Wilderness

The Wilderness, sometimes referred to as Wildy or Wild, is a large and dangerous wasteland that makes up nearly the entirety of north-eastern Gielinor directly north of the kingdoms of Asgarnia and Misthalin.

Upon dying in the Wilderness, be it to player or monster, the victim will keep up to three (3) items unless the Protect Item prayer is active, which will allow him/her to keep one more item, thus four (4) items are kept. However, if the player is skulled, which is done by attacking someone who did not attack you, or entering the Abyss, they will lose all items unless Protect Item is activated allowing only one (1) item to be kept upon death. If a player is attacked by a target and fights back, they will not be skulled. Any untradeable items (such as Void armour, Fire capes or Fighter torso) will be converted into coins above level 20 Wilderness, and therefore cannot be reclaimed.

The Wilderness ranges from level 1 up to level 56. See this section for more details.

The Wilderness Diary is a set of achievement diaries relating to the Wilderness and its surrounding area, released on 5 March 2015.

Development history
The Wilderness was introduced into the game on 13 August 2001. It is famous for being the only place where players can engage in Player-versus-Player (PvP) Combat to gain all items that the defeated dropped. A ditch was added on 18 April 2007 to prevent players from wandering into the Wilderness and getting killed, lured or tricked into going into the Wilderness with popular luring techniques such as Tree Luring prior to the Wilderness changes. After clicking the ditch, players are presented with a screen that asks whether they really want to enter the Wilderness. Players who click 'yes' will then jump over the ditch.

Teleport restrictions
Teleports will not work above level 20, except for a select few such as the amulet of glory or ring of life, which may be used by members up to level 30. However, the Teleport Block spell will prevent using any means of teleportation for 5 minutes.


 * Items that allow member teleportation to up to level 30 Wilderness :
 * Amulet of glory
 * Combat bracelet
 * Skills necklace
 * Ring of wealth
 * Pharaoh's sceptre
 * Grand seed pod
 * Ring of Life
 * Slayer ring

Negatives of the Wilderness
There is one main reason for players to refuse to enter the Wilderness: fear of death. A player can be killed very quickly in the Wilderness in many ways:
 * By other players - The level of players that can attack you increases as you go deeper into the Wilderness, so a person can be killed by a player whose Combat level is much higher than their own.
 * By high-level monsters - Some of the chief Wilderness attractions are some of the most likely places to die. Powerful monsters such as green and lava dragons can be dangerous, and the Chaos Elemental makes the surrounding area extremely dangerous due to its large wander and attack range.
 * By 'regular' monsters - Almost all monsters in the Wilderness attack players on sight even if they are passive elsewhere. These creatures attack everyone. For example, level 100+ players will still be attacked by giant rats.

Chaos Elemental

 * Located in the highest levels of the Wilderness, west of the Rogue's Castle. It drops a huge variation of items, many of decent value. The Chaos Elemental also has a chance to drop a dragon 2h sword or dragon pickaxe.

The deep Wilderness Ruins are also a good area to train since they have greater demons. There is always plenty to kill since the monsters spawn fast and there is usually a small amount of players.

Some places in the Wilderness spawn runes, which players may collect for free although it can be quite dangerous if other players pass by. Some players like to get together with friends and take the risk of hanging out in the Wilderness just for the fun of it.

For access to the Abyss
Players can use the Abyss via Wilderness to access the various altars throughout RuneScape to craft runes; the Zamorak Mage that teleports players to the Abyss lurks around level 5 Wilderness, just north of Edgeville. Many players will risk being killed to craft runes here as it is the fastest way available to train Runecrafting for profit; normally, only runes above cosmic are crafted here as any rune below this is not considered worth the risk, and/or it takes less time to reach the appropriate altar by other means.

For resources
There are many useful respawns in the Wilderness. Particularly, the only spawn points for planks (besides north of the Barbarian Outpost Agility Arena), which are required for the Dragon Slayer quest: There are also many respawns for bones in the Chaos Temple and the Bone Yard, and members can collect white berries (a valuable potion ingredient) at Lava Dragon Isle.
 * 1) In the Graveyard of Shadows, level 22 Wilderness. This place is multi-combat and is filled with aggressive level 18 and 24 zombies, so lower levels may want to bring some food and/or armour.
 * 2) The Lava Maze (level 43) contains several item spawns such as iron full helm, gold necklace, staff of earth, steel platebody, along with coin respawn points. Bring food, as it contains black knights, king scorpions, hill giants and lesser demons.

There is a small hill at level 46 Wilderness north of the border where cut sapphires spawn. It is guarded by low-level spiders.

The new Resource Arena as a wide assortment of resources, such as various amounts of ores, magic trees, yew trees, and 2 Runite Golems, which can be killed and then mined for rune ore. Also a static Fishing spots that if you have dark fishing bait and a lobster pot you can fish dark crabs.

Runite ore is found in the Wilderness and is the only area where free players may mine it. Members can also mine here, although there are much safer locations such as the Heroes' Guild and Mourner Tunnels which have some runite rocks. The Wilderness Rejuvination update added several runite rocks at the Frozen Waste Plateau, making the Wilderness have the most runite rocks in-game.

There are also other mines that can be visited as there is usually no one around. The Skeleton Mine is a mine containing a large amount of coal rocks, although skeletons wander around the mine. The Bandit Camp Mine contains a relatively large amount of iron, coal, mithril and adamantite rocks.

There's also new Fishing spots south of the Fountain of Rune where you can fish dark crabs if you have dark fishing bait and lobster pot. Dark fishing bait can be obtained by killing zombies from the Ruins, Graveyard of Shadows, and The Forgotten Cemetery in Deep Wilderness. Dark crabs can be fished with 85 Fishing and cooked with 90 Cooking and heal 22 each.

For clue scrolls
Players can obtain Clue scrolls from monsters. The higher-level clue scrolls often involve visits to the Wilderness, including to the parts with a very high danger level. Be warned that you can still be attacked by other players while fighting off any of the wizards that may attack you while digging for a casket, so be prepared for anything. Most of the time, you will be incapable of teleporting, so you should be sure to bring a lot of food, preferably shark or better.

For Agility training
Players have an Agility training course in the deep Wilderness. It is one of the fastest Agility training areas, though also the most dangerous, as you can be attacked at any time due to its location in the Wilderness.

For monster killing
The Wilderness has monsters that can be interesting to kill for their drops or their experience (e.g. greater demons). The Elder Chaos druids around the Chaos altar in the Wilderness are a much tougher version of the normal chaos druid but have increased loot possibilities as well as a nearby altar to recharge prayer, making it extremely effective in training and money making. The green dragons can be killed for dragon bones and green dragonhide, as well as the Lava Dragon Isle, which has now is the new home for the deadly lava dragons, from which apart for the ability to drop the draconic visage and black dragonhide it also drops lava dragon bones and lava scales. The Chaos Elemental for valuable items such as the dragon 2h sword and the dragon pickaxe. The King Black Dragon for the elusive draconic visage and Dragon pickaxe. The 3 demi-bosses (Crazed Archaeologist, Chaos Fanatic, and Scorpia) have the chance of dropping shards for the Odium and Malediction wards. The 3 full-fledged bosses (Vet'ion, Venenatis, and Callisto), can drop the Dragon 2h sword, the dragon pickaxe and their own unique rings.

Pet hunters also come to the Wilderness to kill the bosses that can drop the pets. The Chaos Fanatic can drop the Pet chaos elemental and is safer to obtain due to residing in a single-way area, although the drop rate is much lower at a rate of 1/1000 compared to the Chaos elemental itself, which has a drop rate of 1/300.

For money
Many players engage in player killing throughout the Wilderness to obtain valuables. When they kill a player, they will get all or nearly all of the items that the player was holding. Then, the player killer takes the dropped items and does whatever they may wish to do with them. This includes using the High Alchemy or Low Alchemy spells on them or selling them for money. Another form of player killing for profit is bot slaying, where players can kill bots that attack green dragons for the bones and hides they have collected. This can be an easy and reliable way for players to gain profit and acquire kills.

As mentioned earlier, many players visit the Wilderness to kill green dragons, as their hides and bones they always drop are very profitable.

Another way to make money is by walking/running back and forth from the Edgeville bank to the Lava Dragon Isle, where players can pick up White berries, banking them, and later selling them. White berries sell for about 1k coins each.

Many players have items that are of very little value to merchants and skill specialists. The general store in the Bandit Camp buys items for close to High Alchemy prices because the "tax collectors do not visit his store." All Wilderness merchants are very high-level as a matter of personal safety.

There's also a new Hunting area in the Wilderness for hunting black chinchompas, which the added bonus that you can place 1 extra trap above your maximum amount, thus making hunting quicker, more profitable due to the extra trap, but also equally as dangerous as the location is a popular PKing spot.

There's also a new Resource Arena in which you must pay 7500 coins to enter or free with the Wilderness sword 4, which has yew trees, magic trees, various amount of ores and 2 Runite Golems that can be killed and then mined for rune ore. Also, a static Fishing spot that if you have dark fishing bait and a lobster pot, you can fish Dark crabs. Seeing as its the Wilderness, at no moment you are safe and any other player can go in and kill you and take your resources.

There are Ents roaming around, which if killed you can cut for noted logs; the higher the axe you use, the better chance you have of getting high level logs such as Magic logs and Yew logs.

The Fountain of Rune in Deep Wilderness allows you to freely cast spells and can be use to great effect to do High Alchemy without wasting any runes and make a nice profit, although being so far from any relative safety is extremely dangerous to do so.

There's also new Fishing spots south of the Fountain of Rune where you can fish dark crabs if you have dark fishing bait and lobster pot. Dark fishing bait can be obtained by killing zombies or the Wilderness bosses. Dark crabs can be fished with 85 Fishing and cooked with 90 Cooking and heal 22 each, making it one of the best foods for players to use.

For capes
Some players want to collect team capes, so they go in the Wilderness just to enhance their collection. These handy capes can vary in colours and designs.

You can find these capes by searching for men with big bags on their backs. Their locations are in different places but are always near one place.

Bosses
The Wilderness is a host of many powerful bosses, who are able to drop rare items that can't be obtained anywhere else.

Mage Arena
This is where players with at least level 60 Magic can attempt Kolodion's challenge. Successful players receive the God cape and the God staff of their chosen God.

Wilderness area of Edgeville dungeon
Although most of the Wilderness is an open area, the north part of Edgeville Dungeon is Wilderness too. It can be accessed by passing a gate. The Wilderness level in the northernmost part is 5. Points of interest:
 * Several Chaos druids in the Wilderness section, well known for their high drop rate for herbs.
 * There are six red spiders' eggs respawns in this dungeon, making it easier to collect them for potions.
 * Several black demons live farther inside the dungeon, closer to a bank than most others.
 * The Earth Obelisk is in the dungeon near Chronozon, and the Air Obelisk can be accessed through the dungeon as well, past the black demons.
 * The dungeon is the only location to house earth warriors. You need 15 Agility to cross the monkey bars to get to them.

Wilderness levels
Any player within a particular level range of your Combat level can be attacked in the wilderness. The range is calculated by taking your combat level and adding or subtracting the current Wilderness level you are in.

For example, in level 1 Wilderness, a player who is level 100 can attack players who are level 99, level 101 or the same level. If a player is level 100 is in level 24 wilderness, they can attack players between level 76 and level 124 combat.