What to level first: Difference between revisions

{{Disclaimer|This guide has NOT been fully updated for Melvor Idle 1.1, there are a few significant changes (such as {{Skill|Township}}) included in the update that change the early game. Follow the guide at your discretion}}

#** For {{ItemIcon|Golden Stardust}} modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 3-4

#** ''You can always come back for more bonuses later!''

#* [[Woodcutting#Axe Upgrades|Axe upgrades]] should be purchased as soon as possible, as they significantly decrease the amount of time required to cut all trees.

#* Open any {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}}, plant the seeds you're able to in {{Skill|Farming}}, and sell any seeds you're not able to plant. If able, always use {{ItemIcon|Weird Gloop}} (by combining 2 {{ItemIcon|Compost}} with 10 {{ItemIcon|Rune Essence}} in the {{Icon|Shop}}) when planting seeds as this guarantees their growth.

#* We will use these Tablets in {{Skill|Woodcutting}} to further level {{Skill|Summoning}} to unlock the Ent/Octopus [[Ent#Synergies|Synergy]] for Fishing later in the guide. You can see all possible {{Skill|Summoning|Synergies}} here.

#* Summoning can be fairly expensive and unintuitive at first, however, as you collect higher level resources, you will use less of each to make each batch of Tablets, making them significantly easier over time.

#* No matter what you're doing, try to ensure you always have Tablets equipped, even if this means temporarily stopping whatever skill you are doing to create some more. Having a {{Skill|Summoning|Tablet}} equipped that works in the skill you're training increases the amount of {{Skill|Summoning}} XP you gain per action.  

#* Once at least 1 batch of Tablets of the appropriate Mark has been crafted, you have enabled finding additional Marks of that type even when the Tablets aren't equipped or present in your Bank. However, the drop chance for Marks is higher when respective Tablet(s) are equipped.

#* Preferably, equipping and using Tablets in its appropriate action (e.g. equipping {{ItemIcon|Ent}} while {{Skill|Woodcutting}})

#* Alternatively, but slower and not recommended, creating additional Tablets (e.g. creating {{ItemIcon|Ent}} Tablets)

#* Don't forget, after the first Mark is found, you must create at least 1 batch of Tablets of the associated Mark to be able to find any additional Marks of that type.

# Train {{Skill|Fishing}} with both {{ItemIcon|Ent}} and {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} equipped until {{SkillReq|Summoning|25}}

#* Synergies use both Tablets in the Synergy simultaneously, so expect the Tablet usage for both to go up when the Synergy is active.

#* As Mark drop rates don't scale with action time, it is recommended to cook something with a fast cooking time, e.g. {{ItemIcon|Shrimp}} .

# Train {{Skill|Fishing}} with {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} and {{ItemIcon|Pig}} equipped until both the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Skills}} and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Mastery}} have been acquired.

#**#* Can be redeemed for 3 {{Skill|Prayer}} points each, but can not be cooked

#**# {{ItemIcon|Raw Magic Fish|Magic Fish}} is not recommended for special drops, as their catch rate is the one of the slowest in the base game, with {{ItemIcon|Raw Skeleton Fish|Skeleton Fish}} having an almost 100% increased rate of special catches per hour in comparison.

#* When your {{Skill|Fishing}} Mastery pool exceeds 95%, you can start spending your Mastery pool to increase your {{Icon|Mastery}} level for individual fish. First, level all fish to at least level 20, then focus spending on whichever fish you're currently working on, if it is below 88 Mastery.  

#** Level 88 {{Icon|Mastery}} is an approximate point where spending Mastery pool becomes inefficient, while you can use the pool to level an item higher than 88, it is recommended at that point to simply train the item until it hits 99 and spend your pool on other, lower leveled items.  

# Train {{Skill|Agility}} until {{SkillReq|Agility|10}} is reached. This will allow the Monkey Bars [[Agility#Obstacles|Agility obstacle]] to be created, providing a 4% decrease to the Firemaking interval

# Train to {{SkillReq|Woodcutting|35}}<!--This is not a typo, the obstacle requires level 30 but also uses Teak logs to build, meaning for this guide the effective level requirement is 35--> and {{SkillReq|Firemaking|30}}

# Train {{Skill|Agility}} once more, this time until {{SkillReq|Agility|20}} is reached for the purpose of creating the Stepping Stones obstacle. This obstacle provides both a 6% decrease to Woodcutting interval and a 3% increase to Firemaking skill XP.

# Continue training {{Skill|Woodcutting}} and {{Skill|Firemaking}} until {{SkillReq|Firemaking|99}}

#* Having {{ItemIcon|Ent}} and {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} equipped will increase the number of {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}} dropped and continue to grant you more summoning XP.

#* Once again, keep planting seeds awarded from [[Bird Nest]]s and keep the ones noted in the first {{Skill|Woodcutting}} section.

#* Skip cutting {{ItemIcon|Magic Logs|Magic Trees}} due to the long cut time

#** Lighting bonfires automatically by using {{ItemIcon|Controlled Heat Potion}}s is highly recommended if you are able to reach {{SkillReq|Herblore|20}} by creating only {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest Potion|Bird Nest Potions}}, requiring {{ItemIcon|Garum Herb|Garum Herbs}} from {{Skill|Farming}} and {{ItemIcon|Potato Seeds}} from {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}} to create.

# Purchase and equip the {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}}

At this point, you have both Ancient rings (providing +8% Skill or +7% Mastery XP, depending on which is equipped), the {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}} (providing +5% Skill XP to all skills), and a variety of other bonuses from {{Skill|Astrology}} and {{Skill|Agility}}.