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Every skill in Lark, and how to train it

Lark has seventeen skills, no classes, and no way to buy a level. Every one of them climbs to 99 on the same escalating curve the old browser RPGs used, and almost every one of them feeds another — the logs you chop become arrow shafts, the ore you mine becomes the armour you're wearing when a troll finds you. This is what each skill is for and what to actually train at which level.

Seventeen skills, and how they split up

Seven decide how a fight goes: Attack, Strength, Defence, Vitality, Ranged, Magic and Prayer. Three pull raw material out of the world: Woodcutting, Mining and Fishing. The remaining seven turn that material into something you want — Cooking, Firemaking, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting, Runecrafting and Herbalism. Herbalism sits across both halves: you pick its herbs from patches out in the field and brew them at a workbench.

There is no class to pick and nothing to respec. The character who fells yew trees is the same one wearing Solarite platelegs and the same one burying bones for Prayer points. That interlock is the whole design — pushing one skill almost always feeds two others, which is why a Woodcutting session quietly funds Firemaking, Fletching and, through arrow shafts, your Ranged levels too.

All 17 skills in Lark. Every one trains to level 99. "Unlocks" counts the distinct levels at which that skill gives you something new.
Skill	Family	What it does	Unlocks
Attack	Combat	How often your melee blows land, and which weapons you may wield.	7
Strength	Combat	How hard those blows hit when they land.	5
Defence	Combat	How often enemies miss you, and which armour you may wear.	7
Vitality	Combat	Your life total — it simply is your Vitality level.	5
Ranged	Combat	Bows and arrows: damage at a distance, and which bows you can draw.	4
Magic	Combat	Staff-cast spells, paid for in runes.	19
Prayer	Combat	Your prayer-point pool, and which wards and boosts you can invoke.	14
Woodcutting	Gathering	Fells trees for logs — the feedstock for Firemaking and Fletching.	16
Fishing	Gathering	Pulls raw fish from the water — the feedstock for Cooking.	14
Mining	Gathering	Breaks ore, gems and essence out of rock — the feedstock for Smithing.	15
Cooking	Artisan	Turns raw food into food that heals you mid-fight (and stops you burning it).	12
Firemaking	Artisan	Lights logs into campfires you can cook on anywhere in the world.	12
Smithing	Artisan	Smelts ore into bars and hammers bars into weapons and armour.	51
Fletching	Artisan	Cuts logs into bows and arrow shafts.	14
Crafting	Artisan	Works hide, cloth, gems and silver into gear and jewellery.	21
Runecrafting	Artisan	Binds aether shards into the runes that pay for spells.	15
Herbalism	Artisan	Cleans grimy herbs and brews them into combat potions.	16

One curve, and it goes all the way to 99

Every skill uses the same table. Each level costs roughly 10% more experience than the one before it, so the price doubles about every seven levels. Level 10 is 1,154 XP. Level 50 is 101,333 — under one percent of the way to the top. Level 99 is 13,034,431, and level 92 is the genuine halfway mark at 6,517,253. Maxing all seventeen means a total level of 1,683 and roughly 221.6 million experience.

Levels 1–40 in any skill go by in a sitting; the back half of a skill is the real commitment. The repo's own pacing workbench measures this rather than guessing: its sample report clears the bronze combat band on goblins in about 0.4 hours, the steel band on bandits in 1.5, verdite on yetis in 3.0, and the solarite band on magma salamanders in about 14.8. XP per hour keeps climbing the whole time; the hours balloon anyway. That's the curve doing its job.

There is no way to buy experience with real money. The only way to convert gold into experience is the Champions' Hall lamp vendor (lamps also drop as quest rewards and as a 30-day login-streak prize), behind a 50 Quest Point door in Goldhaven: 15,000 coins for a 3,000 XP Lamp of insight at 50 Quest Points, and 45,000 for a 10,000 XP Lamp of mastery once you hit 60. In-game gold only, and a deliberately terrible rate.

Combat XP is decided by what's in your hand

Lark has no combat-style toggle. The weapon decides what trains, per point of damage you deal:

One-handed melee — 2.8 XP into Attack, 1.2 into Strength. Scimitars, swords, daggers, maces.
Two-handed melee — the split flips: 2.8 into Strength, 1.2 into Attack. Greatswords, greataxes, mauls, halberds, spears.
Bow or staff — the whole pool, 4 XP per damage, goes to Ranged or Magic.
Vitality — 1.33 XP per damage dealt, whatever you're swinging. It never needs training on purpose.
Defence — 5 XP per point of damage taken. Nothing else trains it.

That last line catches people out. An archer who kills everything from seven tiles away with a longbow, or a mage who never lets anything close, will still have Defence 1 twenty hours in. If you want Defence, you have to stand there and get hit — which is exactly why melee builds drift into being tankier than ranged ones without anyone planning it.

Vitality starts at level 10, not 1, and your maximum life is literally your Vitality level: 10 at the start, 99 at the cap. Gear gates are fixed per tier — armour on Defence, weapons on Attack (bows on Ranged, staves on Magic): Bronze 1, Iron 5, Steel 10, Amethine 20, Verdite 30, Solarite 40, and the tier above them — Magmite and Wyrmsteel — at 60. Halberds and spears ask five levels more than their tier, the price of reaching a tile further than everyone else. More on how those matchups play out in the combat guide.

Prayer, Magic and Ranged train differently

Prayer doesn't train by praying. You bury bones — 5 XP for Bones, 15 for Big bones, 72 for Dragon bones — or carry a pack of them to an altar and offer the lot for 2.5× the experience plus a full prayer bar. Your Prayer level is also your prayer point pool, so training it buys both better prayers and longer uptime on them. Protect from Melee unlocks at 8, Zeal 12, Protect from Ranged 16, Steel Skin 20, Protect from Magic 24. The efficiency tier — Deflect Melee, Ranged and Magic, same mitigation for far less drain — lands at 43, 46 and 49, and Sanctuary, which wards every style at once, at 92.

Magic trains by casting, and the spell you can afford is the damage step: Wind Strike at level 1 caps at 4 damage, and the ladder climbs about every six levels to Aether Ray at 94 with a fixed max of 36. Crumble Undead at 39 is the specialist — 8 damage, doubled against undead. Magic also opens the map. Seven teleports are pure level gates: Goldhaven at 10, Stonewatch 20, Tidehaven 30, Saltmarsh 38, Sandmere 45, Frosthollow 51, Ashreach 58. The other eight destinations, from Oakvale at 14 up to Lastwatch at 62, are quest treasure — you learn each one by finishing that region's quest. Runes are the running cost, which is why Runecrafting and Magic are natural partners.

Ranged is the combat skill with the most obvious supply chain, because you fletch your own bows from your own logs. Shortbow at Ranged 1, Oak shortbow 20, Willow 35, Maple 50, Yew 70, Spirit 80 — and each wood's longbow sits five levels above its shortbow — except the plain pair, where the Longbow jumps to Ranged 10, trading speed for reach.

Gathering: what to chop, mine and catch, and when

Every swing is a roll. A node's success chance starts low at the level that unlocks it and rises to its ceiling at 99 — a plain tree runs 35% to 95%, a yew starts around 10% — so a node you just unlocked will feel awful and a node you outlevelled feels like a conveyor belt. Tools matter more than they look: each metal tier on your axe or pick multiplies the chance by 8%, so a Solarite pickaxe is 40% better than a bronze one. Smith yourself an iron pick at Smithing 25 early; one tier is +8% on every swing, and it only compounds from there.

Woodcutting and Mining have a small reaction beat. Every fourth to sixth swing the grain parts or a seam glints and a marker appears for 1.2 seconds — tap it and you get a free bonus resource plus 1.5× XP. Ignoring it costs nothing, so it never becomes a tax. Fishing is the same idea inverted: wait for the bite, then click within 1.4 seconds to reel it in (Sure Hands at Fishing 55 widens that window to 1.9).

The honest per-skill advice: in Woodcutting, the real jumps are Willow at 30, Yew at 60 (210 XP a log) and Elder at 90 (490). In Mining, Iron 15, Coal 20, Amethine 30, Verdite 41, Solarite 55 — and don't ignore Aether shards, minable from level 1 and the entire fuel supply for Runecrafting. Fishing runs Shrimp 1, Trout 15, Salmon 25, Lobster 40, Swordfish 48, Monkfish 62, Shark 76, Anglerfish 85 and Manta ray 93; the top rungs are deep-sea spots, so you'll be fishing the coast, not a pond. Herb patches need no tool at all, and what you pick improves with the skill: Wild bristlewort from the start, Wild marshbloom from 5, Wild sunpetal from 25.

Every gatherable node in the world: the level it needs, what it yields, and the base experience per gather.
Skill	Node	Level	Yields	XP
Woodcutting	Tree	1	Logs	25
Woodcutting	Oak	15	Oak logs	37.5
Woodcutting	Pine	20	Pine logs	50
Woodcutting	Willow	30	Willow logs	67.5
Woodcutting	Mangrove	33	Mangrove logs	78
Woodcutting	Teak	35	Teak logs	85
Woodcutting	Palm	40	Palm logs	90
Woodcutting	Maple	45	Maple logs	100
Woodcutting	Charred stump	50	Charred logs	150
Woodcutting	Birch	55	Birch logs	160
Woodcutting	Yew	60	Yew logs	210
Woodcutting	Magic tree	75	Spirit logs	330
Woodcutting	Redwood	80	Redwood logs	345
Woodcutting	Elder tree	90	Elder logs	490
Mining	Copper rocks	1	Copper ore	17.5
Mining	Tin rocks	1	Tin ore	17.5
Mining	Aether shard	1	Aether shard	8
Mining	Fallen star	1	Uncut ruby	130
Mining	Iron rocks	15	Iron ore	35
Mining	Coal rocks	20	Coal	50
Mining	Silver rocks	20	Silver ore	40
Mining	Gem rocks	20	Uncut sapphire	50
Mining	Gem rocks	27	Uncut emerald	67.5
Mining	Amethine rocks	30	Amethine ore	80
Mining	Crystal cluster	30	Uncut sapphire	70
Mining	Gem rocks	34	Uncut ruby	85
Mining	Gold rocks	40	Gold ore	65
Mining	Verdite rocks	41	Verdite ore	95
Mining	Gem rocks	43	Uncut diamond	107.5
Mining	Solarite rocks	55	Solarite ore	170
Mining	Amethyst	75	Amethyst	250
Mining	Magmite rocks	85	Magmite ore	340
Mining	Dragonstone rocks	92	Uncut starstone	540
Fishing	Fishing spot	1	Raw shrimp	10
Fishing	Fishing spot	5	Raw sardine	20
Fishing	Fishing spot	8	Raw anchovies	12
Fishing	Fishing spot	15	Raw trout	50
Fishing	Fishing spot	25	Raw salmon	70
Fishing	Deep-sea spot	35	Raw tuna	80
Fishing	Lobster pots	40	Raw lobster	90
Fishing	Deep-sea spot	48	Raw swordfish	130
Fishing	Deep-sea spot	62	Raw monkfish	120
Fishing	Deep-sea spot	76	Raw shark	160
Fishing	Deep-sea spot	85	Raw anglerfish	200
Fishing	Deep-sea spot	93	Raw manta ray	255
Herbalism	Herb patch	1	Wild bristlewort	12

The production chains that actually matter

Fish → Cooking. Every raw food has two numbers: the level to cook it and the level where it stops burning. Shrimp cooks at 1 and stops burning at 34; trout 15 and 50; lobster 40 and 68; shark 76 and 94; manta ray 93 and 98. Firemaking 40 tends the flame and trims the burn chance while you are still below a food's stop-burn level. What you get is your food ladder — shrimp heal 3, lobster 12, shark 20, manta 22 — and food is the thing that decides whether a hard fight is winnable.

Logs → Firemaking or Fletching. Burning is the simplest experience in the game: light a log with a tinderbox for 40 XP, up to 340 for elder logs at Firemaking 90. The Ember Kiln outside Frosthollow turns it into an actual activity — feed it logs for XP and tiered supply crates, then let the coals rest ten minutes before the next run. Fletching wants the same logs: arrow shafts at level 1 (fifteen per log), the bow ladder above, and broad arrows at 52 that finally give mined amethyst a job.

Ore → Smelting → Smithing is the longest chain: three skills between the rock and the armour you wear. Bronze bars at Smithing 1 (copper + tin), iron at 15 — iron only succeeds half the time, which everyone discovers the hard way — steel at 30 (one iron, two coal), Amethine 40, Verdite 55, Solarite 70, and Magmite ore into an orikalkum bar at 85. Spending them at the anvil follows a fixed pattern relative to each tier's base level: dagger at the base, scimitar and mace +3, sword +4, helm +5, shield +6, platelegs +7, platebody +8. So a Solarite platebody is Smithing 78 and five bars. Two Magmite weapons need more than levels: the scimitar and the mace, both Smithing 90, stay unforgeable until Cinderwidow Yara has walked you through the Ember Forge in Heart of the Mountain. The Magmite two-handers and the armour set are level-gated only.

Aether shards → Runecrafting at the workbench: air runes at 1, fire 14, cosmic 24, chaos 33, law 42, nature 44, death 65, one shard each. Crafting covers leather and stones: cowhide into leather at 1, gem cutting from sapphire at 20 up to starstone at 55 (a cut can fail — 90% success), and gold-bar amulets a couple of levels above each cut. Herbalism cleans, mixes, then finishes: Attack potion at 3, Strength 12, ranging 22, defence 30, magic 34, prayer 38, then the supers between 45 and 70 — several of which are taught rather than found, with super attack and super strength unlocked by The Bogwitch's Bargain in Saltmarsh. See the quest guide for what gates what.

Attack · 7 unlocks, from level 1 to 60

Level 1 — Wield Bronze weapons
Level 5 — Wield Iron weapons
Level 10 — Wield Steel weapons
Level 20 — Wield Amethine weapons
Level 30 — Wield Verdite weapons
Level 40 — Wield Solarite weapons
Level 60 — Wield Wyrmsteel weapons

Strength · 5 unlocks, from level 1 to 99

Level 1 — Base melee damage
Level 20 — Noticeably harder hits
Level 40 — Heavy blows
Level 60 — Crushing power
Level 99 — Maximum hit

Defence · 7 unlocks, from level 1 to 60

Level 1 — Wear Bronze armour
Level 5 — Wear Iron armour
Level 10 — Wear Steel armour
Level 20 — Wear Amethine armour
Level 30 — Wear Verdite armour
Level 40 — Wear Solarite armour
Level 60 — Wear Wyrmsteel armour

Vitality · 5 unlocks, from level 10 to 99

Level 10 — Maximum life equals your Vitality level (start: 10)
Level 30 — 30 maximum life
Level 50 — 50 maximum life
Level 75 — 75 maximum life
Level 99 — 99 life — very hard to kill

Ranged · 4 unlocks, from level 1 to 70

Level 1 — Shortbow + arrows — attack from a distance
Level 20 — Steadier, stronger shots
Level 40 — Deadly accuracy at range
Level 70 — Yew & spirit bows — master archer

Magic · 19 unlocks, from level 1 to 94

Level 1 — Cast Wind Strike · Cast with a staff — stronger spells demand pricier runes
Level 5 — Cast Water Strike
Level 9 — Cast Earth Strike
Level 13 — Cast Fire Strike
Level 17 — Cast Wind Bolt
Level 23 — Cast Water Bolt
Level 29 — Cast Earth Bolt
Level 35 — Cast Fire Bolt
Level 39 — Cast Crumble Undead
Level 41 — Cast Wind Blast
Level 47 — Cast Water Blast
Level 53 — Cast Earth Blast
Level 59 — Cast Fire Blast
Level 65 — Cast Fire Wave
Level 70 — Cast Wind Surge
Level 76 — Cast Water Surge
Level 82 — Cast Earth Surge
Level 88 — Cast Fire Surge
Level 94 — Cast Aether Ray

Prayer · 14 unlocks, from level 8 to 92

Level 8 — Invoke Protect from Melee
Level 12 — Invoke Zeal
Level 16 — Invoke Protect from Ranged
Level 20 — Invoke Steel Skin
Level 24 — Invoke Protect from Magic
Level 40 — Invoke Fervour
Level 43 — Invoke Deflect Melee
Level 44 — Invoke Iron Skin
Level 46 — Invoke Deflect Ranged
Level 49 — Invoke Deflect Magic
Level 60 — Invoke Aegis
Level 74 — Invoke Rigour
Level 78 — Invoke Bulwark
Level 92 — Invoke Sanctuary

Woodcutting · 16 unlocks, from level 1 to 90

Level 1 — Chop Tree
Level 15 — Chop Oak
Level 20 — Chop Pine
Level 30 — Chop Willow
Level 33 — Chop Mangrove
Level 35 — Chop Teak
Level 40 — Chop Palm
Level 45 — Chop Maple
Level 50 — Chop Charred stump
Level 55 — Chop Birch
Level 60 — Chop Yew
Level 62 — Steady Axe — Your woodcutting swings are 10% faster.
Level 75 — Chop Magic tree
Level 80 — Chop Redwood
Level 82 — Bountiful Boughs — 8% chance to fell a second log from a tree.
Level 90 — Chop Elder tree

Fishing · 14 unlocks, from level 1 to 93

Level 1 — Catch shrimp
Level 5 — Catch sardine
Level 8 — Catch anchovies
Level 15 — Catch trout
Level 25 — Catch salmon
Level 35 — Catch tuna
Level 40 — Catch lobster
Level 48 — Catch swordfish
Level 55 — Sure Hands — You have longer to react before a fish slips the hook.
Level 62 — Catch monkfish
Level 76 — Catch shark
Level 85 — Catch anglerfish
Level 88 — Bountiful Catch — Your chance to reel in two fish at once rises to 20%.
Level 93 — Catch manta ray

Mining · 15 unlocks, from level 1 to 92

Level 1 — Mine Copper · Mine Tin · …
Level 15 — Mine Iron
Level 20 — Mine Coal · Mine Silver · …
Level 27 — Mine Gem
Level 30 — Mine Amethine · Mine Crystal cluster
Level 34 — Mine Gem
Level 40 — Mine Gold
Level 41 — Mine Verdite
Level 43 — Mine Gem
Level 55 — Mine Solarite
Level 58 — Rich Seam — 10% chance to strike a second ore from a rock.
Level 75 — Mine Amethyst
Level 80 — Deft Pick — Your mining swings are 10% faster.
Level 85 — Mine Magmite
Level 92 — Mine Dragonstone

Cooking · 12 unlocks, from level 1 to 93

Level 1 — Cook Shrimp · Cook Cooked beef
Level 5 — Cook Sardine
Level 8 — Cook Anchovies
Level 15 — Cook Trout
Level 25 — Cook Salmon
Level 35 — Cook Tuna
Level 40 — Cook Lobster
Level 50 — Cook Swordfish
Level 62 — Cook Monkfish
Level 76 — Cook Shark
Level 85 — Cook Anglerfish
Level 93 — Cook Manta ray

Firemaking · 12 unlocks, from level 1 to 90

Level 1 — Light Logs
Level 15 — Light Oak logs
Level 20 — Light Pine logs
Level 30 — Light Willow logs
Level 35 — Light Teak logs · Light Mangrove logs
Level 40 — Light Palm logs
Level 45 — Light Maple logs
Level 50 — Light Charred logs · Light Birch logs
Level 60 — Light Yew logs
Level 75 — Light Spirit logs
Level 80 — Light Redwood logs
Level 90 — Light Elder logs

Smithing · 51 unlocks, from level 1 to 95

Level 1 — Smelt Bronze bar · Smith Bronze axe · …
Level 4 — Smith Bronze scimitar · Smith Bronze mace
Level 5 — Smith Bronze pickaxe · Smith Bronze sword · …
Level 6 — Smith Bronze full helm · Smith Bronze halberd · …
Level 7 — Smith Bronze shield · Smith Bronze greatsword
Level 8 — Smith Bronze platelegs · Smith Bronze greataxe
Level 9 — Smith Bronze platebody · Smith Bronze maul
Level 15 — Smelt Iron bar · Smith Iron dagger
Level 18 — Smith Iron scimitar · Smith Iron mace
Level 19 — Smith Iron sword
Level 20 — Smelt Silver bar · Smith Iron full helm · …
Level 21 — Smith Iron shield · Smith Iron greatsword
Level 22 — Smith Iron platelegs · Smith Iron greataxe · …
Level 23 — Smith Iron platebody · Smith Iron maul
Level 25 — Smith Iron pickaxe · Smith Iron axe
Level 30 — Smelt Steel bar · Smith Steel dagger
Level 33 — Smith Steel scimitar · Smith Steel mace
Level 34 — Smith Steel sword · Smith Nails
Level 35 — Smith Steel full helm · Smith Steel pickaxe · …
Level 36 — Smith Steel shield · Smith Steel greatsword
Level 37 — Smith Steel platelegs · Smith Steel greataxe
Level 38 — Smith Steel platebody · Smith Steel maul
Level 40 — Smelt Amethine bar · Smelt Gold bar · …
Level 43 — Smith Amethine scimitar · Smith Amethine mace
Level 44 — Smith Amethine sword
Level 45 — Smith Amethine full helm · Smith Amethine pickaxe · …
Level 46 — Smith Amethine shield · Smith Amethine greatsword
Level 47 — Smith Amethine platelegs · Smith Amethine greataxe
Level 48 — Smith Amethine platebody · Smith Amethine maul
Level 55 — Smelt Verdite bar · Smith Verdite dagger · …
Level 58 — Smith Verdite scimitar · Smith Verdite mace
Level 59 — Smith Verdite sword
Level 60 — Smith Verdite full helm · Smith Verdite halberd · …
Level 61 — Smith Verdite shield · Smith Verdite greatsword
Level 62 — Smith Verdite platelegs · Smith Verdite greataxe
Level 63 — Smith Verdite platebody · Smith Verdite maul
Level 65 — Smith Solarite pickaxe · Smith Solarite axe
Level 70 — Smelt Solarite bar · Smith Solarite dagger
Level 73 — Smith Solarite scimitar · Smith Solarite mace
Level 74 — Smith Solarite sword
Level 75 — Smith Solarite full helm · Smith Solarite halberd · …
Level 76 — Smith Solarite shield · Smith Solarite greatsword
Level 77 — Smith Solarite platelegs · Smith Solarite greataxe
Level 78 — Smith Solarite platebody · Smith Solarite maul
Level 85 — Smelt Orikalkum bar
Level 88 — Smith Magmite full helm
Level 90 — Smith Magmite halberd · Smith Magmite spear · …
Level 91 — Smith Magmite greatsword
Level 92 — Smith Magmite greataxe · Smith Magmite platelegs
Level 93 — Smith Magmite maul
Level 95 — Smith Magmite platebody

Fletching · 14 unlocks, from level 1 to 85

Level 1 — Fletch Arrow shafts · Fletch Arrows
Level 5 — Fletch Shortbow (unstrung) · Fletch Shortbow
Level 10 — Fletch Darts · Fletch Longbow (unstrung) · …
Level 20 — Fletch Oak shortbow (unstrung) · Fletch Oak shortbow
Level 25 — Fletch Oak longbow (unstrung) · Fletch Oak longbow
Level 35 — Fletch Willow shortbow (unstrung) · Fletch Willow shortbow
Level 40 — Fletch Willow longbow (unstrung) · Fletch Willow longbow
Level 50 — Fletch Maple shortbow (unstrung) · Fletch Maple shortbow
Level 52 — Fletch Broad arrows
Level 55 — Fletch Maple longbow (unstrung) · Fletch Maple longbow
Level 70 — Fletch Yew shortbow (unstrung) · Fletch Yew shortbow
Level 75 — Fletch Yew longbow (unstrung) · Fletch Yew longbow
Level 80 — Fletch Spirit shortbow (unstrung) · Fletch Spirit shortbow
Level 85 — Fletch Spirit longbow (unstrung) · Fletch Spirit longbow

Crafting · 21 unlocks, from level 1 to 90

Level 1 — Craft Leather
Level 9 — Craft Leather coif
Level 14 — Craft Leather body
Level 16 — Craft Holy symbol
Level 18 — Craft Leather chaps
Level 20 — Craft Sapphire
Level 22 — Craft Sapphire amulet
Level 27 — Craft Emerald
Level 28 — Craft Hard leather
Level 29 — Craft Emerald amulet
Level 33 — Craft Hard leather body
Level 34 — Craft Ruby
Level 36 — Craft Ruby amulet
Level 41 — Craft Studded chaps
Level 43 — Craft Studded body · Craft Diamond
Level 45 — Craft Diamond amulet
Level 55 — Craft Starstone
Level 57 — Craft Starstone amulet
Level 60 — Careful Cut — 5% chance to keep the gem when a cut goes wrong.
Level 75 — Steady Cut — 10% chance to keep the gem when a cut goes wrong.
Level 90 — Master Cut — 15% chance to keep the gem when a cut goes wrong.

Runecrafting · 15 unlocks, from level 1 to 80

Level 1 — Bind Air rune
Level 2 — Bind Mind rune
Level 5 — Bind Water rune
Level 9 — Bind Earth rune
Level 14 — Bind Fire rune
Level 24 — Bind Cosmic rune
Level 33 — Bind Chaos rune
Level 35 — Bind Amulet of the Glade
Level 40 — Bind Amulet of the Tempest
Level 42 — Bind Law rune
Level 44 — Bind Nature rune
Level 46 — Bind Amulet of Renewal
Level 50 — Bind Amulet of the Mountain
Level 65 — Bind Death rune · Bind Amulet of Blood
Level 80 — Aether Thrift — 15% chance to save the essence when you bind runes.

Herbalism · 16 unlocks, from level 1 to 90

Level 1 — Gather grimy herbs at a patch
Level 3 — Brew Bristlewort leaf · Brew Bristlewort mix (unf) · …
Level 5 — Brew Marshbloom · Brew Marshbloom mix (unf) · …
Level 12 — Brew Strength potion
Level 22 — Brew Ranging potion
Level 25 — Brew Sunpetal bloom · Brew Sunpetal mix (unf)
Level 30 — Brew Defence potion
Level 34 — Brew Magic potion
Level 38 — Brew Prayer potion
Level 45 — Brew Super attack
Level 55 — Brew Super strength
Level 60 — Brew Super ranging
Level 66 — Brew Super defence
Level 70 — Brew Super magic
Level 75 — Lasting Brew — Your potions last 25% longer.
Level 90 — Double Batch — 10% chance to brew a second potion for free.

Knacks, and the cape at 99

From the high fifties, skills start handing out knacks — small permanent perks derived purely from your level. Nothing to buy, equip or remember. Mining's Rich Seam at 58 gives a 10% chance of a second ore and Deft Pick at 80 swings 10% faster; Woodcutting gets Steady Axe at 62 and Bountiful Boughs at 82 (8% chance of a second log); Fishing gets the wider reel window at 55 and a 20% double catch at 88. The production skills have them too: Crafting's Careful, Steady and Master Cut at 60, 75 and 90 rescue a botched gem 5, 10 and 15% of the time; Herbalism's Lasting Brew at 75 stretches potion effects by a quarter and Double Batch at 90 sometimes brews two; Runecrafting's Aether Thrift at 80 hands back the shard 15% of the time.

At 99 the realm owes you a mastery cape — one per skill, seventeen distinct colours, worn through the Wardrobe. They are cosmetic and always will be. Lark's monetisation rule is that cosmetics live in their own fields and never touch equipment bonuses or stats, so a mastery cape is a statement about the hours, not a stat stick. That's the whole prize: a number that stops at 99 and a colour that says you got there.

Common questions

Which skills should I train first?

Woodcutting, Mining and Fishing all start at level 1 with no requirements, and they immediately feed something else. Chop trees and burn the logs for Firemaking. Fish shrimp and cook them at a fire — that's your first real food supply. Mine copper and tin, smelt bronze bars, and smith an iron pickaxe once Smithing hits 25. Everything after that gets faster because of those three.

Why won't my Defence level go up?

Because Defence only trains from damage you take — 5 XP per point — and never from damage you deal. If you're killing things with a bow from range, or safespotting, you're earning zero Defence. The fix is to fight in melee against something that can actually hit you back. It's also why Vitality and Defence rise at very different rates depending on how you fight.

Where do I find herbs and rune essence?

Herb patches are visible gather nodes out in the world and need no tool at all — pick one at Herbalism 1. What you get scales with the skill: Wild bristlewort from the start, Wild marshbloom from level 5, Wild sunpetal from 25. Tougher monsters drop grimy herbs too. Rune essence is Aether shards, mined from Aether shard rocks at Mining 1, and bound into runes at a workbench.

Do I need every skill to finish the quests?

No. Most quests gate on Quest Points and story order rather than skill levels, and the skill requirements that do exist are modest — Heart of the Mountain in Ashreach asks for 24 Quest Points and Mining 15, not a maxed account. You'll want combat levels and food for the harder fights, but there's no quest that demands 99 in anything. See the quest guide for the full spine.

How long does a 99 actually take?

Longer than the first 90 levels combined. Level 92 is the halfway point of the 13,034,431 XP needed for 99, so the back half of any skill is roughly the same work as everything before it. The pacing workbench in the repo measures combat bands taking about 0.4 hours at bronze and around 14.8 at solarite — XP per hour keeps rising, and the hours still balloon. That's intentional, not a bug.

Does a two-handed weapon really change what I train?

Yes, and it's the one build decision that matters most. A one-hander puts 2.8 XP per damage into Attack and 1.2 into Strength; a two-hander flips it exactly. Total melee XP is the same either way, so it's not a trap — but if you want high Attack for gear tiers, carry a scimitar, and if you want raw Strength, swing a maul. Bows and staves put all 4 XP on the single skill.

Every skill in Lark, and how to train it

Seventeen skills, and how they split up

One curve, and it goes all the way to 99

Combat XP is decided by what's in your hand

Prayer, Magic and Ranged train differently

Gathering: what to chop, mine and catch, and when

The production chains that actually matter

Knacks, and the cape at 99

Common questions

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