Skill mastery

See HiScores for the relative total rankings of the different skills.

Skill	Players with 99s	Ironmen with 99s
	212,258	2,074
	240,048	3,490
	132,412	2,216
	236,179	1,996
	101,003	1,362
	128,850	1,514
	222,842	3,251
	160,742	1,775
	150,857	2,128
	209,828	2,899
	115,999	2,178
	204,671	1,997
	165,071	1,982
	117,362	2,171
	199,750	1,890
	235,348	3,845
	173,715	1,549
	180,555	1,818
	105,350	1,984
	148,441	2,865
	102,949	1,421
	101,331	1,365
	102,010	1,540
	144,434	1,995
	119,157	1,992
	96,752	2,068
	84,060	1,997
As of 04 February 2023 for all players^{[nb 1]} As of 9 February 2018 for ironmen^{[nb 2]}

Skill mastery is achieved by reaching level 99 in any skill. Level 99 is achieved by reaching 13,034,431 experience points in a skill with the exception being Invention (36,073,511 experience to reach skill mastery). Level 99 is the maximum level in most skills. Dungeoneering, Invention, and Slayer are the only skills with a maximum level of 120 (referred to as true skill mastery), achieved at 104,273,167 experience points for Dungeoneering and 80,618,654 for Invention. The current maximum total level is 2,736 (level 99 in all skills and level 120 in Dungeoneering, Invention, and Slayer). When level 99 is reached in any skill, there is a different fireworks animation that can be heard by everyone nearby.

Pay-to-play players reaching level 99 in a skill are entitled to wear a Cape of Accomplishment for that particular skill. This cape is bought from a specific skill master for 99,000 coins. Every Cape of Accomplishment gives access to a unique emote. Furthermore, it can be used to boost the corresponding skill's level to 100 for a short time. Every Cape of Accomplishment has its own unique perk, some of them can be activated by right-clicking on the cape, others are passive. If the player reaches level 99 in more than one skill, the player's skill cape becomes trimmed and any more skill capes the player obtains will also become trimmed along with the newly received cape.

Before the Skill interface update, players with a level 99 skill could view the experience needed to earn level 100. With the virtual levels update, players could once again view the experience needed, all the way to level 120.

In RuneScape Classic, the maximum total level was 1,782. With the addition of Runecrafting (1,881), Slayer (1,980), Farming (2,079), Construction (2,178), Hunter (2,277), Summoning (2,376), Dungeoneering (2,496), Divination (2,595), Invention (2,715), and the increase of Slayer from level 99 to 120, the maximum total level is now 2,736.

Announcements[]

A player gaining level 99 in a skill

A player reaching level 99 in Cooking.

Main article: Server Wide Announcements

When a player achieves level 99 in a skill, a message will appear in orange text to the other players on the same server. However, one may only see another player's achievements if they have the 'Broadcast Messages' button toggled to on, located next to the trade and assist button. Broadcasts may be disabled by untoggling the 'Broadcast Messages' button.

Achieving level 120 in Dungeoneering, Invention, or Slayer, reaching 99 in every skill, or earning the right to wear the Completionist cape or its trimmed version will be announced on all of RuneScape's servers in red text. Being the first to achievement a milestone on either a regular, ironman or hardcore ironman account also grants a global broadcast: Congratulations to Player for being the first to reach level skill!

When a player achieves a 99 and their private chat is set at least on 'friends', it will be announced in green text to all logged-in players on their friends list regardless of whether they are on the server.

Level 99 Jingle

Sound acquired at any level 99 skill.

First players to achieve level 99[]

When level 99 skills first started appearing, players with such stats were often well known around the RuneScape community since they were one of the few to have achieved a skill mastery.

Below is a chronological list of the known first players to reach level 99 and level 120 in their respective skill.

Everdred 99 — The first player to reach level 99 in any skill and in Woodcutting.

Bluerose9913dec2001pw2 — The first player to reach level 99 in Smithing.

2002 - zonghui - 99melee — The first player to reach level 99 in all melee stats.

2003-03-23 - ltangel - 99 crafting — The first player to reach level 99 in Crafting.

Achievement	Date achieved	Player
99 Woodcutting	28 August 2001	Everdred
99 Magic	21 October 2001	Bluerose13x
99 Smithing	13 December 2001	Bluerose13x
99 Cooking	8 January 2002	Tks
99 Firemaking	5 April 2002	Dragoon 787 or Cowchicken ^{[notes 1]}
99 Fishing	16 May 2002	Tks
99 Attack	16 May 2002	Zonghui ^{[notes 2]}
99 Strength	7 June 2002	Ladykilljoy ^{[notes 2]}
99 Constitution	7 June 2002	Zonghui
99 Defence	7 June 2002	Zonghui ^{[notes 2]}
99 Thieving	3 August 2002	Swedemike
99 Mining	11 October 2002	Joe Bill64
99 Ranged	17 November 2002	Snake Slava
99 Agility	23 March 2003	Thehate
99 Crafting	30 March 2003	Ltangel
99 Fletching	9 April 2003	Chilipeppers
99 Herblore	9 June 2003	Halw Gnun
99 Prayer	17 May 2004	Lilyuffie88
99 Runecrafting	15 September 2004	Kale Stille
99 Slayer	9 July 2005	Zezima
99 Farming	27 September 2005	0xpx0
99 Construction	6 June 2006	Cursed You
99 Hunter	2 December 2006	Darkforest67
99 Summoning	8 February 2008	Nercychlidae
99 Dungeoneering	7 May 2010	Skiller 703
120 Dungeoneering	22 August 2010	Telmomarques
99 Divination	29 August 2013	Im Choice
99 Invention	26 January 2016	Scuzzy5
120 Invention	27 January 2016	Scuzzy5

^ Dragoon 787 and Cowchicken both reached level 99 Firemaking on the same day, however there is debate between who reached it first due to lack of concrete evidence.
^ ^a ^b ^c Attack, Strength and Defence did not appear on the hiscores until 2004, making it very difficult to track who achieved 99 in these skills.

Ironmen and Hardcore Ironmen[]

Main article: List of Ironman firsts § First players to achieve level 99

First players to reach maximum skill totals[]

Achievement (Members)	Date achieved	Player
1980 Overall	9 July 2005	Zezima
2079 Overall	4 October 2005	Zezima
2178 Overall	11 June 2006	N0valyfe
2277 Overall	8 December 2006	Thehate
2376 Overall	12 February 2008	Kingduffy 1
2475 Overall	7 May 2010	Skiller 703
2496 Overall	22 August 2010	Telmomarques
2595 Overall	29 August 2013	Im Choice
2694 Overall	25 January 2016	Scuzzy5
2715 Overall	27 January 2016	Scuzzy5
Achievement (Free-to-play)	Date achieved	Player
1494 Overall	28 January 2008	Syzygy
1593 Overall	11 June 2010	S Diamant Y
1614 Overall	9 October 2010	El Popo1
1750 Overall	9 October 2017	Meneer Naab
Achievement (Ironman)	Date achieved	Player
2574 Overall	13 March 2015	Dreyri
2595 Overall	6 May 2015	Sausage
2694 Overall	29 January 2016	Sausage
2715 Overall	3 February 2016	Llama Ore
Achievement (Hardcore Ironman)	Date achieved	Player
2574 Overall	13 March 2015	Dreyri
2595 Overall	6 May 2015	Sausage
2694 Overall	29 January 2016	Sausage
2715 Overall	3 February 2016	Sausage

Notes[]

^ These numbers only include players who are listed on the hiscores.
^ These numbers only include ironmen players who are listed on the hiscores.

Trivia[]

Players sometimes hold parties with their friends to celebrate their achievements in mastering a skill, usually at their player-owned house. This was extremely common prior to 2013, where mastering a skill was a rarer achievement for someone to have.

External links[]

RuneScape HiScores

[3] Dragoon 787 and Cowchicken both reached level 99 Firemaking on the same day, however there is debate between who reached it first due to lack of concrete evidence.

[asd-4] Attack, Strength and Defence did not appear on the hiscores until 2004, making it very difficult to track who achieved 99 in these skills.

[1] These numbers only include players who are listed on the hiscores.

[2] These numbers only include ironmen players who are listed on the hiscores.

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