Runecrafting

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This article is about the Runecrafting skill. For training the skill, see Runecrafting/Training.

Runecrafting

Runecrafting is a skill which allows the player to craft runes using Rune Essence, as well as Magic equipment from runes and logs. Runes can be used in Magic for casting spells, or in Herblore for making potions. All Runecrafting actions takes 2 seconds. Purchasing the Expanded Knowledge god upgrade reduces this time by 15% to 1.7 seconds.

The amount of runes created per action increases with the Mastery level of the runes being created. This can be increased by an additional 5 with the 95% Mastery pool checkpoint, or 2 if using the Crow familiar. Elemental Potions can be used to provide a 5-50% chance to obtain 2-8 additional random elemental runes each time runes are crafted, where the chance and amount runes given increases with the tier of the potion used.

Raising Runecrafting to Level 99 will unlock the Runecrafting Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. Equipping the Runecrafting Skillcape provides a +15% Chance to double items in Runecrafting and increases the number of runes per craft by 5.

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
10	-5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
15	2 Runes Produced per Runecraft.
20	-5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
30	3 Runes Produced per Runecraft. -5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
40	-5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
45	4 Runes Produced per Runecraft.
50	-5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
60	5 Runes Produced per Runecraft. -5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
70	-5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
75	6 Runes Produced per Runecraft.
80	-5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
90	7 Runes Produced per Runecraft. -5% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).
99	11 Runes Produced per Runecraft. -15% Rune Costs for this item if it's Equipment or a Weapon (Cannot be reduced below 1).

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	6,950,000 xp	+5% Runecrafting Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only
25%	17,375,000 xp	+150% base Runecrafting Skill XP when making Runes
50%	34,750,000 xp	+10% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting for Melvor Realm only
95%	66,025,000 xp	+5 base primary resource quantity gained in Runecrafting for Standard Runes nodes +5 base primary resource quantity gained in Runecrafting for Combination Runes nodes
Total Mastery Pool XP		69,500,000

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches Level 99.

Regular Skillcape

The Runecrafting Skillcape is the skillcape for the Runecrafting skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches Level 99 in the Runecrafting skill. The Runecrafting Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting and +5 additional quantity of Runes gained in Runecrafting (Cannot be doubled)

Superior Skillcape

The Superior Runecrafting Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Runecrafting skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches Level 120 in the Runecrafting skill. Level 120 can only be reached if the player owns the Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting, +8 additional quantity of Runes gained in Runecrafting (Cannot be doubled), and +10% Rune Preservation

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Runecrafting action.

Pet	Name	DLC	Effect
	Gunter		+10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting

Runes

Below is a table of the different runes you can make. XP/s must be multiplied by the xp bonus provided by the mastery pool if applicable, and GP/s by the production bonus.

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Air Rune		1	4	1x	1
	Mind Rune		1	5	1x	1
	Water Rune		5	8	1x	1
	Earth Rune		9	10	1x	1
	Fire Rune		14	12	1x	2
	Light Rune		15	12	1x	1
	Body Rune		20	14	1x	2
	Chaos Rune		35	16	1x	3
	Nature Rune		40	18	1x	1
	Havoc Rune		50	20	1x	1
	Death Rune		65	18	1x	4
	Blood Rune		75	20	1x	4
	Spirit Rune		80	24	1x	1
	Ancient Rune		85	22	1x	5
	Poison Rune		100	87	1x2x2x2x	20
	Decay Rune		102	96	1x2x2x	21
	Infernal Rune		104	105	1x2x2x2x	22
	Despair Rune		106	116	1x2x2x	23
	Soul Rune		108	131	1x2x2x	24
	Lightning Rune		110	148	1x2x2x2x	25
	Archaic Rune		112	168	1x2x2x2x	26
	Calamity Rune		115	190	1x2x2x2x	27

Combination Runes

Below is a table of the different combination runes you can make.

Combination runes can be used in the place of spells that need both of the appropriate runes. For example, Mist Runes can be used for any spell that normally needs both Air Runes and Water Runes to cast.

Currently:

• Mist Runes are used for casting Water combat spells like Water Strike.
• Dust Runes are used for casting Earth combat spells like Earth Strike.
• Smoke Runes are used for casting Fire combat spells like Fire Strike.
• Steam Runes are used in casting Nature combat spells like Nature's Call.
• Mud Runes are used for casting any tier of the Rags to Riches Alt. Magic spell.
• Lava Runes are used for casting any tier of the Superheat Alt. Magic spell.
• Any Combination Rune can be chosen as the secondary ingredient when crafting for Crow tablets.

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Mist Rune		10	24	1x2x2x	8
	Dust Rune		20	28	1x2x2x	9
	Mud Rune		30	32	1x2x2x	10
	Smoke Rune		40	36	1x2x2x	11
	Steam Rune		50	40	1x2x2x	12
	Lava Rune		60	44	1x2x2x	13

Staves & Wands

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Staff of Air		1	10	1x100x	80
	Staff of Water		5	15	1x100x	80
	Staff of Earth		9	20	1x100x	80
	Staff of Fire		14	25	1x100x	80
	Air Battlestaff		30	35	10x1x100x	560
	Water Battlestaff		35	40	10x1x100x	630
	Earth Battlestaff		39	45	10x1x100x	690
	Fire Battlestaff		44	50	10x1x100x	730
	Crystal Battlestaff		50	100	1x100x10x	560
	Mystic Air Staff		70	75	10x1x100x	6,300
	Mystic Water Staff		75	80	10x1x100x	6,900
	Mystic Earth Staff		79	85	10x1x100x	7,500
	Air Imbued Wand		80	300	1x1,000x20x	135,000
	Water Imbued Wand		84	350	1x1,000x20x	135,000
	Mystic Fire Staff		84	90	10x1x100x	8,800
	Earth Imbued Wand		89	400	1x1,000x20x	135,000
	Mystic Pure Crystal Staff		90	150	10x1x1,000x100x	6,300
	Fire Imbued Wand		95	450	1x1,000x20x	135,000
	Poison Staff		100	1,152	1,000x1x	8,500
	Infernal Staff		105	1,248	1,000x1x	9,000
	Despair Wand		108	1,308	10x2,000x50x	550,000
	Lightning Staff		110	1,440	1,000x1x	9,500
	Archaic Wand		112	1,416	10x2,000x50x	550,000
	Meteorite Staff		115	1,800	1,000x1x250x	11,000
	Calamity Wand		118	1,524	10x2,000x50x	550,000

Air Magic Gear

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Air Acolyte Wizard Hat		1	11	20x	10
	Air Acolyte Wizard Boots		4	14	20x	10
	Air Acolyte Wizard Bottoms		7	17	20x	10
	Air Acolyte Wizard Robes		11	21	20x	10
	Air Adept Wizard Hat		35	60	50x	10
	Air Adept Wizard Boots		39	64	50x	10
	Air Adept Wizard Bottoms		43	68	50x3x	10
	Air Adept Wizard Robes		47	72	50x3x	10
	Air Expert Wizard Hat		65	140	100x5x	10
	Air Expert Wizard Boots		69	144	100x5x	10
	Air Expert Wizard Bottoms		73	148	100x5x	10
	Air Expert Wizard Robes		77	152	100x5x	10

Water Magic Gear

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Water Acolyte Wizard Hat		5	15	25x	10
	Water Acolyte Wizard Boots		9	19	25x	10
	Water Acolyte Wizard Bottoms		13	23	25x	10
	Water Acolyte Wizard Robes		17	27	25x	10
	Water Adept Wizard Hat		39	64	75x	10
	Water Adept Wizard Boots		43	68	75x3x	10
	Water Adept Wizard Bottoms		47	72	75x3x	10
	Water Adept Wizard Robes		51	76	75x3x	10
	Water Expert Wizard Hat		69	144	150x5x	10
	Water Expert Wizard Boots		73	148	150x5x	10
	Water Expert Wizard Bottoms		77	152	150x5x	10
	Water Expert Wizard Robes		81	156	150x5x	10

Earth Magic Gear

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Hat		9	19	30x	10
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Boots		13	23	30x	10
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Bottoms		17	27	30x	10
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Robes		21	31	30x	10
	Earth Adept Wizard Hat		43	68	100x3x	10
	Earth Adept Wizard Boots		47	72	100x3x	10
	Earth Adept Wizard Bottoms		51	76	100x3x	10
	Earth Adept Wizard Robes		55	80	100x3x	10
	Earth Expert Wizard Hat		73	148	200x5x	10
	Earth Expert Wizard Boots		77	152	200x5x	10
	Earth Expert Wizard Bottoms		81	156	200x5x	10
	Earth Expert Wizard Robes		85	160	200x5x	10

Fire Magic Gear

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Hat		14	24	35x	10
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Boots		18	28	35x	10
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Bottoms		22	32	35x	10
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Robes		26	36	35x	10
	Fire Adept Wizard Hat		48	73	125x3x	10
	Fire Adept Wizard Boots		52	77	125x3x	10
	Fire Adept Wizard Bottoms		56	81	125x3x	10
	Fire Adept Wizard Robes		60	85	125x3x	10
	Fire Expert Wizard Hat		78	153	250x5x	10
	Fire Expert Wizard Boots		82	157	250x5x	10
	Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms		86	161	250x5x	10
	Fire Expert Wizard Robes		90	165	250x5x	10

Poison Magic Gear

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Poison Master Wizard Hat		100	424	350x15x10x	150
	Poison Master Wizard Boots		102	434	350x15x10x	150
	Poison Master Wizard Bottoms		103	444	350x15x10x	150
	Poison Master Wizard Robes		104	453	350x15x10x	150
	Poison Legendary Wizard Hat		104	578	500x30x25x	300
	Poison Legendary Wizard Boots		106	588	500x30x25x	300
	Poison Legendary Wizard Bottoms		107	597	500x30x25x	300
	Poison Mythical Wizard Hat		108	732	750x50x50x	600
	Poison Legendary Wizard Robes		108	607	500x30x25x	300
	Poison Mythical Wizard Boots		110	741	750x50x50x	600
	Poison Mythical Wizard Bottoms		111	751	750x50x50x	600
	Poison Mythical Wizard Robes		112	760	750x50x50x	600

Infernal Magic Gear

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Infernal Master Wizard Hat		102	501	350x15x10x	150
	Infernal Master Wizard Boots		104	511	350x15x10x	150
	Infernal Master Wizard Bottoms		105	549	350x15x10x	150
	Infernal Master Wizard Robes		106	530	350x15x10x	150
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Hat		106	655	500x30x25x	300
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Boots		108	664	500x30x25x	300
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Bottoms		109	674	500x30x25x	300
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Hat		110	808	750x50x50x	600
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Robes		110	684	500x30x25x	300
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Boots		112	818	750x50x50x	600
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Bottoms		113	828	750x50x50x	600
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Robes		114	837	750x50x50x	600

Lightning Magic Gear

Item	Name	DLC	Level	XP	Materials	Value
	Lightning Master Wizard Hat		103	540	350x15x10x	150
	Lightning Master Wizard Boots		105	549	350x15x10x	150
	Lightning Master Wizard Bottoms		106	559	350x15x10x	150
	Lightning Master Wizard Robes		107	568	350x15x10x	150
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Hat		107	693	500x30x25x	300
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Boots		109	684	500x30x25x	300
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Hat		110	847	750x50x50x	600
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Boots		110	847	750x50x50x	600
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Bottoms		110	712	500x30x25x	300
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Robes		111	722	500x30x25x	300
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Bottoms		113	856	750x50x50x	600
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Robes		114	866	750x50x50x	600

Potion

The Elemental Potion has a chance to provide additional random elemental runes while crafting any type of rune.

Elemental Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	20	+5% chance to gain 2 of a random Elemental Rune per Standard Rune created in Runecrafting
	II	30	+10% chance to gain 4 of a random Elemental Rune per Standard Rune created in Runecrafting
	III	40	+25% chance to gain 6 of a random Elemental Rune per Standard Rune created in Runecrafting
	IV	50	+50% chance to gain 8 of a random Elemental Rune per Standard Rune created in Runecrafting

Summoning Boosts

This table shows all the Summoning Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Runecrafting.

Familiar 1		Familiar 2		Effect
	Crow			+2 additional quantity of Runes gained in Runecrafting (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Crow			+2 additional quantity of Runes gained in Runecrafting (Cannot be doubled)
	Ent		Crow	+20% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Staves
	Octopus		Crow	+5 base quantity of Water Combination Runes gained in Runecrafting
	Pig		Crow	+15% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Runes +15% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking
	Crow		Salamander	+10% Smithing & Runecrafting Preservation Chance.
	Crow		Devil	+10 Fire Rune gained from Runecrafting when making Elemental Runes (Cannot be doubled) -5% Runecrafting Skill XP
	Crow		Eagle	-10% Runecrafting interval for Melvor Realm only
	Crow		Owl	+1.5% Runecrafting Mastery XP per maxed Star in Arachi constellation in Astrology
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Ent	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Crow	20% cost to produce Abyssal Staves & Wands in Runecrafting
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Octopus	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Crow	+2 base primary resource quantity gained in Runecrafting for Abyssal Combo Runes nodes
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Pig	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Crow	+20% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Abyssal Runes +20% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making Abyssal Combo Runes +20% chance to preserve resources in Cooking for Abyssal Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Crow	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Salamander	+20% chance to preserve resources in Smithing for Abyssal Realm only +20% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting for Abyssal Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Crow	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Devil	-15% Runecrafting Mastery XP for Abyssal Realm only +3 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Runecrafting for Abyssal Runes nodes (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Void Wisp	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Crow	-50% Runecrafting Abyssal XP +10 additional quantity of Runes gained in Runecrafting (Cannot be doubled)

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Runecrafting-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from Mastery rewards.

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