RuneScape/Beginner's guide

Hello, World!
After creating your character, you magically pop up in Explorer Jack's house, in the city of Lumbridge. He will start you on the Lumbridge tasks, which you can find more information about in another section of the RuneScape guide, as well as on the RuneScape website.

Before getting too overwhelmed, you may want to figure out what you'd like to do. There are so many ways to go about playing RuneScape
 * An important fact to note about RuneScape is that there are no classes or specs. Every character has the ability to access all of the different combat skills and styles, resulting in hundreds of different possible skill combinations and greater customization to the way your character handles combat.

Different Playstyles
General - This is the most common type of character. Almost always, a person's first character, and usually their main character. This type of character focuses on everything in the game, training all skills, finishing all possible quests and completeing as much game content as possible. They don't have a certian focus in the game and simply do whatever they feel like doing.

Skillers - These characters usually have very low combat levels and exceedingly high skill levels. In some cases, skillers are something like level 20, 40, or 60 combat, but usually they are level 3's. These characters focus on making enough money as possible and can usually be found hanging out in vanity items in their spare time. For the most part, these characters will have a few level 99 skills, resulting in ridiculous money-making potential for a level 3.

Pures - These characters focus on PVP more than anything. The main types of PVP in RuneScape include the Wilderness and the Dueling Arena. Many of the minigames in RuneScape also feature PVP (but all of that is covered in the minigame guides). A pure will strategically level his or her character's combat skills in a combination that he or she believes will fare the best for them while fighting other players. They aim to obliterate their enimies and are mostly always highly competitive people. There are many different types of pures. Pures are almost always backed by a main account, which provides them with weapons, armor, potions, and the best food possible for maximum PVP potential.