RuneScape Tips: an Introduction to Chatting and Tutors

Communication with fellow players is quite possibly the most important aspect to good RuneScape game play. This is because much of RuneScape revolves around the exchange of goods.

In order to effectively communicate, it is important to understand player lingo and chat room ethics and effects. This guide is intended to give you a brief overview of the chat features while including information on tutors.

Effects

There are a variety of text effects for chatting, including color and movement options, to be used to make what you have to say stand out.

Colors

To change the color of your text, type the color followed by a colon and then your message, including no spaces. For example, "Cyan:hello", minus the quotation marks, would enter hello (colored in cyan, of course). All other codes will follow in the same manner.

There are a few different movement options for your text. To make it flash or fade between colors, see below.

"Flash1:" (flashes between red and yellow)
"Flash2:" (flashes between cyan and blue)
"Flash3:" (flashes between light and dark green)
"Glow1:" (fades from red to orange to yellow to green to cyan)
"Glow2:" (fades from red to magenta to blue to dark red to red)
"Glow3:" (fades from white to green to white to cyan.

Movement

All of these codes will make your text move in different way within the chat window.

"Wave:" (makes your text move up and down)
"Wave2:" (makes your text wave diagonally)
"Shake:" (makes your text shake frantically)
"Slide:" (makes your text slide up and down)
"Scroll:" (makes your text scroll left to right)

**To combine both color and movement, type the codes right next to each other, again no spaces, as follows:

"red:scroll:hello" would enter hello in red, scrolling text.

Shorthand/Lingo

To make communication quicker and more effective, players have created shorthand for game terms.

A small sampling of this lingo is provided below, but the best way to pick up on the terms is to experience the game yourself.

2h - Two-handed sword
Battle/B-axe - Battleaxe
Blk- Black armour
Full - Full set of armour
(g) - Gold trimmed
Helm - Helmet
Kite - Kite shield
Phat - Party hat
Pot - Potion
Unids - Unidentified Herbs

D or Drag - Dragon
KBD - King Black Dragon
KQ - Kalphite Queen

1337 - Elite, also "cool"
CW - Castle Wars
FM - Firemaking
Gp - Gold pieces (money)
Pker - Player Killer
RC - Runecrafting
RL - Real life
WC - Woodcutting

Def - Defence level
Str - Strength level

DOR - Disk of Returning
ROW or Wealth - Ring of Wealth

R - Rune
Bloods - Blood Runes
Earths - Earth Runes
Fires - Fire Runes
Law - Law Runes
Minds - Mind Runes
Nats - Nature Runes
Souls - Soul Runes
Waters - Water Runes

FTW - For the win
Hits/HP - Hit points
NFS - Not for sale

F2P - Free to Play (Free version of RS)
P2P - Pay to Play (Members version of RS)

Skill Tutors

In the event that you need help while playing the game, there are a variety of tutors to assist you. They are marked on the map with a question mark for your convenience. You can also find them easily on the Newcomer Map by holding your mouse over the question mark icon.

Keep in mind that some tutors supply you with essential items, in the event that you have lost yours. The tutors, their specialties, the items they provide, and their locations are as follows:

Harlan specializes in Melee and can be found south of the General Store in Lumbridge. He provides played with a training sword and shield. Other tutors who can be found in the same location include Nemarti, who offers a range of instruction as well as provides players with a training shortbow and arrows, and Mikasi, who specializes in Magic and will provide 30 free Mind and Air runes for players who have completely run out and have not received free runes or arrows from Nemarti in at least 30 minutes.

Wilfred tutors players in Woodcutting and also offers them a Bronze axe and Tinderbox. He can be found south of the furnace in Lumbridge.

Found on the beach south of the graveyard in Lumbridge, Finlay provides a small fishing net and advice on fishing.

Monium, located on the southeastern coast of the Lumbridge Swamp, specializes in Mining technique, and can also replace lost bronze pickaxes.

The remaining tutors offer only advice and instruction. They do not have items to supply.

Yauchomi, who is located at the church east of Lumbridge Castle, specialized in prayer.

Cordero, the Cooking tutor can be found south of Bob's Axes in Lumbridge.

The Crafting tutor, Cadmus, is located upstairs in Lumbridge Castle, south of Duke.

Located at the furnace east of the General Store in Lumbridge is Feoras, the Smelting tutor.
Sani can be found at the Anvils south of Varrock's west back, and specialized in Smithing.

The Bank Tutor stays on the top floor of Lumbridge Castle

I hope this guide helps introduce you to the chatting effects and tutor options of RuneScape. Now go and play!