Upgrade Order - Melee 
Introduction & Disclaimer
This channel lists the recommended general melee purchase/unlock progression for players to follow.
Last Revised: 23rd October 2026
The order is subject to change at any time as prices change, updates occur, and knowledge expands
Please note the following assumptions:
⬥ The order assume a starting point of T70 gear 
⬥ Priorities may be different if you are doing niche content
⬥ "ROI" (meaning return-on-investment) typically means quality-of-life upgrades or typical damage increase
⬥ We do not recommend selling an item to buy another, unless it is a direct upgrade
⬥ Unlisted items are not worth buying
Feel free to ask in #pvm-help for a tailored list to the content that you do!
Melee Upgrade Order
For further information on each upgrade, check #armour-and-weapons, #perks and #perk-information, #permanent-unlocks, or #eof-specs
Stage 1: High ROI
⬥ Work towards everything in #unknown-channel
⬥ Laniakea's Spear 
- 
4,596,261
⬥ Am-hej 
- 3,266,742
⬥ Abyssal Scourge 
+ Dark Ice Sliver 
- 58,406,932
⬥ 1st god book (Scripture of Jas 
or Amascut 
)
• - 2,448,383
• - 1,837,525
⬥ Jaws of the Abyss 
+ Laceration Boots 
- 1,260,436
⬥ Precise 6 
+ Eruptive 4 
on weapons - 1,817,410
⬥ Equilibrium 1 
+ Mobile X 
on armour - 611,537
• Choose X based on your preferred content (e.g., Demon slayer 
/ Venomblood 
/ Dragon slayer 
/ Genocidal 
)
⬥ Greater Barge 
- 140,391,485
⬥ Greater Flurry 
- 105,122,602
⬥ Igneous Kal-Ket 
- free!
⬥ Crackling 4 
+ Ultimatums 4 
on armour - 14,616,007
⬥ Flanking 4 
on cheap offhand (if doing applicable content) - 5,471,710
• E.g., Off-hand ripper claw 
- 479,865
⬥ Vestments of Havoc Boots + Hood 
- 195,080,524
⬥ Vestments of Havoc Bottom 
- 274,512,971
⬥ Cinderbanes (if doing poisonable content) 
- 41,932,223
Stage 2: Medium ROI
⬥ All other upgrades in #unknown-channel
⬥ Masterwork 2h sword 
- 205,497,730
⬥ Chaos Roar 
- 105,210,775
⬥ Vestment of Havoc Top 
- 396,794,166
⬥ Scripture of Ful 
- 117,685,383
⬥ Divert 
- 24,798,627
⬥ Ek-ZekKil 
- 2,086,841,808
⬥ Dragon Claws EoF 
- 164,264,496 + 2,204,794
⬥ Biting build 
• Biting 4 - 79,600,719
• Champion's Ring 
- 5,365,715
⬥ Equilibrium build 
• Equilibrium 4 
- 190,239,988
• Masterwork Spear of Annihilation 
+ Lunging 4 
- 255,462,704
⬥ Both builds
• Enhanced Gloves of Passage 
- 80,267,425
• Impatient 4 
+ Devoted 4 
on armour - 74,938,151
• Aftershock 4 
on weapon
⬩ Cheapest: combo'd with Precise 2 
- 32,530,889
⬩ Least waste: combo'd with Eruptive 2 
- 49,439,353
Stage 3: Low ROI
⬥ Dark Sliver of Leng 
+ Dark Shard of Leng 
- 537,287,075 + 531,845,248
• Higher priority if you are primarily speed-killing
⬥ Shard of Genesis Essence 
- 631,546,595
• Use on EZK
⬥ Upgrade prayers depending on content:
• Malevolence 
- 656,297,966
• Eclipsed Soul 
+ Divine Rage 
- 75,220,620
⬥ Greater Fury 
- 381,389,167
⬥ P6R1 
+ AS4E2 for 2H weapons - 73,712,566
⬥ P6AS1 
+ AS4E2 for dual-wield weapons - 102,260,390
⬥ Enchantment of Agony 
- 72,899,043
⬥ Shard of Genesis Essence - 631,546,595
• Use on
⬥ Nodon spike harness 
- 396,122,896
⬥ Vital Drain 
- 162,442,049
⬥ Limitless 
- 130,222,000
⬥ Varanus' Mercy EoF 
- 164,264,496 + 187,200,445
⬥ Enchantment of Heroism ( upgrade) - 78,982,515
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