Melee Training Guide
This guide is useful for training the Fencing, Mace Fighting, Swordsmanship and Wrestling skills.
Contents
Method 1
- 0-25 skill - Use an archery butte or Training Dummy
- 25-35 skill - Attack Brigands found on Barrier Isle
- 35-50 skill - Attack Skeletons found in the Britain Graveyard
- 50-70 skill - Attack Ettins found in Despise
- 70-80 skill - Attack Earth Elementals found in Shame
- 80-100 skill - Attack Solen Warriors found in Solen Hives
Method one is a more casual training regime. It lets you get comfortable with playing a warrior in general, with use of your auxiliary skills such as Chivalry, Bushido, etc. You also get lots of gold and magic items from looting.
Alternative
- 0-25 skill - Use an archery butte or Training Dummy
- 25-40 skill - Attack Brigands found on Barrier Isle
- 40-60 skill - Skeletons, preferably 1-3 at a time these can be found in any graveyard
- 60-70 skill - Lizardmen such as you'd find in the top level of Despise
- 70-85 skill - Ogres, again in Despise but at lowest level this time (avoid the Ogre Lords)
- 85-100 skill - Earth Elementals found in Shame or Despise level 2
- 100-110 skill - Cyclopean Warriors found in Cyclops Valley in the Lost Lands and Despise level 3
- 110-120 skill - Troglodytes found in the Painted Caves - parry helps since the spawn rate is rather high. However, they do drop bandages so having enough for healing is never an issue. 400+ gold loot is a nice bonus.
This method slightly better scales your skill level to your opponents, you'll take less damage, have to repair less armour and you should gain a bit faster. The figures are all approximate but you'll know when you've just about topped out with any given monster type as your gains will slow considerably.
Method 2
- 40-120 skill - Attack a pet Golem
This method is a little bit of a trick, but is allowed. You will not get in trouble for using this trick. You can often see players using this outside of Luna. This method of training requires a few setup procedures.
- Acquire a 100% poison weapon in your melee skill, or a Use Best Weapon Skill one. Make sure that the weapon you get does not have any hit spell on it. If it does, it will make this method unfeasible.
- Acquire a GM Tinker made Golem. Hopefully you have a friend who has GM tinkering, and they can make you one. If not, they shouldn't cost too much.
- Once you have your Golem, have someone with 110 Animal Lore find out what its wrestling skill is. The value of this number is revealed in the next step.
- Acquire a set of +20 (or greater) jewelry in your melee skill. Your goal with this is that when you put on the jewelry, your skill should be between 10 and 20 points lower than the Wrestling on the Golem at all times. This is to maximize gains. At 40-70 skill you will likely have to use jewelry to boost your fighting skill into the proper range.
- Join a guild if you are not in one already. You can also start your own which is not very costly.
Now that you have completed those four tasks, here's what you do:
- Grab your Golem and stand someplace. The popular place for this training is outside the Luna bank.
- Equip your weapon and jewelry. Remember your skill should be no farther than 20 below the Golem's wrestling.
- Say "all guard me". This will make your golem highlight green to you.
- Say "all stop". This will make the golem stop guarding you, with new pet commands you say "all follow me" and golem never attacks you and will always follow you.
- Use the Context Menu on the golem and select the "kill/attack" option and target yourself, then QUICKLY press your enter button.
If you do this right, the Golem should stop attacking you right away and you should start to gain. Please be aware, you may have to go through steps 3-5 several times before it works right. If you keep getting hit, just keep using the 'all stop' command.
As your skill increases you should remove the skill enhancement jewelry as needed. Eventually you will surpass the Golem's skill. This is okay because as long as you are 20 points below or above your opponents fighting skill, you can gain your own.
Note: While this method can be fully automated, it is important not to train unattended. You will be taken to jail if a Gamemaster determines you are not paying attention.
References
Original Source: http://www.onlinegametrader.net/index.php?action=disp_news&news_id=938