>>533718289
All PVP in this game is opt-in. As a PVMer, you will only thrice be outright forced to enter a place where players can attack you in order to progress your account - Enter The Abyss miniquest, which is a 30-second dip into a rather safe and well-travelled stretch of PVP enabled territory, and the God Cloaks, which unlock some of the most powerful spells in the normal spellbook, which requires a lengthy time spent in very dangerous areas that are frequented by PVPers.
However, the rewards for risking your neck are extremely valuable to your account and can save potentially hundreds of hours. A great example is the Rune Crossbow, which will require:
>A mid-endgame boss, which will cost you hundreds of hours to even be able to fight
>91 Smithing, which will cost you hundreds of hours
>OR you can go fight a relatively early boss in the PVP zone and get it about 40 hours after you start the game.
The other 99.9% of the game is spent completely isolated from any sort of PVP.