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 +35% Chance to preserve Runecrafting resources.

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
25%	17,375,000 xp	Grants 250% base Runecrafting XP from Runes
50%	34,750,000 xp	+10% resource preservation chance for Runecrafting
95%	66,025,000 xp	Grants an extra 5 Runes per craft
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.

Skillcape	Name	Requirements	Effect
	Runecrafting Skillcape	Level 99	+15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting
	Superior Runecrafting Skillcape	Level 120	Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +10% Rune Preservation

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Runecrafting action.

Pet	Name	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. Template:RunecraftingRunesTable

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 Strikes.
• Dust Runes are used for casting Earth combat spells like Earth Strike.
• Smoke Runes are used for casting Fire combat spells like Fire Strike.
• 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.
• Steam Runes currently have no use in casting any released Magic spell. At present, their sole use is as an ingredient for Crow tablets.

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 Runecraft
	II	30	+10% chance to gain 4 of a random Elemental Rune per Runecraft
	III	40	+25% chance to gain 6 of a random Elemental Rune per Runecraft
	IV	50	+50% chance to gain 8 of a random Elemental Rune per Runecraft

Summoning Boosts

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

Familiar 1		Familiar 2		Effect
	Crow			Create +2 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting
	Ent		Crow	+20% chance to preserve resources in Runecrafting when making staves
	Octopus		Crow	+5 base quantity when creating Combination runes that require Water Runes in Runecrafting
	Pig		Crow	+15% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cooking +15% chance to preserve resources when Runecrafting runes
	Crow		Salamander	+10% Smithing & Runecrafting Preservation Chance.
	Crow		Bear	While the Elemental Potion is active in Runecrafting, grants a chance to get random Combination Runes. The chance and quantity is equal to that of the Elemental Potion.
	Crow		Devil	+10 Fire Runes gained when Runecrafting elemental runes -5% Runecrafting Skill XP
	Crow		Eagle	-10% Runecrafting Interval
	Crow		Owl	+1.5% Runecrafting Mastery XP per maxed Star in Arachi constellation in Astrology

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.

Source	Type	Runecrafting Boosts	Other Modifiers
Gap Jump	Agility Obstacle 4	+3% Runecrafting Mastery XP
Arachi	Constellation	+8% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +8% Runecrafting Mastery XP +8% Runecrafting Skill XP	+5% Rune Preservation for Alt. Magic Spells +5% Chance to receive random Elemental Runes from Runecrafting when creating Runes +8% Accuracy Rating +5 Hidden Magic Level +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +8% Magic Skill XP
Runecrafters Boots	Item (Boots)	+2% Runecrafting Skill XP
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements for areas that require less than level 100 Slayer -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing -15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +5% Global Skill XP +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +25% Mastery Pool XP Cap Items that reduce Rune costs are now 2x as effective +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements for areas that require less than level 100 Slayer -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing -15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +5% Global Skill XP +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration Items that reduce Rune costs are now 2x as effective +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Runecrafting Skillcape	Item (Cape)	Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting
Superior Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Max Skillcape	Item (Cape)	Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Runecrafting Skillcape	Item (Cape)	Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting	+10% Rune Preservation
Runecrafting Lesser Relic	Item (Consumable)	-5% Runecrafting Interval	+30% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Cooking (Cannot be doubled)
Runecrafting Pouch	Item (Consumable)	+10% chance to preserve resources when Runecrafting runes
Runecrafting Scroll Of XP	Item (Consumable)	+3% Runecrafting Skill XP
Cool Winds Gloves	Item (Gloves)	-0.1s Runecrafting Interval Create +1 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +3% Runecrafting Mastery XP +10% Runecrafting Skill XP
Runecrafters Hat	Item (Helmet)	+2% Runecrafting Skill XP
Runecrafters Body	Item (Platebody)	+2% Runecrafting Skill XP
Runecrafters Leggings	Item (Platelegs)	+2% Runecrafting Skill XP
Crow	Item (Summon1, Summon2)	Create +2 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting
Gunter	Pet	+10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting
The Secret Glacial Hoard	Point of Interest	-0.1s Runecrafting Interval +10% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Runecrafting (Cannot be doubled)	-0.1s Herblore Interval +10% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled)
Expanded Knowledge	Upgrade	-15% Runecrafting Interval	-15% Herblore Interval

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