Getting started on BLST
Your first steps on BLST: picking a game mode, getting around with the teleports, earning points and what to do first.
BLST is an Old School RuneScape private server. Home is Edgeville. You keep your account style, pick your own XP rate, and most places are one teleport away.
Your first steps
- Pick your game mode and XP rate when you make your character. The rates run from x100 down to x1. See Game modes and XP rates.
- Take your starter items from the character setup.
- Open the teleport menu from the teleport object at home. There are also typed shortcuts: see below.
- Do your Newcomer tasks. Type ::newcomer to see them. They reward items as you learn the game.
- Do your daily tasks. Type ::dailies for the list.
- Check your Slayer master. All the masters stand at home: see Slayer.
Getting around
The teleport menu has these sections: Skilling, Bosses, Training, Wilderness, Minigames, Cities and Islands. There is also a search box, which finds places not listed in any section.
| You want | Type this |
|---|---|
| Go home | ::home |
| Train combat | ::train (sand crabs) |
| A boss | ::bossname, for example ::zulrah or ::vorkath |
| A city | ::cityname, for example ::varrock |
| Raids | ::cox, ::tob or ::toa |
| The shops at home | ::shops |
| Your Slayer task | ::task, ::bosstask |
| All commands | ::commands |
Bosses and instances
Many bosses have a private version that only you and your invited friends can enter.
- Several teleports build a private instance for free: The Leviathan, Duke Sucellus, Vardorvis, The Whisperer, Phantom Muspah, Grotesque Guardians and Balance Elemental. Galvek and Ophidia let you choose.
- For others, use an instance token. Pick a boss in its window, set a password if you like, and create the instance.
- You cannot create an instance in the Wilderness.
Earning
- BLST points: from killing monsters of combat level 100 and up, and milestones in Game modes and XP rates. Spend them at the BLST Point Store at home.
- Achievement points, Slayer points, and perk points: each has its own store or master at home.
- Trade Post: the player market. Open it from the object in Edgeville, or the clerks in Varrock. A 5% tax applies on sales. Ironmen cannot use it.
- Drops: every boss page lists its real chances. See Game modes and XP rates for how your drop bonus changes them.
No quests
Quests count as done on BLST. You do not need to do a quest to reach a boss or an area that has one on the main game.
Where next
- Game modes and XP rates: XP rates, drop bonus, ironman options.
- Slayer: masters, boss tasks and BLST extras.
- Mystery boxes: all boxes and their odds.
- Vyraxis the Obsidian Dragon: BLST's own dragon boss.
- Sailing: the newest skill, in open beta.