragonite Arrow (15) is left out because an input has no repeatable source (chest-only gems, the finite veins) — it is great XP you cannot farm on demand.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Bronze Arrow (15)	80	115k	115k
10	↳ Bronze Arrow (15)	80	115k	115k
20	Iron Arrow (15)	150	216k	216k
30	Steel Arrow (15)	300	432k	432k
40	↳ Steel Arrow (15)	300	432k	432k
50	Mithril Arrow (15)	500	720k	720k
60	Adamantite Arrow (15)	800	1.2M	1.2M
70	↳ Adamantite Arrow (15)	800	1.2M	1.2M
80	Rune Arrow (15)	1,200	1.7M	1.7M
90	↳ Rune Arrow (15)	1,200	1.7M	1.7M
99	↳ Rune Arrow (15)	1,200	1.7M	1.7M

All 7 fletching actions →

Runecrafting

Loadout: Aetherweave hood, Aetherweave body, Aetherweave legs, Aetherweave boots, Runecrafting Gloves, Aetherweave belt, Runecrafting Skill Cape, Prismatic Rune Amulet, Carnival Signet, Carnival Charm. The Loremaster's Codex pays your highest unlocked rune's XP on every craft, so the best-gear column crafts the cheapest rune it can. Assumes the inputs are already banked.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Air Rune	15	21.6k	29.5k
10	↳ Air Rune	15	21.6k	29.5k
20	↳ Air Rune	25	21.6k	49.1k
30	↳ Air Rune	25	21.6k	49.1k
40	↳ Air Rune	35	21.6k	68.8k
50	↳ Air Rune	40	21.6k	78.6k
60	↳ Air Rune	40	21.6k	78.6k
70	↳ Air Rune	45	21.6k	88.5k
80	↳ Air Rune	55	21.6k	108k
90	↳ Air Rune	60	21.6k	118k
99	↳ Air Rune	60	21.6k	118k

All 17 runecrafting actions →

Brewing

Loadout: Brewing Gloves, Fermenter's Signet. Assumes the inputs are already banked. Prospector's Fortune is left out because an input has no repeatable source (chest-only gems, the finite veins) — it is great XP you cannot farm on demand.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Woodcutter's Brew	40	11.5k	12.1k
10	Crafter's Draught	200	57.6k	60.5k
20	Marksman's Brew	400	115k	121k
30	↳ Marksman's Brew	400	115k	121k
40	Elemental Infusion	534	154k	161k
50	Scholar's Tincture	800	230k	242k
60	Witch's Cauldron Brew	1,000	288k	302k
70	Forgemaster's Infusion	1,500	432k	454k
80	Necromancer's Brew	1,800	518k	544k
90	↳ Necromancer's Brew	1,800	518k	544k
99	↳ Necromancer's Brew	1,800	518k	544k

All 14 brewing actions →

Prayer

Loadout: Gravekeeper's Spade, Bone Necklace, Bone Ring, Grave Charm. Assumes the inputs are already banked.

Your level	Best method	XP / action	No gear	Best gear
1	Offer Small Bones	12	6.9k	8.8k
10	↳ Offer Small Bones	12	6.9k	8.8k
20	Offer Cracked Urn	400	230k	294k
30	↳ Offer Cracked Urn	400	230k	294k
40	Offer Ashen Urn	900	518k	662k
50	↳ Offer Ashen Urn	900	518k	662k
60	Offer Ember Urn	2,000	1.2M	1.5M
70	↳ Offer Ember Urn	2,000	1.2M	1.5M
80	Offer Emberglass Urn	4,400	2.5M	3.2M
90	Offer Warden's Urn	9,400	5.4M	6.9M
99	↳ Offer Warden's Urn	9,400	5.4M	6.9M

All 9 prayer actions →

Farming

Farming is the one skill that trains while you do something else: crops grow on a real clock, so its rate comes from grow time and how many fields you own, not from clicking. A harvest pays 8 XP per grow-minute plus 1 per crop level, and 50% of plantings survive (compost makes that 100%). "All fields" runs the 16 fields unlocked by level 99, replanted the moment they finish — which is what the Auto Farmer does for you.

Crop	Level	Grows in	XP / harvest	One field	All fields
Wheat	1	1h	540	270	4.3k
Marrentill 🌿	1	1h	540	270	4.3k
Lettuce	2	1.5h	900	300	4.8k
Carrot	3	2h	1,320	330	5.3k
Radish	5	2h	1,560	390	6.2k
Tarromin 🌿	6	2.5h	2,100	420	6.7k
Cabbage	7	3h	2,700	450	7.2k
Corn	10	4h	4,320	540	8.6k
Tomato	12	5h	6,000	600	9.6k
Harralander 🌿	14	5.5h	7,260	660	10.6k
Onion	15	6h	8,280	690	11.0k
Rice	18	7h	10,920	780	12.5k
Barley	20	8h	13,440	840	13.4k
Ranarr Weed 🌿	24	9.5h	18,240	960	15.4k
Potato	25	10h	19,800	990	15.8k
Pumpkin	30	12h	27,360	1.1k	18.2k
Sunflower	35	14h	36,120	1.3k	20.6k
Avantoe 🌿	38	15h	41,400	1.4k	22.1k
Magic Herb 🌿	40	18h	51,840	1.4k	23.0k
Dragon Pepper	50	24h	83,520	1.7k	27.8k
Kwuarm 🌿	50	22h	76,560	1.7k	27.8k

XP/hr. Fields unlock at 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99 — see Farming.

Combat

Combat XP is paid per point of damage dealt: 4 XP to the attack style per damage, plus 1.33 XP to Hitpoints on the same damage. Monsters below your level pay less: both are multiplied by min(1, (monster level + 10) ÷ (your level + 10)), so at 99 the top of this table is the highest-level monsters, not the softest. A monster's XP/hr is therefore its HP, scaled by that ratio, over how long it takes to kill: hit chance, max hit and the combat triangle use the game's own formulas, one second of respawn is added, and food is assumed free. "At unlock" fights at the area's level in the best melee gear of that level; "at 99" is Melee 99 in the best gear available. Ranged and Magic kill faster on their side of the triangle but pay for ammo and runes. Top 12 of 26 open-world monsters:

Monster	Area	HP	Kill time	At unlock	At 99	Hitpoints
Abyssal Titan	Abyssal Rift	2900	100s → 92.2s	417k	432k	144k
Leviathan Spawn	The Sunken Reach	1400	50s → 42.8s	395k	363k	121k
Rift Hound	Abyssal Rift	1000	54s → 30.4s	267k	331k	110k
The Drowned King	The Sunken Reach	2600	119s → 109.7s	313k	316k	105k
Red Dragon	Valley of Dragons	3500	167s → 154.3s	301k	315k	105k
Black Dragon	Valley of Dragons	4500	206s → 206.1s	314k	314k	105k
Tidewrought Golem	The Sunken Reach	900	32s → 27.6s	344k	314k	105k
Chaos Dragon	Abyssal Rift	2400	110s → 100.1s	315k	310k	103k
Blue Dragon	Valley of Dragons	2800	130s → 119.3s	310k	310k	103k
Ashen Revenant	Abyssal Rift	820	44s → 25.0s	266k	308k	102k
Green Dragon	Valley of Dragons	2250	102s → 93.2s	318k	303k	101k
Brine Serpent	The Sunken Reach	600	21s → 18.3s	313k	282k	93.8k

XP/hr. Dungeons run fixed waves and pay a completion chest instead — see Dungeons.

What these numbers leave out

• Events. A live XP event multiplies the skill it names on top of everything here — check the in-game Events tab.
• Potions and gem baits. Brewed potions and premium bait raise speed or XP for their skill; none of them are counted above.
• Offline time. Idle progress runs these same rates through the offline simulation, capped by your offline-cap upgrades.
• Quests and the Weekly Board pay XP in lump sums no per-hour rate captures — for a long stretch of the early game they out-earn grinding.