Melee upgrade order
Introduction & Disclaimer
This guide lists the recommended general melee purchase/unlock progression for players to follow.
Last Revised: 23rd October 2026
The order is subject to change at any time as prices change, updates occur, and knowledge expands
Please note the following assumptions:
⬥ The order assume a starting point of T70 gear dharokaxe bandoschest
⬥ Priorities may be different if you are doing niche content
⬥ "ROI" (meaning return-on-investment) typically means quality-of-life upgrades or typical damage increase
⬥ We do not recommend selling an item to buy another, unless it is a direct upgrade
⬥ Unlisted items are not worth buying
Feel free to ask in PvM help (external Discord) for a tailored list to the content that you do!
Melee Upgrade Order
For further information on each upgrade, check Armour And Weapons, Perks and Perk Information, Permanent Unlocks, or Eof Specs
Stage 1: High ROI
⬥ Work towards everything in Free Upgrades
⬥ Laniakea's Spear lanispear - coins 4,596,261
⬥ Am-hej amhej - coins 3,618,865
⬥ Abyssal Scourge abyssalscourge + Dark Ice Sliver darkicesliver - coins 61,348,598
⬥ 1st god book (Scripture of Jas scriptureofjas or Amascut scriptureofamascut)
• scriptureofjas - coins 2,468,912
• scriptureofamascut - coins 1,837,525
⬥ Jaws of the Abyss jawsoftheabyss + Laceration Boots Laceration - coins 1,219,620
⬥ Precise 6 p6 + Eruptive 4 eruptive4 on weapons - coins 1,890,243
⬥ Equilibrium 1 eq1 + Mobile X mob on armour - coins 607,853
• Choose X based on your preferred content (e.g., Demon slayer demonslayerperk / Venomblood venomblood / Dragon slayer dragonslayerperk / Genocidal genocidal)
⬥ Greater Barge gbarge - coins 140,391,485
⬥ Greater Flurry gflurry - coins 105,122,602
⬥ Igneous Kal-Ket igneouskalket - coins free!
⬥ Crackling 4 crack4 + Ultimatums 4 ultimatums4 on armour - coins 14,538,463
⬥ Flanking 4 flank4 on cheap offhand (if doing applicable content) - coins 5,476,693
• E.g., Off-hand ripper claw ripperclawoh - coins 479,865
⬥ Vestments of Havoc Boots + Hood vestmentsofhavocboots vestmentsofhavochood - coins 188,996,451
⬥ Vestments of Havoc Bottom vestmentsofhavocbottom - coins 255,736,908
⬥ Cinderbanes (if doing poisonable content) cinderbanes - coins 41,219,331
Stage 2: Medium ROI
⬥ All other upgrades in Free Upgrades
⬥ Masterwork 2h sword masterwork2hsword - coins 208,272,023
⬥ Chaos Roar chaosroar - coins 104,676,872
⬥ Vestment of Havoc Top vestmentsofhavoctop - coins 376,747,432
⬥ Scripture of Ful scriptureofful - coins 117,685,383
⬥ Divert divert - coins 22,178,750
⬥ Ek-ZekKil ezk - coins 2,074,004,041
⬥ Dragon Claws EoF eofredu dragonclaw dragonclawoh - coins 163,544,923 + coins 2,083,633
⬥ Biting build biting4
• Biting 4 biting4 - coins 80,228,265
• Champion's Ring championring - coins 5,367,155
⬥ Equilibrium build equilibrium
• Equilibrium 4 eq4 - coins 158,413,014
• Masterwork Spear of Annihilation masterworkspearofannihilation + Lunging 4 lunge4 - coins 256,642,057
⬥ Both builds
• Enhanced Gloves of Passage Glovesofpassage - coins 80,267,425
• Impatient 4 imp4 + Devoted 4 dev4 on armour - coins 63,994,317
• Aftershock 4 as4 on weapon
⬩ Cheapest: combo'd with Precise 2 p2 as4 - coins 30,117,609
⬩ Least waste: combo'd with Eruptive 2 eruptive2 as4 - coins 50,012,498
Stage 3: Low ROI
⬥ Dark Sliver of Leng lengoh + Dark Shard of Leng lengmh - coins 514,810,441 + coins 513,407,384
• Higher priority if you are primarily speed-killing
⬥ Shard of Genesis Essence shardofgenesisessence - coins 631,546,595
• Use on EZK ezk
⬥ Upgrade prayers depending on content:
• Malevolence Malevolence - coins 647,519,856
• Eclipsed Soul eclipsedsoul + Divine Rage divinerage - coins 75,220,620
⬥ Greater Fury gfury - coins 381,307,292
⬥ P6R1 p6 ruthless1 + AS4E2 as4 er2 for 2H weapons - coins 74,550,570
⬥ P6AS1 p6 as1 + AS4E2 as4 er2 for dual-wield weapons - coins 103,418,917
⬥ Enchantment of Agony enchantmentofagony - coins 72,899,043
⬥ Shard of Genesis Essence shardofgenesisessence - coins 631,546,595
⬥ Nodon spike harness nodonspikeharness - coins 401,454,302
⬥ Vital Drain vitaldrain - coins 158,609,796
⬥ Limitless limitless - coins 129,670,000
⬥ Varanus' Mercy EoF eofredu varanussmercy - coins 163,544,923 + coins 182,690,260
⬥ Enchantment of Heroism (championring upgrade) - coins 67,068,689
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