Alternative Magic
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Alternative Magic (or Alt. Magic) is an alternative method to train Magic using non-combat spells. It is still the same skill as Magic - all XP is shared. Each Alt. Magic action takes 2 seconds.
Alt. Magic can be trained offline.
Notes
- The
Ancient Ring of Skills will boost XP gained from Alt. Magic, but the
Gold Emerald Ring will not.
Staves,
Imbued wands, and the
Magic Skillcape can be used to reduce the rune cost of spells.
Salem can be received while training Alt. Magic, with the rune preservation bonus also applying to Alt. Magic spells.
- The
Crown of Rhaelyx's chance to save materials does not apply to Alt. Magic at all, and neither runes nor non-rune components such as ores for
Superheat can be saved.
- Global item doubling bonuses such as that provided by
Aorpheat's Signet Ring will apply to Alt. Magic spells that produce resources.
Signet Ring Half (a) can be earned from Alt. Magic instead of the usual combat
Magic drop of
Signet Ring Half (b).
- Marks of the
Occultist and
Witch can be discovered while training Alt. Magic. Tablets for these familiars will neither be consumed nor provide
Summoning XP if equipped while using Alt. Magic spells.
- Rune Preservation bonuses apply when casting Alt. Magic spells.
Amulet of Incantation can be used to speed up spells cast with Alt. Magic, and also provides +10% rune preservation chance specifically for Alt. Magic spells.
- GP received when casting Item Alchemy spells can be increased by taking advantage by global GP bonuses - a list of things granting this bonus can be seen on the Item Alchemy page.
- Spells requiring an item selection (such as
Just Learning) will only allow items which are unlocked in the Bank to be selected. Locked items must first be unlocked before they can be used with such spells.
Rune Preservation
In addition to the usual Rune Preservation bonuses available when using Magic, Alt. Magic also benefits from rune preservation bonuses specifically for Alt. Magic spells. These bonuses are additive, so for example a +20% Rune Preservation bonus combined with +10% Rune Preservation for Alt. Magic spells results in a combined +30% chance to preserve runes when casting Alt. Magic spells.
Source | Type | Rune Preservation | Other Modifiers |
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Item (Amulet) | +10% Rune Preservation for Alt. Magic Spells | -0.2s Magic Interval |
Constellation | +5% Rune Preservation for Alt. Magic Spells | +5% Chance to receive random Elemental Runes from Runecrafting when creating Runes +8% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +8% Accuracy Rating +5 Hidden Magic Level +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +8% Runecrafting Mastery XP +8% Magic Skill XP +8% Runecrafting Skill XP |
Spells
Spell | Requirements | Description | XP | Runes | Item Cost | |
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Just Learning | Convert selected item into 1 Rune Essence. | 5 | 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Superheat I | Create 1 x bars using 1 x required ores. | 8 | 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Converts 1 x Barrier Gem in to 6 x Barrier Dust. | 8 | 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Item Alchemy I | Convert selected item into GP worth 40% of the item's base sale price. | 10 | 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Bone Offering | Creates 3 x Bones. | 12 | 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Superheat II | Create 2 x bars using 1 x required ores. | 15 | 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Item Alchemy II | Convert selected item into GP worth 100% of the item's base sale price. | 18 | 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Converts 1 x Unholy Logs in to 5 x Unholy Dust. | 20 | 2 ![]() ![]() |
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Holy Invocation I | Enchants 1 x Small Urn which can then be buried for 150 Prayer Points | 25 | 10 ![]() |
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Rags to Riches I | Convert selected Junk item, obtained from Fishing, into a random Gem. | 21 | 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 1 ![]() ![]() |
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Blessed Offering | Creates 3 x Holy Dust. | 24 | 2 ![]() ![]() |
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Superheat III | Create 3 x bars using 1 x required ores. | 28 | 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Converts 1 x Cursed Logs in to 5 x Cursed Dust. | 35 | 3 ![]() ![]() |
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Rags to Riches II | Convert Coal Ore into a random Gem. | 32 | 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Item Alchemy III | Convert selected item into GP worth 160% of the item's base sale price. | 39 | 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Holy Invocation II | Enchants 1 x Medium Urn which can then be buried for 500 Prayer Points | 55 | 15 ![]() |
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Superheat IV | Create 3 x bars using 1 x required ores, ignoring all Coal Requirements. | 50 | 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Converts 1,000 x Pure Essence in to 600 x Rune Essence. | 60 | 8 ![]() ![]() |
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Converts a selected Superior Gem into Magic XP equal to 3% of the base sale price. | N/A | 12 ![]() ![]() |
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Converts 1,000 Rune Essence to 600 Pure Essence. | 85 | 12 ![]() |
1,000 ![]() 1 ![]() | ||
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Converts a Superior Gem into a random Summoning Shard where the base quantity received is equal to 2x the base sale price of the Gem, then divided by the base sale price of the Summoning Shard. | 99 | 15 ![]() |
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Create 5 x bars using 1 x required ores, ignoring all Coal Requirements. | 114 | 16 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 8 ![]() ![]() |
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Enchants 1 x Large Urn which can then be buried for 1,500 Prayer Points | 130 | 20 ![]() |
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Converts 500 Non-Perfect food into 300 of its Perfect version. | 147 | 30 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 20 ![]() ![]() |
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Converts 5 x Meteorite Ore into a random Superior Gem. | 165 | 25 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 25 ![]() ![]() |
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Convert selected item into GP worth 250% of the item's base sale price. | 184 | 15 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OR 15 ![]() ![]() |
Potion
Alt. Magic Potion | |||
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Potion | Tier | Charges | Effect |
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15 | -5% Magic Interval | |
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25 | -10% Magic Interval | |
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35 | -15% Magic Interval | |
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50 | -20% Magic Interval |
Skill Boosts
This table lists most sources of Alternative Magic-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.
Source | Type | Alternative Magic Boosts | Other Modifiers |
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-3% Interval for all non-Combat Skills | +8% Chance to Double Items Globally +40% Global GP (except Item Sales) +8% Global Mastery XP | ||
Constellation | +5% Rune Preservation for Alt. Magic Spells | +5% Chance to receive random Elemental Runes from Runecrafting when creating Runes +8% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +8% Accuracy Rating +5 Hidden Magic Level +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +8% Runecrafting Mastery XP +8% Magic Skill XP +8% Runecrafting Skill XP | |
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-5% Magic Interval | ||
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-10% Magic Interval | ||
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-15% Magic Interval | ||
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-20% Magic Interval | ||
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Item (Amulet) | -0.2s Magic Interval +10% Rune Preservation for Alt. Magic Spells |
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-3% Interval for all non-Combat Skills | +4% Global Mastery XP +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +4% non-Combat Skill XP |
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+30% Item Alchemy Item sale price conversion | ||
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-3% Interval for all non-Combat Skills | -3% Attack Interval | |
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-2% Interval for all non-Combat Skills | -0.1s Attack Interval -0.2s Monster Respawn Timer +3% Ammo Preservation +2% Chance to Double Items Globally +3% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Global GP (except Item Sales) +5% Accuracy Rating +5% Global Evasion +5% Global Mastery XP +50% Mastery Pool XP Cap +2% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +3% Rune Preservation +5% Slayer Coins +3% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges | |
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+3% Chance to Double Items in Magic |
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