Tutorial island

Before new players begin the tutorial, they have to first customize their character through a window allowing the player to change their sex, hair, shirt, arms, wrists, legs, and feet, as well as the color of them and the skin color. The default look is always the same: bald head, goatee, green shirt and pants. After the player clicks, "Accept," they would be told to talk to the RuneScape guide. Note: It is recommended to train every skill learned to level 3, so you can get a head start on the game, and some skills are much easier to train in Tutorial Island; i.e.: Giant Rats there can't kill you, and rocks, furnaces, and anvils are all in the same room.

The Basics
For players who start out on Tutorial Island, the RuneScape guide was the first non-player character they ever met. Players learned:
 * How to move the camera.
 * How to keep the minimap positioned so that the top is north.
 * How to talk to non-player characters.
 * How to use the RuneScape website.
 * How to open doors.

Woodcutting, Firemaking, Fishing and Cooking
The Survival Expert gave players basics for Woodcutting, Firemaking, Fishing, and Cooking (explained further by the Master Chef). She taught players how to view and use items in their inventory, cut wood, light a fire, fish, cook, and view their current skill levels.

Players are expected to cut and burn at least one lot of logs, although if they wish, they can repeat until both Woodcutting and Firemaking reach level 3. The player gains experience in Woodcutting, Firemaking, and Fishing faster on Tutorial Island.

Players are expected to fish and cook at least one portion of shrimps succesfully. Again, this could gain the player XP until level 3 Cooking.

Cooking
The Master Chef, Lev, teaches players the finer points of Cooking; in this case, making bread.

The Master Chef also instructs players in controlling the game music and in running using their menu option.

Remember that players can also run to a position, by holding the CTRL key as they click - use the minimap to click on, or they will not run far enough if trying to escape. If players click again, even without holding CTRL, they will continue running unless they have already stopped.

Quests
The Quest guide covers using the quest menu, and what quests are about.

Mining and Smithing
The Mining instructor teaches players the basics of:
 * Prospecting rocks, although once players can identify them visually, they do not need to prospect at all.
 * Mining (players can only mine copper ore and tin ore)
 * Smelting ore (players can only make bronze bars)
 * Smithing items (only bronze daggers and in Tutorial Island)

The dungeon in which players learn Mining and Smithing is one of the best areas to train these skills, due to the rocks' proximity to the furnace and the anvil. This area can only be accessed once, so taking the opportunity to progress to level 3 here is worthwhile. However, players will have to mine a little more to get Smithing up to 3.

Melee combat
The combat instructor, Vannaka (also a Slayer Master outside the Tutorial), discusses the different types of combat. Pures should pay attention, as they can make their first bit of character tweaking here.

Players are given a bronze sword and wooden shield, and only at this stage are they allowed to enter the rat cage. Players cannot die here, so food is not required. Therefore, this is a perfect opportunity to train their skills.

The minimum requirement is to kill one rat, using any combat style you prefer, however the player may choose to train each style to the maximum level of 3, while gaining no life points - the essence of a pure character being able to maximise their strike while keeping their combat level low. If players choose to progress any skill here, they will be reminded of their next action, but can still carry on.

Ranged combat
The instructor gives players a shortbow and 50 bronze arrows, and will give more arrows for free if they run out. The free ammunition makes it worthwhile training Ranged to level 3.

When players leave the cage before learning ranged attacks, they cannot re-enter. Some players would drop the arrows and then claim more. Once they had around 1000 or more arrows they would move on and bank it, meaning once they had finished the tutorial they would have arrows to sell for money or trade it to their main account.

Banking
The Financial Advisor instructs players in using RuneScape's banks, and in some possible ways to make money. He suggests three options for making money; killing monsters, completing quests, and levelling skills in fishing, mining, etc...

Generally, both cash and items can be withdrawn from any branch, not just the one they were deposited at. Any items deposited into the bank on Tutorial Island is placed into the player's inventory once they leave the island.

Prayer
Brother Brace instructs players in Prayer, although if they choose the path of a pure, they may choose not to acquire any, as Prayer also contributes to combat level. The effects of high-level Prayers can be devastating in combat, but the low to mid-level prayers are mostly useful for melee combat.

Brother Brace also instructs players in using the Friends List and the Ignore List and in general conduct. However, he only briefly mentions the clan chat in passing, without going into any detail.

Magic
The Magic Instructor introduces players to their spell list and spell casting, though practical magic combat will require players to use a magical staff and set an attack spell for it.

The Magic Instructor gives five air runes and five mind runes. If players drop them and talk to the instructor again, he will give more runes. Repeating this to obtain 30 of each rune (collecting 5 previously dropped sets) enables level 3 Magic to be reached.

It is also possible to keep dropping them and getting more, possibly even banking them and doing it over.

Players use the runes to cast Wind Strike against the chickens.

Leaving the island
The magic instructor will now instruct you to give your Home Teleport spell a try, which will teleport you to Lumbridge. Players are now standing next to the Lumbridge Sage.