Total level





Total level is the sum of the levels of all of a player's Skills. The current maximum for members is 2496, which has not yet been achieved. The maximum for free players is 1614. 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 1614. 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), Summoning (2,376) and the new skill, Dungeoneering, brought the maximum total level to 2496 (1614 for non-members) also the maximum for the Instant demo is 309.

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
 * 2079 total (4 October 2005) -
 * 2178 total (11 June 2006) - N0valyfe
 * 2277 total (11 November 2006) - Thehate
 * 2376 total (12 February 2008) - Kingduffy
 * 2475 total (7 May 2010) - Skiller 703
 * 2496 total (dungeoneering level 120) - telmomarques
 * 1494 total as non-member (January 2008) - Syzygy
 * 1593 total as non-member (June 2010) (dungeoneering level 99) -S Diamant Y
 * 1614 total as non-member (incomplete) (dungeoneering level 120) -

Trivia

 * When you max out your total level and then attempt to get a random objective, you get a message that says "You have completed the game! GO OUTSIDE. ~Love Jagex." Afterward, a message appears in your chat box that says "But don't forget to come back for the next update :-)".