Runecrafting

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Runecrafting
Skill ID: melvorD:Runecrafting
Release Date:	5 December 2019 (v0.10)
Game Version:	Base game
Type:	Artisan
Expansions information
Level 99:	Base game
Level 120:	Throne of the Herald Expansion
Abyssal 60:	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Into the Abyss Expansion

Runecrafting is a skill which allows the player to craft runes using Rune Essence and Pure 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.

Further reductions in interval are possible in the Throne of the Herald Expansion, including the Elite Pillar of Expertise for a 3% interval reduction, Harold for a 2% interval reduction, and the Eagle + Crow synergy for a 10% interval reduction. Additionally, the Cool Winds Gloves provide a 0.1 second interval reduction. Altogether, this can reduce the runecrafting interval to a minimum of 1.3 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. The Superior Runecrafting Skillcape becomes available at Level 120, improving on the previous cape's bonuses by providing a +25% chance to Double Items in Runecrafting, +10% rune preservation, and 8 additional runes per craft.

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

Skillcapes

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

Items

Runes

Below is a table of the different runes that can be made. 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	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Air Rune	1	4	1	1	2.00	0.50
	Mind Rune	1	5	1	1	2.50	0.50
	Water Rune	5	8	1	1	4.00	0.50
	Earth Rune	9	10	1	1	5.00	0.50
	Fire Rune	14	12	2	1	6.00	1.00
	Light Rune	15	12	1	1	6.00	0.50
	Body Rune	20	14	2	1	7.00	1.00
	Chaos Rune	35	16	3	1	8.00	1.50
	Nature Rune	40	18	1	1	9.00	0.50
	Havoc Rune	50	20	1	1	10.00	0.50
	Death Rune	65	18	4	1	9.00	2.00
	Blood Rune	75	20	4	1	10.00	2.00
	Spirit Rune	80	24	1	1	12.00	0.50
	Ancient Rune	85	22	5	1	11.00	2.50
	Poison Rune	100	87	20	1 , 2 , 2 , 2	43.50	10.00
	Decay Rune	102	96	21	1 , 2 , 2	48.00	10.50
	Infernal Rune	104	105	22	1 , 2 , 2 , 2	52.50	11.00
	Despair Rune	106	116	23	1 , 2 , 2	58.00	11.50
	Soul Rune	108	131	24	1 , 2 , 2	65.50	12.00
	Lightning Rune	110	148	25	1 , 2 , 2 , 2	74.00	12.50
	Archaic Rune	112	168	26	1 , 2 , 2 , 2	84.00	13.00
	Calamity Rune	115	190	27	1 , 2 , 2 , 2	95.00	13.50

Combination Runes

Below is a table of the different combination runes that can be made.

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, and all except for Smoke Runes can be used in the casting of various Archaic spells

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Mist Rune	10	24	8	1 , 2 , 2	12.00	4.00
	Dust Rune	20	28	9	1 , 2 , 2	14.00	4.50
	Mud Rune	30	32	10	1 , 2 , 2	16.00	5.00
	Smoke Rune	40	36	11	1 , 2 , 2	18.00	5.50
	Steam Rune	50	40	12	1 , 2 , 2	20.00	6.00
	Lava Rune	60	44	13	1 , 2 , 2	22.00	6.50

Staves & Wands

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Staff of Air	1	10	80	1 , 100	5.00	40.00
	Staff of Water	5	15	80	1 , 100	7.50	40.00
	Staff of Earth	9	20	80	1 , 100	10.00	40.00
	Staff of Fire	14	25	80	1 , 100	12.50	40.00
	Air Battlestaff	30	35	560	10 , 1 , 100	17.50	280.00
	Water Battlestaff	35	40	630	10 , 1 , 100	20.00	315.00
	Earth Battlestaff	39	45	690	10 , 1 , 100	22.50	345.00
	Fire Battlestaff	44	50	730	10 , 1 , 100	25.00	365.00
	Crystal Battlestaff	50	100	560	1 , 100 , 10	50.00	280.00
	Mystic Air Staff	70	75	6,300	10 , 1 , 100	37.50	3,150.00
	Mystic Water Staff	75	80	6,900	10 , 1 , 100	40.00	3,450.00
	Mystic Earth Staff	79	85	7,500	10 , 1 , 100	42.50	3,750.00
	Air Imbued Wand	80	300	135,000	1 , 1,000 , 20	150.00	67,500.00
	Water Imbued Wand	84	350	135,000	1 , 1,000 , 20	175.00	67,500.00
	Mystic Fire Staff	84	90	8,800	10 , 1 , 100	45.00	4,400.00
	Earth Imbued Wand	89	400	135,000	1 , 1,000 , 20	200.00	67,500.00
	Mystic Pure Crystal Staff	90	150	6,300	10 , 1 , 1,000 , 100	75.00	3,150.00
	Fire Imbued Wand	95	450	135,000	1 , 1,000 , 20	225.00	67,500.00
	Poison Staff	100	1,152	8,500	1,000 , 1	576.00	4,250.00
	Infernal Staff	105	1,248	9,000	1,000 , 1	624.00	4,500.00
	Despair Wand	108	1,308	550,000	10 , 2,000 , 50	654.00	275,000.00
	Lightning Staff	110	1,440	9,500	1,000 , 1	720.00	4,750.00
	Archaic Wand	112	1,416	550,000	10 , 2,000 , 50	708.00	275,000.00
	Meteorite Staff	115	1,800	11,000	1,000 , 1 , 250	900.00	5,500.00
	Calamity Wand	118	1,524	550,000	10 , 2,000 , 50	762.00	275,000.00

Air Magic Gear

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Air Acolyte Wizard Hat	1	11	10	20	5.50	5.00
	Air Acolyte Wizard Boots	4	14	10	20	7.00	5.00
	Air Acolyte Wizard Bottoms	7	17	10	20	8.50	5.00
	Air Acolyte Wizard Robes	11	21	10	20	10.50	5.00
	Air Adept Wizard Hat	35	60	10	50	30.00	5.00
	Air Adept Wizard Boots	39	64	10	50	32.00	5.00
	Air Adept Wizard Bottoms	43	68	10	50 , 3	34.00	5.00
	Air Adept Wizard Robes	47	72	10	50 , 3	36.00	5.00
	Air Expert Wizard Hat	65	140	10	100 , 5	70.00	5.00
	Air Expert Wizard Boots	69	144	10	100 , 5	72.00	5.00
	Air Expert Wizard Bottoms	73	148	10	100 , 5	74.00	5.00
	Air Expert Wizard Robes	77	152	10	100 , 5	76.00	5.00

Water Magic Gear

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Water Acolyte Wizard Hat	5	15	10	25	7.50	5.00
	Water Acolyte Wizard Boots	9	19	10	25	9.50	5.00
	Water Acolyte Wizard Bottoms	13	23	10	25	11.50	5.00
	Water Acolyte Wizard Robes	17	27	10	25	13.50	5.00
	Water Adept Wizard Hat	39	64	10	75	32.00	5.00
	Water Adept Wizard Boots	43	68	10	75 , 3	34.00	5.00
	Water Adept Wizard Bottoms	47	72	10	75 , 3	36.00	5.00
	Water Adept Wizard Robes	51	76	10	75 , 3	38.00	5.00
	Water Expert Wizard Hat	69	144	10	150 , 5	72.00	5.00
	Water Expert Wizard Boots	73	148	10	150 , 5	74.00	5.00
	Water Expert Wizard Bottoms	77	152	10	150 , 5	76.00	5.00
	Water Expert Wizard Robes	81	156	10	150 , 5	78.00	5.00

Earth Magic Gear

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Hat	9	19	10	30	9.50	5.00
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Boots	13	23	10	30	11.50	5.00
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Bottoms	17	27	10	30	13.50	5.00
	Earth Acolyte Wizard Robes	21	31	10	30	15.50	5.00
	Earth Adept Wizard Hat	43	68	10	100 , 3	34.00	5.00
	Earth Adept Wizard Boots	47	72	10	100 , 3	36.00	5.00
	Earth Adept Wizard Bottoms	51	76	10	100 , 3	38.00	5.00
	Earth Adept Wizard Robes	55	80	10	100 , 3	40.00	5.00
	Earth Expert Wizard Hat	73	148	10	200 , 5	74.00	5.00
	Earth Expert Wizard Boots	77	152	10	200 , 5	76.00	5.00
	Earth Expert Wizard Bottoms	81	156	10	200 , 5	78.00	5.00
	Earth Expert Wizard Robes	85	160	10	200 , 5	80.00	5.00

Fire Magic Gear

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Hat	14	24	10	35	12.00	5.00
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Boots	18	28	10	35	14.00	5.00
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Bottoms	22	32	10	35	16.00	5.00
	Fire Acolyte Wizard Robes	26	36	10	35	18.00	5.00
	Fire Adept Wizard Hat	48	73	10	125 , 3	36.50	5.00
	Fire Adept Wizard Boots	52	77	10	125 , 3	38.50	5.00
	Fire Adept Wizard Bottoms	56	81	10	125 , 3	40.50	5.00
	Fire Adept Wizard Robes	60	85	10	125 , 3	42.50	5.00
	Fire Expert Wizard Hat	78	153	10	250 , 5	76.50	5.00
	Fire Expert Wizard Boots	82	157	10	250 , 5	78.50	5.00
	Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms	86	161	10	250 , 5	80.50	5.00
	Fire Expert Wizard Robes	90	165	10	250 , 5	82.50	5.00

Poison Magic Gear

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Poison Master Wizard Hat	100	424	150	350 , 15 , 10	212.00	75.00
	Poison Master Wizard Boots	102	434	150	350 , 15 , 10	217.00	75.00
	Poison Master Wizard Bottoms	103	444	150	350 , 15 , 10	222.00	75.00
	Poison Master Wizard Robes	104	453	150	350 , 15 , 10	226.50	75.00
	Poison Legendary Wizard Hat	104	578	300	500 , 30 , 25	289.00	150.00
	Poison Legendary Wizard Boots	106	588	300	500 , 30 , 25	294.00	150.00
	Poison Legendary Wizard Bottoms	107	597	300	500 , 30 , 25	298.50	150.00
	Poison Mythical Wizard Hat	108	732	600	750 , 50 , 50	366.00	300.00
	Poison Legendary Wizard Robes	108	607	300	500 , 30 , 25	303.50	150.00
	Poison Mythical Wizard Boots	110	741	600	750 , 50 , 50	370.50	300.00
	Poison Mythical Wizard Bottoms	111	751	600	750 , 50 , 50	375.50	300.00
	Poison Mythical Wizard Robes	112	760	600	750 , 50 , 50	380.00	300.00

Infernal Magic Gear

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Infernal Master Wizard Hat	102	501	150	350 , 15 , 10	250.50	75.00
	Infernal Master Wizard Boots	104	511	150	350 , 15 , 10	255.50	75.00
	Infernal Master Wizard Bottoms	105	549	150	350 , 15 , 10	274.50	75.00
	Infernal Master Wizard Robes	106	530	150	350 , 15 , 10	265.00	75.00
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Hat	106	655	300	500 , 30 , 25	327.50	150.00
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Boots	108	664	300	500 , 30 , 25	332.00	150.00
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Bottoms	109	674	300	500 , 30 , 25	337.00	150.00
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Hat	110	808	600	750 , 50 , 50	404.00	300.00
	Infernal Legendary Wizard Robes	110	684	300	500 , 30 , 25	342.00	150.00
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Boots	112	818	600	750 , 50 , 50	409.00	300.00
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Bottoms	113	828	600	750 , 50 , 50	414.00	300.00
	Infernal Mythical Wizard Robes	114	837	600	750 , 50 , 50	418.50	300.00

Lightning Magic Gear

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Lightning Master Wizard Hat	103	540	150	350 , 15 , 10	270.00	75.00
	Lightning Master Wizard Boots	105	549	150	350 , 15 , 10	274.50	75.00
	Lightning Master Wizard Bottoms	106	559	150	350 , 15 , 10	279.50	75.00
	Lightning Master Wizard Robes	107	568	150	350 , 15 , 10	284.00	75.00
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Hat	107	693	300	500 , 30 , 25	346.50	150.00
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Boots	109	684	300	500 , 30 , 25	342.00	150.00
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Hat	110	847	600	750 , 50 , 50	423.50	300.00
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Boots	110	847	600	750 , 50 , 50	423.50	300.00
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Bottoms	110	712	300	500 , 30 , 25	356.00	150.00
	Lightning Legendary Wizard Robes	111	722	300	500 , 30 , 25	361.00	150.00
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Bottoms	113	856	600	750 , 50 , 50	428.00	300.00
	Lightning Mythical Wizard Robes	114	866	600	750 , 50 , 50	433.00	300.00

Special Items

Item	Name	Level	XP	Value	Ingredients	XP/s	Value/s
	Unholy Wizard Robes (m)	47	92	250	50 , 3 , 3	46.00	125.00
	Unholy Staff (m)	70	125	300	2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 100	62.50	150.00

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

- Main article: Runecrafting Boosts

Skill boosts are special enhancements that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the player's skills. These boosts can come from a variety of sources such as equipment, potions, pets, and masteries. Global boosts are boosts which apply across all skills. A boost can be assumed to be for the listed skill only, unless specifically stated it is a global boost. Boosts help the player to progress faster and achieve higher levels of mastery in each skill. The following are some common types of skill boosts and what they do:

• Increased Skill XP: Increases the amount of experience points (XP) gained.
• Decreased Skill Interval: Reduces the time it takes to complete skilling actions, allowing the player to perform more actions in a given period.
• Preservation Chance: Increases the likelihood that resources or items used during skill actions are not consumed.
• Increased Chance to Double Items: Gives a higher chance of receiving double the items or resources when performing skill-related actions.
• Increased Mastery XP: Enhances the rate at which mastery XP is gained for a skill.

For more information on general skill boosts that apply to all skills, refer to the Skill Boosts page.

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