Melvor Idle 4+

Everything about this idle game is amazing. If you enjoy RuneScape-style, single-skill training games where they all eventually play important roles with each other, then I guarantee that this is the idle game for you. Been playing it for just over a week and it has been incredibly rewarding. It’s been the kind of thing I can run in the back ground for 2 days and then micro-manage after that when I’ve done enough grinding of a certain resource. My one and only complaint is with the Herblore skill. It’s such a powerful skill that ties almost directly into farming (with some necessary inclusion of combat) but it’s incredibly hard to get enough seeds to make some proper potions and get the ball rolling. I mean the chance to get herb seeds needed for the 2nd or 3rd tier potions is pretty low and takes a long while to accrue enough. There are of course alternate options like pickpocketing the farmer, but I would just like to see some love put in to the drop rates of seeds. But that’s literally it, I love everything else about this game down to the details on the icons of skills and monsters. Truly a top-tier game.

So I got this game a while back, loved playing it. Reminded me of RuneScape a lot which I think is the point. Easy to understand and go about it as an idle game. All skills were open and no restrictions. However, when I opened it up today I noticed there is now a pay wall to most of the content. So all the work I put into skills are now blocked, some even maxed out but now unless I pay 10$ I can’t even view it. Of combat skills you can use only 4 of the 8. Attack, Strength, Defense, and Hitpoints. The blocked skills are ranged, magic, prayer, and slayer. These skills provide a lot of flexibility to combat and can make fights easier or more rewarding. Plus slayer unlocked new areas for you to fight in for better loot so it knocks out 14 additional zones you could choose from. For non-combat skills you can only use 6 of the 16: woodcutting,fishing,fire making,cooking, mining,and smithing. Locked skills are :thieving, farming, fletching, crafting, rune crafting, herblore, agility, summoning, astrology, and magic. I’m very frustrated with what was a great concept being turned into a paywall that blocks me from all progress I had made before the paywalls introduction. I’ll give it 2 stars for how I loved it in the past. But steer clear of this app unless you want to chip out 10$ just to play an idle game.

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The only thing this game is missing is an in-game tutorial, which I learned is currently being developed after checking the development roadmap. This game will take a few minutes and maybe an hour to learn, but is very, very well worth it. If you don’t like in-depth games don’t waste your time downloading it. This game is 5 stars across the board, and you can tell that the developers care. If you like runescape, idle games, mmorpgs, etc TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN AND PLAY THIS GAME. I’m 3 days in and see so much potential; i’ve already had a great time playing it. I recommend starting a regular account and once exploring a little, create a second account in adventure mode to use when not active on your main account. The wiki is extremely useful, and has a beginner guide to help you understand the game. Start with fishing or woodcutting if you have no idea what to do!