Making a Range Tank (F2P)

So you have thought about making a Range Tank huh? Well, for those who do not know what they are, here  is a brief explanation:  

"Range Tankers are Runescape accounts that are specifically bred for high level pvp (90+). The whole concept of a Tanker is to be able to wear good armour to take hits, while dealing high hits. Range tankers have high defence, wear good armour and usually have 99 range and 94 magic."

There you have it, a definition of a range tank!

Anyway, the stats of a F2P and  a P2P range tankers are not so different, only certain skills such as defence and magic and prayer differ.

A F2P Range Tank is not recommended, since it is hard to get KO's because of the limited weapons. If you plan to stay F2P, i suggest making a range 2h pure, because you can get more kills.

F2P Range Tank's Stats, Inventory, Quests and Setup

A F2P tanker does not really need a high defence, since a high defence will affect its combat level. 

A F2P tank's stats should be:

40/45/60 attack (40 for rune, 45 for gravite (45 dungeoneering needed), 60 for corrupt dragon weapons)

99 strength

99 range

45 defence (no need for it to be higher)

45 prayer

1 magic

And your hitpoints should be whatever level you have after training all the other skills

All in all, your combat level should be about 80, depending on your hitpoints.

A F2P Range Tank's Setup should be:

Helm: Rune full helm/green dragon hide coif

Amulet: Strength/Power amulet

Cape: Any cape

Arrows: Adamant arrows

Torso Green dragon hide body / rune chain body (for those who do not complete dragon slayer)

Legs: Rune plate legs / Green dragon hide chaps

Gloves: Green dragon hide vambraces

Ring: Do not bring unless you need the risk.

A F2P Range Tank's Inventory should be:

 1 x Law rune

1 x Fire rune

3 x Air rune

1 x Rune 2h/Gravite 2h/Corrupt dragon weapon

1 x Strength potion

And fill the rest of the inventory with swordfish.

A F2P Range Tank's Quest list should be:

All the F2P Quests, including dragon slayer, unless you do not want to do dragon slayer. In that case, do not bother with quests at all...

Training In F2P

Now here comes the boring part, actually training your skills. Since you are F2P, your training grounds are rather limited.

>>Range<<

Well, training range in F2P is hard, because you use up a lot of arrows, therefore, i recommend you do the Blood Pact quests, so you can get a sling, which does not use up any arrows, making training a hell lot cheaper.

1-20 Range

Kill chickens in the chicken place just south of beefy bills field. If that place is full (of bots!), then go west a bit until you see a pond with ducks on it and around it. Kill those ducks.

21-40 Range
Go to the minatours in stronghold level 1 and using the sling, train your range, remember to bring some food!


41-60 Range

For this long stretch, you should buy lots of bronze arrows and a maple shortbow, and head to the hill giants in the edgeville dungeon. Kill them, bury the bones to get prayer exp

61-99 Range

Now here comes the seriously boring part, here, you should buy lots of bronze/iron arrows and go and kill flesh crawlers in stronghold level 2, or kill giant spiders in stronghold level 3. I know this will take ages, but believe me, it is the fastest way in F2P. Either that or become member!

>>Defence/Strength/Attack<<

Training these skills uses the same places as training range, just this time, wear your best melee armour and buy the best scimitar you can wield and set your attack mode to the skill you want to train

>>Prayer<<
When training all the other skills, remember to pick up the bones and bury them, if you do this, you will end up with 45 prayer without realizing it!