Assault

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Assault, (released 29 June 2012) is Runescape's latest skill available to members. It features two islands, Killgroin and (humorously named) Newbhaven, accessible at levels 1 and 50 respectively. The main aim of the skill is to raid (or assault) the residence of certain criminals, all wanted for different crimes, which are what the rewards of a certain raid is based on, (i.e a criminal wanted for counterfeiting will reward coins.)

The skill can be started by speaking to Field Marshal Opendoor, at the Gendarmerie General Command centre in Witchaven. To start the skill, players need to complete a quest named "Backup!," which will feature an introduction and a "test raid" on a criminal residence. Similar to Dungeoneering, players can raid criminal hideouts in a party of five. Further information and help, along with the Ring of Elitance (similar to the Ring of Kinship, it forms raiding parties), can be recieved by speaking to the Sheriff, in the Command centre. Every two levels of Assault gained will unlock one new criminal hideout which you can raid.

Assault is one of the slowest skills to train. Unlike Dungeoneering, raids can only be started by going to the command centre and selecting a "Wanted poster" from the wall for the criminal who's hideout you want to raid. However, after you have successfully raided and looted a criminal hideout, the wanted poster for the same criminal hideout will not appear again until a certain amount of time after your last raid. Therefore, it is much more efficient training if you raid a lower level hideout that you have already raided, rather then waiting for the last raid to become available again.

After the "boss" of a raid (usually the criminal) is arrested, players can access the "vault" which contains the reward for that raid. Low level criminals will usually be wanted for less serious crimes. Therefore, the rewards will be less vaulable. Higher level criminals will be wanted for Counterfeiting, which will reward coins, and murder, which will reward weapons and high-level bones. All raids will recieve a cash reward, specifed on the raid's wanted poster. The current minimum to be ranked on the Hiscores (at approximatly rank 453,500) is level 30. Currently, 1,299 players have achieved level 99 in Assault.