We obtain a strong renewal theorem with infinite mean beyond regular variation, when the underlying distribution belongs to the domain of geometric partial attraction a semistable law with index α ∈ (1/2, 1]. In the process we obtain local limit theorems for both finite and infinite mean, that is for the whole range α ∈ (0, 2). We also derive the aymptotics of the renewal function for α ∈ (0, 1].