Runescape Staking

I have been doing some staking on runescape lately and have decided to write a bit about my experiences and hopefully give some tips on how to avoid losing too much money and hopefully make some profit from it.

First of all most people that stake or want to get into it should know that a lot of people spend many hours and make many different accounts in order to become as good as they can at staking.
Therefore don't expect to be winning lots of money straight away.

Majority of people staking are ranged and melee characters.

Rangers:
If you want to stake as a ranger you definitely need the upgrade called longbow sight from dungeoneering for your short bow it can be purchased with tokens obtained through dungeoneering and requires lvl 49 dungeoneering and lvl 45 ranged to use and 10k tokens. It adds significant damage to your bow and make rangers possibly the most dangerous opponents at staking even for melee characters with full rune.

melee:
If you choose to stake as melee then you can choose the following

Boxing: Focuses on defence and attack mostly while training only a small amount of str

Pure str: wear cloth or iron armor and strain your str mostly as well as some attack at leas
t enough to wield rune weapons.

Balanced: You can try and focus on str, attack and defence equally or add a bit more to either one of them.


Mages: I haven't seen many mages staking but they can definitely be good against melee by spamming snare and keeping a good distance although this can be quite hard to do.




Also you should always check the battle options before you start, for example: don't start a battle against a ranger or a mage when you're melee with no melee is selected or no prayer when you have a high prayer level. Always try and stay within 5 combat levels of your own and set a limit to how much you're willing to stake, good luck :).