Total level



Total level is the sum of the levels of all of a player's Skills. The current maximum for members is 2376, which has only been achieved by 657 players (as of 24 March 2010). The maximum for free players is 1494. Total level is a common way for players to compare their stats.

The opening page on the Hiscores ranks players by their total level, then by experience. Before the Summoning update (15 January 2008), the top overall generally went by experience as much as level. The number one player wouldn't have a higher level than the number two player, but certainly more experience.

After the updates on 21 May 2008, players would be informed when their total levels reached important milestones. Free players who used to be members would still receive a message stating that they've reached the highest total level possible on free-to-play worlds when they reached a total level of 1494. When Players receive this message there is also a short animation with 6 large fireworks shooting out from the player.

In RuneScape Classic, the maximum total level was 1,782 (1395 for free players); with the addition of Runecrafting (1881), Slayer (1980), Farming (2079), Construction (2178), Hunter (2277), and the newest skill, Summoning, brought the maximum total levels to 2,376.

For some reason, with the new update on 2 September 2009, the total level increased for some people by one level. This made the highest total level 2377. This could be the sign of the new skill being released soon. This only happened for a few hours before it was corrected by Jagex.

On 9 November 2009, Jagex released two Skill total worlds for both free and members. Only players with a total level of 1000 or over may play on those servers. on 3 March 2010, Jagex changed the total level world for members to 1500+, the total level world for free players is still 1000+

First players to achieve landmark total levels

 * 0500 total (January 2001) - lightning
 * 0600 total (January 2001) - lightning
 * 0700 total (February 2001) - lightning
 * 0800 total (April 2001) - lightning
 * 0900 total (June 2001) - Mysticsmagic
 * 1000 total (Date unknown) - Fred Bullet
 * 1100 total (March 2002) - L6vi
 * 1200 total (Date unknown) - L6vi
 * 1300 total (Date unknown) - L6vi
 * 1400 total (Date unknown) - L6vi
 * 1500 total (Date unknown) - Tks
 * 1600 total (October 2003) - Bonebreaker6
 * 1980 total (9 July 2005) - Zezima
 * 2178 total (October 2006) - N0valyfe
 * 2277 total (Date unknown) - Thehate
 * 2376 total (January 2008) - Kingduffy
 * 1494 total as non-member (January 2008) - Syzygy
 * 1601 total as skiller (Still not reached) - "Pure Kq Pax" got 1600 total as skiller
 * 0808 total as non-member skiller (Still not reached) - "Lvl3 Skater" got 792 total as non-member skiller