Here are some good ways to keep an account safe. You probably already know most of these, but hey, memory refreshers? Just in case? ...

The golden rule #1:
THE BEST WAY TO KEEP AN ACCOUNT SAFE is to never give out a password. Ever. Of course, this would seem obvious, but it would surprise you to find out how often this happens. Most of the time, it is not really in the form of 'hey whatz your pass' but more like 'confuse the server into sending your victims pass to you'.

In this guide, I hope to teach you how important it is to keep your Runescape account and account information safe. I will also address the importance of taking all the safety precautions that you can in order to ensure that all of your hard work in RuneScape will not be thrown away.

The Importance of Account Safety

A step by step guide for f2p players.

Make a good username.Try to create a username that someone can remember and make it scary.For example my hybrid is called vicious pk08.This stands for "vicious player killer" and 08 stand for the year i made the account in.

When in tutorial make sure when you get to the stage of combat remember not to get xp in defence.
After you get off tutorial island i sugest you to train a skill such as woodcutting or mining.
Buy a staff from the Grand Exchange for about 9gp but this price might vary.
Train magic at the minigame Fist Of Guthix untill around 59 magic.
Train range up as much as you can but at the same time get your melee up.

I would suggest to get melee up in this order.

There are many vital steps that you should take, as a user and player of your account, to ensure that you are the only one using and playing it. By doing so, you can guarantee that no one else can cause harm or damage to your character. Ways to protect your account include:

Setting a Password
This involves the creation of not only a password, but a sophisticated yet able to be remembered. This password is the first line of defence from someone simply guessing passwords to your account.

I have played runescape for over 2 and a half years and have created several different accounts and player type, so you can say I know a thing or too.

So I guess you are here because you either want to start playing Runescape or you need help because you are constantly being called a "Noob". Well worry not! I am here to help you solve that problem!

Step 1. Character Creation
This is a not very important step in doing well in Runescape and it is more a a personal preference. You can customize your character from different sexes, hair styles and colors, and their clothes.

Making bowstrings makes real money real fast. First you will need to get your crafting to level 10 which can be done by shearing sheep and spinning there fur into wool. The next step is to buy as much flax as you want, I usually buy around a 1000. The cost for flax now is about 78 gp each as of 9-7-08. So it will cost u around 78k depending on the seller (you can always just pick the flax yourself if your very low on cash). Then you go to the Lumbridge bank at the top of the castle and pick up a full inventory of flax and go to the second level of the castle. Then you spin the whole inventory into bowstrings, and then go back up to the bank, store the bowstrings, get another full inventory of flax and repeat.