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Introduction

Runecrafting has long been a very important skills and is a major resource for all of the runes produced in the Runescape economy. It has been viewed both good and bad: non-members see no use to it, while members see it as an easy money-maker. Everyone however will agree that Runecrafting is a very unique skill to train.

To start Runecrafting, complete the Rune Mysteries quest which will give you the basics of runecrafting. Rune Mysteries is MANDATORY for Runecrafting.

Basically, Runecrafting is about taking a essence to an altar, and infusing the essence into a rune. Altars are scattered all over Runescape and essence can be found in the essence mine which can be accessed by being teleport by various NPC's.

Talisman

Talismans are the entry key to all of the altars needed to runecraft. For example, the air talisman received from the reward of Rune Mysteries enables you to enter the air altar which is south of Falador. Inside the altar, you can craft your very own runes! However, there are much more talismans to be obtained, ranging from the air talisman to the death talisman!

Talismans are obtained in various different ways. The easiest way to obtain them is to kill the monsters that inhabit Runescape and you may find a talisman on the ground! Some talismans are easy to obtain, while others are much harder. Below is a list of talismans and what monsters drop them or if none drop them, how to obtain them:

(Abyssal monsters that are found in the Abyss drop various of these talismans)

Picture	Name	How to Obtain
	Air Talisman	Commonly dropped by: Air Wizards, Goblins, and Wizards
	Mind Talisman	Commonly dropped by: Imps, Wizards, and Dark Wizards
	Water Talisman	Commonly dropped by: Water Wizards, Wizards, and Dark Wizards
	Earth Talisman	Commonly dropped by: Earth wizards, Men, Women, Wizards, Dark Wizards, Al Kharid Warriors, Rogues, Lesser Demons and Greater Demons
	Fire Talisman	Commonly dropped by: Fire Wizards, Skeletons, Wizards, and Dark Wizards
	Body Talisman	Commonly dropped by: Guards, Wizards, Dark Wizards, and Giants
	Cosmic Talisman (m)	Obtained from random events, caskets while big net fishing, or as a drop from Lesser demons
	Chaos Talisman (m)	Commonly dropped by: Hobgoblins, Skeletons, Ice Warriors, Shadow Warriors, Black Knights, Lesser Demons, Hill giants, Fire giants, and Moss Giants
	Nature Talisman (m)	Commonly dropped by: Hobgoblins, Jogres, Moss Giants, and Green Dragons
	Law Talisman (m)	Commonly dropped by: Battle Tortoises, Terrorbirds, Ghouls, Guards, and Paladins
	Death Talisman (m)	Reward from the Mourning's End Part II quest. Also a drop from Dark Beasts, which require 90 slayer to kill
	Blood Talisman (m)	Reward from the Legacy of Seergaze quest. Also a drop from burning Vyrewatches.

Talismans with the (m) tags are only obtainable in member servers. Before, the Law Talisman was received from completing the quest Troll Stronghold. Recently, Jagex changed it as a common drop and changed the reward from Troll Stronghold to 2 10k xp lamps.

Altars

Now that you have your talisman, you can now go inside an altar! Altars are spread across the land of Gielinor and can be found by clicking "Locate" on your talisman. The talisman will tell you which direction is the altar of the same rune as the talisman. Use the talisman with the "Mysterious Ruins" and you will be transported to a place with the altar. Click on the altar to change all of your essences into that kind of rune.

To save your time, here is a list of the altars in Runescape:

Altars with the (m) signs are members only.

Runes

Now you know where to make runes, you want to know what you need and get for making them.

Runes Experience

Picture	Rune	Level Required	Essence Required	Exp Gained Per Essence
	Air Rune	1	Pure or Rune	5
	Mind Rune	2	Pure or Rune	5.5
	Water Rune	5	Pure or Rune	6
	Earth Rune	9	Pure or Rune	6.5
	Fire Rune	14	Pure or Rune	7
	Body Rune	20	Pure or Rune	7.5
	Cosmic Rune*	27	Pure	8
	Chaos* Rune	35	Pure	8.5
	Astral Rune*	40	Pure	8.7
	Nature Rune*	44	Pure	9
	Law Rune*	54	Pure	9.5
	Death Rune*	65	Pure	10
	Blood Rune*	77	Pure	10.5

* These runes require membership to craft.

The Abyss

The abyss is a brilliant way to train Runecrafting if your are not afraid of risk. You must finish the Mage Of Zamorak Miniquest to enter the Abyss. Although there is no longer a danger of being Pk'ed while traveling into the wilderness, it is a wise idea to wear some light armor to protect against the revenants and skeletons nearby.

In The Abyss, recommended items are a elemental tiara, a tinderbox and a woodcutting axe of any kind, these are to drop down the tendrils & burn the boils. A good thieving level is also recommended.

Spirit Graahk Nature Runecrafting

Another great way to train Runecrafting by nature runes is the Spirit Graahk method. This method requires 57 Summoning and 44 Runecrafting. What you do is teleport with the Spirit Graahk to the graahk hunting site, just a little bit west of the Nature Altar. Run east to the altar, craft your essence, then teleport to Castle Wars bank using a dueling ring. Then repeat. This is one of the fastest and most popular ways to train Runecrafting.

Tips

If you want to train magic, crafting your own natures runes (44 Runecrafting required) will remove almost all loss from training the skill.

Both essence and pure essence, the core materials of Runecrafting, can be mined in the essence mines. There is no requirement to mine normal essence but pure essence requires 30 mining and can only be mined and used on a members world. All members runes must be crafted with pure essence. Mining your own essence will make Runecrafting 100% profitable.

Major portions of this page were written by: Drag0n K1n