a few tips for f2p runecrafting

[ikraz66]

a lot of people complain about how hard runecrafting is, especially in f2p where we dont have access to the abyss or many teleports. However it is still a good skill to have, and a decent money maker at higher levels. plus its the only way to get runes without paying. I feel that my runecrafting level is respectable now, and i want to share some tips.

 

 

 

1) at lower lvls it is very hard to gain a profit and ess may be expensive for some new players, so it is a good idea to mine your own first 1-2k ess

 

 

 

2)make sure that you use enchanted tiaras instead of talismen. that way you can save an inventory space when training. Enchanting tiaras also gives 5 times the experience of crafting 1 ess. To enchant a tiara, keep a tiara, and a talisman of your choice in your inventory, then use the talisman with its respective altar.

 

 

 

3)first concentrate on getting your runecrafting lvl to 14 so that you can craft fire runes. this happens quickly and you can do it in under 30 minutes if you put your mind to it.

 

 

 

*4*)runecrafting can be EXTREMELY boring if you train it exclusively. a better idea would be to train it alongside another skill. for instance, I made it all the way from lvl 14 to 40 with fire runes. At the same time, i trained my mining. so what i did was wear a fire tiara, fill my inventory with ess in the al kharid bank, and run to the fire altar to craft the runes. From there, i would go to the al kharid mine and fill up my inventory with iron or silver, then go back and bank it. then repeat the cycle. The point is, i could craft a full load of runes without taking much time out of my routine. This is just an example, be creative with this method.

 

 

 

5)collect body talismen, they are by far the most common kind, and give the most exp when used to enchant tiaras. dont bother with body rune crafting. they are useless and not close enough to a bank to be good for exp. This is just a good way to get an exp. boost once in a while.

 

 

 

6) at lvl 44, you can craft 5 airs per ess. if you want, you can join the world 16 air crafting company. I dont want to explain how to do this, but there is a link to it in a recent tip.it times article: "how official are you". this is by far the fastest way to gain exp on free servers, so i've been told. unfortunately, i havent reached that level yet (i will soon) and havent tried this.

 

 

 

note: the air altar is the closest one to a bank

 

 

 

edit: the air crafting company official instructions can be found here

[B_50_2]

Craft Airs.

 

 

 

Fastest way, when you can 2x the next level then switch.

[Legend_Gaara]

I suggest just doing air runes...if you dont' mind it taking a while. If you want to make profit - Airs, but if you want just fast levels - body or fires.

[B_50_2]

Nope.

 

 

 

Fires and bodys are in ridiculous places.

 

 

 

Airs sell 15 each and with my lvl i 4x them.

[koddo]

Nope.

 

 

 

Fires and bodys are in ridiculous places.

 

 

 

Airs sell 15 each and with my lvl i 4x them.

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure Bodies are better experience than airs...

[ikraz66]

Nope.

 

 

 

Fires and bodys are in ridiculous places.

 

 

 

Airs sell 15 each and with my lvl i 4x them.

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure Bodies are better experience than airs...

 

 

 

not really. they arent very close to a bank and they're almost completely useless

[Skorne]

Yes, they do give more experience, but you can make use 1000 essence on air runes before you can use 1000 essence on body runes, so you'll actually get quicker (allbeit slightly less) experience doing airs.

[olle_bingbon]

I'm rc 52 and i powered bodies from lvl 47-50 quite fast xp since jagex removed that fence between barb village and monastry

[ikraz66]

I'm rc 52 and i powered bodies from lvl 47-50 quite fast xp since jagex removed that fence between barb village and monastry

 

 

 

sounds possible, but very boring. plus there is no hope of making any money that way

[Nero]

I did like the idea about mining a full inv of silver after crafting your fires, because I DO need some good crafting exp... :-k

[Dexek]

I agree, air runes is the way to go for F2P runecrafters.

[ironori]

I'm only lvl 40 when it comes to RC'ing, but so far, the most effective method that I've found is to go on other sites while I mine the ess. In fact, I'm talking here while RC'ing.

[Runed1]

The only rune I've crafted was airs, from 1 to 52 (where I am now) It is very boring. At my level I get 5x, soon 6x ^^

[jwrm22]

already collecting body talis for about a year...

[Enrico1992]

Nothing we didn't know yet...and crafting Airs is sooo much faster.

 

btw I'm F2P with RuneCrafting 47 \

[lordrex]

5)collect body talismen, they are by far the most common kind, and give the most exp when used to enchant tiaras. dont bother with body rune crafting. they are useless and not close enough to a bank to be good for exp. This is just a good way to get an exp. boost once in a while.

 

 

 

 

 

BODY runes are not useless

 

 

 

its fast and easy magic xp if u use full rune (no ammy and dhide vambs)

 

its cheap and way faster as firestrike

 

its 29 xp each time u cast it

 

ssince uwear full rune dhide vambs (no ammy) and an earth staff u use

 

1 body rune, 2 water runes each cast

 

 

 

its much clicking ...

 

 

 

 

 

but for runecrafting AIR RUNES al the way

[ishepp]

As a lvl 60 F2P crafter, I made airs almost exclusively.

 

 

 

Bodys are now indeed better xp, BUT, as is said already, you have no hope of making money here. The world 16 air company is excellent for the fastest F2P runecrafting xp, but you will lose a serious amount of money here, unless you get to 7x airs or higher. I crafted 17k ess in about 4 hours for 1.7mil gp and went from 56 to 60 rc. The airs sold for around 1.7mil too, so I just lost the ess, but I was making 6x airs already.

 

 

 

Even though the price of airs has dropped it seems recently, generally going for 15ea now rather than 20ea, air crafting is profitable from a very low lvl. Buying ess at 20ea, you make a profit at lvl 11. This is about 10 trips to the alter until you make money, which is incredible. Profit increases every 11 lvls, and with little effort you will be at lvl 33, for 4x airs. After this the lvls slow down significantly, but then again, you make a good profit.

 

 

 

To date, I estimate having made 1.5-2mil from solo running airs, perhaps more.

[meb]

50 runecrafting, airs all the way 8-) . Doing nothing but airs is teh most profitable way, and with 60 woodcutting you can get a load of Yews every time you walk back to the bank. Also nice for regenerating running energy.

[Doomster]

Airs - Level 1: You have to start with them, lowest XP, but one of the more desirable runes to use or trade. Miners can walk on to Rimmington mine.

 

 

 

Minds - Level 2: Can be in great demand, and great for arming your mage with strike spells. Altar location is pretty horrible though, a long walk from Falador (north gate) and a bit shorter (but low level wilderness) from Edgeville. Foor this reason , better to hold off until you get double (Level 14) or treble (Level 28).

 

 

 

Waters - Level 5: Altar is not too bad, from Draynor Bank or direct from Sedridor's teleport. Level 40 or higher miners can walk on to the Lumbridge mine - there is nothing for any lower level miners there.

 

 

 

Earths - Level 9: Not too bad from Varrock east and the run is rumoured to be a hotspot for Mimes/mazes, though Curse uses 3 earths and 2 waters, topping up with earth runes here and using a water staff works quite well, as this run is quicker than the waters.

 

 

 

Fires - Level 14: Never done them myself, as I go for the fire staff as soon as I can fire strike.

 

 

 

Body - Level 20: The higest F2p XP per ess and with the fence alteration, a lot faster than they used to be.

 

 

 

Curse trainers (water staff) would do well to power-level on bodies, from level 20 up to 26 for double earths.

 

 

 

 

 

If you do not have exceptional patience, mining ESS in packs of 500, rather than 1000, may be preferable, though if you are watching for level ups and double or treble ups, then do make certain that you have enough ESS to do it.

 

 

 

If you do bulk airs and minds (to trade or strike with), then watch the multiple rune points.

 

 

 

I did airs and other stuff to 28, minds all the way from 28 to 33 (tough, but worth it), then airs at 4x, arming my mage with strikes by the thousand.

 

 

 

There are times when you have to make that "bite the bullet" push, especially if you knoe that you do need the runes, and doing them piecemeal would actually cost you more time and essence.

[Indizle]

I'm rc 52 and i powered bodies from lvl 47-50 quite fast xp since jagex removed that fence between barb village and monastry

 

 

 

sounds possible, but very boring. plus there is no hope of making any money that way

 

 

 

its not always about the money. I personally found crafting bodies to be much faster experience using that method than airs. It takes only a bit longer per run than airs, but gives 2.5 exp more per rune, which translates to about 70 more exp per run. Over thousands of ess that makes a huge difference. And bodies make for good experience with curse training.

[ikraz66]

5)collect body talismen, they are by far the most common kind, and give the most exp when used to enchant tiaras. dont bother with body rune crafting. they are useless and not close enough to a bank to be good for exp. This is just a good way to get an exp. boost once in a while.

 

 

 

 

 

BODY runes are not useless

 

 

 

its fast and easy magic xp if u use full rune (no ammy and dhide vambs)

 

its cheap and way faster as firestrike

 

its 29 xp each time u cast it

 

ssince uwear full rune dhide vambs (no ammy) and an earth staff u use

 

1 body rune, 2 water runes each cast

 

 

 

its much clicking ...

 

 

 

 

 

but for runecrafting AIR RUNES al the way

 

 

 

 

 

this is a great point. i cursed my way from lvl 37-52 magic, but its 100 times easier to just buy bodies from the store for 2-3 gp ea than it is to craft. body runes have the lowest profit potential and the lowest demand of all kinds of rune. As a side note, you dont need full rune to do that trick, full bronze, or any kind of metal works equally well.

[lordrex]

5)collect body talismen, they are by far the most common kind, and give the most exp when used to enchant tiaras. dont bother with body rune crafting. they are useless and not close enough to a bank to be good for exp. This is just a good way to get an exp. boost once in a while.

 

 

 

 

 

BODY runes are not useless

 

 

 

its fast and easy magic xp if u use full rune (no ammy and dhide vambs)

 

its cheap and way faster as firestrike

 

its 29 xp each time u cast it

 

ssince uwear full rune dhide vambs (no ammy) and an earth staff u use

 

1 body rune, 2 water runes each cast

 

 

 

its much clicking ...

 

 

 

 

 

but for runecrafting AIR RUNES al the way

 

 

 

 

 

this is a great point. i cursed my way from lvl 37-52 magic, but its 100 times easier to just buy bodies from the store for 2-3 gp ea than it is to craft. body runes have the lowest profit potential and the lowest demand of all kinds of rune. As a side note, you dont need full rune to do that trick, full bronze, or any kind of metal works equally well.

 

 

 

 

 

Yea tru

 

like i said, runecrafting ==> airs

 

to train mage i buy the runes

[jwrm22]

5)collect body talismen, they are by far the most common kind, and give the most exp when used to enchant tiaras. dont bother with body rune crafting. they are useless and not close enough to a bank to be good for exp. This is just a good way to get an exp. boost once in a while.

 

 

 

 

 

BODY runes are not useless

 

 

 

its fast and easy magic xp if u use full rune (no ammy and dhide vambs)

 

its cheap and way faster as firestrike

 

its 29 xp each time u cast it

 

ssince uwear full rune dhide vambs (no ammy) and an earth staff u use

 

1 body rune, 2 water runes each cast

 

 

 

its much clicking ...

 

 

 

 

 

but for runecrafting AIR RUNES al the way

 

 

 

 

 

this is a great point. i cursed my way from lvl 37-52 magic, but its 100 times easier to just buy bodies from the store for 2-3 gp ea than it is to craft. body runes have the lowest profit potential and the lowest demand of all kinds of rune. As a side note, you dont need full rune to do that trick, full bronze, or any kind of metal works equally well.

 

 

 

 

 

Yea tru

 

like i said, runecrafting ==> airs

 

to train mage i buy the runes

 

body is only 2 seconds longer walk... and near 2x the exp...

[ghostman]

crafting tiaras is awesome xp also. I made about 200 body tiaras the other day, because somehow, there was about 200 body tallys in a general store...

[Pinkbullet3]

In my opinion, I think runecrafting is quite an easy skill. Here's why:

 

 

 

-Mining the ess requires no competition, unlike iron, coal, mith, and other rocks.

 

 

 

-Changing the ess into the runes requires a simple process:

 

 

 

a) gather the ess and the tiara/talisman

 

B) walk/run to the temple

 

c) click on the alter

 

d) get out of the temple

 

e) walk/run back to the bank

 

f) and repeat the process if needed :P

 

 

 

And keep in mind that I'm a F2P player, so members, please don't flame. :)