Combat skill
Strength training
Your primary melee damage stat. Trained with the Aggressive attack style, or on Controlled to share XP across melee stats.
Methods
5
Ranked by xp/hr
Top xp/hr
70,000
Fastest listed
Best gp/hr
400k
Most profitable
Milestones
3
Key unlocks
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Why train Strength?
Strength is your primary source of melee damage — for most melee training it's the single most valuable combat stat, because a higher max hit shortens every fight.
ScapePath treats Strength as the melee stat worth over-investing in relative to Attack: extra levels keep paying off long after your weapon is settled. It pairs directly with the melee gear paths in the Gear hub.
60 makes the Dragon scimitar hit hard enough for early bossing, 70 opens the Fighter torso and obsidian benefits, and 99 is max melee damage. If you only ever max one combat stat, this is usually the one.
Milestones
The levels that actually change what you can do — link your account above to see how close you are.
- Level 60Dragon scimitar viable damage
- Strong melee damage
- Level 70Fighter torso / obsidian benefit
- Fighter torso benefit
- Level 99Max melee damage
- Max melee damage
Important unlocks
What levelling Strength opens up across the game.
Utility
- Strong melee damageLv 60
- Fighter torso benefitLv 70
- Max melee damageLv 99
Training methods
Ranked by xp/hr. gp/hr is signed — green earns, red is the cost to train. Figures are conservative experienced-player estimates.
Nightmare Zone (absorptions)
One of the highest AFK melee rates with overloads + absorptions.
70,000
xp/hr
−50k
gp/hr
Slayer tasks
Trains Strength while making money and progressing Slayer.
45,000
xp/hr
+400k
gp/hr
Sand / ammonite crabs
Best low-effort early melee XP; refresh aggression every ~10 min.
30,000
xp/hr
Aggressive monsters (Bandits, warriors)
Free, near-AFK aggressive training without crab access.
30,000
xp/hr
Low-level monsters (Stronghold, cows)
Free F2P starter training on the Aggressive style.
15,000
xp/hr
Money-making methods
Ways this skill can earn while — or after — you train it.
Bosses that need this skill
Encounters Strength unlocks or eases — a reason to hit that next level.
Requirements, milestones and unlocks are verified against the OSRS Wiki. xp/hr and gp/hr are conservative experienced-player estimates that vary with gear, efficiency and live Grand Exchange prices — use them to compare methods, not as exact quotes. Personalized recommendations are derived from your public RuneScape Hiscores. ScapePath is a fan-made companion and is not affiliated with Jagex.