Introduction

Runes are the main components of casting magical spells. Using different combinations of runes will allow a player to cast different spells.

To begin runecrafting, you must have started the Rune Mysteries quest. This is required as it is the only way to gain access to the rune essence mines. Before you can craft certain runes, you need to meet some other requirements. To craft Cosmic runes you will have to complete The Lost City quest, to craft Law runes you must complete the Troll Stronghold quest, and to craft Death runes you will need to complete the Mourning’s End Part II quest.

Once you have completed the Rune Mysteries Quest, you will need some rune essence. This is the only compulsory item for runecrafting. If you want to mine rune essence for yourself, read the Mining - The Rune Essence Mine section in the manual. Alternatively, you could purchase rune essence from other players.

Runecrafting takes place at rune altars. Each type of rune altar converts rune essence into runes of the altar’s type. For instance, the fire altar will convert rune essence into fire runes.

There are various ways to access the rune altars. Players that want to access the rune altars through the mysterious ruins need a matching talisman (or tiara). However, players using the Abyss to runecraft do not need a talisman or tiara to access rune altars.

Before you can start runecrafting, you must undertake the Rune Mysteries Quest, in which you help the wizards of Draynor Village uncover the secrets of runecrafting. They will then grant you access to the source of rune essence.

Rune essence

Rune essence can be used to make Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Mind and Body runes. Rune essence can not be used to make member-only craftable runes such as Laws or combination runes. Rune essence may be traded to any other player.

Pure essence

Pure Essence can be used to make any Rune. Any monsters which drops essence will drop the pure essence. Any quests or situations where rune essence may be used, will accept either pure essence or rune essence. When mining on a member World, with a mining level over 30, members will receive pure essence. Mining on a free world, or having a mining level under 30 will result in rune essence being mined.

The following people are the only ones that can teleport you to the essence mines -

• Wizard Sedridor on the lower level of the Wizard Tower South of Draynor Village.
• Aubury in the rune shop in Varrock, just South of the East Bank.
• Wizard Cromperty in East Ardougne, just to the Northeast of the Marketplace.
• Wizard Distentor in the Magic Guild in Yanille.
• The gnome Brimstail in a cave in the Tree Gnome Stronghold (North west of Ardougne). To find his cave, head Northwest in the Stronghold until you see a small bridge on the West side of the Stronghold. Brimstail’s cave is inside a large hollow rock a little to the East of that bridge.

Rune essence and Pure essence can be obtained in the following ways:

• Can be mined from the Rune Essence Mine - please see Mining - The Rune Essence Mine.

  

• Pure essence is dropped by certain monsters e.g Banshees.
• Bought from other players