OSRS Combat Level Calculator

Enter your seven combat stats. Get the exact combat level the game displays, the style carrying it, and how many levels to the next integer.

Your stats

The form opens on the example below, or on the stats you saved last time. Load your RSN or type over it - nothing leaves this page.

Combat level
76

Melee carries your level

Levels to next combat level
Train this… …this many levels
Attack +3
Strength +3
Defence +3
Hitpoints +3
Prayer +5
Ranged +88
Magic +88
How OSRS combat level is built

This calculator answers a narrower question than a total-level calculator: which combat level will the game display after the seven combat stats are applied? The result is the floor of a defensive base plus the strongest offensive style. That means two accounts with the same total combat levels can sit at different combat levels, and one level in a stat can be invisible until a breakpoint is crossed.

Step 1: defensive base

base = 0.25 x (Defence + Hitpoints + floor(Prayer / 2))

Defence and Hitpoints count one-for-one. Prayer enters in pairs because the formula floors half of the visible Prayer level.

Step 2: strongest style

melee = 0.325 x (Attack + Strength)

ranged/magic = 0.325 x (level + floor(level / 2))

Only the largest of these three offensive terms is added to the base, then the final result is rounded down.

A worked calculation

The following is an illustrative input set you can reproduce in the form above: Attack 60, Strength 70, Defence 45, Hitpoints 70, Ranged 1, Magic 1 and Prayer 43.

Defensive base

0.25 x (45 + 70 + floor(43 / 2))

= 0.25 x 136 = 34

Melee term

0.325 x (60 + 70) = 42.25

Ranged and Magic are both 0.325 x (1 + floor(1 / 2)) = 0.325 here, so melee is dominant by a wide margin.

Displayed result

floor(34 + 42.25) = 76

The calculator reports combat level 76 and labels melee as the carrying style.

This example demonstrates the rounding order used by the page. Equipment, prayers used during a fight and potions do not change the account combat level; only the visible skill levels entered here do.

How to choose the next level

The “levels to next combat level” table changes one stat at a time and stops at the first level that raises the displayed result. It is a breakpoint finder, not a training plan. Once it identifies a stat, use that skill calculator to price the XP, method, supplies and play time needed to reach it.

  1. Find the dominant style. If melee is ahead, compare Attack and Strength breakpoints; if Ranged or Magic is ahead, raising a lower melee stat may do nothing until it catches up.
  2. Check the account build. A main can accept Defence and Hitpoints levels for survivability. A pure or zerker should test every Defence and Prayer level here before committing quest XP or a new prayer.
  3. Compare the cost of a breakpoint. One Prayer level may be cheap in XP but still fail to move combat because floor(Prayer / 2) has not changed. An even Prayer level is the meaningful base threshold.
  4. Verify the reason for the change. Combat level is not a DPS score. Use DPS Calculator for accuracy, max hit and attack speed after the account-level decision is made.
Why did three Strength levels add nothing?

If the defensive base and the current dominant style still floor to the same integer, the account remains at the same combat level. The level is not “missing”; the new fractional total has not crossed the next integer yet.

Main, pure and zerker breakpoints

Main

Prioritise the stat that improves your actual weapon and survivability. A combat breakpoint is useful only when the XP and gear unlocked by it matter for your activity.

Pure

Defence and Prayer are deliberate combat-level costs. Test the exact quest reward, then compare the resulting level with the offensive breakpoint you would gain.

Zerker

Small Defence and Prayer changes can move the base while the dominant melee term stays fixed. Use the table before training a “safe” level that changes your matchmaking bracket.

Scope, sources and review notes

Included

  • OSRS account combat formula and final floor rounding.
  • All seven visible combat stats, including the minimum 10 Hitpoints input.
  • Dominant-style detection and one-stat-at-a-time breakpoint search.

Not included

  • Combat achievements, gear, temporary boosts or PvP matchmaking rules.
  • Quest XP recommendations or the GP/time cost of training a stat.
  • DPS, accuracy, special attacks, boss phases or player execution.

Formula reference: OSRS Wiki combat level. Skill XP links on this page use the same progression data documented on Data Sources. Assumptions and copy were reviewed 16 October 2026; recheck after a combat-system update.

OSRS combat level breakpoints

Combat level has two parts. Defence, Hitpoints and half of Prayer build the base; the larger of melee, ranged or magic then becomes the dominant style. Training a non-dominant attack style may add no combat levels until it overtakes the current winner, which is why a raw level total is not enough for pure or low-combat planning.

  • Melee accounts: plan the exact XP behind the next Attack or Strength breakpoint with the OSRS Attack Calculator.
  • Ranged accounts: use the OSRS Ranged Calculator after this page shows Ranged is the cheapest path to the next combat level.
  • Prayer decisions: Prayer contributes through floor(Prayer / 2), so test the breakpoint here before pricing bones in the OSRS Prayer Calculator.

The table above reports levels, not XP or GP. Open the linked skill calculator only after you choose the stat, then compare methods against your actual budget and weekly play time.

Level now, or the build you want?

This page answers the forward question: given these stats, what level am I? The reverse question - which one or two stat combination reaches a target combat level for the least XP, and how far is this account from a pure, zerker, med or tank build - is a planning job. The OSRS Combat Calculator does that reverse search and adds the DPS and max hit tools this page deliberately leaves out.

Combat level FAQ

How is combat level calculated in OSRS?

Base = 0.25 x (Defence + Hitpoints + floor(Prayer/2)). Then the highest of melee 0.325 x (Attack + Strength), ranged 0.325 x floor(Ranged x 1.5), or magic 0.325 x floor(Magic x 1.5) is added, and the total is rounded down.

What is the highest combat level in OSRS?

126 on a main account (99 in every combat stat). Fresh accounts start at combat level 3.

Does Prayer really affect combat level?

Yes - every 2 Prayer levels add 0.25 x 1 to your base, so 8 Prayer levels raise your combat by 1. That is why pures plan Prayer in even numbers.

Is a combat calc the same thing as a combat level calculator?

Not quite. Players searching osrs combat calc or cmb calc usually want the whole toolkit - level, DPS and max hit - so that phrase is a category, not a single sum. This page answers one of those questions: what combat level the game displays for the seven stats you enter. If you want the reverse question - which stat combination reaches a target level for the least XP, and how far your account is from a pure, zerker or med build - use the OSRS Combat Calculator.