Strength

Strength is one of the parts of of your melee combat capability.

Strength increases the damage you can do with a weapon or fist, but other than a few members minigames and quests, there is nothing else that high strength enables you to do - certainly, nothing in the free-to-play world has any strength requirement, and it's very rare even in pay-to-play.

Most weapons carry a strength bonus, larger for better weapons and metals which also require a specific attack level to wield. The combination of attack, strength, weapon, style of combat, opponents defence and any other modifiers such as prayer or potions, determines how well you hit.

A basic strength potion can be made by the Apothecary, from Limpwurt Root and Red Spider Eggs, giving a small boost in strength for a limited time. Members can make better potions using the herblore skill.

Strength is trained by using the agressive combat style, which favours damage over accuracy and defence, or to a lesser degree by the controlled style, which divides experience across all combat statistics.