How To Runecraft
Runecraft – OSRS Wiki
This article is about the Runecraft skill. For information on training Runecraft, see Runecraft training (F2P) (P2P).
For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Runecraft skill, see Runecraft/Level up table.
Runecraft
Released
29 March 2004 (Update)
Also called
Runecrafting, RC
Members
No
Type
Artisan
Statistics
Players with99
37, 947as of 1 August 2021 – update
Players with200M XP
56as of 22 September 2021 – update
Runecraft (also known as Runecrafting) is a skill that allows players to craft their own runes for Magic spells. The experience earned from making runes is small, making Runecraft a very slow skill to train, on par with Agility. And due to the need for constant running and banking, it is fairly click and attention intensive. However, due to the constant demand for different types of runes, it can create a very generous profit.
Due to how slow Runecraft is to train, many players look to avoid training Runecraft, and use the experience from lamps and books of knowledge and from playing Tears of Guthix to raise the stat without having to train it.
With the release of the Blood and Soul altars on 7 January 2016, training Runecraft has become less time consuming for high-level runecrafters, with blood runes reaching experience rates of around 38, 000 per hour and soul runes reaching up to around 47, 000 experience per hour. Alternatively, if the player is willing to put in the effort, lava runes can be crafted for between 68, 000 and 75, 000 xp per hour from level 75 and up.
Runecraft level up – normal
The music that plays when levelling up.
Runecraft level up – with unlocks
The music that plays when levelling up and unlocking new content.
Contents
1 Crafting runes
2 Essence
2. 1 Rune essence
2. 1. 1 Obtaining
2. 2 Pure essence
2. 2. 3 Daeyalt essence
2. 3. 4 Dark essence fragments
2. 4. 5 Cores
2. 5. 1 Obtaining
3 Talismans
3. 1 Tiaras
4 Altars
4. 1 Regular altars
4. 2 Blood and soul altar
4. 3 Ourania Altar
5 Abyss
6 Multiple runes
7 Combination runes
8 Runecraft pouches
9 Infusing
10 Runecraft pet
11 Tips
12 Temporary boosts
13 Quests
13. 1 Quests requiring Runecraft
13. 2 Quests rewarding Runecraft experience
13. 3 Skill choice
14 Changes
Crafting runes[edit | edit source]
In the Runecraft skill, magical runes are crafted by binding the magical energy from runecrafting altars into magical stones. These stones are called essence. There are various types of essence, with each of these types being able to be crafted in a selection of runes.
Level
Rune
Exp
Essencerequired
GE Price
Members?
Use
Craft
1
Air rune
5
Normal/Pure
2
Mind rune
5. 5
3
Water rune
6
9
Earth rune
6. 5
14
Fire rune
7
20
Body rune
7. 5
27
Cosmic rune
8
Pure
155
35
Chaos rune
8. 5
47
40
Astral rune
8. 7
142
44
Nature rune
195
54
Law rune
9. 5
134
65
Death rune
10
202
77
Blood rune
23. 8
Dark
359
90
Soul rune
29. 7
148
95
Wrath rune
330
Essence[edit | edit source]
The types of essence are rune essence, pure essence, daeyalt essence and dark essence fragments. Besides these types of essence, there are four types of cores that can be crafted into specific runes.
Rune essence[edit | edit source]
Rune essence can be used to craft air, mind, water, earth, fire, and body runes.
Obtaining[edit | edit source]
Rune essence can be acquired by mining and from monster drops.
Mining rune essence requires completion of the Rune Mysteries quest. After completing this quest, a selection of wizards can teleport the player to the rune essence mine, where the player can mine the Rune Essence to obtain rune essence for the Runecraft skill.
Rune essence can be obtained by mining by free-to-play players and by members that have a Mining level lower than 30.
Pure essence[edit | edit source]
Pure essence can be used to craft air, mind, water, earth, fire, and body runes as well as cosmic, chaos, astral, nature, law, death, and wrath runes.
Pure essence can be acquired by mining and from monster drops.
Mining pure essence requires completion of the Rune Mysteries quest. After completing this quest, a selection of wizards can teleport the player to the rune essence mine, where the player can mine the Rune Essence to obtain pure essence for the Runecraft skill.
Pure essence can be obtained by mining only by members that are level 30 or higher in the Mining skill. However, free-to-play players can obtain via trading with other players.
Pure essence can be also be obtained quickly by members by playing the Temple Trekking minigame.
Daeyalt essence[edit | edit source]
Daeyalt essence can be used instead of pure essence, to craft air, mind, water, earth, fire, and body runes as well as cosmic, chaos, astral, nature, law, death, and wrath runes. Doing so grants a 50% bonus in xp gained from creating these runes. This effect also applies to runes crafted at the ZMI.
Daeyalt essence can be acquired from the daeyalt essence mine in Darkmeyer. Shards can be converted to daeyalt essence by trading Noranna Tytanin located near the entrance of the mine at a 1:1 ratio. Any essence received is sent to the bank.
To trade in the shards for daeyalt essence, a version of the vyre noble disguise needs to be worn.
Access to Darkmeyer and the essence mine requires completion of Sins of the Father.
Dark essence fragments[edit | edit source]
Dark essence fragments can be used to craft blood and soul runes.
Collecting dark essence fragments requires 25% Arceuus favour and level 38 and 38 or higher. The ability to use the dark essence fragments to craft runes requires 100% Arceuus favour and level 77 or higher.
Dark essence fragments require a few steps to obtain. In the Arceuus essence mine mine the dense runestones to obtain dense essence blocks. This requires a pickaxe and a chisel. Bring these dense essence blocks to the Dark Altar to bind its energy into the blocks. This will turn the dense essence blocks into dark essence blocks. Use a chisel on the dark essence blocks to obtain dark essence fragments.
Cores[edit | edit source]
Cores can be used to craft mind runes (using Mind cores), body runes (using Body cores) and chaos runes (using Chaos cores). For each type of rune, the corresponding core needs to be used. A core acts as 10 pure or rune essence. For example, at level 2 runecraft, one mind core would give 10 mind runes and 55 experience, and at level 98 runecraft, one mind core would give 80 mind runes and still 55 experience.
Cores are dropped by the golems in the Ruins of Camdozaal. Each core is dropped by the corresponding golem.
Mind cores are dropped by Mind Golems.
Body cores are dropped by Body Golems.
Chaos cores are dropped by Chaos Golems.
Talismans[edit | edit source]
Talismans are quite important in the runecrafting skill, as they are the keys used to access most altars. Each one is magically attuned to the Runecrafting altar that shares its name. An air talisman, for example, is attuned to the air altar. A player may use the talisman only on its corresponding ‘mysterious ruin’, to repeatedly reach the altar inside. Talismans can be acquired from drops or by trading with other players.
A talisman exists for the air, mind, water, earth, fire, body, cosmic, chaos, nature, law, death and wrath altar.
Tiaras[edit | edit source]
A talisman can be fused with a tiara. This creates an equipable item that lets you left-click on the corresponding mysterious ruins to enter, and saves an inventory space. All talismans except the elemental talisman can be bound in this way.
Altars[edit | edit source]
Runecrafting altars are locations at which players can use the Runecraft skill to turn essence into runes. Each altar corresponds to a different type of rune.
Regular altars[edit | edit source]
Most altars are located in another dimension, accessible through Mysterious Ruins scattered across the surface of Gielinor. This includes the air, mind, water, earth, fire, body, cosmic, chaos, nature, law, death and wrath altar. The astral altar is the only regular altar that is not accessed through Mysterious Ruins.
Mysterious Ruins are not labelled on the world map. Players can discover the ruins’ location by clicking ‘locate’ on a talisman. A talisman, tiara, or runecraft cape is required to actually enter the ruins and use the altars.
When a player clicks on the altar, all essence in their inventory are converted to a type of rune (depending on the altar), and they gain Runecraft experience. They can also enchant a tiara if they have a normal tiara and talisman in their inventory. Use either the tiara or the talisman on the altar to combine them into an enchanted tiara.
Blood and soul altar[edit | edit source]
The blood and soul altar can be found in Arceuus, nearby the Arceuus essence mine. No talisman or tiara is needed to use these altars as they are in the regular dimension.
Ourania Altar[edit | edit source]
The Ourania Altar, also known as the ZMI Altar, converts pure essence into an assortment of random runes, with a chance of bonus runes being created if players have the medium Ardougne Diary completed. The altar, which requires no talisman or tiara to enter, gives roughly 1. 7 times the normal experience for each pure essence used. Rune essence cannot be used. Players do not need a specific Runecraft level in order to craft at this altar, but the chance of crafting higher-levelled runes increases with a higher Runecraft level. Players can not craft a wrath rune through the Ourania Altar; this is the only rune uncraftable at the Altar outside of combination runes.
Abyss[edit | edit source]
The Abyss is a special region that requires completion of the Enter the Abyss miniquest. The Abyss provides access to all the runecrafting altars without the need for a talisman, with the exception of astral runes and wrath runes. The Abyss consists of two rings: a dangerous outer ring in a multiway combat zone and a safe inner ring with rifts leading to the runecrafting altars. In appearance, it seems to be oddly organic, with eyes, boils, and strange-looking tendrils. Aside from the abyssal monsters inhabiting it, using the Abyss is also dangerous because players who enter the Abyss will have their Prayer points drained to 0, and players who enter without wearing an Abyssal bracelet will also be immediately given a skull.
Multiple runes[edit | edit source]
As a player’s Runecraft level increases, they can make more runes. However, they only earn experience based on the amount of essence they use. The number of runes made from the essence in a player’s inventory in an action that gains a level is determined by the player’s level before the runecrafting action, even if crafting the same amount of essence one piece at a time would yield more runes. For example, a player with a runecraft level of 22; will craft 3 air runes to 1 pure essence.
Wrath, blood, and soul runes cannot be multicrafted.
Lvl for 1x
Lvl for 2x
Lvl for 3x
Lvl for 4x
Lvl for 5x
Lvl for 6x
Lvl for 7x
Lvl for 8x
Lvl for 9x
Lvl for 10x
Air
11
22
33
55
66
88
99
Mind
28
42
56
70
84
98
–
Water
19
38
57
76
Earth
26
52
78
(104)
Fire
Body
46
92
Cosmic
59
Chaos
74
Astral
82
Nature
91
Law
Death
5x earth runes can only be achieved with a skill level of 99 with a +5 boost from an evil stew and is the only rune that has a reachable multiple requirement that is past a skill level of 99, with fire runes being just shy of being an accessible 2nd; others are possible but are not accessible with the current existing boosts. It is currently unknown if cosmic and later runes have any multiplier for 3x or higher.
Note: Death & Law Runes are the only runes that can yield multiple runes that do not follow the normal levelling conventions.
Combination runes[edit | edit source]
Members have an extension to Runecraft, which is the ability to combine two runes into one item.
To craft combination runes, a player needs to take existing runes that are one half of the combination, with a matching talisman (not a tiara), along with an equal amount of pure essence to the altar which comprises the other half of the combination. Use the existing runes or the talisman for the existing runes on the altar. This has a 50% chance of success, and will consume the talisman whether successful or not. Players can wear a binding necklace to have a 100% chance of success instead.
The player may use the Lunar spell Magic Imbue to make combination runes without needing the opposing talisman. Using binding necklaces and Magic Imbue to craft lava runes can yield the highest Runecraft experience per hour in Old School RuneScape.
Combination
Exp (Low)
Exp (High)
Mist rune
+
87
Dust rune
8. 3
13
Mud rune
9. 3
200
15
Smoke rune
60
Steam rune
68
23
Lava rune
10. 5
Players receive less experience at the lower-levelled altars. For example, making mist runes at the air altar will give 8 experience for each rune made, while making them at the water altar will give 8. 5 experience for each rune made.
Normally when runecrafting, there is a delay after clicking on the altar which restricts the player from performing any action for a couple seconds. There is no such delay when crafting combination runes, so you can empty pouches or use teleports such as dueling rings immediately after crafting them.
Runecraft pouches[edit | edit source]
Pouches are bags that can hold varying amounts of rune, pure or daeyalt essence for use in the Runecraft skill. Pouches are highly prized among runecrafters because they can be used to take larger loads when runecrafting and mining pure essence.
Pouches degrade with use, and must be repaired by visiting the Dark mage in the centre of the Abyss (or by contacting him with the NPC Contact Lunar spell) or they will vanish. Note: You do NOT need to bring your pouches to the Dark mage to have them repaired; pouches that are stored in the bank will also be repaired.
Pouches are dropped by monsters in the Abyss and the Abyssal Area after completion of the Enter the Abyss miniquest.
Runecraft Level
Capacity
Cumulative capacity
Uses before decay (approx. )
Dropped or Obtained by
Small pouch
No decay
Abyssal guardian, leech, walker, or Dark mage
Medium pouch
25
45
Abyssal guardian, leech, walker
Large pouch
50
18
29
Giant pouch
75
12
30
Infusing[edit | edit source]
The three crystals dropped by Cerberus, being the primordial, pegasian and eternal crystal, can be infused to the dragon boots, ranger boots and infinity boots respectively to create the primordial boots, pegasian boots and eternal boots.
This process requires level 60 or higher in the Runecraft and Magic skill and grants 200 experience in both skills.
Splitbark armour can also be infused into Swampbark armour at the Nature altar after reading the Runescroll of swampbark or into Bloodbark armour at the Blood altar after reading the Runescroll of bloodbark.
Runecraft pet[edit | edit source]
The Rift guardian is a skilling pet that can be obtained while training Runecraft. The chances of getting it are dependent on the player’s Runecraft level, the rune the player is crafting, and the number of essence used.
Tips[edit | edit source]
As training the Runecraft skill involves a lot of running, a high Agility level and the Graceful outfit will be very beneficial.
An alternative method for training Runecraft is by using rune runners. A runner is a player that changes noted essences into unnoted essence by converting them in a bank or a shop. At the appropriate altar, the runner trades the Runecrafter changing unnoted essences for noted essences and some fee (usually coins or runes). The Runecrafter increases the amount of essences processed and the runner gets a good reward.
Another good way is to have a Ornate rejuvenation pool in your house and use house teleports while running, using rejuvenation pool then Amulet of Glory to Edgeville and run to the Abyss.
Temporary boosts[edit | edit source]
Boost
Levelincrease
Visibility
Other info
Runecraft cape
Visible
Activating the cape’s effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
Oldak
±2
Requires completion of Death to the Dorgeshuun.
Spicy stew(orange spice)
±0-5
Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.
Temporary boosts do not allow players to use higher tier runecrafting pouches.
Quests[edit | edit source]
Quests requiring Runecraft[edit | edit source]
Quest
Runecraftrequirement
Other requirements
The Slug Menace
30, 30, 30
What Lies Below
42 (unless you have access to the Abyss)
Devious Minds
65, 50
The Fremennik Exiles
65, 60, 60, 60
Quests rewarding Runecraft experience[edit | edit source]
Experiencereward
The Ascent of Arceuus
500
20% Arceuus favour, 12
Enter the Abyss(miniquest)
1, 000
3, 500
5, 000
Lunar Diplomacy
61, 40, 49, 5, 65, 60, 55
The Eyes of Glouphrie
6, 000
5, 46
8, 000
Total
34, 000
Skill choice[edit | edit source]
Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Runecraft. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.
QuestExperiencerewardSkills availableSkill requirementsX Marks the Spot300AnyNoneClient of Kourend500 twiceAnyNoneFairytale II – Cure a Queen2, 500Any skill above 30 49, 57 A Tail of Two Cats2, 500 twiceAny skill above 30NoneThe Great Brain Robbery5, 000Any skill above 30 16, 30, 50 King’s Ransom5, 000Any skill above 50 65 Darkness of Hallowvale2, 000 three timesAny skill above 30 5, 20, 22, 32, 33, 40 A Taste of Hope2, 500 three timesAny skill above 35 48, 40, 40, 45, 38 A Kingdom Divided10, 000Any skill above 40 54, 52, 52, 50, 42, 38, 35 Architectural Alliance(miniquest)10, 000Any skill above 40NoneIn Search of Knowledge(miniquest)10, 000Any skill above 40NoneCurse of the Empty Lord(miniquest)10, 000Any skill above 50Some players will need 31 One Small Favour10, 000 twiceAny skill above 30 36, 25, 18, 30 Recipe for Disaster(The final battle)20, 000Any skill above 50 175, 70, 48, 50, 53, 53, 25, 59, 40, 50, 40, 40, 10, 10, 36 Sins of the Father15, 000 three timesAny skill above 60 62, 60, 56, 52, 50, 50, 49 Total157, 300
Changes[edit | edit source]
Date
Changes
23 February 2017(update | poll)
Runecrafting pouches will no longer degrade if a Runecrafting skillcape or Max cape is worn while filling the pouch. Existing pouches which are degraded will not be repaired in any way with this change, but they will also not degrade any further whilst a Runecrafting skillcape or Max cape is worn.
14 April 2021(update | poll)
Runecrafting cores have been added to the game.
v • d • eRunecraftRunecrafting altars
Blood
Soul
Wrath
OuraniaTalismans
Elemental
WrathUnobtainable
SoulTiaras
Basic
SoulPouches
Small
Medium
Large
GiantEssence
Dense
Dark (fragments)
Daeyalt (shards)
Mind core
Body core
Chaos core
v • d • eSkillsCombat
Attack
Strength
Defence
Ranged
Prayer
Magic
HitpointsGathering
Mining
Fishing
Woodcutting
Farming
HunterArtisan
Herblore
Crafting
Fletching
Smithing
Cooking
Firemaking
ConstructionSupport
Agility
Thieving
SlayerFailed poll
Sailing
WardingRelated
Experience
Skill mastery
200 million experience
Runecrafting – RuneScape Guide – RuneHQ
Getting Rune Essence
Talismans
Temple Locations
Tiaras
Essence Pouches
Abyss
Zamorak ZMI altar
Great Orb Project
Runespan
Combination Runes
Dungeoneering Runecrafting
Crafting Runes
Powering Staves
Runecrafting Experience Table
Runecrafting Gloves
Chaos Temple Map
Training Methods
Quests for Experience
Temporary level boosts
Master runecrafter robes
Capes of Accomplishment
Rune/pure essence looks like this:
There are two ways to get essence:
Buy it. Don’t buy essence unless you can really afford it, or if the rune is worth more than the essence.
Mine it. This is a more popular approach. Take everything off when mining essence! I see people running to and from the bank with full rune on! This is a big no-no! hold your pickaxe and, if you have them, wear Boots of Lightness (obtained during the Temple of Ikov Quest). Even with a full load of Essence and a rune pickaxe, wearing Boots of Lightness will get your weight to -2 kg.
If you’re going to mine the Rune essence, there are 6 Wizards who will teleport you to the mine and one special mine that does not require a teleport. You must have completed the Rune Mysteries quest to be able to mine Rune/Pure Essence.
*= Members only area and therefore you can only use that certain wizard in a members world.
Wizard
Location
Map
Aubury
Varrock rune shop, just south of the eastern bank.
Sedridor
Top floor of the Wizards’ Tower in the southwest room.
Wizard Cromperty*
In the building northeast of the East Ardougne market place.
Wizard Distentor*
Wizards’ Guild in Yanille, requires 66 Magic to enter.
Brimstail*
In a cave southwest in the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
Carwen Essencebinder
Burthorpe rune shop, east of the Agility course.
N/A
Dungeon mine in the northeast part of Lunar Isle. This location requires partial completion of the Lunar Diplomacy quest.
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To craft runes, you will first need a talisman. In the quest, you receive an Air talisman for free; you’ll have to obtain the others yourself. You can craft the runes without any talisman with you, if you go through a portal in the abyss.
NOTE: All talismans from Air to Nature are also dropped by the Monsters in The Abyss.
The monsters listed in the table below are only examples, more monsters may drop these (for more detailed information on these monsters refer to the relevant talisman in the items database).
Talisman
Picture
Where Found
Air
Given by Sedridor when completing quest; dropped by level 2 goblins and wizards
Mind
Dropped by Imps, Wizards, Yanille Tower Guards, Colonel Radick
Water
Dropped by Wizards, Dark Wizards, and Giant Frogs
Earth
Dropped by Men and Women around Runescape, Al-Kharid Warriors, Farmers, Rogues, Wizards, Dark Wizards, Vampires, Lesser Demons and Greater Demons
Fire
Dropped by Guards, Wizards, Dark Wizards, and Skeletons (lvl18)
Body
Dropped by Guards, Giants, Wizards, and Dark Wizards
Cosmic*
Dropped by Lesser Demons, Ice Giants, Mysterious Old Man, Otherworldly Beings and Caskets (Big Net Fishing)
Chaos*
Dropped by Lesser Demons, Skeletons, Giants, Chaos Druids, Moss Giants, Otherworldly Beings, given by the Mysterious Old Man Random Event, Chaos Dwarfs, Black Demons, Ice Warriors, Greater Demons, Baby Dragons, Hobgoblins, Fire Giants, Shadow Warriors and Mountain Dwarfs
Nature*
Dropped by Moss giants, Barbarians, Green Dragons, Red Dragons, Lesser Demons, Thieves, Greater Demons, Blue Dragons, Hobgoblins, Paladins, Black Knights, White Knights, Ice Warriors, Jogres, Mountain Trolls, Kalphite Workers, and Cyclopes
Law*
Dropped by Abyssal leeches, Ghouls, Guards, Paladins, Tortoises, Warped terrorbirds, Warped tortoises
Death*
Reward from Mourning’s Ends Part II Quest and Dropped by Dark Beasts
Blood*
Reward from Legacy of Seergaze Quest
Soul*
Dropped by Feline akh, Imperial mage akh, Imperial ranger akh, and Imperial warrior akh
Elemental*
Obtained from drops from creatures in The Abyss
Omni*
Show Wizard Elriss every regular talisman or tiara.
*Members-only
When you have a talisman, you’ll need some Rune essence. They are not stackable in free-play (for members, see Essence Pouches later in this guide), but are fairly easy to mine, taking no mining level; the better pick you have, the faster you get Rune essences. Talk to one of the teleporters listed above (make sure to bring a pickaxe), and ask to go to the Rune Essence. Mine however many you’d like and use one of the portals to go back.
To craft the essences into runes, you need to find the temple of the element matching the runes you wish to make: for example, the Air temple for Air runes. Use the Locate option on your talisman and follow the direction, or look here to find the temples:
Element
Picture of Location
Temple Location
South of the road between Barbarian Village and Varrock, just to the west of Gertrude’s house south west of the entrance of Varrock
On the hill above the Goblin Village
Southwest corner of Lumbridge Swamp
Northeast of Varrock, south of the Lumberyard
Northeast of Al Kharid, just north of the duel arena
Northwest of the Barbarian Village
In Zanaris, south of the cow pen, there’s a long tunnel and at the end is the altar
In level 12 Wilderness, north of Edgeville, there is a large maze inside, but don’t get your hopes up about this one as it takes easily twice as long to make chaos runes than cosmic runes
Astral*
Lunar Isle, southeast of the village. Requires completion of Lunar Diplomacy. The altar is not ruined and there is neither an Astral talisman nor a tiara; you may simply walk up to it and craft runes
Deep Karamja jungle, just north of Shilo Village. See the Nature Runecrafting special report for the more information.
North side of Entrana, just over the bridge leading to the Unicorns and Firebird
Inside the Temple Of Light, see Mourning’s Ends Part II
At the end of the tunnels in the laboratory in the Meiyrditch area, see Legacy of Seergaze
Within the fountain of the Imperial District in Menaphos. You must have completed ‘Phite Club before it can be accessed.
To enter the temple, use your talisman on the mysterious ruins, wear a tiara and enter, or use a rift in the Abyss. To craft the runes, just click the Craft-rune option at the altar inside the temple. This will automatically make all the essence you carry into the corresponding rune. Each temple represents their element in construction, so the Fire temple is a volcano, the Cosmic is deep space, and the Chaos is a maze, fit for panicking. (For help with the Chaos maze, see the Chaos Altar Maze Map).
Essence pouches allow you to carry additional essence in your inventory. Small, medium, large, and giant pouches can be obtained as
drop from monsters in the Abyss. When found, they are 2/3 full of essence, which can be used regardless of your level. You can only have one of each size and they will degrade over time. When degraded, pouches will holds fewer runes. You can get these pouches repaired by talking to the Dark Mage in the Abyss or Wizard Korvak in the Runecrafting Guild. Another option is using the Repair Rune Pouch spell for those who purchased the spell as a reward from the
Livid Farm mini-game. The massive pouch is a possible reward from the Runespan minigame for 1000 points. Unlike the other pouches it disappears after 42 uses and must be purchased again instead of having to repair it.
Pouch
Image
Level to Use
Essence capacity
Small
1
3
Medium
25
6
Large
50
9
Giant
75
12
Massive
90
18
Tiaras may be crafted from Silver (see Crafting Skill Guide) and can be combined with any Rune Talisman of your choice to create an enchanted tiara that can be worn in your helmet slot. This will allow you to enter the appropriate temple simply by left clicking on it, rather than the normal method of using a talisman on the temple. You can make a tiara by using a tiara on the desired altar while carrying the matching talisman in your inventory (the talisman will be consumed and you will gain some experience).
Tiara
Exp for making
27. 5
30
32. 5
35
37. 5
Cosmic *
40
Chaos *
42. 5
Nature *
45
Law *
47. 5
Death *
Blood *
52. 5
Soul *
55
Upon completing the Mage of Zamorak miniquest you unlock the access to the Abyss, a place that offers a faster method for crafting runes. The mage, located north of Edgeville, will teleport you to that mysterious Abyssal space. Note that in the Abyss you are ‘Skulled’ as soon as you enter and all of your prayer is drained. Therefore it is advised that you take a manner of teleportation and a Prayer potion with you.
In the Abyss, you may kill Abyssal leeches, Abyssal guardians, and Abyssal walkers for larger essence pouches, talismans, and the Elemental talisman. The Elemental talisman gives access to all of the four elemental temples: Air, Water, Earth, and Fire, but cannot be used to make combination runes or a tiara.
The Abyssal space also offers access to *all* of the existing altars except the Astral rune Alter (one portal to an altar that doesn’t yet exist is also present). You may need to use your Thieving or Agility skill, a tinderbox, a pickaxe, or a hatchet to overcome traps to reach the inner level. At the inner level, the rift portals to the altars are located.
For more information on the Abyss, refer to our Abyss Guide.
The Zamorak ZMI altar is an ancient and powerful altar Zamorak controls that allows a user to craft any rune at any level, but not just one. When you craft on this altar, you will get a variety of runes instead of just one type (Air-Soul).
The ZMI altar is located North of the Edgeville bank across the wilderness ditch. Once inside find the Zamorak mage to reach the inner ring. The inner ring you will find the rift where you can craft Soul runes at.
The Great Orb Project is a team game, consisting of a Yellow and a Green Team. Once you have joined a team, you will be given a number of staffs. the game consists of 6 rounds for F2P and 8 for P2P, each lasting 2 minutes. These rounds take place at Runecrafting altars. During each round, you will see be green and yellow colored orbs around the edge of the alter. The aim of the game is to get as many of your colored orbs to the altar by using the given wands. When the final altar has been fought for, a portal will take you back to the Runecrafting Guild, where you will be granted your reward in the form of tokens. These tokens can be used to purchase a various robes, altar teleport tables, staffs and talismans.
The Runespan is a realm of floating islands, filled with magical creatures and nodes. The goal of the mini-game is to craft runes within the Runespan by siphoning energy from various creatures and nodes that inhabit the realm. When siphoning creatures you will receive essence and runes. These runes can be used to cross platforms to reach other islands or to siphon nodes that yield you more xp at the cost of a rune. During your stay in the area a yellow wizard may appear asking for runes in exchange for experience. From time to time a runesphere will also appear. Siphoning the sphere will yield you experience and runes. The runes obtained in the game are turned into points upon leaving the area, which can be spent on Runecrafting/Magic equipment and weight-reducing robes. For more information, check out the Runespan mini-game guide.
Combination runes can be made by having existing runes of one type, a talisman of the other type, and pure essence in your inventory. For instance, to make lava runes, you could have fire runes, an earth talisman, and pure essence (the same amount as you have fire runes). Then, go to the earth altar, making sure you can get in with either an earth talisman or earth tiara. Use the fire talisman on the earth altar, and lava runes will be crafted (and you will lose the fire talisman. ) It is possible for this to fail to produce runes, thus you can use the Binding necklace which will allow a perfect binding rate for 15 uses, after which it disintegrates. The necklace is made by enchanting an Emerald necklace (27 Magic required).
Rune
Level to Make
XP (Low)*
XP (High)*
How to Make
Mist
8
8. 5
Water and Air combo
Dust
10
8. 3
Earth and Air combo
Mud
13
9. 3
9. 5
Earth and Water combo
Smoke
15
Fire and Air combo
Steam
19
Water and Fire combo
Lava
23
10. 5
Fire and Earth combo
*You receive less experience at the lower-leveled runecrafting altar. For example, making mist runes at the water altar will cause you to receive more experience than making mist runes at the air altar.
While Dungeoneering, you will come across various trees and monsters that drop Rune essence. From these trees you can create staves to aid your Magic abilities. For more information please visit our Fletching guide.
To aid in your adventures, Runecrafting altars have been provided. You do not get the same experience as you would on the surface, so to find out exactly what you will receive, view our table below:
Level Required
Experience gained (per 10 rune essence)
1. 0
1. 1
5
1. 2
1. 3
14
1. 4
20
1. 5
Cosmic
27
1. 6
Chaos
1. 7
Astral
1. 74
Nature
44
1. 8
Law
54
1. 9
Death
65
2
Blood
77
2. 1
If you have obtained a staff during your adventures, you are able to empower it on a Runecrafting altar. This will give infinite runes depending on the type of staff that you choose. For your options, see our table below:
Staff
Wood required
Experience Gained
Members Only
Water staff
Any
5. 5
No
Earth staff
Tier 2 or higher
Fire staff
Tier 3 or higher
20. 5
Air staff
Tier 4 or higher
29
Catalytic staff
Tier 5 or higher
39. 5
Empowered water staff
60
Tier 6 or higher
51
Yes
Empowered earth staff
70
Tier 7 or higher
63. 5
Empowered fire staff
80
Tier 8 or higher
76
Empowered air staff
Tier 9 or higher
90. 5
Empowered catalytic staff
99
Tier 10
106
*= Members only items
When you achieve a certain level of runecrafting, you will automatically make additional runes from each essence. The table below lists the levels required and experience earned. Please note that you get experience only for each essence used, and not for each rune made, so even if you make eight air runes per essence, you will only gain 5 experience.
XP
Level
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
10x
11
22
33
66
88
28
42
56
84
98
–
38
57
95
6. 5
26
52
78
7
7. 5
46
92
59
74
8. 7
82
91
Soul*+
275
Armadyl*
72
* Members only
+ To create Soul runes you must first charge the altar using Pure essence; 4 create 1 charge and it takes 1. 25 charge (5 essence) to create 1 Soul rune. The charger and altar can both hold up to 100 of their respective essence/charge.
These gloves are for both F2P and P2P, so don’t despair. They are obtained from Reggie by buying them for 75 Fist of guthix tokens at the Fist of Guthix mini-game.
Item Name
Level Needed
Effect
Air runecrafting gloves
10 Runecrafting
x2 experience per essence crafted
Water runecrafting gloves
20 Runecrafting
Earth runecrafting gloves
30 Runecrafting
Items needed:
1. Chaos tiara/talisman
2. Pouches (optional)
3. Bronze pickaxe (MUST be bronze! )
4. Energy potions (optional but advised)
5. Spottier/Spotted cape
6. Boots of Lightness
When you enter the top level of Chaos altar, go to the very Southwest ladder, and go down it. Then go to the ladder that is to your east, and a little bit north (it should show up on your map). Go down that ladder. On this level, you can see the tops of the ruined pillars from the altar. Then, to your west, and a little bit north (on the opposite side of the ruined pillars) there is a ladder, go down it. You should be able to see the altar from here, but it is east of where you are. Jagex has added a new portal just east of the altar that allows you a quick exit from the altar maze – Yay! Or, for the hard way you could follow the same path in reverse to get out, and on the top floor, head north and east, until you see a portal, then exit, and go on to Edgeville, or wherever else you want to go! An Amulet of glory can be used to teleport back to Edgeville, as well.
Chaos Shortcut:
With the completion of What Lies Below, you will unlock access to the chaos shortcut. The entrance of it is located north-east of Varrock, and slightly south west from the saw mill.
After following the tunnel you can use the portal which brings you to the second level of the chaos maze. Proceeding through the maze to the chaos altar and crafting your runes. From here you have two options, you can either use the portal at this level and exit to level 13 wilderness, or head back up to the second level and use the portal there to take you back to the tunnel.
Air Runes:
Air runes can be a good way to level your runecrafting if you use ‘air runners’. These are players who will run back and forth from the nearest bank to the air temple. They bring essence from the bank to the temple and use your Assistance to craft air runs. By using this method you gain experience and the runners air runes. World 16 has been designated by Jagex as the Air running themed world.
As a runner you will need to equip the following items: 28 Rune essence and an Air tiara or Air runecrafting staff (27 essence if you use a talisman. It is advised that you do not wear any armor to reduce your weight, which will keep your run energy up for longer periods of time. Members may also wear Boots of lightness, Spotted/Spottier cape, and Penance gloves to reduce their weight even more. They can also use the Oo’glog Spas to temporarily keep their run energy up..
Water Runes:
Water runes are a decent way to earn both money and experiences. Below you will find 2 methods of training your runecrafting by means of Water runes
Amulet of Glory-Method:
Withdraw a charged amulet of glory, a water talisman/tiara/runecrafting staff, and 28/27 rune essence from your bank.
Use the amulet of glory to teleport to Draynor Village.
Run to the Water temple and craft the water runes.
Teleport back to Draynor Village with your amulet of glory. Bank the waters, and start over again. When your amulet of glory runs out of charges, teleport to Burthorpe with your games necklace and go the the Guild of Heroes to recharge it. Then teleport back to Draynor Village and continue with runecrafting.
If these steps are done correctly, you should be able to craft waters 3 times before having to recharge your amulet of glory. Instead of having to continually recharge your amulet of glory after every 3 runs, you can buy a lot of amulets of glory and switch them at the bank in Draynor once one runs out. This is, however, a bit more expensive but faster.
Zanaris-Method:
This method does not require you to spend money on means of teleportation. In order to use this method you must have completed the Lost City quest.
Withdraw a Dramen staff, a water talisman/tiara, and 28/27 rune essence from the bank at Zanaris.
Leave the city and run to the Water temple.
Enter the temple and craft the water runes.
Use your Dramen staff to enter Zanaris.
Run to the bank, deposit your runes and start over again.
Fire Runes
This is the one of the fastest ways to make your fire runes. If you plan on using this method you must have a large amount of Rings of duelling at your disposal. Being successful in this routine may also require you to have 35 Runecrafting as you will probably want more than just 26 fire runes on each run.
Withdraw a ring of duelling, a fire talisman/tiara/runecrafting staff, and 27, 26 rune essence from your bank. Do not wear the ring as it will slow you down, keep it in your inventory.
Teleport to the Duel Arena.
Run to the Fire temple and craft the fire runes.
Teleport to the Castle Wars arena with your ring of duelling.
Bank the fire runes and start over again
Rune Mysteries – 250
Rune Memories – 300
Mage of Zamorak Miniquest – 1, 000
Rune Mechanics – 1850
Slug Menace – 3, 500
Devious Minds – 5, 000
Lunar Diplomacy – 5, 000
The Eyes of Glouphrie – 6, 000
The Elemental Workshop IV – 7, 500
What Lies Below – 8, 000
The Prisoner of Glouphrie – 45, 000
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For more information on how to boost your level, see the Temporary Stat Leveling Techniques special report.
Master Runecrafter robes provide an experience bonus whilst Runecrafting. They can be purchased using tokens awarded for playing The Great Orb Project.
Bonus
Master runecrafter hat
1%
Master runecrafter body
Master runecrafter skirt
Master runecrafter boots
Complete set
5%
Once you have achieved level 99, you may visit Larriar, in the Runecrafting Guild, to purchase a Runecrafting cape for 99, 000 Coins.
Once you have achieved level 120, Larriar will sell you the Runecrafting master cape for 120, 000 Coins.
Note that as of December 2018, another one of Mod Daze’s Easter Eggs have been found. This enables you to purchase a Skillcape for half price (only from Larriar, not Elen) if you are wearing a Ring of Charos (a). Be aware that “Half price” is 92, 000 Coins as the experience at level 92 is approximately half way to level 99.
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Runecraft – OSRS Wiki
This article is about the Runecraft skill. For information on training Runecraft, see Runecraft training (F2P) (P2P).
For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Runecraft skill, see Runecraft/Level up table.
Runecraft
Released
29 March 2004 (Update)
Also called
Runecrafting, RC
Members
No
Type
Artisan
Statistics
Players with99
37, 947as of 1 August 2021 – update
Players with200M XP
56as of 22 September 2021 – update
Runecraft (also known as Runecrafting) is a skill that allows players to craft their own runes for Magic spells. The experience earned from making runes is small, making Runecraft a very slow skill to train, on par with Agility. And due to the need for constant running and banking, it is fairly click and attention intensive. However, due to the constant demand for different types of runes, it can create a very generous profit.
Due to how slow Runecraft is to train, many players look to avoid training Runecraft, and use the experience from lamps and books of knowledge and from playing Tears of Guthix to raise the stat without having to train it.
With the release of the Blood and Soul altars on 7 January 2016, training Runecraft has become less time consuming for high-level runecrafters, with blood runes reaching experience rates of around 38, 000 per hour and soul runes reaching up to around 47, 000 experience per hour. Alternatively, if the player is willing to put in the effort, lava runes can be crafted for between 68, 000 and 75, 000 xp per hour from level 75 and up.
Runecraft level up – normal
The music that plays when levelling up.
Runecraft level up – with unlocks
The music that plays when levelling up and unlocking new content.
Contents
1 Crafting runes
2 Essence
2. 1 Rune essence
2. 1. 1 Obtaining
2. 2 Pure essence
2. 2. 3 Daeyalt essence
2. 3. 4 Dark essence fragments
2. 4. 5 Cores
2. 5. 1 Obtaining
3 Talismans
3. 1 Tiaras
4 Altars
4. 1 Regular altars
4. 2 Blood and soul altar
4. 3 Ourania Altar
5 Abyss
6 Multiple runes
7 Combination runes
8 Runecraft pouches
9 Infusing
10 Runecraft pet
11 Tips
12 Temporary boosts
13 Quests
13. 1 Quests requiring Runecraft
13. 2 Quests rewarding Runecraft experience
13. 3 Skill choice
14 Changes
Crafting runes[edit | edit source]
In the Runecraft skill, magical runes are crafted by binding the magical energy from runecrafting altars into magical stones. These stones are called essence. There are various types of essence, with each of these types being able to be crafted in a selection of runes.
Level
Rune
Exp
Essencerequired
GE Price
Members?
Use
Craft
1
Air rune
5
Normal/Pure
2
Mind rune
5. 5
3
Water rune
6
9
Earth rune
6. 5
14
Fire rune
7
20
Body rune
7. 5
27
Cosmic rune
8
Pure
155
35
Chaos rune
8. 5
47
40
Astral rune
8. 7
142
44
Nature rune
195
54
Law rune
9. 5
134
65
Death rune
10
202
77
Blood rune
23. 8
Dark
359
90
Soul rune
29. 7
148
95
Wrath rune
330
Essence[edit | edit source]
The types of essence are rune essence, pure essence, daeyalt essence and dark essence fragments. Besides these types of essence, there are four types of cores that can be crafted into specific runes.
Rune essence[edit | edit source]
Rune essence can be used to craft air, mind, water, earth, fire, and body runes.
Obtaining[edit | edit source]
Rune essence can be acquired by mining and from monster drops.
Mining rune essence requires completion of the Rune Mysteries quest. After completing this quest, a selection of wizards can teleport the player to the rune essence mine, where the player can mine the Rune Essence to obtain rune essence for the Runecraft skill.
Rune essence can be obtained by mining by free-to-play players and by members that have a Mining level lower than 30.
Pure essence[edit | edit source]
Pure essence can be used to craft air, mind, water, earth, fire, and body runes as well as cosmic, chaos, astral, nature, law, death, and wrath runes.
Pure essence can be acquired by mining and from monster drops.
Mining pure essence requires completion of the Rune Mysteries quest. After completing this quest, a selection of wizards can teleport the player to the rune essence mine, where the player can mine the Rune Essence to obtain pure essence for the Runecraft skill.
Pure essence can be obtained by mining only by members that are level 30 or higher in the Mining skill. However, free-to-play players can obtain via trading with other players.
Pure essence can be also be obtained quickly by members by playing the Temple Trekking minigame.
Daeyalt essence[edit | edit source]
Daeyalt essence can be used instead of pure essence, to craft air, mind, water, earth, fire, and body runes as well as cosmic, chaos, astral, nature, law, death, and wrath runes. Doing so grants a 50% bonus in xp gained from creating these runes. This effect also applies to runes crafted at the ZMI.
Daeyalt essence can be acquired from the daeyalt essence mine in Darkmeyer. Shards can be converted to daeyalt essence by trading Noranna Tytanin located near the entrance of the mine at a 1:1 ratio. Any essence received is sent to the bank.
To trade in the shards for daeyalt essence, a version of the vyre noble disguise needs to be worn.
Access to Darkmeyer and the essence mine requires completion of Sins of the Father.
Dark essence fragments[edit | edit source]
Dark essence fragments can be used to craft blood and soul runes.
Collecting dark essence fragments requires 25% Arceuus favour and level 38 and 38 or higher. The ability to use the dark essence fragments to craft runes requires 100% Arceuus favour and level 77 or higher.
Dark essence fragments require a few steps to obtain. In the Arceuus essence mine mine the dense runestones to obtain dense essence blocks. This requires a pickaxe and a chisel. Bring these dense essence blocks to the Dark Altar to bind its energy into the blocks. This will turn the dense essence blocks into dark essence blocks. Use a chisel on the dark essence blocks to obtain dark essence fragments.
Cores[edit | edit source]
Cores can be used to craft mind runes (using Mind cores), body runes (using Body cores) and chaos runes (using Chaos cores). For each type of rune, the corresponding core needs to be used. A core acts as 10 pure or rune essence. For example, at level 2 runecraft, one mind core would give 10 mind runes and 55 experience, and at level 98 runecraft, one mind core would give 80 mind runes and still 55 experience.
Cores are dropped by the golems in the Ruins of Camdozaal. Each core is dropped by the corresponding golem.
Mind cores are dropped by Mind Golems.
Body cores are dropped by Body Golems.
Chaos cores are dropped by Chaos Golems.
Talismans[edit | edit source]
Talismans are quite important in the runecrafting skill, as they are the keys used to access most altars. Each one is magically attuned to the Runecrafting altar that shares its name. An air talisman, for example, is attuned to the air altar. A player may use the talisman only on its corresponding ‘mysterious ruin’, to repeatedly reach the altar inside. Talismans can be acquired from drops or by trading with other players.
A talisman exists for the air, mind, water, earth, fire, body, cosmic, chaos, nature, law, death and wrath altar.
Tiaras[edit | edit source]
A talisman can be fused with a tiara. This creates an equipable item that lets you left-click on the corresponding mysterious ruins to enter, and saves an inventory space. All talismans except the elemental talisman can be bound in this way.
Altars[edit | edit source]
Runecrafting altars are locations at which players can use the Runecraft skill to turn essence into runes. Each altar corresponds to a different type of rune.
Regular altars[edit | edit source]
Most altars are located in another dimension, accessible through Mysterious Ruins scattered across the surface of Gielinor. This includes the air, mind, water, earth, fire, body, cosmic, chaos, nature, law, death and wrath altar. The astral altar is the only regular altar that is not accessed through Mysterious Ruins.
Mysterious Ruins are not labelled on the world map. Players can discover the ruins’ location by clicking ‘locate’ on a talisman. A talisman, tiara, or runecraft cape is required to actually enter the ruins and use the altars.
When a player clicks on the altar, all essence in their inventory are converted to a type of rune (depending on the altar), and they gain Runecraft experience. They can also enchant a tiara if they have a normal tiara and talisman in their inventory. Use either the tiara or the talisman on the altar to combine them into an enchanted tiara.
Blood and soul altar[edit | edit source]
The blood and soul altar can be found in Arceuus, nearby the Arceuus essence mine. No talisman or tiara is needed to use these altars as they are in the regular dimension.
Ourania Altar[edit | edit source]
The Ourania Altar, also known as the ZMI Altar, converts pure essence into an assortment of random runes, with a chance of bonus runes being created if players have the medium Ardougne Diary completed. The altar, which requires no talisman or tiara to enter, gives roughly 1. 7 times the normal experience for each pure essence used. Rune essence cannot be used. Players do not need a specific Runecraft level in order to craft at this altar, but the chance of crafting higher-levelled runes increases with a higher Runecraft level. Players can not craft a wrath rune through the Ourania Altar; this is the only rune uncraftable at the Altar outside of combination runes.
Abyss[edit | edit source]
The Abyss is a special region that requires completion of the Enter the Abyss miniquest. The Abyss provides access to all the runecrafting altars without the need for a talisman, with the exception of astral runes and wrath runes. The Abyss consists of two rings: a dangerous outer ring in a multiway combat zone and a safe inner ring with rifts leading to the runecrafting altars. In appearance, it seems to be oddly organic, with eyes, boils, and strange-looking tendrils. Aside from the abyssal monsters inhabiting it, using the Abyss is also dangerous because players who enter the Abyss will have their Prayer points drained to 0, and players who enter without wearing an Abyssal bracelet will also be immediately given a skull.
Multiple runes[edit | edit source]
As a player’s Runecraft level increases, they can make more runes. However, they only earn experience based on the amount of essence they use. The number of runes made from the essence in a player’s inventory in an action that gains a level is determined by the player’s level before the runecrafting action, even if crafting the same amount of essence one piece at a time would yield more runes. For example, a player with a runecraft level of 22; will craft 3 air runes to 1 pure essence.
Wrath, blood, and soul runes cannot be multicrafted.
Lvl for 1x
Lvl for 2x
Lvl for 3x
Lvl for 4x
Lvl for 5x
Lvl for 6x
Lvl for 7x
Lvl for 8x
Lvl for 9x
Lvl for 10x
Air
11
22
33
55
66
88
99
Mind
28
42
56
70
84
98
–
Water
19
38
57
76
Earth
26
52
78
(104)
Fire
Body
46
92
Cosmic
59
Chaos
74
Astral
82
Nature
91
Law
Death
5x earth runes can only be achieved with a skill level of 99 with a +5 boost from an evil stew and is the only rune that has a reachable multiple requirement that is past a skill level of 99, with fire runes being just shy of being an accessible 2nd; others are possible but are not accessible with the current existing boosts. It is currently unknown if cosmic and later runes have any multiplier for 3x or higher.
Note: Death & Law Runes are the only runes that can yield multiple runes that do not follow the normal levelling conventions.
Combination runes[edit | edit source]
Members have an extension to Runecraft, which is the ability to combine two runes into one item.
To craft combination runes, a player needs to take existing runes that are one half of the combination, with a matching talisman (not a tiara), along with an equal amount of pure essence to the altar which comprises the other half of the combination. Use the existing runes or the talisman for the existing runes on the altar. This has a 50% chance of success, and will consume the talisman whether successful or not. Players can wear a binding necklace to have a 100% chance of success instead.
The player may use the Lunar spell Magic Imbue to make combination runes without needing the opposing talisman. Using binding necklaces and Magic Imbue to craft lava runes can yield the highest Runecraft experience per hour in Old School RuneScape.
Combination
Exp (Low)
Exp (High)
Mist rune
+
87
Dust rune
8. 3
13
Mud rune
9. 3
200
15
Smoke rune
60
Steam rune
68
23
Lava rune
10. 5
Players receive less experience at the lower-levelled altars. For example, making mist runes at the air altar will give 8 experience for each rune made, while making them at the water altar will give 8. 5 experience for each rune made.
Normally when runecrafting, there is a delay after clicking on the altar which restricts the player from performing any action for a couple seconds. There is no such delay when crafting combination runes, so you can empty pouches or use teleports such as dueling rings immediately after crafting them.
Runecraft pouches[edit | edit source]
Pouches are bags that can hold varying amounts of rune, pure or daeyalt essence for use in the Runecraft skill. Pouches are highly prized among runecrafters because they can be used to take larger loads when runecrafting and mining pure essence.
Pouches degrade with use, and must be repaired by visiting the Dark mage in the centre of the Abyss (or by contacting him with the NPC Contact Lunar spell) or they will vanish. Note: You do NOT need to bring your pouches to the Dark mage to have them repaired; pouches that are stored in the bank will also be repaired.
Pouches are dropped by monsters in the Abyss and the Abyssal Area after completion of the Enter the Abyss miniquest.
Runecraft Level
Capacity
Cumulative capacity
Uses before decay (approx. )
Dropped or Obtained by
Small pouch
No decay
Abyssal guardian, leech, walker, or Dark mage
Medium pouch
25
45
Abyssal guardian, leech, walker
Large pouch
50
18
29
Giant pouch
75
12
30
Infusing[edit | edit source]
The three crystals dropped by Cerberus, being the primordial, pegasian and eternal crystal, can be infused to the dragon boots, ranger boots and infinity boots respectively to create the primordial boots, pegasian boots and eternal boots.
This process requires level 60 or higher in the Runecraft and Magic skill and grants 200 experience in both skills.
Splitbark armour can also be infused into Swampbark armour at the Nature altar after reading the Runescroll of swampbark or into Bloodbark armour at the Blood altar after reading the Runescroll of bloodbark.
Runecraft pet[edit | edit source]
The Rift guardian is a skilling pet that can be obtained while training Runecraft. The chances of getting it are dependent on the player’s Runecraft level, the rune the player is crafting, and the number of essence used.
Tips[edit | edit source]
As training the Runecraft skill involves a lot of running, a high Agility level and the Graceful outfit will be very beneficial.
An alternative method for training Runecraft is by using rune runners. A runner is a player that changes noted essences into unnoted essence by converting them in a bank or a shop. At the appropriate altar, the runner trades the Runecrafter changing unnoted essences for noted essences and some fee (usually coins or runes). The Runecrafter increases the amount of essences processed and the runner gets a good reward.
Another good way is to have a Ornate rejuvenation pool in your house and use house teleports while running, using rejuvenation pool then Amulet of Glory to Edgeville and run to the Abyss.
Temporary boosts[edit | edit source]
Boost
Levelincrease
Visibility
Other info
Runecraft cape
Visible
Activating the cape’s effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
Oldak
±2
Requires completion of Death to the Dorgeshuun.
Spicy stew(orange spice)
±0-5
Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.
Temporary boosts do not allow players to use higher tier runecrafting pouches.
Quests[edit | edit source]
Quests requiring Runecraft[edit | edit source]
Quest
Runecraftrequirement
Other requirements
The Slug Menace
30, 30, 30
What Lies Below
42 (unless you have access to the Abyss)
Devious Minds
65, 50
The Fremennik Exiles
65, 60, 60, 60
Quests rewarding Runecraft experience[edit | edit source]
Experiencereward
The Ascent of Arceuus
500
20% Arceuus favour, 12
Enter the Abyss(miniquest)
1, 000
3, 500
5, 000
Lunar Diplomacy
61, 40, 49, 5, 65, 60, 55
The Eyes of Glouphrie
6, 000
5, 46
8, 000
Total
34, 000
Skill choice[edit | edit source]
Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Runecraft. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.
QuestExperiencerewardSkills availableSkill requirementsX Marks the Spot300AnyNoneClient of Kourend500 twiceAnyNoneFairytale II – Cure a Queen2, 500Any skill above 30 49, 57 A Tail of Two Cats2, 500 twiceAny skill above 30NoneThe Great Brain Robbery5, 000Any skill above 30 16, 30, 50 King’s Ransom5, 000Any skill above 50 65 Darkness of Hallowvale2, 000 three timesAny skill above 30 5, 20, 22, 32, 33, 40 A Taste of Hope2, 500 three timesAny skill above 35 48, 40, 40, 45, 38 A Kingdom Divided10, 000Any skill above 40 54, 52, 52, 50, 42, 38, 35 Architectural Alliance(miniquest)10, 000Any skill above 40NoneIn Search of Knowledge(miniquest)10, 000Any skill above 40NoneCurse of the Empty Lord(miniquest)10, 000Any skill above 50Some players will need 31 One Small Favour10, 000 twiceAny skill above 30 36, 25, 18, 30 Recipe for Disaster(The final battle)20, 000Any skill above 50 175, 70, 48, 50, 53, 53, 25, 59, 40, 50, 40, 40, 10, 10, 36 Sins of the Father15, 000 three timesAny skill above 60 62, 60, 56, 52, 50, 50, 49 Total157, 300
Changes[edit | edit source]
Date
Changes
23 February 2017(update | poll)
Runecrafting pouches will no longer degrade if a Runecrafting skillcape or Max cape is worn while filling the pouch. Existing pouches which are degraded will not be repaired in any way with this change, but they will also not degrade any further whilst a Runecrafting skillcape or Max cape is worn.
14 April 2021(update | poll)
Runecrafting cores have been added to the game.
v • d • eRunecraftRunecrafting altars
Blood
Soul
Wrath
OuraniaTalismans
Elemental
WrathUnobtainable
SoulTiaras
Basic
SoulPouches
Small
Medium
Large
GiantEssence
Dense
Dark (fragments)
Daeyalt (shards)
Mind core
Body core
Chaos core
v • d • eSkillsCombat
Attack
Strength
Defence
Ranged
Prayer
Magic
HitpointsGathering
Mining
Fishing
Woodcutting
Farming
HunterArtisan
Herblore
Crafting
Fletching
Smithing
Cooking
Firemaking
ConstructionSupport
Agility
Thieving
SlayerFailed poll
Sailing
WardingRelated
Experience
Skill mastery
200 million experience
Frequently Asked Questions about how to runecraft
How do I start runecrafting?
To start using the Runecrafting skill you need to complete a quest. Pure essence is acquired when members with 30 or higher Mining receive rune essence; free players and lower-level members miners will receive standard Rune essence.Dec 7, 2019
How do you do ZEAH runecrafting?
A talisman, tiara, or runecraft cape is required to actually enter the ruins and use the altars. When a player clicks on the altar, all essence in their inventory are converted to a type of rune (depending on the altar), and they gain Runecraft experience.
How do you Runecraft in Old School RuneScape?
Air runes are one of the four elemental runes in RuneScape. Players who have completed the Rune Mysteries quest can craft air runes with a Runecrafting level of 1 at the air altar (located southwest of Falador), granting 5 Runecrafting experience per Rune essence or Pure essence used.
