Playstyle

In Runescape, there are many different playstyles that exist. Although each player possesses their own individual style of playing, there are categories.

DIY
Do It Yourself playing is a very rewarding style of playing. This style consists of players solely using their own skills to advance in the game. This style of playing has existed since the beginning of Runescape.

Details
A DIY player rarely uses the Grand Exchange. He or she would rather create the item themself than buy it from the Grand Exchange or another player. The whole concept of this is that player who act in this style will usually possess higher skills than a typical player. While one player will be buying dragon bones from the Grand Exchange to train Prayer, a DIY player will kill the dragons himself and benefit from the combat experience and also from the crafting experience obtained from the hides. These players, rarely use gold coins in the game, because most things can be made from scratch.

Some Examples
A player log on to Runescape. He is in the mood to go kill Tormented Demons. In order to kill these, this player need bolts, a weapon, food, and some prayer potions.

First, the player might decide to go make his bolts. The player then ventures to the Dwarvern Mines, and mines some adamantite ore. In his inventory, he has the nature runes he previously crafted to aid him in creating bolts. So the player mines ore, super heats it, and smithes bolts on the anvil in the Dwarvern Mines. After, obtaining a good amount, the player decides that some diamond bolts could be useful. He goes to his bank and withdraws some diamonds that he has been stockpiling for a few weeks now, in case he needed them. With these diamonds, he crafts diamond bolts. The player, realizing that he needs to enchance these bolts, mines some more pure essence, and crafts the needed runes. Now, the player has a good amount of diamond bolts that will help him.

Next, the player might decide that he needs some food. The player decides to go fish monkfish because he does not possess the neccesary levels to fish sharks. After fishing about 200, the player cooks these and now has food.

Later, the player might pick to make some potions next. Thus, the player use some of the seeds he found from slaying to plant some irits, kwuarms, ranarrs, and dwarf weeds. As these grow, the player venture around Runescape to collect the secondary ingredients neccesary to make the potions he needs. After some time, he harvests the herbs and creates the potions he needs.

Finally, the player is ready to kill Tormented Demons. Of course some items may not have been mentioned above, yet the player does have the neccesary items. Besides the fact that the player spent a grand total of 0gp, he now has gain experience in multiple skills, and has a supply of food, potions, and bolts that were made from scratch.

Jagex's Intentions
Some players believe that this playstyle was the one intended for Runescape. With this style, interaction with other players is not neccesary and all skills will be trained in the long run.