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Combat

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Combat

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The "Combat" grouping above comes from the datamine and is kept as a navigation hub; combat is not a single in-game skill. See Combat skills below.

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Verified Mechanics and Behavior Notes

The notes below are verified in-game (2026-07-05), except where marked as unconfirmed.

Combat skills

Mechanic Combat progression is tracked by four separate skills: Attack, Strength, Defense, and Stamina (the skill that governs health). No single "Combat" skill appears in the in-game skill panel; the "Combat" grouping used by this hub page reflects a datamined grouping and is kept for navigation. Exact in-game capitalization of the skill names on this page is unverified.

Combat XP Formula

Mechanic Every combat hit that lands awards a total of 4 XP per point of damage dealt, split among the relevant combat skills according to the combat style in use. A 1-damage hit therefore produces 4 total combat-skill XP; a 3-damage hit produces 12; and so on. This base rule applies to both melee and Archery (the ranged-combat skill); see the Magic note below for what is not covered.

Mechanic Melee combat has four abstract XP-allocation styles:

An Attack-only style — the full 4 × damage goes to Attack.
A Strength-only style — the full 4 × damage goes to Strength.
A Defense-only style — the full 4 × damage goes to Defense.
A combined style — the 4 × damage total splits 50/50: 2 × damage to Attack and 2 × damage to Strength (Defense receives none).

These are abstract XP categories, not the weapon-specific style names (Stab, Lunge, Slash, Block, and so on) in the weapon attack styles table below — see the open mapping question at the end of this section.

Mechanic Archery has three combat styles:

Accurate — by pattern with melee's pure styles, likely awards the full 4 × damage as pure Archery XP. This is an inference, not a directly confirmed rate.
Rapid — attacks slightly faster than Accurate (exact rate unstated); likely also awards the full 4 × damage as pure Archery XP. Also an inference, not directly confirmed.
Longrange — confirmed: splits its XP 2 × damage to Archery and 2 × damage to Defense.

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Separately, the client's own combat-mode enum — already documented above in Combat style bonuses and the weapon attack styles table — lists the ranged modes as accurate/rapid/longrange, an exact match to these three reported Archery style names. This is an additional, independent confirmation of the style names; it does not confirm the XP split for Accurate/Rapid.

Mechanic Stamina gains XP on every combat hit, regardless of style, at a rate of 1 × damage dealt — separate from, and additional to, the 4 × damage split described above.

Summary:

Combat type	Style	Attack XP	Strength XP	Defense XP	Archery XP	Stamina XP
Melee	Attack-only	4 × damage	—	—	—	1 × damage
Melee	Strength-only	—	4 × damage	—	—	1 × damage
Melee	Defense-only	—	—	4 × damage	—	1 × damage
Melee	Combined (Attack + Strength)	2 × damage	2 × damage	—	—	1 × damage
Ranged (Archery)	Accurate (inferred)	—	—	—	4 × damage (inferred)	1 × damage
Ranged (Archery)	Rapid (inferred)	—	—	—	4 × damage (inferred)	1 × damage
Ranged (Archery)	Longrange	—	—	2 × damage	2 × damage	1 × damage

Stamina's 1 × damage rate is confirmed for every row above; only the Accurate/Rapid Archery-XP figures are an inference rather than a directly confirmed rate.

Worked examples:

A 1-damage hit using Longrange yields 2 Archery XP + 2 Defense XP (the confirmed 50/50 split) plus 1 Stamina XP (the general Stamina rule).
A 3-damage hit using a melee Strength-only style yields 12 Strength XP (confirmed: 3 × 4) plus 3 Stamina XP (the general Stamina rule).

This formula was only ever described for melee and Archery. Magic combat was not mentioned at all — do not assume Magic follows the same 4 × damage split, or grants Stamina XP the same way. Magic's combat-XP mechanism is a separate open question.

Open question — weapon-style-name mapping: the weapon-specific style names in the weapon attack styles table above (for example, sword: Stab / Lunge / Slash / Block; axe: Chop / Hack / Smash / Block) are not yet mapped to which of the four abstract melee XP categories above each named style actually grants. For example, it is unknown whether Stab on a sword grants pure Attack XP or the combined style's split XP. Do not guess an OSRS-style mapping — this is unconfirmed for SankoQuest.

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Equipment bonuses

Mechanic Melee armour applies a negative Magic attack bonus while worn. Exact per-piece bonus values have not been documented.

Archery ammunition

Mechanic Bows currently accept any arrow tier, and Archery XP (Archery is the ranged-combat skill) is awarded normally regardless of the arrow tier used.

As heard in-game (unconfirmed): the Ranger Chestplate is currently the only obtainable piece of the ranger armour set; the other ranger pieces are said to be not yet obtainable. This remains unconfirmed.

Multi-combat zone

Mechanic A multi-combat zone lies east of the Giant Spider area, in the eastern part of the main landmass. It contains coal rocks and Scorpions. Its exact boundaries, how multi-combat status is indicated in-game, and whether other multi-combat areas exist are not yet documented.

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NPC healing during combat

Priests near the cow field in the grass zone are attackable. A player who is in combat can still talk to a Priest and ask to be healed, and the heal is applied mid-fight. The Priest NPC does not yet have a wiki page; one should be created once the exact in-game name is confirmed.

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Evidence

Combat progression spans four skills in-game observation Unverified

Total combat XP per hit is damage × 4 in-game observation Verified

Melee XP splits by combat style in-game observation Verified

Ranged (Archery) XP splits by combat style in-game observation Verified

Ranged (Archery) XP splits by combat style (style names) client data (datamine) Unverified

Stamina gains XP on every combat hit in-game observation Verified

Melee armour Magic attack penalty in-game observation Unverified

Bows accept any arrow tier in-game observation Unverified

Multi-combat zones in-game observation Unverified

Priest healing during combat in-game observation Unverified

ranger armour availability (unconfirmed) in-game observation Unverified

Combat Formulas (client data)

According to client data (July 2026): the web client ships a combat module containing the formulas and style mappings below. Values are quoted verbatim from the sigma.sankoquest.com bundle captured 2026-07-05 (chunk e5c8f07ca20c8363.js, combat class, beautified lines ~11704–11864; weapon style tables from chunk c12a64812e41c536.js, lines 366–425). Combat resolution is server-authoritative, so everything in this section is Unverified until confirmed by in-game testing.

Core rolls

Quantity	Formula (client data)	Explanation
Effective level	`effectiveLevel = level + styleBonus + 8`	The relevant skill level plus the combat-style bonus (below) plus a flat 8.
Attack roll	`attackRoll = effectiveAttackLevel × (equipmentAttackBonus + 64)`	equipmentAttackBonus sums the matching attack stat (stab, slash, or crush for melee; ranged; or magic) across all worn equipment.
Defence roll (vs melee/ranged)	`defenceRoll = (defenceLevel + styleBonus + 8) × (equipmentDefenceBonus + 64)`	equipmentDefenceBonus sums the defence stat matching the incoming attack style (see Defence axes).
Defence roll (vs magic)	`defenceRoll = (floor(0.7 × magicLevel + 0.3 × defenceLevel) + styleBonus + 8) × (equipmentDefenceBonus + 64)`	Against magic, the defender's Magic level is weighted 70% and Defense level 30%.
Hit chance	if `attackRoll > defenceRoll`: `1 − (defenceRoll + 2) / (2 × (attackRoll + 1))` otherwise: `attackRoll / (2 × (defenceRoll + 1))`	Probability that an attack lands, from the attacker's and defender's rolls.
Max hit	`maxHit = max(1, floor(0.5 + effectiveStrength × (strengthBonus + 64) / 640))`	effectiveStrength uses the same effective-level formula; strengthBonus sums melee/ranged/magic strength across equipment (arrows carry ranged strength).
Damage roll	`damage = floor(random × (maxHit + 1))`, clamped to 1–maxHit	Rolled on a successful hit only, then further clamped to the target's remaining HP.

Combat style bonuses

Each combat mode (the four style slots on the combat panel, modes 0–3) grants hidden level bonuses before the +8:

Combat style	Mode 0	Mode 1	Mode 2	Mode 3
Melee	+3 Attack	+3 Strength	+1 Attack, +1 Strength, +1 Defence	+3 Defence
Ranged (Accurate / Rapid / — / Longrange)	+3 Attack, +3 Strength	none	not available	+3 Defence
Magic (Accurate / Autocast / — / Longrange)	+3 Attack	none	not available	+3 Defence, +1 Attack

Ranged and magic weapons only allow modes 0, 1, and 3. Melee mode names vary by weapon class (next table). A weapon is classified in client data by its stats: a ranged-attack stat makes it ranged, otherwise a magic-attack stat makes it magic, otherwise melee; unarmed combat defaults to attack speed 4, range 1, crush.

Weapon attack styles (stab/slash/crush)

Each melee weapon class maps its four modes to a named style and a damage substyle. The substyle selects which attack bonus the attacker uses and which of the defender's stab/slash/crush defence values opposes it.

Weapon class	Mode 0	Mode 1	Mode 2	Mode 3
Sword	Stab (stab)	Lunge (stab)	Slash (slash)	Block (stab)
Katana	Chop (slash)	Slash (slash)	Lunge (stab)	Block (slash)
2h sword	Chop (slash)	Slash (slash)	Smash (crush)	Block (slash)
Axe	Chop (slash)	Hack (slash)	Smash (crush)	Block (slash)
Pickaxe	Spike (stab)	Impale (stab)	Smash (crush)	Block (stab)
Staff	Bash (crush)	Pound (crush)	Focus (crush)	Block (crush)
Unarmed	Punch (crush)	Kick (crush)	—	Block (crush)
Bow	Accurate	Rapid	—	Longrange

"—" marks modes the client filters out of the UI. The bow row's melee substyle is stored as a crush fallback in client data, but bows attack with the ranged stats, not a melee substyle. Which of the four abstract melee XP categories (Attack-only / Strength-only / Defense-only / combined Attack+Strength — see Combat XP Formula above) each named style in this table actually grants is not yet confirmed; this is an open question, not a client-data fact.

Defence axes

The client's equipment-bonus mapping resolves the defender's stats by the incoming attack style (the same mapping is applied to NPC defence stats):

Melee attacks are opposed by the defender's stab, slash, or crush defence, chosen by the attacker's substyle above.
Ranged attacks are opposed by the defender's light, standard, or heavy defence, chosen by the attacking weapon's ranged type (default "standard"; every bow in the extracted manifest is "standard"). The light/standard/heavy trio thus appears to be the ranged-defence axis in client data — no extracted item or weapon distinguishes the three yet (all carry identical light/standard/heavy values).
Magic attacks are opposed by the defender's single magic defence stat.

The in-game-verified magic penalty on melee armour (above) is directionally consistent with client data, where melee armour pieces carry negative magic defence values (for example, chestplates −4, leggings −3, kiteshields −1). The client manifest shows no magic-attack field on melee armour, so exactly which magic stat the observed in-game penalty applies to still needs verification; the gameplay observation remains primary.

Evidence (client data)

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Wiki task

Needs a verified source which abstract melee XP category (Attack-only/Strength-only/Defense-only/combined) each named weapon attack style (Stab, Lunge, Slash, Block, Chop, Hack, Smash, Spike, Impale, Bash, Pound, Focus, Punch, Kick) actually grants Accepted evidence: in-game XP-drop capture per named weapon style. Use {{Mechanic}} on the target page. Target page: Combat. Listed on SankoQuest:Open bounties.

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 Combat progression is tracked by four separate skills: [[Attack]], [[Strength]], [[Defense]], and [[Stamina]] (the skill that governs health). No single "Combat" skill appears in the in-game skill panel; the "Combat" grouping used by this hub page reflects a datamined grouping and is kept for navigation. Exact in-game capitalization of the skill names on this page is unverified.
+=== Combat XP Formula ===
+{{Mechanic|mechanic_id=combat-xp-total-per-hit|name=Total combat XP per hit is damage × 4|description=Every landed combat hit awards total combat-skill XP equal to the damage dealt × 4. Which skill(s) receive that total depends on the combat style used; Stamina XP is awarded separately, on top of this total.}}
+Every combat hit that lands awards a total of 4 XP per point of damage dealt, split among the relevant combat skills according to the combat style in use. A 1-damage hit therefore produces 4 total combat-skill XP; a 3-damage hit produces 12; and so on. This base rule applies to both melee and [[Archery]] (the ranged-combat skill); see the Magic note below for what is not covered.
+{{Mechanic|mechanic_id=combat-xp-melee-style-split|name=Melee XP splits by combat style|description=Melee has four abstract XP-allocation styles: an Attack-only style (all 4× damage to Attack), a Strength-only style (all 4× damage to Strength), a Defense-only style (all 4× damage to Defense), and a combined style that splits its XP 2× damage to Attack and 2× damage to Strength (never Defense).}}
+[[Melee]] combat has four abstract XP-allocation styles:
+* An '''Attack-only''' style — the full 4 × damage goes to [[Attack]].
+* A '''Strength-only''' style — the full 4 × damage goes to [[Strength]].
+* A '''Defense-only''' style — the full 4 × damage goes to [[Defense]].
+* A '''combined''' style — the 4 × damage total splits 50/50: 2 × damage to Attack '''and''' 2 × damage to Strength (Defense receives none).
+These are abstract XP categories, not the weapon-specific style names (Stab, Lunge, Slash, Block, and so on) in the [[#Weapon attack styles (stab/slash/crush)|weapon attack styles table]] below — see the open mapping question at the end of this section.
+{{Mechanic|mechanic_id=combat-xp-ranged-style-split|name=Ranged (Archery) XP splits by combat style|description=Ranged/Archery has three combat styles — Accurate, Rapid, and Longrange. Longrange is confirmed to split its XP 2× damage to Archery and 2× damage to Defense. Accurate and Rapid are inferred, by pattern with melee's pure styles, to award pure Archery XP; this has not been directly confirmed.}}
+[[Archery]] has three combat styles:
+* '''Accurate''' — by pattern with melee's pure styles, likely awards the full 4 × damage as pure Archery XP. This is an '''inference''', not a directly confirmed rate.
+* '''Rapid''' — attacks slightly faster than Accurate (exact rate unstated); likely also awards the full 4 × damage as pure Archery XP. Also an '''inference''', not directly confirmed.
+* '''Longrange''' — '''confirmed''': splits its XP 2 × damage to Archery and 2 × damage to [[Defense]].
+{{MissingData|field=whether Accurate and Rapid actually award pure Archery XP (currently an inference from parallel to melee's pure styles, not a directly confirmed rate)|page=Combat|evidence=in-game XP-drop capture on an Accurate or Rapid archery hit}}
+Separately, the client's own combat-mode enum — already documented above in [[#Combat style bonuses|Combat style bonuses]] and the [[#Weapon attack styles (stab/slash/crush)|weapon attack styles table]] — lists the ranged modes as accurate/rapid/longrange, an exact match to these three reported Archery style names. This is an additional, independent confirmation of the style names; it does not confirm the XP split for Accurate/Rapid.
+{{Mechanic|mechanic_id=combat-xp-stamina-always|name=Stamina gains XP on every combat hit|description=Stamina gains XP equal to damage dealt × 1 on every combat hit, regardless of combat style, in addition to (not instead of) the Attack/Strength/Defense/Archery XP above.}}
+[[Stamina]] gains XP on '''every''' combat hit, regardless of style, at a rate of 1 × damage dealt — separate from, and additional to, the 4 × damage split described above.
+'''Summary:'''
+{| class="sanko-table"
+! Combat type !! Style !! Attack XP !! Strength XP !! Defense XP !! Archery XP !! Stamina XP
+|-
+| Melee || Attack-only || 4 × damage || — || — || — || 1 × damage
+|-
+| Melee || Strength-only || — || 4 × damage || — || — || 1 × damage
+|-
+| Melee || Defense-only || — || — || 4 × damage || — || 1 × damage
+|-
+| Melee || Combined (Attack + Strength) || 2 × damage || 2 × damage || — || — || 1 × damage
+|-
+| Ranged (Archery) || Accurate ''(inferred)'' || — || — || — || 4 × damage ''(inferred)'' || 1 × damage
+|-
+| Ranged (Archery) || Rapid ''(inferred)'' || — || — || — || 4 × damage ''(inferred)'' || 1 × damage
+|-
+| Ranged (Archery) || Longrange || — || — || 2 × damage || 2 × damage || 1 × damage
+|}
+Stamina's 1 × damage rate is confirmed for every row above; only the Accurate/Rapid Archery-XP figures are an inference rather than a directly confirmed rate.
+'''Worked examples:'''
+* A 1-damage hit using Longrange yields 2 Archery XP + 2 Defense XP (the confirmed 50/50 split) plus 1 Stamina XP (the general Stamina rule).
+* A 3-damage hit using a melee Strength-only style yields 12 Strength XP (confirmed: 3 × 4) plus 3 Stamina XP (the general Stamina rule).
+This formula was only ever described for melee and Archery. [[Magic]] combat was not mentioned at all — do '''not''' assume Magic follows the same 4 × damage split, or grants Stamina XP the same way. Magic's combat-XP mechanism is a separate open question.
+'''Open question — weapon-style-name mapping:''' the weapon-specific style names in the [[#Weapon attack styles (stab/slash/crush)|weapon attack styles table]] above (for example, sword: Stab / Lunge / Slash / Block; axe: Chop / Hack / Smash / Block) are '''not yet mapped''' to which of the four abstract melee XP categories above each named style actually grants. For example, it is unknown whether Stab on a sword grants pure Attack XP or the combined style's split XP. Do not guess an OSRS-style mapping — this is unconfirmed for SankoQuest.
+{{MissingData|field=which of the four abstract melee XP categories (Attack-only/Strength-only/Defense-only/combined) each named weapon attack style (Stab, Lunge, Slash, Block, Chop, Hack, Smash, Spike, Impale, Bash, Pound, Focus, Punch, Kick) actually grants|page=Combat|evidence=in-game XP-drop capture per named weapon style|template=Mechanic}}
 === Equipment bonuses ===
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 |status=needs-review
 |notes=Verified in-game, 2026-07-05: the skill panel tracks Attack, Strength, Defense, and Stamina as separate skills; no single "Combat" skill exists. Exact in-game capitalization of the skill names needs a skill-panel screenshot.
+}}
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+|target_field=Total combat XP per hit is damage × 4
+|evidence_type=in-game observation
+|captured_at=2026-07-08
+|status=gameplay-verified
+|notes=Verified in-game, 2026-07-08: total combat-skill XP per hit = damage dealt × 4. Confirmed by two examples: 1 damage → 4 XP total; 3 damage under a melee Strength-only style → 12 XP to Strength (3×4=12).
+}}
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+|target_page=Combat
+|target_template=Mechanic
+|target_field=Melee XP splits by combat style
+|evidence_type=in-game observation
+|captured_at=2026-07-08
+|status=gameplay-verified
+|notes=Verified in-game, 2026-07-08: melee has four abstract XP styles — Attack-only, Strength-only, Defense-only, and a combined style splitting 2× damage to Attack and 2× damage to Strength. These are abstract categories; mapping to the named weapon attack styles (Stab/Lunge/Slash/Block etc.) is unconfirmed — see the open question in the Combat XP Formula section.
+}}
+{{SourceEvidence
+|evidence_id=combat-xp-ranged-style-split-2026-07-08
+|target_page=Combat
+|target_template=Mechanic
+|target_field=Ranged (Archery) XP splits by combat style
+|evidence_type=in-game observation
+|captured_at=2026-07-08
+|status=gameplay-verified
+|notes=Verified in-game, 2026-07-08: Archery's Longrange style splits XP 2× damage to Archery and 2× damage to Defense (example: 1 damage → 2 Archery + 2 Defense). Accurate and Rapid are reported as likely pure-Archery-XP styles by pattern with melee, but this is an inference, not directly confirmed.
+}}
+{{SourceEvidence
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+|target_page=Combat
+|target_template=Mechanic
+|target_field=Ranged (Archery) XP splits by combat style (style names)
+|evidence_type=client data (datamine)
+|captured_at=2026-07-08
+|status=datamine-candidate
+|notes=The client's combat-mode enum (see Combat style bonuses / Weapon attack styles above; chunk e5c8f07ca20c8363.js / c12a64812e41c536.js, captured 2026-07-05) lists ranged modes as accurate/rapid/longrange — an exact match to the three ranged combat style names reported in-game 2026-07-08. Adds a second, independent source for the style names only; does not confirm the XP split for Accurate/Rapid.
+}}
+{{SourceEvidence
+|evidence_id=combat-xp-stamina-always-2026-07-08
+|target_page=Combat
+|target_template=Mechanic
+|target_field=Stamina gains XP on every combat hit
+|evidence_type=in-game observation
+|captured_at=2026-07-08
+|status=gameplay-verified
+|notes=Verified in-game, 2026-07-08: Stamina gains damage × 1 XP on every combat hit regardless of style, in addition to the damage × 4 combat-skill XP. Confirmed by two examples: 1 damage → 1 Stamina XP (alongside 4 Strength XP); 2 damage → 2 Stamina XP (alongside 8 Strength XP).
 }}
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-"—" marks modes the client filters out of the UI. The bow row's melee substyle is stored as a crush fallback in client data, but bows attack with the ranged stats, not a melee substyle.
+"—" marks modes the client filters out of the UI. The bow row's melee substyle is stored as a crush fallback in client data, but bows attack with the ranged stats, not a melee substyle. Which of the four abstract melee XP categories (Attack-only / Strength-only / Defense-only / combined Attack+Strength — see [[#Combat XP Formula|Combat XP Formula]] above) each named style in this table actually grants is not yet confirmed; this is an open question, not a client-data fact.
 === Defence axes ===
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 {{BountyPrompt|field=mob stats, combat formulas, equipment bonuses, and drop tables|page=Combat}}
+{{BountyPrompt|field=which abstract melee XP category (Attack-only/Strength-only/Defense-only/combined) each named weapon attack style (Stab, Lunge, Slash, Block, Chop, Hack, Smash, Spike, Impale, Bash, Pound, Focus, Punch, Kick) actually grants|page=Combat|evidence=in-game XP-drop capture per named weapon style|template=Mechanic}}
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