RuneScape Roadmap Preparation Guide: 110 Skills and Content Updates

To prepare your account for upcoming multi-year roadmap content in RuneScape, reach level 99 in designated skills, hold off on training toward level 110 until updates launch, and stockpile foundational production supplies before market prices surge. You should also preserve high-tier combat gear across all styles to adapt to ongoing combat rebalancing and mechanically intensive boss encounters.

Preparing for Level 110 Skilling Expansions

Raising gathering and artisan skills from level 99 to level 110 requires approximately 29 million total experience per skill. The updates roll out in paired skill releases rather than all at once.

Grinding experience past level 99 prior to an expansion launch is inefficient. Future updates will introduce higher-tier nodes, recipes, and training methods that offer higher base experience rates. Your immediate goal should be hitting level 99, acquiring the relevant skilling outfits and boosts, and banking the raw materials needed for launch day.

Skill Grouping	Primary Focus Skills	Recommended Preparation Step
Heavy Industry	Mining & Smithing	Stockpile masterwork materials, divine charges, and stone spirits
Natural Resources	Woodcutting & Fletching	Bank high-tier logs, preserve wood spirits, and use crystallize training
Arcane & Utility	Crafting & Runecrafting	Accumulate magical thread, pure essence, and uncut dragonstones

Combat Adaptations and Gear Retention

Future PvM releases follow the encounter design of the Sanctum of Rebirth, focusing on reactive movement, floor-based visual telegraphs, and timed defensives over static damage rotations. Configure keybinds for mobility and repositioning abilities to handle multi-boss gauntlets and telegraphed hazards.

Do not sell high-tier equipment from Magic, Ranged, or Melee setups. Ongoing rebalancing aims to bring the original three styles to parity with Necromancy. Retain your core weapons, tier-95 armor sets, and essential switches, as new encounters and style affinities will reward accounts capable of fielding multiple combat styles.

Grand Exchange Trading Cycles

Roadmap updates generate distinct economic waves. Base materials surge on announcement, reach peak value on launch day, and drop once early adopters finish leveling.

Accumulate raw materials early: Purchase foundational resources during content lulls when prices sit near historic baselines.
Monitor development updates: Watch official developer previews to identify secondary reagents and intermediate components that will function as item sinks.
Liquidate during release: Sell 50% to 70% of stockpiled skilling supplies within the first 48 hours of an expansion launch to capture peak demand.
Delay finished equipment purchases: Wait three to four weeks after an update before buying new craftable weapons and armor so market prices can stabilize.

Group Ironman Progression Priorities

Group Ironman (GIM) teams cannot rely on the Grand Exchange, requiring strict specialization from the start of an account. Divide gathering and artisan duties early to prevent bottlenecks in critical production skills.

Designate a metalworker: Have one player prioritize Mining and Smithing to supply the group with weapons and melee armor.
Funnel Herblore supplies: Direct all monster seeds, herbs, and secondary ingredients to a single member to quickly unlock high-level combat potions.
Coordinate quest routes: Complete shared prerequisite quests together to unlock transport networks, fairy rings, and key training areas at the same time.

Story Prerequisites and Quest Backlogs

High-level bosses, new spellbooks, and expansion areas remain locked behind major narrative chains. Focus on completing prerequisite storylines tied to the Desert and Mahjarrat narratives. Prioritize finishing Desert Treasure and City of Senntisten to secure ancient spells, prayers, passive buffs, and regional teleport networks before new roadmap quests arrive.