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.

Magic

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
Amulet of Incantation	Item (Amulet)	+10% Rune Preservation for Alt. Magic Spells	-0.2s Magic Interval
Arachi	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

	Requirements	Description	XP	Runes	Item Cost
Just Learning	Level 1	Convert selected item into 1 Rune Essence.	5	1 , 1
Superheat I	Level 5	Create 1 x bars using 1 x required ores.	8	1 , 2 , 2 OR 1 , 2
Barrier Dust	Level 7	Converts 1 x Barrier Gem in to 6 x Barrier Dust.	8	1 , 1	1 Barrier Gem
Item Alchemy I	Level 10	Convert selected item into GP worth 40% of the item's base sale price.	10	1 , 3
Bone Offering	Level 18	Creates 3 x Bones.	12	1 , 1
Superheat II	Level 25	Create 2 x bars using 1 x required ores.	15	1 , 3 , 3 OR 1 , 3
Item Alchemy II	Level 35	Convert selected item into GP worth 100% of the item's base sale price.	18	1 , 4
Unholy Offering	Level 40	Converts 1 x Unholy Logs in to 5 x Unholy Dust.	20	2 , 1	1 Unholy Logs
Holy Invocation I	Level 40	Enchants 1 x Small Urn which can then be buried for 150 Prayer Points	25	10	1 Small Urn
Rags to Riches I	Level 48	Convert selected Junk item, obtained from Fishing, into a random Gem.	21	1 , 2 , 2 OR 1 , 2
Blessed Offering	Level 56	Creates 3 x Holy Dust.	24	2 , 1
Superheat III	Level 64	Create 3 x bars using 1 x required ores.	28	1 , 4 , 4 , 1 OR 1 , 4 , 1
Cursed Offering	Level 65	Converts 1 x Cursed Logs in to 5 x Cursed Dust.	35	3 , 2	1 Cursed Logs
Rags to Riches II	Level 70	Convert Coal Ore into a random Gem.	32	2 , 4 , 4 , 2 OR 2 , 4 , 2	1 Coal Ore
Item Alchemy III	Level 76	Convert selected item into GP worth 160% of the item's base sale price.	39	1 , 5 , 2
Holy Invocation II	Level 80	Enchants 1 x Medium Urn which can then be buried for 500 Prayer Points	55	15	1 Medium Urn
Superheat IV	Level 95	Create 3 x bars using 1 x required ores, ignoring all Coal Requirements.	50	2 , 7 , 7 , 3 OR 2 , 7 , 3
Nullification	Level 100	Converts 1,000 x Pure Essence in to 600 x Rune Essence.	60	8 , 5	1,000 Pure Essence 1 Runestone
Transmutation	Level 102	Converts a selected Superior Gem into Magic XP equal to 3% of the base sale price.	N/A	12 , 6
Purification	Level 105	Converts 1,000 Rune Essence to 600 Pure Essence.	85	12	1,000 Rune Essence 1 Runestone
Fragmentation	Level 108	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
Superheat V	Level 110	Create 5 x bars using 1 x required ores, ignoring all Coal Requirements.	114	16 , 16 , 16 , 10 OR 8 , 10
Holy Invocation III	Level 112	Enchants 1 x Large Urn which can then be buried for 1,500 Prayer Points	130	20	1 Large Urn
Embellish	Level 114	Converts 500 Non-Perfect food into 300 of its Perfect version.	147	30 , 30 , 30 , 30 OR 20 , 15	2 Runestone 100 Charcoal
Rags to Riches III	Level 116	Converts 5 x Meteorite Ore into a random Superior Gem.	165	25 , 40 , 40 , 40 OR 25 , 20	5 Meteorite Ore
Item Alchemy IV	Level 118	Convert selected item into GP worth 250% of the item's base sale price.	184	15 , 24 , 24 , 24 OR 15 , 12