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Common problems

Things that look broken but are a setting or a rule, starting with why you are not gaining XP.

Some things that look like bugs are a setting you changed or a rule of the game. Each fix below says how to check it yourself.

Why am I not gaining XP?

Check these in order. The first two are settings only you can change back.

  1. Your XP is frozen. Type ::freezexp status. If it says experience gain is frozen, type ::freezexp off. While your XP is frozen, you are told "Experience gain is OFF. Use ::freezexp off to re-enable it." when you log in, and a quest tells you how much XP you passed on. ::freezexp on freezes it again.
  2. That skill is locked. Attack, Defense, Strength, Ranged, Prayer and Magic can each be locked on their own, and ::freezexp off does not unlock them. Instead it lists any skill that is still locked. A locked skill has a red padlock on its icon in the Stats tab: click the padlock to unlock it.
  3. You are in a duel. Once a duel's fight has started, you gain no XP from it.
  4. You are in an event that gives no XP. Some events turn XP off while you take part. They tell you so the first time you would have gained XP.