Newbie Free-to-play training

&nbsp Free Players often have fewer oppurtunities to train combat than P2P, especially newbies. However, Runescape has numerous training oppotunities out there, if you know how to find them.

Basics
Every player needs the basic equipement: a weapon of their choice (or runes for mages) and the desired armor. much of this can be made for free, by mining copper or iron and smithing the desired items. If this is not possible, free or cheap items can be found in their respective stores. Other items can be found at the sites.

Fred's Farm
Weapons suggested: none need be brought for melee, provided. none recommened for range or mage.

Armor: a wooden or training shield is suitable, but any shield will work

Items: tinderbox

Fred's farm, located in Lumbridge, has two opportunities to train. The first is the sheep pen, but is rarely used since the majority of inhabitants are unattackable. However, there are 2 lvl-2 rams that drop only bones. The chicken coop, however, has more opportunities. With about 5-7 chickens that spawn quickly, they are a good npc to train on. They drop bones, meat, and feathers. The bones can be buried, the feathers sold for money, and the meat can be cooked. By taking a hatchet (which can be yielded as a weapon) which is found stuck in a stump in front of the coop, one can chop the nearby tree and light the logs, gaining fire, woodcutting, and cooking exp. at the same time.