Attack

Attack is a combat skill in OldSchool RuneScape that determines the accuracy of melee attacks and allows the use of stronger weapons.

Gaining experience
Attack experience is gained by dealing melee damage whilst having the attack style in the combat options interface set to accurate or controlled.
 * When using the accurate style every point of damage dealt gives the player 4 attack experience.
 * When using the controlled style every point of damage dealt gives the player 1.33 attack experience.

Weapons
Different weapons have different attack and strength bonuses, attack speeds and attack styles. The following table shows the requirements to wield weapons of different materials.

Accuracy
The accuracy of a hit depends on the attacker's attack level and the attack bonus as well as the defender's defence level and defence bonus. How the accuracy is calculated is shown here.