Temporary skill boost

A temporary skill boost is anything caused by an item, Summoning familiar, or action that temporarily raises a player's level in one or more skills. It allows the player to do things above their current level. For example, a Magic potion, which boosts a player's Magic level by five, will let the player cast High alchemy (which requires 55 Magic) with a Magic level of 50 to 55. The skill boost rounds down, for example when stranger plant boosts you from 90 farming by 4.6 levels, it appears as 94 farming.

Temporary boosts do not stack - for example, a dwarven stout provides +1 mining and smithing, and a mature dwarven stout provides +2 to the same skills; using them together will not produce +3, but +2, as that is the maximum boost.

Boosts decay back to the player's base level at a rate of approximately 1 level per minute. It should be noted that unlike most other effects skill changes do decay while banking.

Uses

• Entering a guild that requires a certain skill level, such as drinking a dwarven stout to enter the Mining Guild. Note: this does not work for the Warriors' Guild.
• Doing an action that requires a higher level than the player is currently at, such as using a Fishing potion to fish sharks.
• Meeting the skill requirements of some quests, such as While Guthix Sleeps. Players should note that temporary boosts do not work on all quests.
• Performing most tasks.
• Investigating ancient effigies.
• Note: the one-minute interval between stats decreasing by 1 towards their normal level does not start when you use the boost, it happens at a fixed interval set by the game. This means that you may only experience a few seconds of the maximum boost. Exercise caution if using the maximum possible boost from an item for a quest or achievement. The best action is to drink a very cheap boost (such as beer), wait for it to decrease 1 level, then quickly use the desired boost, this will assure you have close to the full minute. Logging out and back in also resets the stat "timer".

Items that give temporary boosts

• Potions, such as the Hunter potion which boosts a player's Hunter level by three.
• Food, such as the Garden pie which boosts a player's Farming level by three.
• Drinks, such as the Wizard's mind bomb which boosts a player's Magic level by two or three depending on the player's Magic level.
• Summoning scrolls, such as the Tireless Run scroll which boosts a player's Agility level by two.
• Spicy stews - can only be accessed with completion of Evil Dave's section in the quest Recipe for Disaster. These are random and can boost OR lower a skill by up to five.
• Crystal saw, which provides an invisible boost of three to a player's Construction level. It allows players to build items as if their Construction level was three levels higher; this is an invisible boost and so can be used in conjunction with tea or stews.
• Capes of Accomplishment boost the corresponding skill level to 100/99 when the cape is equipped or operated. Prayer and Constitution skillcapes have a cool down period of 1 minute.

Invisible boosts

These boosts are not visible on the player's statistics screen, and most of them cannot allow a player to perform activities above his or her base level (an exception is the Crystal saw). Most invisible boosts are provided by Summoning familiars. For example, a Granite lobster provides an invisible Fishing boost of four levels, but does not allow a player with 72 Fishing to catch sharks, which require 76 Fishing; instead it allows the player to catch fish with the same speed as if he or she were four levels higher.

Multiple Skill Boost

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Image	Boost	Skill	Level increase	Visibility	Other info
	Skillcape	Any skill	+1	Visible	Activating the cape's effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
	Spicy stew	Any skill but Summoning, Constitution, Prayer and Dungeoneering	±5	Visible	Depending on type of stew, any skill (besides summoning and Dungeoneering) can be boosted or reduced by 1 to 5 points randomly.
	Overload	Combat skills	5 + 22% in Attack, Strength and Defence, 4 + 20% in Ranged and 7 in Magic	Visible	When drunk the player will lose 500 hp in slices of 100, the combat stats won't degrade for 5 minutes. After those 5 minutes the player is healed 500 hp and stats return to normal.
	Dominion marker	Combat skills	Attack, Strength, Defence, Magic and Ranged depending on marker tier: Tier 1: +4 Tier 2: +6 Tier 3: +8 Tier 4: +10	Visible	If it is placed near following bosses it boosts your combat skills: All 5 God Wars bosses Corporeal Beast TzTok-Jad Both Soul Wars's Avatars Kalphite Queen Dagannoth Kings King Black Dragon
	Clan citadel powerups	Combat skills, Agility and Summoning	Up to 10	Visible	Familiar must be summoned.
or	Sugar skull or Toffee apple	Any skill except Constitution, Prayer or Summoning	+2	Visible	When eaten all skills, except for the 3 mentioned ones will be boosted, even dungeoneering.

List of temporary boosts

Image	Boost	Skill	Level increase	Visibility	Other info
File:Tireless run scroll.png	Tireless run scroll	Agility	2	Visible	Special attack of the Spirit terrorbird.
	Agility potion (or mix)	Agility	3	Visible	Mix heals 60 life points.
File:Abyssal stealth scroll.png	Abyssal stealth scroll	Agility and Thieving	4	Visible	Special attack of the Abyssal lurker.
	Summer pie	Agility	5	Visible	Also heals 110 life points and restores 10% run energy.
	Standard Cup of tea	Attack	3	Visible	Also heals 30 life points. Not to be confused with Player-Owned House tea.
	Attack potion (or mix)	Attack	10%3 + 10%	Visible	Mix also heals 30 life points.
	Super attack (or mix)	Attack	15%5 + 15%	Visible	Mix also heals 60 life points.
	Extreme attack	Attack	22%5 + 22%	Visible	Requires 88 herblore to make.
	Zamorak brew (or Zamorak mix)	Attack and Strength	20%2 + 20% (Attack), 2 + 12% (Strength)	Visible	Decreases Defence by 2 + 10% and remaining Lifepoints by 20 + 10% (Mix reduces life points by 10% - (10 to 40)).
	Combat potion (or mix)	Attack and Strength	10%3 + 10%	Visible	Mix also heals 60 life points.
	Ruby Harvest	Attack	20%	Invisible	Must be used on another player. Boost effects the player it is used on. Must be used in a multi-combat zone.
	Cavefish	Attack, Strength, Defence, Magic or Ranged	2One of the skills is boosted randomly by 2.	Visible	Also heals 200 life points.
	POH Cup of tea	Construction	31, 2 or 3	Visible	Boost depends on the shelf the cup used was obtained from.
	Crystal saw	Construction	3	Invisible	Only applies to items requiring a saw (e.g. not rooms or plants).
	Chef's delight	Cooking	%55%	Visible	Also heals 10 life points. Reduces Attack and Strength by 2 or more.
	Mature Chef's delight	Cooking	%51 + 5%	Visible	Also heals 10 life points. Reduces Attack and Strength by 2 or more.
	Crafting potion	Crafting	3	Visible	None.
	Defence potion (or mix)	Defence	%103 + 10%	Visible	Mix also heals 60 life points.
	Super defence (or mix)	Defence	%155 + 15%	Visible	Mix also heals 30 to 60 life points.
	Extreme defence	Defence	%205 + 22%	Visible	Requires 90 herblore to make.
	Saradomin brew / Dom saradomin brew	Defence, Lifepoints	%2525% (Defence), 15% (Life points)	Visible	Decreases Attack, Strength, Magic and Ranged levels by 10%. Life points can rise above normal level with the boost.
	Draynor Manor Cabbage	Defence	1	Visible	Also heals 20 life points.
	Testudo scroll	Defence	8	Visible	Special attack of the War tortoise.
	Excalibur	Defence	8	Visible	100% of special attack bar is used. (no combat needed)
File:Titan's con. scroll.png	Titan's Constitution	Defence, Lifepoints	%12.512.5% (Defence), 80 (life points)	Visible	Special attack of Fire titan, Moss titan and Ice titan. Life points can rise above normal level with the boost.
	Enhanced Excalibur	Defence, Lifepoints	15% (defence), 200 / 400 (lifepoints)	Visible	100% of special attack bar is used. (no combat needed) Lifepoints are only healed, not boosted
	Sapphire Glacialis	Defence	20%	Invisible	Must be used on another player. Boost effects the player it is used on. Must be used in a multi-combat zone.
	Dreadfowl	Farming	1	Visible	Speak to Dreadfowl.
	Compost mound	Farming	%21 + 2%	Visible	Speak to Compost mound.
	Stranger plant	Farming	%21 + 4%	Visible	Speak to Stranger plant.
	Cider	Farming	1	Visible	Heals 10 life points, reduces Attack and Strength by 2.
	Mature cider	Farming	2	Visible	Heals 20 life points, reduces Attack and Strength by 5.
	Garden pie	Farming	3	Visible	Also heals 60 life points.
	Pyrelord	Firemaking	3	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Lava titan	Firemaking, Mining	10, 10	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Fishing potion (or mix)	Fishing	3	Visible	Mix also heals 30 to 60 life points.
File:Fish pie.png	Fish pie	Fishing	3	Visible	Also heals 60 life points.
	Admiral pie	Fishing	5	Visible	Also heals 80 life points.
	Granite Crab	Fishing	1	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Ibis	Fishing	3	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Granite Lobster	Fishing	4	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Fletching potion	Fletching	3	Visible	None.
	Greenman's ale	Herblore	1	Visible	Heals 10 life points. Reduces Attack, Strength and Defence by 2 or more.
	Mature Greenman's ale	Herblore	2	Visible	Heals 10 life points. Reduces Attack, Strength and Defence by 2 or more.
	Hunter potion (or mix)	Hunter	3	Visible	Mix heals 20 to 30 Lifepoints.
	Spirit graahk, Spirit kyatt and Spirit larupia	Hunter	5	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Arctic bear	Hunter	7	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Wolpertinger	Hunter	5	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Mud bath	Hunter	%210%	Visible	Requires completion of As a First Resort..., which requires 48 Hunter (45 with the use of a Hunter potion. Also temporarily removes the player's scent, removing the need to use a torch.
	Guthix rest	Lifepoints	50	Visible	Only works when at full life points. Also reduces poison damage by 10 and restore some run energy.
	Rocktail	Lifepoints	100	Visible	Heals 230 life points and can raise Lifepoints up to 100 over the maximum.
	Elidinis Statuette	Lifepoints	70	Visible	Requires completion of Spirit of the Elid. Any lost Lifepoints are restored prior to the boost. Also restores Prayer points.
	Thermal bath	Lifepoints	%1515 - 20%	Visible	Requires completion of As a First Resort.... Any lost Lifepoints are restored prior to the boost. Also cures and gives temporary protection from poison and disease.
	Wizard's mind bomb	Magic	2 + 2%	Visible	Also heals 10 Lifepoints. +3 boost only applies if the player's magic level is higher than 50. Reduces Attack, Strength and Defence by 1 or more. Is available to free players.
File:Magic essence potion.png	Magic essence potion (or mix)	Magic	3	Visible	Mix also heals 30 to 60 Lifepoints.
File:Mature wmb.png	Mature Wizard's mind bomb	Magic	3 + 2%	Visible	Also heals 10 Lifepoints. +4 boost only applies if the player's magic level is higher than 50. Reduces Attack, Strength and Defence by 5.
File:Magic potion.png	Magic potion (or mix)	Magic	5	Visible	Mix also heals 30 to 60 Lifepoints.
	Vecna skull	Magic	6	Visible	Cannot be used if magic is boosted and only once every 7 minutes.
	Extreme magic	Magic	7	Visible	Requires 91 herblore to make.
File:Magic focus scroll.png	Magic focus scroll	Magic	7	Visible	Special attack of the Wolpertinger.
	Desert wyrm	Mining	1	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Void ravager	Mining	1, 1	Invisible and Visible	Familiar must be summoned. Speak to the Void ravager to obtain a visible boost of 1 in addition to the invisible boost of 1.
	Obsidian golem	Mining	7	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Lava Titan	Mining, Firemaking	10, 10	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.
	Dwarven stout	Mining, Smithing	1	Visible	Also heals 10 Lifepoints. Is available to free players.
File:Dwarven Stout (m).png	Mature dwarven stout	Mining, Smithing	2	Visible	Also heals 10 Lifepoints. Reduces Attack, Strength and Defence by 2 or more.
	Ancient mace special attack.	Prayer	36Boost equal to damage hit.	Visible	100% of special bar drained. Requires the quest Another Slice of H.A.M . to be completed in order to equip and use.
File:Mahogany altar.gif	Monastery altar, Altar of nature, Seers' Village altar	Prayer	2	Visible	Monastery requires 31 prayer, and is available to free players. Altar of nature requires completion of Nature Spirit. Seers' Village requires completion of all hard Seers' Village Tasks (Seers' headband 3 or 4 must be worn).
	Sulphur spring	Prayer	%1010%	Visible	Requires completion of As a First Resort.... Prayer points are fully restored before the boost is applied.
File:Zaros symbol.svg	Altar of Zaros	Prayer	15%	Visible	Requires completion of The Temple at Senntisten. Activates The Ancient Curses and prayer points are fully restored before the boost is applied.
	Ranging potion (or mix)	Ranged	%103 + 10%	Visible	Mix also heals 30 to 60 Lifepoints.
	Extreme ranging	Ranged	%204 + 20%	Visible	Requires 92 herblore to make.
	Wild pie	Ranged, Slayer	4, 5	Visible	Also heals 110 Lifepoints.
	Geyser titan	Ranged	%31 + 3%	Visible	Speak to the Geyser titan to obtain the boost.
	Ranger's aid	Ranged	2	Visible	Reduces Defence by 5.
	Mature ranger's aid	Ranged	3	Visible	Reduces Defence by a random amount.
	Talking to Oldak	Runecrafting and Magic	+2 or -2	Visible	Also possible no stats are boosted.
	Slayer's respite	Slayer	1	Visible	Also heals 10 Lifepoints, and reduces Attack and Strength by 2 or more.
	Mature slayer's respite	Slayer	2	Visible	Also heals 10 Lifepoints, and reduces Attack and Strength by 2 or more.
	Blurberry special/Premade blurb' sp.	Strength	7	Visible	Also reduces Attack by 5.
	Drunk Dragon/Premade dr' dragon	Strength	7	Visible	Also reduces Attack by 4.
	Wizard blizzard/Premade wiz blz'd	Strength	6	Visible	Also reduces Attack by 4.
	Short green guy/Premade sgg	Strength	4	Visible	Also reduces Attack by 3.
	Beer	Strength	4%	Visible	Also reduces Attack by 7%. Is available to free players.
	Strength potion (or mix)	Strength	%103 + 10%	Visible	Mix also heals 30 Lifepoints. Strength potion is available to free players.
	Super strength (or mix)	Strength	%155 + 15%	Visible	Mix also heals 30 to 60 Lifepoints.
	Extreme strength	Strength	5 + 22%	Visible	Requires 89 herblore to make.
	Dragon Battleaxe	Strength	25%	Visible	Lowers Attack, Magic, Ranged and Defence by 10%. Uses 100% of special bar.
File:Volcanic str. scroll.png	Volcanic strength scroll	Strength	9	Visible	Special attack of the Obsidian golem.
	Black Warlock	Strength	20%	Invisible	Must be used on another player. Boost effects the player it is used on. Must be used in a multi-combat zone.
	Bandit's brew	Thieving	1	Visible	None.
File:Thieving fingers scroll.png	Thieving fingers scroll	Thieving	2	Visible	Special attack of the Magpie.
	Spring sq'irk juice	Thieving	1	Visible	20% run energy boost.
File:Autumn sq'irk juice.png	Autumn sq'irk juice	Thieving	2	Visible	30% run energy boost.
	Summer sq'irk juice	Thieving	3	Visible	40% run energy boost.
File:Abyssal stealth scroll.png	Abyssal stealth scroll	Thieving and Agility	4	Visible	Special attack of the Abyssal lurker.
	Axeman's folly	Woodcutting	1	Visible	None.
	Mature axeman's folly	Woodcutting	2	Visible	Also heals 10 Lifepoints. Reduces Attack and Strength by 2 or more.
	Beaver	Woodcutting	2	Invisible	Familiar must be summoned.

Notes

• A percentage boost is always rounded down, with exception of the mud bath and chef's delight, which are rounded up.
• A reduction of x or more levels means the actual amount reduced depends on the player's level in the skills listed.