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To start using the runecrafting skill you need, as with herblore, to complete a quest. The Rune Mysteries quest begins
in the Castle of Lumbridge, where the duke has found a mysterious thing. Take it to the wizard tower south of draynor. Enter
the basement and talk to Sedridor the wizard. He'll tell you to take a talisman to the rune merchant Aubury in Varrock. Do
so, and he'll ask you to go back to Sedridor. Speak to the wizard, and you will complete the quest. Congratulations, you can
now teleport to the Rune Essence by talking to Sedridor, Aubury, the wizard in Ardougne, the gnome hiding in a cave in the
south west corner of Gnome Stronghold, or a wizard in the magic guild. Rune Essences look like this:  To craft runes, you will first need a talisman. In the quest, you receive an air talisman for free, the others
you'll have to obtain yourself. Luckily, I know where to get them, as they're all obtained by killing monsters:
| Talisman |
Picture |
Who drops? |
| Air |
 |
Given by Sedridor when completing quest, dropped by level 2 goblins. |
| Mind |
 |
Dropped by Imps, Wizards, Yanille Tower Guards |
| Water |
 |
Dropped by Wizards and Dark Wizards |
| Earth |
 |
Dropped by Men & Women around Runescape, Al Kharid Warriors and Farmers Also dropped
by rogues |
| Fire |
 |
Dropped by Guards, Dark Wizards, Skeletons (lvl18) |
| Body |
 |
Dropped by Guards and Giants |
| Cosmic |
 |
Dropped by Lesser Demons, Ice Giants, Mysterious Old Man, Otherworldly Beings and Caskets (Big
Net Fishing) |
| Chaos |
 |
Dropped by Lesser Demons, Skeletons (lvl45), Giants, Chaos Druids, Moss Giants, Otherworldy
Beings, given by the Mysterious Man Random Event, Chaos Dwarfs, Black Demons, Ice Warriors, Greater Demons, Baby Blue Dragons,
Hobgoblins, Fire Giants, Shadow Warriors and Mountain Dwarfs |
| Nature |
 |
Dropped by Moss giants, Barbarians, Green Dragons (lvl 83; North of Hobgloblin Mine and South of
Lava Maze) , Red Dragons, Lesser Demons, Greater Demons, Blue Dragons, Hobgoblins and Paladins |
| Death |
 |
Not Yet Available |
| Law |
 |
Not Yet Available |
| Blood |
 |
Not Yet Available |
| Soul |
 |
Not Yet Available | When you have a talisman, you're going to need
some empty runes to make magical. These are obtained by mining the Rune Essence, and therefore they're called Rune Essences.
They are not stackable, but fairly easy to mine, taking no mining level; the better pick you have, the faster you get essences.
Talk to one of the teleporters listed above (make sure to bring a pick), and ask to go to the Rune Essence. Mine how many
you'd like and use one of the portals to go back. To craft the essences into runes, you need to find the temple of
the element you wish to make runes of, e.g. the air temple for air runes. Use the locate option on your talisman and follow
the direction, or look here to find the temples:
| Element: |
Where is the Temple? |
| Air |
South west of Falador south gate. |
| Mind |
On the hill above goblin village, 3 steps from wildy. |
| Water |
Lumbridge swamp, southwest from place where u start lost city quest |
| Earth |
North east of Varrock |
| Fire |
North of Al Kharid, southwest from mining place and just after the duel arena |
| Body |
Just west of Barbarian Village |
| Cosmic |
Inside Zanaris (lost city), south of the cow pen in lost city, there's a new long tunnel there
and at the end is the cosmic altar. |
| Chaos |
in level 9 wilderness, north of Edgeville. |
| Nature |
Deep Karamja jungle, just north of Shilo. |
| Death |
Not Yet Available |
| Law |
Not Yet Available |
| Blood |
Not Yet Available |
| Soul |
Not Yet Available | To enter the temple, use your talisman on the
mysterious ruins. To craft the runes, just click the Craft-rune option at the alter inside the temple. This will automatically
make all the essence you carry into the corresponding rune. Each temple represents their element in construction, so the fire
temple is a volcano, the cosmic is deep space, and the chaos is a maze, fit for panicking. When you achieve a certain
level of runecrafting, you will make additional runes of one kind each essence you make. Look in the table below for the levels
and xp given. Please note that you get xp each essence you make, not each rune.
| Rune |
XP |
Level to Make |
Level for 2x |
Level for 3x |
Level for 4x |
Level for 5x |
Level for 6x |
Level for 7x |
Level for 8x |
| Air |
5 |
1 |
11 |
22 |
33 |
44 |
55 |
66 |
77 |
| Mind |
5.5 |
2 |
14 |
28 |
42 |
56 |
70 |
84 |
98 |
| water |
6 |
5 |
19 |
38 |
57 |
76 |
95 |
- |
- |
| Earth |
6.5 |
9 |
26 |
52 |
78 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fire |
7 |
14 |
35 |
70 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Body |
7.5 |
20 |
46 |
92 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Cosmic |
8 |
27 |
59 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Chaos |
8.5 |
35 |
74 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Nature |
9 |
44 |
91 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Death |
9.5 |
54 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Law |
10 |
54 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Blood |
10.5 |
77 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Soul |
11 |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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