Wilderness
- For the music track, see Wilderness (music track).
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| Capital | N/A (previously Dareeyak)
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| Members Only | No, besides level 49+ and Red Dragon Isle |
| No. of Banks | 1 (Mage Arena) |
| No. of Altars | 2 |
| Guilds | None |
| Peaks | Wilderness Volcano |
| Inhabitants/Race | Humans, Dragons, Demons, Revenants, Undead, Spiders and more. |
| Demonym | N/A |
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The Wilderness (sometimes referred to as wildy or wild) is a large and dangerous wasteland which makes up nearly the entirety of north-eastern Gielinor, with the exception of the Daemonheim peninsula, directly north of the kingdoms of Asgarnia and Misthalin.
On 1 February 2011, Jagex restored PvP combat throughout the Wilderness. There are four "High-risk Wilderness worlds" designated for Player Killing. The Protect item prayer and curse cannot be used in the Wilderness on these worlds. Member High-risk Wilderness worlds are 124 and 137. Non-Member High-risk Wilderness worlds are 57 and 136. The unofficial PKing worlds are 1 (f2p), 18 and 65 (p2p), where you can still use the protect item prayer and curse.
Development history
The Wilderness was famous for being the only place where non-members could engage in Player-versus-Player (PvP) combat to gain all items that the defeated dropped until 10 December 2007, when the Duel Arena was opened to free players and the Bounty Hunter and Clan Wars activities were introduced. Later when the classic Wilderness was reintroduced, Bounty Hunter was removed. All the Activities that used to be located in the Wilderness are now in the Gamers Grotto north of Falador.
As of 15 October 2008, players were allowed to attack each other here (and across the rest of RuneScape in PvP worlds) on special Bounty Worlds (These worlds have been rendered obsolete as of the first of February as the classic Wilderness area has been reintroduced) . They could not, however, attack each other here on non-PvP worlds.
In the months between July 2008 and October 2008, however, players could only attack each other via activities. The Clan Wars free-for-all portals are very similar to the Wilderness before 1 July 2008, however with the arrival of Bounty worlds the Wilderness returned to being like old player killing. Players had to be careful entering the Wilderness as they could be attacked and likely killed by Revenants.
From 24 December 2010 to 14 January 2011 a referendum to bring back the old wilderness and free trade was conducted, in which ninety one percent of votes were a yes. The Wilderness has now been returned to the original, player killing Wilderness on 1 February 2011. As of 18 January 2011, the "Attack" option was secretly added to the menu while right-clicking on a player in the Wilderness in certain areas. Clicking it yielded "You can only attack players in a player-vs-player area".
In-game history
The area that is now the Wilderness was formerly known as Forinthry. Like the rest of Gielinor, it was shaped by the god Guthix during the First Age and was an area filled with nature and life.
Forinthry was very rich in resources, and so a perfect place to build settlements. Zaros, a God who entered Gielinor after Guthix entered his sleeping state at the end of the first age, fully conquered this area during the Second Age. Many settlements were built, whose most powerful were Dareeyak, Carrallangar, Annakarl and Ghorrock. Forinthry formed a very big part of Zaros' mighty empire, which was the most powerful of Gielinor at that time, and stretched from northern Forinthry, through the north-west of Misthalin, to the North-east of Morytania.
Near the end of the second age, Zaros' Mahjarrat general Zamorak wanted to overthrow Zaros and was able to collect a group of followers. Those included the elder demon Thammaron, the vampyre Lord Drakan, the human warrior Viggora and the other Mahjarrat Zemouregal and Hazeel. When Zamorak got his hands on the Staff of Armadyl, he attacked Zaros' castle and after an intense battle, by pure luck, a small part of Zaros' powers were tranferred via the staff to Zamorak, leading to his banishment. After that, the other gods banished Zamorak for defeating one of their kind, however, Zamorak returned as a God, with an army so big that he could conquer the world and declared war against all the other Gods, starting the God Wars.
During the God Wars, Forinthry was under constant attacks of Zamorak and Saradomin's armies and soon started to crumble, the fortresses were dominated and many of Zaros' remaining followers sided with Zamorak to not be his victims, and soon, the remaining settlements of Forinthry were destroyed with the exception of Ghorrock, which was dominated by Zamorak, until it became so cold that it became impossible to control it.
After 4,000 years of battle, the whole area of Forinthry was grey and covered in ashes. The tremours and the deaths of the war disturbed Guthix's sleep and then, It awoke from Its long slumber and put an end to the God Wars by creating the Edicts of Guthix, which banned all gods from ever directly influencing Gielinor again. Guthix went deep into the depths of Gielinor and wept, saddened by the effects the God Wars had had on the world that It had shaped and loved. The Wars ended, but the damage was done, many races like the Aviansies, Icyenes, Ourgs and Wyrms were almost wiped out of existence, and all of Gielinor suffered from the effects of the wars, but not one kingdom suffered as heavily as Forinthry.
Forinthry is today known as the wilderness and is now nothing but a cursed wasteland feared by adventurers. Today, many ruins of the once beautiful cities still remain in these lands, barely recognizable as the great cites they were but rather piles of bricks and spirits of the creatures who died during the God Wars who were forced by the gods to look after the Wilderness. They started patrolling the wilderness, attacking anything alive they would encounter, these spirits became known as the Revenants. Many of those who died in the Wilderness after that point, have ended up within a Spirit Plane, created by the Spirit beast. The origins of this beast are unknown. Everyone unlucky enough to die in the wilderness will be trapped in this realm for the rest of eternity. While the spirit beast slowly drains the souls of the unfortunate mortal victims, it makes itself even more powerful.
During the Fourth Age, there were many attempts to recolonize the Wilderness. A new city was built at Dareeyak's old location and the Bonde family managed to build a successful farm in the 1700s, however, they were massacred by a group of rogues. There are still many creatures wandering around in the wilderness, like many species of giants and demons. Due to the Wilderness being a site of ancient battles, it is also a place where dragons reside. Some outlaws, mostly Zamorakians, have also managed to set up their bases there, like bandits, dark warriors, rogues and pirates.
In year 169 of the Fifth Age, many adventurers, who had grown tired of the Revenants' constant terror, teamed up to fight the Revenants and reclaimed the land from their tyranny. The adventurers' efforts were successful, and the Revenants were banished to a cave known as the Forinthry Dungeon. Despite this, the Revenants still remain dangerous to anyone wishing to explore the cave, but are not nearly as powerful as they were above ground.
Revenants
Revenants were added by Jagex to challenge players after player killing was removed. They would randomly appear and attack players in the Wilderness. Revenants are the ghost-like spirits of creatures killed during the God Wars. All of them could teleblock, freeze, and use all three sides of the combat triangle. In members Wilderness, most of them could also poison the player (except for the Revenant dragon, which could poison players anywhere in the wilderness). They can also unleash hefty damage despite their combat level; even the level 7 Revenant Imps can hit up to 90 LP. The further north players went, the higher the danger level got. The danger level represents the potential combat levels of revenants they could engage in combat. A danger level of 1 meant you could be attacked by revenants within 1 combat level of your own; a danger level of 2 meant you could fight revenants within 2 combat levels of your own; and so on.
After the Wilderness and Free Trade Update on 1 February, revenants were removed from the Wilderness surface and banished to the Forinthry Dungeon. They also lost their ability to teleblock and freeze players, but they are still extremely dangerous and should not be underestimated.
Teleport restrictions
Teleports will not work above level 20, except for a select few such as the Amulet of Glory or Ring of Life which may be used by members up to level 30. However, the Teleport Block spell will prevent using any means of teleportation for 5 minutes, except for the use of Teleport Tabs.
If you have completed Spirit of Summer, you can use Jennica's ring to activate portals throughout the Wilderness, even from the axe hut at level 55. The teleport restrictions of the wilderness do not exist in the spirit realm.
Items that allow member teleportation to up to 30 level Wilderness:
- Amulet of glory
- Combat bracelet
- Skills necklace
- Ring of wealth
- Pharaoh's sceptre
- Grand seed pod
- Ring of Life
The Wall
The Wilderness is separated from safer areas by a wall on its southern edge, requiring players to click on it to enter the Wilderness. Formerly a ditch, it required the same action to enter the Wilderness; jumping over. This was to prevent players from wandering into the Wilderness and getting killed, or getting 'lured' or tricked into going into the Wilderness with popular luring techniques such as Tree Luring prior the Wilderness changes. After clicking the wall, players are presented with a screen that asks whether they really want to enter the Wilderness. Players who click yes will then jump over the wall. Above it, there are a few safe spaces. This has, however, reduced the level 1 Wilderness to 4 tiles.
When you jump the wall and are under the effect of one or several extreme potions, including Overload, the effects are reduced to those of super potions, as extreme potions can't be used in unsafe pvp.
Jagex added the ditch/wall functionality on 18 April 2007<ref>Jagex. "Wilderness Ditch". 18 April 2007. RuneScape News. *</ref>. They also added the option not to receive this warning message every time on 17 July 2007<ref>Jagex. "Game Improvements". 17 July 2007. RuneScape News. *</ref>. Players can toggle this and other warning messages on and off via the Doomsayer in Lumbridge. Before the Z-buffering update, the Wilderness Wall was actually a ditch, but due to problems with graphics coding, it was changed into a wall.
Player killing
Reintroduced into the Wilderness on 1 February 2011, PKing is one of the most popular and profitable activities in RuneScape, though it is also one of the most dangerous. Player killing can take place in the Wilderness. When a player is killed in the Wilderness, any of their lost items are not protected by a gravestone. Instead, they are dropped on the ground and available to the killer, or if the player was killed by a monster, to everyone. Depending on combat level, player killers risk nothing to hundreds of millions worth of gear.
PKing also saw the return of looters, low level accounts with the purpose of picking up the remains of a drop after the killer finished taking the most expensive items. They are a hindrance to PKers since they almost always stand on top of the loot and plant Marker plants to hinder the killer from picking it up quickly. If a player gets a kill and must teleport away or is killed right after by a PKer, all of the loot could become visible to everyone after a short amount of time, and experienced looters will often pick up the best right away.
Economic effects of player killing
In the weeks following the return of player killing, the price of commonly used PKing gear, including armour, weapons, and food plummeted. Abyssal whip, Rune platebody, legs, and sharks crashed to almost half their price before the update. Rune scimitar went from 30k to 17k. Barrows equipment also crashed significantly. While its demand rose, this can be explained:
- With Bounty and PvP worlds, when a player is killed not all of their items became the killer's loot. Oftentimes the loot was a lot worse than the value of their lost items, and there were Ancient artefacts, which were sold to an NPC Mandrith for coins. As a result, the supply of gear was low as it was constantly removed from the game and the coins added into the game caused inflation; therefore prices rose.
- After 1 February 2011, the drop system changed. All tradeable items such as the gear used in PKing lost upon death remained in the game as players picked them up and sold them. So the supply remained constant, unlike its decrease in PvP worlds. The effect of prices was particularly strong on Abyssal whips, which were mostly not transferred when one was lost in a PvP world. Now, all of them remain in the game as well as new ones coming in from Abyssal demons.
- The return of free trade came with the return of Real world trading. They began using bots again to gather resources, including high level fish: shark, rocktail, monkfish, etc. The supply of them increased dramatically and lowered the prices. Unused food lost in player killing was also picked up by looters.
However, the special PvP drops that were formerly only acquired from PvP, and now from Revenants, such as Vesta's longsword, skyrocketed. This is because they were much easier to get from PKing rather than killing Revenants now, whose drop rate of these items is extremely low.
Why enter the Wilderness?
Many players enter the wilderness to PK (Player Kill),
There are also two Boss monsters located within The Wilderness:
- King Black Dragon
- Located in level 42 Wilderness, near the lava maze. The entrance to the King Black Dragon's lair is located in the wilderness, but the lair itself is not.
- Chaos Elemental
- Located in the highest levels of the Wilderness, west of the Rogue's Castle.
The Wilderness Volcano is also a good area to train since it has Greater Demons and Hellhounds. There is always plenty to kill since the monsters spawn fast and there is usually a small amount of players. Some places in the Wilderness spawn runes which players may collect for free, although it can be quite dangerous if other players pass by. Some players like to get together with friends and take the risk of hanging out in the Wilderness just for the fun of it.
For access to the Abyss
Pay to play players can use the Abyss Via Wilderness to access the various altars throughout RuneScape to craft runes; the Zamorak mage that teleports players to the abyss is in level 5 Wilderness. Many players will risk being killed to craft runes here as it is the fastest way available to train Runecrafting for profit; normally only runes above cosmic are crafted here as any rune below this is not considered worth the risk, and/or it takes less time to reach the appropriate altar by other means.
For resources
There are many useful respawns in the Wilderness. Particularly, the only two non-members' spawn points for planks, which are required for the Dragon Slayer quest:
- In the Graveyard of Shadows, level 22 Wilderness. This place is multi-combat and is filled with aggressive level 18 and 24 zombies, so lower levels may want to bring some food and/or armour.
- The lava maze (level 43) contains several item spawns such as iron full helm, gold necklace, staff of earth, steel platebody, along with coin respawn points. Bring food, as it contains black knights, king scorpions, hill giants and lesser demons.
There are also many respawns for bones in the Chaos Temple and the Bone Yard, and members can collect White Berries (a valuable potion ingredient) at Red Dragon Isle.
There is a small hill at level 50 wilderness north of the border where cut sapphires spawn. It is guarded by low-level spiders.
For ores
The risk factor and the aggressive monsters mean these mines are rarely mined-out, unlike the Mining guild at busy times.
The Wilderness has one of the few places to mine runite ore in all Gielinor, being the only place free-to-play players could mine runite until the 19 July 2010 Dungeoneering update. After the 1 Feb 2011 Wilderness update, the runite rocks near the Lava Maze began spawning their ore much faster, making it well worth the risk for those who are bold enough to mine in level 40+ Wilderness.
While the best metal armour enables players to shrug off most of the monsters that frequent the mines, other players will frequently attack with Magic as well, so ranged armour may be preferable to avoid a negative magic defence bonus. Protect from Magic may also be used to help ward off magical attacks.
For clue scrolls
Pay to play players can obtain Clue scrolls from monsters. The higher level Clue scrolls often involve visits to the Wilderness, including to the parts with a very high danger level. Be warned that you can still be attacked by other players while fighting off any of the wizards that may attack you while digging for a casket, so be prepared for anything. Most of the time you will be incapable of teleporting, so you should be sure to bring a lot of food, preferably lobster or better.
For Agility training
Pay to play players have an Agility training course in the deep Wilderness. It is one of the fastest Agility training areas, though also the most dangerous, as you can be attacked at any time.
For monster killing
The Wilderness has monsters that can be interesting to kill for their drops or their experience e.g. Greater demons. In member worlds, Green Dragons and the King Black Dragon can be killed for Dragon bones and dragon hide, the Chaos Elemental for valuable items such as the Dragon 2h sword are a few examples of monsters that attract players into the Wilderness.
For music
Some players wish to unlock as much music as possible, since they can get the Air Guitar emote upon unlocking 500 songs. Approximately 40 music tracks are unlocked in the Wilderness, in which 28 tracks can be unlocked in F2P. Exploration and training specific skills will unlock soundtracks and music in the wilderness area.
- List of music that can be unlocked in the Wilderness
- Army of Darkness
- Attack3
- Attack5
- Close Quarters
- Complication
- Crystal Sword
- Dangerous
- Dark
- Dead Can Dance
- Deep Wildy
- Doorways
- Eruption
- Everlasting Fire
- Faithless
- Forbidden
- Inspiration
- Into the Abyss
- Lightness
- Mage Arena
- Pirates of Peril
- Regal
- The Route of All Evil
- The Route of the Problem
- Scape Sad
- Scape Wild
- Shining
- Troubled
- Undercurrent
- Venomous
- Wild Isle
- Wild Side
- Wilderness
- Wilderness2
- Wilderness3
- Wildwood
- Witching
- Wonder
- The Wrong Path
For money
Many players engage in player killing throughout the Wilderness to obtain valuables. When they kill a player, they will get all or nearly all of the items that the player was holding. Then the player killer takes the dropped items and does whatever they may wish to do with them. This includes using the High Alchemy or Low Alchemy spells on them or selling them for money. Another form of player killing for profit is bot slaying, where players can kill bots that attack green dragons for the bones they have collected. This can be an easy and reliable way for players to gain profit and acquire kills.
Also, many players visit the Wilderness to kill Green Dragons, as the hides and bones they always drop are very profitable.
Another way to make money is by walking/running back and forth from Edgeville bank to the Red Dragon Isle, where players can pick up White berries, banking them, and later selling them at the Grand Exchange. White berries sell for Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins each.
Many players have items that are of very little value to merchants and skill specialists. The General store in the Bandit Camp buys items for close to high alchemy prices because the "Tax collectors do not visit his store." All Wilderness merchants are very high-level as a matter of personal safety.
For capes
Some players want to collect team capes, so they go in the wilderness just to enhance their collection. These handy capes can vary in colours and designs.
You can find these capes by searching for men with big bags on their backs. Their location are in different places but are always near one place.
To Slay Revenants
Many players seek out revenants in the Forinthry Dungeon to kill them for their valuable drops, such as corrupt dragon armour, statuettes and Ancient Warriors' Equipment. The dungeon can be entered in either level 17 or 31 Wilderness near the western wall. Be warned that the dungeon is still considered a PvP area, and it's multi-combat, making it extremely dangerous.
There are a lot of places that players would like to explore. However, curiosity can sometimes kill you, and this applies best to the Wilderness. But if a player is ready, why not go ahead and have a look around?
For quests or miniquests
On 29 July 2008, the first Wilderness quest, Spirit of Summer, was released. The quest mainly focuses at the centre of the wilderness. The sequel Summer's End is also started in the Wilderness, and on the 29 September, the third quest, Defender of Varrock brought players to the Graveyard of Shadows and to the Chaos Temple which are both located in the Wilderness.
Also, the Ghostly robes (miniquest) takes a player into the Wilderness at least once.
On 1 February 2011, all quest-related areas in the wilderness were made safe and all minigames except Mage arena and All Fired Up were moved to the Gamers' Grotto.
For beacons
If the player has finished the All Fired Up quest, then the player may need to head into the Wilderness to light some beacons for the activity of the same name. The beacons in the Wilderness are in the following locations: one on the Frozen Waste Plateau, one beacon is located in the low-level Wilderness north of the Grand Exchange, two other beacons north-east of the Lumber yard and one beacon is located north of the altar in level 43 Wilderness.
For trade
There is a shop selling pizza bases located in the Bandit Camp, as well as a general store which buys items from players for the high alchemy price rather than the standard low alchemy used in most general stores. However, due to the remoteness of the bandit camp, the stores are rarely used.
For Dungeoneering
Because Daemonheim is located in the wilderness, some players may walk through the wilderness to get to the peninsula. However, it is faster to get to Daemonheim by taking the Fremennik ship at Al Kharid or Taverley or to simply teleport there via the Ring of Kinship.
For fishing
Around level 35 in the wilderness, on the east coast, there is a second F2P fishing spot for lobster, tuna and swordfish. However, it's easier and safer to fish from Karamja to avoid the risk of player killers. Also, in the Lava Maze, is the only lava eel fishing spot besides the one in the Taverley Dungeon near the group of baby blue dragons.
For penguin hunting
Sometimes penguins from Penguin Hide and Seek will be in the wilderness, so if a player would like to maximise their weekly reward they would have to go in to the wilderness to find the penguins. However, often penguin hunting clans can lead the penguins to relatively safe spots and thus reduce the risk.
Why not enter the Wilderness?
There is one main reason for players to refuse to enter the Wilderness: fear of death. A player can be killed very quickly in the wilderness in many ways:
- By other players - the level of players that can attack you increases as you go deeper into the wilderness, so a person can be killed by a player whose combat level is much higher than their own.
- By high-level monsters - some of the chief wilderness attractions are some of the most likely places to die. Powerful monsters such as green and red dragons can be dangerous, and the chaos elemental makes the region from the scorpion pit to the skeletal fence to the wilderness volcano very unsafe.
- By 'regular' monsters - almost all monsters in the wilderness attack players on sight even if they are passive elsewhere. These creatures attack everyone - level 100+ players will still be attacked by giant rats.
- By Revenants - only in the Forinthry Dungeon. These undead creatures are much more dangerous than their combat level suggests. After the return of the wilderness update, killing revenants is much more rewarding than before.
The free area
Features
All of the areas to the right (the F2P/P2P Wilderness border is Danger Level 48) except the Red Dragon Isle are available to Free to play users. A basic outline of some features is given below, for a more in-depth description click on the link.
Other places of interest
| Place | Wilderness Level | On the Map | Other Information |
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| Demonic ruins | 45 - 48, Multi-combat area | Top right-hand corner | There are some Greater demons here. |
| The Steel mine | 6 - 7 | The  closest to the southern river (the beginning of the surface stretch of the River Lum)
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Contains a little Coal and Iron ore |
| The Dark Warriors' Fortress | 13 - 16 | South of the Bandit Camp | Earth runes, Water runes, Air runes, Fire runes, Chaos runes, Mind runes, and Body rune. |
| The Hobgoblin mine | 29 - 35 | The east of the Forgotten Cemetery
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Contains 16 Iron ore, 31 Coal, 19 Mithril ore, 8 Adamantite ore. Contains more rocks in total than any free-to-play Mining Site. |
| The Wilderness skeleton mine | 9 | The south of the Dark Warriors' Fortress
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34 coal rocks. |
| The Wilderness rune mine | 45 - 46 | Slightly above the Lava Maze | One of the only places to mine Runite ore in non-members worlds. |
| Chaos Temple (Wilderness) | 13 | South-East of the Graveyard of Shadows, marked by 
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Apart from a small hut west of the Lava maze, this is the only altar in the Wilderness. Sometimes it's considered the best place for training prayer on free to play servers. |
| Chaos Temple (hut) | 38 | The in the small building just south of the Frozen Waste Plateau
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This is the location of the other of two altars in the Wilderness (the other being the above location). This is a popular hot-spot for PKers to recharge their prayer. |
The members area
Features
This area is only available to Pay-to-play users. Note: The white line visible near the bottom is the fence separating the Free-to-play and Pay-to-play areas.
Mage Arena
This is where players with at least level 60 Magic can attempt Kolodion's challenge. Successful players receive the God Cape and the God Staff of their chosen God. For more information, see the Mage Arena article.
Other places of interest
| Place / Monster | Wilderness Level | On the Map | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mage of Zamorak | 5 | See: Steel mine | Allows you to access The Abyss, one of the few places where you can craft all sorts of runes. |
| The King Black Dragon | 40 | Near the Lava maze | The lair is not considered part of the wilderness, so you are allowed to teleport from within. The King Black Dragon can drop a Draconic visage (extremely rare) |
| Forinthry Dungeon | 17-31 | Near the Wilderness Volcano | You can kill Ankous, Greater and Lesser demons, Revenants, Hellhounds and Green dragons here. It's also a multi-combat area. |
| Agility course | 53-55 | Top-left corner of the Wilderness (not the white part) | One of the best places to train your Agility. |
| The Chaos Elemental | 51 | West of the Rogues' Castle | Drops Dragon two-handed sword, and possibly any artifacts, Corrupt dragon, and Ancient warrior's equipment |
| Rogues' Castle | 51 | East of the Mage Arena and Deserted Keep |
Contains Rogues, and to free another Rogue for jewellery selling. |
| Corporeal beast lair | 34 | North of Summer Bonde's farm in the Spirit Realm. | Contains the Corporeal beast, the third highest level monster, after Nex and the queen black dragon. This area can also be accessed safely using a Games necklace. |
| North-East Wilderness volcano | 51 | Right East of the Rogues' Castle and North of the Easternmost gate to member's Wilderness. | A wooden bridge that crosses the volcano's centre. It continuously launches several fireballs into the surrounding areas. |
Obelisks
There are six Wilderness Obelisks. Each portal will randomly teleport anyone standing on the central pad to any of the other 5 pads. They are the only teleportation method to work beyond level 30 Wilderness apart from the Ardougne teleport lever, the Mage Arena teleport lever, and the Edgeville teleport lever. To activate the portal, touch any of the pillars on the side. You must be in the 3x3 radius (which is the center of the obelisk), to be teleported. It will not teleport you if you are teleblocked, and is useful sending PKers away to another location.
The portals are found in the following locations:
| Wilderness Level | Location | On the Map |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | North of the Grand Exchange | Not visible |
| 50 | Near the Chaos Elemental | South-east of the Rogues' Castle |
| 27 | South of the Chaos dwarves | North of the Bandit Camp |
| 35 | Near the Green dragons | South-west of the Lava maze |
| 19 | At the Black unicorns | South of the Graveyard of Shadows |
| 44 | By the Ice warriors | South-east of the Frozen Waste Plateau |
Be Warned: using this may also teleport other players if they are caught in the 3x3 square when the teleport activates. Thus, if you are teleported deeper into the Wilderness, they will be able to attack you.
Wilderness area of Edgeville dungeon
Although most of the Wilderness is an open area, the north part of Edgeville dungeonis Wilderness too. It can be accessed by passing a members gate. The Wilderness level in the northernmost part is 5. Points of interest:
- Several Chaos druids in the Wilderness section, well known for their high drop rate for herbs.
- There are six red spider's eggs respawns in this dungeon, making it easier to collect them for potions.
- Several Black Demons live farther inside the dungeon, closer to a bank than most others.
- The Earth Obelisk is in the dungeon near Chronozon, and the Air Obelisk can be accessed through the dungeon as well, past the Black Demons.
- The dungeon is one of only 2 locations to house Earth warriors. You need 15 Agility to cross the monkey bars to get to them.
- From 1 February 2011, this part of Edgeville Dungeon is a PvP zone.
Wilderness levels
Any player within a particular level range of your Combat level can be attacked in the wilderness. The range is calculated by taking your current user level and adding or subtracting the current wilderness level you are in.
For example, in Level 1 wilderness, a player who is level 100 can attack players who are level 99, level 101 or the same level. Also, if a player who is level 100 is in level 24 wilderness, they are able to attack players between level 76 and level 124 combat. When you enter the wilderness, your combat level is displayed as your free to play level, with the levels gained from summoning displayed next to it. Examples: Level 21+12, 125+13, 110+12, etc.
The various Combat level colours:
(If you can't see one high-light it)
- Green - Much Lower in Combat level.
- Lime 1 - A medium amount lower in Combat level.
- Lime 2 - A small amount lower in Combat level.
- Yellow - Equal in Combat level.
- Orange 1 - A small amount higher in Combat level.
- Orange 2 - A medium amount higher in Combat level.
- Red - Much Higher in Combat level.
- White - Cannot attack (i.e. outside the Combat level range or in a safe area.)
Quests/Miniquests
No quest starts in the Wilderness, but several take place partially or mostly in the Wilderness. However, according to Jagex, there is no PvP combat in quest areas in the Wilderness, and players on quests that enter the Wilderness have safe ways to transit the PvP parts of the Wilderness. Quests taking place partially or mostly in the Wilderness are:
Quests
- Spirit of Summer
- Summer's End
- Defender of Varrock
- The Curse of Arrav
- The Temple at Senntisten
- While Guthix Sleeps
- Family Crest
Miniquests
Monsters in the Wilderness
- See also: Forinthry Dungeon
• Ankous • Bandits • Black demons • Black dragons • Black knights • Black unicorns • Chaos druids • Chaos dwarves • Chaos elementals • Dark warriors • Dark wizards • Deadly red spiders • Giant rats • Giant spiders • Greater demons • Green dragons • Grizzly bears • Guard Bandits • Hellhounds • Hill giants • Hobgoblins • Ice giants • Ice warriors • Lesser demons • Moss Giants • Poison spiders • Rats • Red dragons • Revenants • Rogues • Spiders • Zombies • Skeletons
Monsters formerly in the Wilderness
- WildyWyrms - released as part of an event and removed afterwards.
Updates
This section is a stub. Please help expand it.
- 22 February 2005 - Update:Wilderness Capes, and Changes
- 24 April 2006 - Update:Wilderness graphical update
- 18 April 2007 - Update:Wilderness Ditch
- 1 July 2008 - Update:Wilderness Changes, Bounty Hunter and Clan Wars!
- 1 February 2011 - Update:The Wilderness and Free Trade Return!
- 11 November 2011 - Update:More Loot = More W00t!
- 13 December 2011 - Update:The Real Wild Rework - New Wilderness Surface Environment Graphics (free and members)
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Concept art of the graphic update from the November 2011 Behind the Scenes.
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Concept art titled "Wilderness" on the media page.
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Concept art of the graphic update from the December 2011 Behind the Scenes.
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A mysterious beacon found in the center of the revamped Wilderness Crater.
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The central beacon when illuminated.
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A small base inhabited by Chaos Dwarves.
See also
References
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