Can anyone tell me why fire is the cheapest rune in RS?

[Xx_Flare_xX]

Because they're hot! (joke intended)

 

 

 

plus soo many are being made and dropped from other people/npc's

[JAMjE]

Large supply and Low demand = excess supply

 

Those who have fire runes put them to the lowest price in order to try and sell them.

[ultimatballr]

Not to mention that they are the easiest rune to craft WITHOUT using the Abyss.

[WyvernWyvern]

you guys forget that like everyone in F2P uses fire runes instead of a staff. They usually pair it with an air staff. there's the demand.

[Bauke]

Large supply and Low demand = excess supply

 

Those who have fire runes put them to the lowest price in order to try and sell them.

 

You describe a mechanism. This topic is not for the mechanism, but because of the "why". The mechanism of supply and demand describes how an economy works, but not what the reason is behind a shift in the supply and demand.

[spooferfish]

Because so many slayer monsters drop assloads of them.

 

 

 

Doesn't F2P powertrain RC on them as well?

[Knotch_Blade]

you guys forget that like everyone in F2P uses fire runes instead of a staff. They usually pair it with an air staff. there's the demand.

 

 

 

But still, that demand is massively low, and there is still a large excess of fire runes keeping the price low.

 

 

 

~Knotch

[Trollface]

I get ~1k runes every task. On monsters like fire giants, I have even gotten 2k+ runes.

[Naive]

In my opinion it's the massive drops from slayer monsters. I haven't the foggiest of how many fires have been crafted though, so I could be wrong. They both definitely contribute though.