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The Official PkHonor PK'ing Guide


What is PK'ing?

Player killing (PK'ing, Player v Player or PvP), is the act of two or more players engaging in combat until the opposition is slain! PK'ing can be a lucrative way of earning money. For example, many players will challenge others to 'risk-fights' as their main source of gaining wealth. This guide will go through the basics of PK'ing, as well as an introduction to a variety of specific PKing set-ups and the tactics they require!

There will also be a section which includes tips and tricks to help you maximize profit and killing potential!


Where to PK

The most popular destination to PK is Edgeville wilderness (known as 'Edge').


The basics

  • When you attack a player unprovoked you will receive a skull above your head. This means you will lose all of your items if you die, unless you have the Protect Item prayer activated. Always have protect from item activated in the wilderness as players can 1-hit you.
  • The 'Fountain of Heroes', located in the north and south of Edgeville, will restore health, prayer, drained stats and special attack energy but there is a cooldown. It will be displayed when you click on the fountain after just using up your special attack. This is to reduce the possibility to endlessly spec players over short periods of time.
  • RNG plays a huge role in PK'ing. Whenever your player attacks another player, a random number generator generates a number from 1 - the max hit. This max hit is determined by your gear as the attacker. The chance of hitting that max hit is dependant on the defence level of the gear your opponent wears. More defence = less likely to hit the maximum hit.
  • Untradeable items will now remain on the floor after death for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes these untradeable items will be put in the refund box and can be bought back for money.

Items available to buy back from the refund box;

Fire Cape costs 30m.

Max Cape costs 120m

Completionist Cape costs 240m

Unless you protect your cape, it will automatically be sent to the refund box on death. The player who killed you will receive the full refund cost on top of the other loot collected from your body.


Special attack weapons

'Spec' weapons are weapons which use up your special attack bar meter in exchange for a powerful attack. The function of these weapons is to output a high amount of damage within a short interval in order to catch a player off-guard and K.O. them.

To activate a special attack, a player must equip the weapon and then activate the special attack bar then click on the player. It used to be so that you did not have to re-click the player and the spec would go off instantly. However, this was removed but with the right skill you can essentially pull off an instant special attack.

How do I pull off an instant spec?

Using F-keys it is possible to switch from your inventory tab to your special attack tab instantly. Also, placing the spec weapon in the inventory space shown below means that there is less movement needed and therefore a cleaner special attack activation.

Another way to pull off a quick special attack would be to use the special attack orb found in the client interface underneath the run orb.

  • Always keep health at around 70/75 to heavily negate the chance of being KOed by powerful spec weapons in 1 hit.
  • Always use the spell 'Vengeance to help stack the maximum damage on your opponent which will increase K.O. potential. There will be a short explanation on the timing of vengeance in the 'tips and tricks' section.
  • Always keep one inventory slot free when gearing so that when you are pulling out your spec weapon (if it is two-handed) it is instant.

Welfare PK'ing

Welfare PK'ing (known as 'Welf') involves using the cheapest gear possible to PK with. Even in welfare gear, the maximum hit can be high subject to RNG. The aim of welfare PK'ing is to risk the least amount of money on death. It is a cheap way to earn PKs.

Gear

  • Berserker helm
  • Amulet of strength
  • Fire cape (Obsidian cape if you do not have one)
  • Rune platebody
  • Rune platelegs
  • Dragon boots
  • Shadow sword
  • Toktz-ket-xil
  • Ring of recoil
  • Brawlers (Barrows gloves if not 99 construction)

The Shadow sword is an untradeable item obtained from the advanced combat rack in the combat room in your player-owned home. It requires level 54 construction to gain access to it. Its stats are marginally better than those of a dragon scimitar.

Brawlers have the same stats as barrows gloves however they are untradeable and drop on death for you to pick up within 5 minutes or they disappear. Brawlers required 99 construction.

Inventory

  • Super combat potion (4)
  • Super prayer (4)
  • Saradomin brew (4)
  • Super restore (4)
  • Rocktails (Sharks are viable too)
  • Vengeance runes
  • Teleport tab
  • Special attack weapon

Be sure to only bring 1 item which you can protect if you die. This will be your special attack weapon. Super combats are advised as they save inventory space, meaning you can last longer in a fight by bringing more food. Always remember a tab!

Prayers

Regular:

  • Protect Item
  • Smite
  • Piety

Curses:

  • Protect Item
  • Soul split
  • Turmoil

With curse prayers activated and a dose of a super combat potion, the max hit in this gear is a 73 (with a Zaros Godsword (Bandos).

The method to welfare pking

Welfare PK'ing gives you average defence bonuses. However it still allows for powerful special attacks. Therefore, the method of killing people with welfare gear would be;

Veng combo


In this gear

Here's a look at the most popular prayers in each spellbook;

Regular Spellbook

Protect Item

Protects one additional item meaning the maximum number of items you can protect on death is 4 whilst unskulled and 1 item whilst skulled.

Piety

Gives a 25% boost to a player's Defence, a 23% boost to a player's Strength, and a 20% boost to a player's Attack. Used while PKing to deal the most damage.

Rigour

Rigour is a forgotten prayer requiring 74 Prayer and 70 Defence to use. It boosts Ranged Attack by 20%, Ranged Strength by 23%, and Defence by 25%. Note this prayer must be unlocked through the rigour prayer scroll (Dropped by Kalphite Queen) before it can be used.

Augury

Augury is a forgotten prayer requiring a Prayer level of 77 and a Defence level of 70 to use. It boosts Magic Attack and Defence by 25%. This includes magical defence, as well as normal defence. Note this prayer must be unlocked through the augury prayer scroll (Dropped by Kalphite Queen) before it can be used.

-Dharok Pk'ing

Mauler

Rusher


Pure Pk'ing

Pure Pk'ing is an extremely fun yet somewhat difficult concept. Combat pures aim to maximise player killing potential when training skills. The easiest way to do this is by following the general rule of thumb of maximising offensive stats while remaining as low combat as possible.

The most common type of pures are the following:

The 1 defence pure (Comes in 3 different variants, 50 attack, 60 attack, 75 attack) This pure can be customised with various different setups to suit its stats. Shown above is the NH pure setup. An ideal Inventory setup for the Nh pure setup

The Range tank pure(picture of gear setup and stats) This setup aims to maximise defensive bonuses while also maximising offensive range bonuses.

The Berserker pure

One of the most powerful and fun accounts to pk on. The berserker or simply “Zerker” aims to maintain decent defence bonuses with the ability to use barrows gloves and berserker helm. (Picture of gear setup and stats)

-How to 1-tick.

-Tips & Tricks

F Keys Tick-eating (grizzly mint knows) Smart PK'ing for profit. Veng combos. Combo-eating. Presets Preset prayers. Pay attention to spec drops. praying melee when killed untradeables. bounty hunter crystals emblems Special attack weapons Famous comboes DFS veng knocks. overload myth. fixing ticks. 1 inv slot

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