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OSRS 1 Defence Pure Guide: Complete Quest List

OSRS 1 Defence Pure Guide: Complete Quest List

1 Defence Pure is an account build known to sacrifice training defence to have more damage than usual at a lower combat level. Due to this account build effectiveness in PVP, it is usually created by Pkers. They are best for shorter fights as they rely on dealing high amounts of damage in a short period. Longer fights will result in more damage, making this account build less effective due to its low defence. 1 Defence Pure account builds usually have a combat level between 50 and 90 and have enough stats to use high-level weapons or spells, giving them high offensive bonuses, which is advantageous when facing players with low to medium-tier armour.

 

Quest list for 1 defence Pures

Quests for Mithril gloves on a pure

To get the mithril gloves, follow our mithril gloves guide, it shows a more elaborate and efficient path to get the mithril gloves on a pure.

mithril gloves

Fastest Path to get the Mithril Gloves

  • Step 1: Gertrude’s cat
  • Step 2: Goblin Diplomacy
  • Step 3: Cook’s assistant
  • Step 4: Recipe for Disaster/Another Cook’s Quest
  • Step 5: Free Goblin General Quest
  • Step 6: Train till 30 Crafting
  • Step 7: Train till 25 Thieving
  • Step 8: The Golem
  • Step 9: The Demon Slayer quest
  • Step 10: Shadow of the Storm
  • Step 11: Train Cooking from 16 to 25 with Poison Karambwan
  • Step 12: Freeing Evil Dave
  • Step 13: Freeing Pirate Pete
  • Step 14: Train from 9 till 10 Fishing with a small fishing net at any shrimp fishing spot
  • Step 15: Fishing Contest quest
  • Step 16: Freeing the Mountain Dwarf quest
  • Step 17: Big Chompy Bird Hunting quest
  • Step 20: Freeing Skrach the Ogre

 

Combat Training for Pures

It is recommended to first train all the attack levels via questing and then manually train the attack level to the desired end level of 50, 60, 70 or 75 attack. 

 

Quests that give attack XP for Pures

quests that give attack XP

Here are quests that give attack experience but no defence experience 

  • Mountain Daughter: rewards 1,000 attack experience
  • Tai Bwo Wannai Trio: rewards 2,500 attack experience
  • Death Plateau: rewards 3,000 attack experience
  • Underground pass: rewards 3,000 attack experience
  • Vampire Slayer: rewards 4,825 attack experience
  • Tree Gnome Village: rewards 11,450 attack experience
  • Fight arena: rewards 12,175 attack experience
  • Waterfall quest: rewards 13,750 attack experience
  • The Grand Tree: rewards 18,400 attack experience

 

For a total attack experience of 70,100 experience, taking the player from 1 to level 46 attack

Combat training on a Pure is difficult since you can’t train with certain monsters due to low defence levels. Pures have to eat often and make frequent trips to a bank to get more food, making combat training on pures less AFK. Using combat boosting potions like the super combat potion is very important., they would give an increase in attack, strength, and defence, allowing you to train longer before needing to go to a bank. It is recommended that pures train their attack, strength, and ranged with the monsters listed below.

 

Sand/Ammonite Crabs

sand ammonite crabs

Although crabs generally have very low combat stats, they can still hit 1 defence pures often. However, they are the best monsters to train combat with as other monsters would deal too much damage, making training much less efficient. Check our sand crabs and ammonite crabs guide to learn how to train with them more efficiently.

 

Ranged Training Methods

There are faster alternatives to killing the monsters listed above when training ranged. However, these methods are more expensive. 

Quests that give ranged experience

quests that give ranged XP

Here is a list of quests that give ranged experience but no defence XP

  • Big Chompy Bird Hunting: gives 735 ranged XP
  • Rfd-Skrach Uglogwee: gives 1,500 ranged XP
  • Death of the Dorgeshuun: gives 2,000 ranged XP
  • Zogre flesh eaters: gives 2,000 ranged XP
  • Horror from the Deep: gives 4,662 ranged XP
  • Temple of Ikov: gives 10,500 ranged XP

For a total ranged XP of 21,397, taking players from 1 to 34 ranged

 

Ranged training for pures: 

Dwarf multicannon

dwarf cannon

Training with dwarf multicannon gives fast ranged experience and less hitpoint experience. The cannon can be used in several multicombat areas in the game, but pures won’t be able to train in locations where the monsters have a high maximum hit. 

 

The best location for pures is at the Combat training camp, where Ogres are found after the completion of Biohazard. They won’t be able to attack the player since they are in a cage, and the players can place the cannon right outside the cage and do additional damage with a ranged weapon to get more experience. 

 

Chinning Skeletal Monkeys

This is the fastest method of training ranged on a Pure. Skeletal monkeys are located in the Ape Atoll Dungeon, which requires partial completion of Monkey Madness I to access. Ensure not to speak to Daero after the completion of Monkey Madness I so you won’t get awarded the defence experience. Instead, right-click and travel when going to Ape Atoll. Check our chinning guide for more information.

 

Magic Training on a Pure

quest for magic

Quests that give Magic XP for pures

  • Witch’s potion: gives 325 magic XP

  • Imp catcher: gives 875 magic XP

  • Spirits of the Elid: gives 1,000 magic XP

  • The Giant Dwarf: gives 1,500 magic XP

  • The Grand Tree: gives 2,150 magic XP

  • Horror from the Deep: gives 4,662 magic XP

  • Enakhra’s Lament: gives 7,000 magic XP

  • The Eyes of Glouphrie: gives 12,000 magic XP

  • Swan song: gives 15,000 magic XP

  • Watchtower: gives 15,250 magic XP

  • Desert treasure 1: gives 20,000 magic XP

For a total magic XP of 79,762, taking the player from 1 to 47 magic

Here is a less expensive path to train magic, for more options, check our magic training guide

  • Level 1–10: complete Witch’s potion and Imp Catcher

  • Level 10–43: Killing crabs. Cast combat spells at sand crabs and switch as your magic level increases, 

  • Level 43–55: Superheat Iron ore

  • Level 55+: High alchemy: 

  • Level 70+: Ice bursting/barraging at MM1 or MM2 tunnels. Check our Ice bursting/barraging guide to learn how to train with them efficiently.

 

Useful Unlocks for Pure

Quiver

Dizana quiver

Provides ammo storage and bonuses, saving inventory space and boosting ranged effectiveness. Check our Quiver sevrice to quickly get this item.

 

Mithril gloves

mithril gloves

Essential for melee combat, offering solid combat bonuses with low requirements. Check our Mithril Gloves Guide to learn more.

 

Ornate pool

construction icon

Restores stats, health, run energy, and special attack instantly, ideal for quick boss trips or training. Check our Construction Guide to learn how to quickly train your Construction

 

Unholy book

unholy book

The Unholy book is a god book that can be held in the shield slot. It is obtained from the Horror from the Deep quest and can be filled with 4 pages which grant attack bonuses. It gives a +8 bonus across all combat styles and a +5 prayer bonus.

 

Mage Arena Cape 2

 mage arena cape 

Mage Arena Cape 2 is an imbued god cape that requires 75 magic and a regular god cape. Players can imbue a god cape by taking a Justiciar’s hand, Ent’s roots, and a Demon’s heart to Kolodion during the Mage Arena II miniquest. The imbued capes are imbued Saradomin cape, imbued Zamorak cape, and imbued Guthix cape.

 

Infernal cape

infernal cape

The internal cape is the most powerful melee cape with the highest overall bonuses. It is awarded for defeating TzKal-Zuk in the Inferno.This is very hard to do on a pure however, if you are not able to do this yourself you can check out our OSRS infernal cape service

 

Firecape

firecape

The Firecape can be obtained as a reward for completing the TzHaar Fight Cave. It is the second-best melee cape as it has the best attack and defence bonuses. It is easier to do but still some players find it very difficult, we also have an OSRS firecape service

 

Varrock Armour 1

varrock armour 1

The Varrock Armour 1 is a reward for completing the easy Varrock Diary. It has no defence and can be retrieved from Toby in Varrock for free, making it one of the best options for melee on 1 defence pures.

 

Halo

Halo

There are three types of Halo: Saradomin, Zamorak, and Guthix Halo. They can be bought from Lanthus for 75 Castle Wars tickets. It does not have a defence requirement and gives defence bonuses. In addition, it has a prayer bonus and magic defence

 

Quest list a 1 defence pure can achieve:

  • Big Chompy Bird Hunting
  • Biohazard*
  • Black Knights' Fortress*
  • Bone Voyage (Access to Ammonite Crabs)
  • Cabin Fever
  • Client of Kourend*
  • Clock Tower*
  • Cold War
  • Contact! (Keris dagger)
  • The Corsair Curse*
  • Creature of Fenkenstrain
  • Death Plateau* (Climbing boots)
  • Death to the Dorgeshuun
  • The Depths of Despair
  • Demon Slayer* (Silverlight Sword)
  • Devious Minds
  • Doric's Quest*
  • Druidic Ritual* (Herblore skill)
  • Dwarf Cannon* (Able to use dwarf cannon)
  • Edgar's Ruse
  • Eagle's Peak
  • Elemental Workshop I
  • The Elemental Workshop II, The
  • Enakhra's Lament
  • Enlightened Journey
  • Ernest the Chicken*
  • Family Crest (Cooking/Smithing gauntlets)
  • Feud, The
  • Fight Arena*
  • Fishing Contest*
  • Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf
  • Garden of Tranquillity
  • Gertrude's Cat*
  • Ghosts Ahoy (Ectophial)
  • Giant Dwarf
  • Goblin Diplomacy
  • Golem,
  • Grand Tree
  • Great Brain Robbery
  • Grim Tales
  • Hand in the Sand, The
  • Haunted Mine
  • Hazed Cult*
  • Horror From The Deep (God books)
  • Icthlarin's Little Helper
  • Imp Catcher*
  • Jungle Potion
  • Knight's Sword, 
  • The Lost City
  • Lost Tribe 
  • The Making Friends with My Arm
  • Making History
  • Merlin's Crystal
  • Misthalin Mystery
  • Monk's Friend
  • Monkey Madness 1 (do not claim daero reward)
  • Monkey Madness 2 (but you cannot complete the training to use heavy ballista)
  • Mountain Daughter
  • Mourning's End Part I
  • Mourning's End, Part II (The Temple of Light)
  • Murder Mystery
  • My Arm's Big Adventure
  • Observatory Quest
  • One Small Favour
  • Pirate's Treasure
  • Plague City
  • Priest in Peril
  • The Queen of Thieves
  • Prince Ali Rescue
  • Rag and Bone Man
  • Rat Catchers
  • Recipe for Disaster (Helping the Cook, Freeing the Mountain Dwarf, Freeing the Goblins, Freeing Pirate Pete, Freeing Evil Dave, Freeing Skrach Uglogwee)
  • Recruitment Drive
  • Regicide
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Roving Elves
  • Royal Trouble
  • Rum Deal
  • Rune Mysteries
  • Scorpion Catcher
  • Sea Slug
  • Shades of Mort'ton
  • Shadow of the Storm
  • Sheep Herder
  • Sheep Shearer
  • Shield of Arrav
  • Shilo Village
  • Slug Menace
  • Spirits of the Elid
  • Swan Song
  • Tai Bwo Wannai Trio
  • The tail of two cats
  • A Tale of the Righteous
  • Tears of Guthix
  • The Restless Ghost
  • Tourist Trap
  • Tower life
  • Tree Gnome Village
  • Tribal totem
  • Troll totem
  • Troll romance
  • Troll stronghold
  • Underground pass
  • Vampire Slayer
  • Wanted!
  • Watchtower
  • Watchtower
  • Waterfall Quest
  • Witch’s House
  • Witch’s potion
  • Zogre Flesh eaters
  • X marks the spot

Quests that give Prayer XP for Pures

quests that give prayer XP

Here is a list of quests that give prayer experience but no defence experience

  • Rag and Bone man
  • Making history
  • Recruitment Drive
  • The Restless Ghost
  • Priest in Peril
  • Mountain Daughter
  • Ghosts Ahoy
  • Another Slice of H.A.M
  • The Great Brain Robbery
  • Rum Deal
  • Spirits of the Elid
  • Swan Song

For a total prayer experience of 43,431 XP, taking the player from 1 to level 41 prayer



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