Old School Runescape – The Complete Agility Guide

Agility is one of the P2P OSRS skills that can only be trained in the membership worlds. It is one of the slowest skills to train in the game and this is due to the lack of good AFK methods to train it. All of the efficient and fast ways to train Agility are not AFK at all and requires your attention for almost all of the time.

By training Agility, you are able to unlock various and very useful shortcuts that give you an advantage over the lower Agility level players in addition to being able to start some quests. Also at a higher level of Agility, your run energy will be restored much faster especially after level 50 where you can notice the difference.

In this article, we will be introducing the fastest way to level 99 Agility as well as how to make money while training but don’t expect much money. Training this skill is fairly cheap, the only thing you will have to pay for is probably the Stamina Potions or the Agility boosts at the early levels.

Make sure to check out all 23 OSRS skills in our relevant guide.

OSRS Agility 101

Training Agility is mainly done at some specific places which are called Agility Courses. These places consist of a circle that has many obstacles to pass, each time you pass an obstacle you gain some Agility XP. The obstacle with the most Agility XP is usually the last obstacle in the course, which means you have to complete the whole course to gain good XP rates.

How to Train Agility

To complete an Agility Course, you have to follow the direction signs found once you pass an obstacle. These signs show you the next obstacle you have to pass until you finish the course and this is when you have to start it again. To start an Agility Couse, you should find the first obstacle in the course which will be marked by the Agility Course sign on the map.

Keep in mind that you can fail passing one of these obstacles resulting in talking damage and starting over the whole Agility Course, thus you will need some food at the early levels. Also failing an obstacle is depending on your Agility level, the higher level, the lower fail chance. Some obstacles have 0 fail chance, so the chance of failing is not always there.

The Agility Course may drain your run energy as a result of failing an obstacle and repeating it all again especially at the early levels which means you will need some Stamina/Energy potions. Also, your total weight should be 0 kg or below so you drain much less energy by running around.

Agility Courses

There are many Agility Courses in the game with each having a required level as well as a completion of a quest to gain access to some courses. You can check these courses in the table below.

Agility Level	Course	Category	XP/Hour	Notes
1	Gnome Stronghold Agility Course	Regular Course	9,250
1	Brimhaven Agility Arena	Special Course	67,000	Some obstacles in the arena require level 20 or 40to pass.
10	Draynor Village Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	10,000
20	Al Kharid Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	10,000
30	Agility Pyramid	Special Course	44,750
30	Varrock Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	13,000
30	Penguin Agility Course	Regular Course	30,000	Requires completion of Cold war.
35	Barbarian Outpost Agility Course	Regular Course	17,000	Requires completion of Alfred Grimhand’s Barcrawl.
40	Canifis Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	19,200	Requires completion of Priest in Peril.
48	Ape Atoll Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	53,300	Requires completion of Chapter 2 of Monkey Madness I.
50	Falador Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	27,200
52	Wilderness Agility Course	Regular Course	47,500
60	Werewolf Agility Course	Regular Course	69,500	Requires completion of Creature of Fenkenstrain.
60	Seers’ Village Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	45,600	Complete the hard Kandarin Diary to gain 58K XP/Hour
70	Dorgesh-Kaan Agility Course	Special Course	63,000	Requires completion of Death to the Dorgeshuun.
70	Pollnivneach Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	52,300
75	Prifddinas Agility Course	Regular Course	66,000	Requires completion of Song of the Elves.
80	Rellekka Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	55,000
90	Ardougne Agility Course	Rooftop Agility Course	62,600

Marks of Grace

The most useful item you can get by training Agility is the Graceful outfit, this outfit reduces your weight by 25 kg which results in boosting your energy restoration by 30%.

This outfit can only be obtained through exchanging Marks of Grace from Grace NPC in Rogues’ Den under The Toad and Chicken bar in Burthorpe.

Marks of Grace can also be used to make some money by buying Amylase packs from the same NPC. These Amylase packs contain 100 Amylase crystals which can be sold for around 1K gold each at the Grand Exchange.

Item	Number in stock	Buying Price (in )	Selling Price ( in )	Weight Reduction
Graceful Hood	100	35	28	-3 kg
Graceful Top	100	55	44	-5 kg
Graceful Legs	100	60	48	-6 kg
Graceful Gloves	100	30	24	-3 kg
Graceful Boots	100	40	32	-4 kg
Graceful Cape	100	40	32	-4 kg
Amylase Pack	1000	10	8

The only way to obtain Marks of Grace is through participating in some Agility Courses called Rooftop Agility Courses. Note that doing these courses to buy Amylase packs is the only good way to make money from Agility. You can see these courses in the table below.

The chance of obtaining Marks of Grace is reduced by 20% if your Agility level is 20 levels higher than the required level of the Agility Course.

Obtaining the Graceful outfit as fast as possible is also very useful for the training the remaining of your Agility levels as it helps to reduce your run energy consumption by restoring it faster than the normal rate.

Shortcuts

Shortcuts are various and can be found almost everywhere in the game. They are very helpful in some cases and some areas are only accessible via a shortcut. The tables below contain all the Shortcuts you can find in the game.

Required Levels	Obstacle	Location
None	Stile	Stile at Fred the Farmer’s sheep field and the stile at Falador cabbage patch. (F2P)
None	Stepping stone	Lumbridge Swamp Caves stepping stones
None	Basalt rock	Lighthouse basalt rocks
None	Bridge	Nature Spirit swampy bridge
5	Crumbling wall	Falador Agility Shortcut
819 37Ranged	Broken raft	(Grapple) Over the River Lum to Al Kharid
10	Rocks	Corsair Cove shortcut
10	Ropeswing	Rope swing to Moss Giant Island
11 37 19	Wall	(Grapple) Scale Falador wall
12	Stepping stones	Stepping stones in Brimhaven Dungeon
13	Fence	Varrock south fence jump
14	Wall	Scale Goblin Village wall
15	Pillar jump	Corsair Cove Dungeon shortcut
15	Monkey bars	Monkey bars under Edgeville
16	Underwall tunnel	Yanille Agility shortcut
20	Log balance	Coal Trucks log balance
21	Underwall tunnel	Grand Exchange Agility shortcut
22	Pipe squeeze	Pipe contortion in Brimhaven Dungeon
23 28 24	Rocks	(Grapple) Scale the Observatory cliff
25	Rock climb	Eagles’ Peak Agility shortcut
26	Underwall tunnel	Falador Agility shortcut
28	Pillar jump	North-west corner of the Catacombs of Kourend
29	Rocks	Lower Mount Karuulm cliffside climb
30	Rocks	Rocks in the Corsair Cove Resource Area
30	Stepping stones	Stepping stones in Brimhaven Dungeon
31	Stepping stones	Draynor Manor stones to Champions’ Guild
32 35 35	Rock	(Grapple) Scale Catherby cliffside
32	Rock slide	Cairn Isle rock slide climb
33	Log balance	Ardougne log balance shortcut
34	Pipe squeeze	Pipe contortion in Brimhaven Dungeon
36 22 39	Grapple tree	(Grapple) Escape from the Water Obelisk Island
37	Rocks	Gnome Stronghold shortcut
38	Rocks	Al Kharid mining pit cliffside scramble
39 38 21	Wall	(Grapple) Scale Yanille wall
40	Balancing ledge	Yanille Agility dungeon balance ledge
40	Stepping stones	Kourend lake isle jump
41	Rocks	Trollheim easy cliffside scramble
42	Narrow crevice	Dwarven Mine narrow crevice
42	Underwall tunnel	Draynor narrow tunnel
43	Rocks	Trollheim medium cliffside scramble
44	Rocks	Trollheim advanced cliffside scramble
45	Stepping stones	Kourend river jump
45	Log balance	Tirannwn log balance
46	Narrow walkway	Cosmic Temple – medium narrow walkway
46	Narrow crevice	Deep Wilderness Dungeon narrow shortcut
47	Rocks	Trollheim hard cliffside scramble
48	Log balance	Log balance to Fremennik Province
49	Pipe squeeze	Contortion in Yanille Dungeon small room
49	Boulder	Arceuus essence mine boulder leap
50	Stepping stone	Stepping stone into Morytania west of the Nature Grotto
51	Pipe squeeze	Pipe from Edgeville Dungeon to Varrock Sewers
52	Rock climb	Arceuus essence mine eastern scramble
53 21 42	Rock	(Grapple) Karamja Volcano
54	Dark tunnel	Motherlode Mine wall shortcut
55	Stepping stone	Stepping stone by Miscellania docks
57	Monkey bars	Monkey bars under Yanille
57	Fence	Rellekka east fence shortcut
58	Weathered wall	Port Phasmatys Ectopool shortcut
59	Rocks	Elven Overpass (Arandar) easy cliffside scramble
60	Rocks	Wilderness from God Wars Dungeon area climb
60	Narrow crevice	Squeeze through to God Wars Dungeon surface access
60	Stepping stone	Estuary crossing on Mos Le’Harmless
60	Gap	Pillars in the Wintertodt’s Prison
61	Spiked chain	Slayer Tower medium spiked chain climb
62	Narrow crevice	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon narrow crevice
62	Rocks	Upper Mount Karuulm cliffside climb
63	Loose railing	Taverley Dungeon lesser demon fence
64	Rocks	Trollheim Wilderness Route
64	Rope	Rope to the Fossil Island Volcano
65	Loose railing	Temple on the Salve to Morytania shortcut
65	Pillar jump	Revenant Caves jump (easy)
66	Narrow walkway	Cosmic Altar advanced narrow walkway
66	Stepping stone	Lumbridge Swamp to Kharidian Desert
67	Crevice	Heroes’ Guild tunnel
67	Pile of rubble	Yanille Dungeon’s rubble climb
68	Rocks	Elven Overpass (Arandar) medium cliffside scramble
69	Rock climb	Arceuus essence mine northern scramble
70	Pipe squeeze	Taverley Dungeon pipe squeeze to Blue dragon lair
70	Hole	Fossil Island hardwood shortcut
70	Rock	Rope descent to Saradomin’s Encampment
70	Big window/broken wall	Al Kharid Palace southern window
71	Spiked chain	Slayer Tower advanced spiked chain climb
72	Tunnel	Stronghold Slayer Cave narrow tunnel
73	Rocks	Troll Stronghold wall-climb
73	Rock climb	Arceuus essence mine western descent
74	Stepping stone	Lava Dragon Isle jump
75	Spiked blades	Forthos Dungeon jump
75	Pillar jump	Revenant Caves jump (medium)
76	Stepping stone	Island crossing near Zul-Andra
77	Stepping stones	Shilo Village stepping stones over the river
79	Vine	Kharazi Jungle vine climb
80	Strange floor	Taverley Dungeon spiked blades jump
81	Spiked blades	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon chasm jump
82	Stepping stone	Lava Maze northern jump
83	Stepping stones	Brimhaven Dungeon eastern stepping stones
85	Rocks	Elven Overpass (Arandar) advanced cliffside scramble
86	Crevice	Kalphite Lair wall shortcut
87	Vine	Brimhaven Dungeon vine to baby green dragons
88	Mysterious pipe	Karuulm Slayer Dungeon
89	Pillar jump	Revenant Caves jump (hard)

Useful Agility Items

Items below will make it easier to train and probably faster, use them if it is possible.

Weight-reducing Clothes

Reducing your weight is very helpful as it reduces your Stamina consumption during the Agility Course. There are some good weight-reducing clothes in the game and the most important one of them is the Graceful outfit. But since you can’t get it from level 1 Agility, it is advised to use the other weight-reducing clothes until you get enough Marks of Grace to buy the outfit.

You can check all of the weight-reducing clothes and their requirements in the table below.

Potions

Some potions like Stamina, Energy, and Super Energy are very useful during the Agility course. You should only use them if you find your run energy being consumed quickly so you don’t waste your money.

All of these potions can be obtained through Herblore with each having it’s required level. Stamina requires level 77, Energy potions require level 26 and Super Energy requires level 52.

Boosts

Using some Agility boosts is very useful to unlock a higher level of Agility Courses thus gaining more XP/Hour. Keep in mind it also means you will fail the obstacles more often since your Agility level is pretty close to the requirements.

Agility Quests

Completing these quests will help you to get to a higher Agility level instead of beginning at level 1, but this also means you will get your Graceful outfit at a higher level of Agility. Completing them is totally up to you.

Quest	XP	Required Agility Level	Other Requirements
Recruitment Drive	1,000	–	12 Quest Points
The Depths of Despair	1,500	18	20%
The Fremennik Trials	2,812	–	25, Woodcutting
Underground Pass	3,000	–	25
Icthlarin’s Little Helper	4,000	–	–
Cold War	5,000	30	34, 30 , 10
Royal Trouble	5,000	40	40
Grim Tales	6,000	59	45, 52 , 58, 71
Cabin Fever	7,000	42	45 , 50, 40
Darkness of Hallowvale	7,000	26	5, 20 , 22, 32 , 33 , 40
The Grand Tree	7,900	25	–
Troll Romance	8,000	28	–
Recipe for Disaster (Awowogei subquest)	10,000	48	70
Regicide	13,750	56	–
Dragon Slayer II	15,000	60	200 Quest Points, 75 , 70, 68 , 62 , 60, 50, 50
Making Friends with My Arm	10,000	68	35, 66 , 72
Mourning’s End Part II	20,000	–	–
Monkey Madness II	20,000	55	69, 70 , 60, 55
Song of the Elves	20,000	70	70, 70, 70 , 70, 70 , 70, 70

Agility Training – Level 1-99

The Methods below are not AFK at all and requires your attention most of the time, follow them to reach level 99 in an efficient way.

Agility Level 1-10

• Start the Gnome Stronghold Agility Course (86.5 XP / Round).

XP/Hour: 7K~9K
Average time per round: 35 seconds

This Agility Course is found in the Tree Gnome Stronghold area south of the Grand Tree. It is the lowest Agility Course in the game and passing every obstacle without failing is 100% guaranteed.

Check the OSRS Agility 101 section if you don’t know how to complete an Agility Course.

Agility Level 10-20

• Start the Draynor Village Agility Course (120 XP / Round).

XP/Hour: 8K~10K
Average time per round: 45 seconds
Recommendations: Bring Food to heal up.

The Draynor Village Agility Course is one of the Rooftop Agility Courses which provide you with Marks of the Grace when you participate in it. The chance to find Marks of Grace is depending on your Agility level.

This Agility Course is a good starting point for your way to obtain the Graceful Outfit. Also, you can some money while training here. You can check more information about it in the OSRS Agility 101 section.

The location of this Agility Course is within the Draynor Village, north of Bank.

Note that you can fail to pass some obstacles in this Agility Course, that’s why food is recommended.

Agility Level 20-30

• Start the Al Kharid Agility Course (180 XP / Round).

XP/Hour: 9K~10K
Average time per round: 65 seconds
Recommendations: Bring Food to heal up

The Al Kharid Agility Course is another Rooftop Agility Course, so it is a good way to make money as well. You can find more information regarding the Rooftop Agility Courses in the OSRS Agility 101 Section.

This Agility Course is located in the Al Kharid area, north of Tanner’s building. Note that there is a chance to fail some obstacles in this Agility Course taking  1-2 damage each time, so it is better to bring food.

Agility Level 30-40

• Start the Varrock Agility Course (238 XP / Round).

XP/Hour: 11K~13K
Average time per round: 66 seconds
Recommendations: Bring Food to heal up.

The Varrock Agility Course is a Rooftop Agility Course, meaning you can get Marks of Grace while doing it.

This Agility Course is located in Varrock near Varrock square and north of the Pub. Passing some obstacles in this Agility Course has a chance to fail, resulting in taking 2-8 damage, so it’s advised to bring some food with you.

You can check the OSRS Agility 101 section to know how to complete an Agility Course.

Agility Level 40-60

• Start the Canifis Agility Course (240 XP / Round).

XP/Hour: 16K~19K
Average time per round: 45 seconds
Recommendations: Bring Food to heal up
Requirements: Completion of Priest in Peril Quest

Canifis agility Course is a Rooftop Agility Course and it is probably the one with the highest rates of obtaining Marks of Grace. But this chance will be reduced by 20% above level 60 Agility. You can expect around 19 Marks of Grace per Hour before level 61 Agility.

Using this Agility Course until level 60 is a very good way to obtain your Graceful outfit as fast as possible.

This Agility Course can be found in Canifis area which requires the completion of Priest in Peril Quest to be accessed. Failing an obstacle here will result in taking up to 8 damage and that is why you should heal up using Food once you fail a few times.

Agility Level 60-90

• Start the Seers’ Village Agility Course (570 XP / Round).

XP/Hour: 48K~58K
Average time per round: 45 seconds
Recommendations: Bring Food to heal up

The Seers’ Village Agility Course is one of the Rooftop Agility Courses and it is located in the Seers’ Village, south of the bank.

The chance of obtaining Marks of Grace in this Agility Course can be very high by completing the Kandarin Diaries (until the Hard set). Each difficulty will increase the chance of finding Marks of Grace. The Easy Diary set gives 5%, the Medium Diary set gives 10%, and the Hard Diary set gives 15%.

Also completing the Kandarin Hard Diary set will allow you to adjust the location of the Camelot teleport to be in front of the Bank right next to the starting point of the Agility Course.

This will save you much time wasted in the unnecessary running to start the Agility Course again, thus your XP/Hour will always be more than 54K/Hour and the average time needed to complete each round will be reduced to 36 seconds.

It is possible to fail some obstacles in this Agility Course, but you will stop failing any of them once you reach level 79 Agility.

Note that the chance to find Marks of Grace will be reduced by 20% upon reaching level 81 Agility.

Agility Level 90-99

• Start the Ardougne Agility Course (793 XP / Round).

XP/Hour: 56K~62K
Average time per round: 46 seconds
Recommendations: Bring some food to heal up

The Ardougne Agility Course is the last Rooftop Agility Course in the game and the one with the highest requirements as well. That also means it has the highest chance of finding Marks of Grace making it a great way to make money while training to level 99.

You can even increase the chance of finding Marks of Grace by 25% once you complete the Elite Ardougne Diaries. Failing to pass the obstacles in this Agility Course is possible but players will stop failing any of them after reaching level 96 Agility. That means food is only important before level 96 Agility.

Alternative Method to Level Agility

The following method is a replacement for any of the previously mentioned methods in case you get bored. Keep in mind it maybe not as efficient as the others.

Agility Pyramid Training

• Start the Agility Pyramid Course (722 XP / Round).

Required level: 30
Recommended level: 50+
XP/Hour: 20K~40K
Average time per round: 3 minutes
Recommended Items: Food, Waterskins & Stamina Potions

Agility Pyramid is a special Agility Course that can be used to make money while training your Agility. First of all, you can start this Agility Course at level 30 Agility, but it is highly recommended to do it at level 50 Agility at least.

This Agility Course is located southwest of Nardah in the Kharidian Desert, thus you need waterskins to avoid getting damaged by the desert heat.

The aim of this Agility Course is to climb up the Pyramid until you reach the top to collect the Pyramid Top which is an item that can be exchanged for 10K coins from Simon Templeton who is located near the start of the course.

Players can fail to pass the obstacles in this Agility Course, but there fail chance gets reduced as you train the Agility to a higher level. At level 75, players will stop to fail any obstacle permanently. Note that failing an obstacle can damage you up to 10 points each time.

Failing an obstacle will force you to start from the previous layer of the Pyramid.

Agility Money Making

Methods to make money through Agility is not that popular since you won’t really make that good amount of money. However, you can still make money as a secondary target while focusing on your main target which is training. The following method is the most used way to make money while training.

Rooftop Agility Courses

Required level: 10+
Recommended: 40+
Recommendations: Food
Gold/Hour: Varies

Completing any of the Rooftop Agility Courses has a chance of finding Marks of Grace, making these courses a very good way to make money.

The Marks of Grace and the Rooftop Agility Courses were previously explained in this article, so you can head to the OSRS Agility 101 section to know more about them.

It is advised to start doing it only for the money at level 40 Agility as you can participate in the Canifis Agility Course which has the best chance to find Marks of Grace among in terms of requirements to start it.

Having 20 more Agility levels above the required level of a Rooftop Agility Course will reduce the chance of finding Marks of Grace by 20%.