From 1 to 99: Runecrafting

Ok, as usual, the first things come first. Before you even begin to craft runes, you must complete the Rune Mysteries quest. Now I know that the majority of you are experienced runescape players, but disclaimers must be disclaimed, in any case. However, even though my assumptions lead me to believe that few of you have very low runecrafting levels, I'm still going to start the guide from level 1, and stay true to the title.

So, the first thing you're gonna want to do is acrue a mass of rune essence ("ess"). This is mined at the "Rune Essence Mine" (yes, the name is official enough to earn quotation marks!) which can only be accessed by being teleported by select wizards or store owners. The best for non-members is Aubury in Varrock, while the best spot for members is the Wizard's Guild in Yanille. These are both close to a bank, meaning less walking back and forth. I suggest getting 2.6k rune essence to start with. Don't worry, you'll get it fast.

Once you have your large amount of rune essence, it's still not time to craft. You can't enter the runecrafting altars unless you have a talisman, which corresponds with an aforementioned altar. I suggest collecting one of each of the non-member talismans to start out with. Wizards drop all of the F2P talismans, if killing innocent mages is a path you're interested in traveling. You can also buy them off of other players, which is cheaper and involves a lot less bloodshed :).

When you have all of your talismans, collect a few blank tiaras, through either purchase or through means of crafting. You can also skip a step and buy the pre-enchanted tiaras, but you'll have to craft a few more runes in the long run. So, like I was saying, you've got your talismans, you've got your ess, you've got your tiaras, you've got to GO!

A note before we start: The layout of this guide will be done like the example below:

Levels: Here there be the levels this section is addressing

Runes you're crafting: You'll be making this type of rune

Trips you're making: You're walking back and forth repetitively this number of times

Ess used: How many of those funny circle-rocks you're gonna need

Hints: If everything goes right, some hints will be here. "Accidents" do happen, though...

The rest of this section is basically number crunching, but it could potentially save you time. Some instructions will be shown under the hints section. Don't stop reading, though, there's still some junk at the end that you might want to read. Breaks to mine essence will be displayed as so:

<<<------------Go Mine some ess, fool!------------>>>

You only wear a tiara when runecrafting. You can run longer with less equipment. Members can wear boots of lightness for added comfort.

Levels: 1-11

Runes you're crafting: Airs

Trips you're making: 10

Ess used: 278

Hints: Ok, so this is your first run. You get 5 experience per air rune crafted, thus a full inventory will get you 140 xp. But your first run isn't a full inventory. You've gotta bring along your talisman and tiara. The altar is located south of Falador, north of Rimmington, east of the Makeover Mage and west of the path that runs by the quaint little farm.

Enter the altar with your talisman, and then use it to make your tiara. Never take this off, unless you're switching tiaras or taking a break, of course. Doesn't it make you feel pretty?

So anyway, craft your runes, then go through the conveniently placed glowing yellow circle. Congratulations, you've just become level 2 runecrafting! Follow the aforementioned path by the quaint little farm all the way up to Falador East bank. Bank your airs, and withdraw 28 ess. Go back to the altar, make your airs, then visit the bank again. You've just given level 3 a miss and gone straight on to level 4. Repeat this 8 more times to get to level 11 runecrafting. Now, if you try to go back, you'll get twice the amount of air runes! (same amount of xp, though)

Levels: 11-22

Runes you're crafting: Earths or Fires

Trips you're making: 22

Ess used: 614

Hints: In that last little morsel of information, you just gained the levels to craft 66% of all non-member runes. Gratz. You now can craft a bunch of other runes, but their altars are too far from a bank to be time-saving. What is suggested it to take a pick of either Fire runes (the altar is above the duel arena) or Earth runes (the altar is near the Wild Boar inn) for This next section. They're both relatively the same distance from the bank, so I'd suggest going with fire runes.

Crafting these gives 196 XP per full load (earths are 182 XP), and making the fire tiara gives 35 XP(32.5 for earths). So that's 217 XP on your first load. That's about halfway between level 12 and level 13. Go back and forth between the altar, bringing 28 ess each time until you've reached level 22.

Levels: 22-33

Runes you're crafting: Bodies

Trips you're making: 60

Ess used: 1,680

Hints: You've probably begun to notice that you're not gaining a level every trip. You've probably also noticed you'll be able to craft body runes, the ultimatum of F2P rc-ing, with 210 XP per load. The tiara is 37.5 XP. So, in theory, making tiaras gives the most XP. However, you will be spending a lot more money and effort to get all of the talismans necissary to make those tiaras. The runes are definitely the best way to go. Anyway, grab your unenchanted tiara, talisman, and rune essence, and head a little west of barbarian village, and south of the monastary. When banking, you have two options: Edgeville or Falador. Pick one, and stick with it until level 33. You'll be surprised how much time you waste being fickle. I believe edgeville is slightly shorter, though. So anyway, continue for 60 (gasp!) trips, and in a while, you'll have 33 runecrafting.

<<<-If you're a member, then go mine some ess (pure or not, depending on the following) fool!->>>

Levels: 33-44

Runes you're crafting: Bodies or Cosmics

Trips you're making: Minimum of 178

Ess used: Minimum of 4,984

Hints: Ok, so you're faced with another choice. Body runes or Cosmic runes. If you still have a few ess left over, I'd finish it up, then mine some pure ess. If you're an F2P, forget the rest of the guide, and just go with body runes until level 99. Keep in mind, that Cosmic runes have a longer journey to the altar from a bank, but are more profitable to sell.

<<<------------(Members) Go mine some pure ess, fool! ------------->>>

Levels: 44-99

Runes you're crafting: Natures

Trips you're making: 57,684

Ess used: 1,442,100

Hints: The last new rune you'll be crafting, if you're going for speed. I'd suggest get about 10K pure ess (NOTED!!!) to start, and 40K. Take a ship from Ardongue to Brimhaven, and be prepared for monotony. Sell 25 NOTED!!! pure ess to the general store that's halfway between Tai Bwo Wannai and Brimhaven. (Hint: It's on the west side, past the "neck" of the island) Immeadiately buy back your ess to have 25 unnoted pure essence. Walk diagonally through Tai Bwo Wannai, (if you really look, you can see a path) past the mining area, and you'll wind up North-by-northeast of Shilo Village, precisely where the altar is. You can also use the Shilo Village bank if you've completed the quest. (I haven't...) If you want to go from level 44 to level 99 all in one go, you'll need 1,442,100 ess, 141,325,800 gp, and nerves of steel. (the bank can replace the money, so it would be wise to complete the Shilo Village quest)

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE EARNED 99 RUNECRAFTING!!!!

Trips you've made: 57,954

Total ess used (pure and regular): 1,449,656

Extra Junk:

The Abyss

The abyss is a risky, yet worthwhile way to craft runes. After completing a short mini-quest (begin it in level 5 wilderness, just follow the river Lum upstream until you see a Zamorak monk), you can craft your ess much faster. However, unpon entering, you will be "skulled", and susceptible to being harmed by PKers. I don't use it, personally. However, you can get rune pouches from the abyss, which can hold a certain number of runes. You can only have pouch of each kind, so I'd suggest getting one of each.

Small pouches (level 1 to have) hold 3 rune essence

Medium pouches (level 25) hold 6

Large pouches (level 50) hold 9

Giant pouches (level 75) hold 12

Runners

Runners are very important aspect of runecrafting which I forgot to mention. I wouldn't suggest getting them when you're first starting out becaus you're clearly not going to be able to make a profit off of them. I would suggest using runners when crafting cosmics, nats, laws, or deaths, since they are the runes whose altars are the furthest away from a bank, and you can make back the money you spend on runners easily.

That's it for now. I know what you're thinking, "Man, that guy can ramble on about runecrafting!" My defense? It's a gift.

If you plan on leaving a negative comment such as "bleah, I don't like it!", it would help me a lot if you told me what the problem with my guide was, since I would like to improve on it.

You can use this guide (you as in anyone who wishes to use it on their individual sites, etc) so long as you (also meaning anyone who wishes to use it on their individual sites, etc) contact me first and give me credit.

Nice guide, you've done your homework :-k

nah, it was easy. you just need the formulas.

good guide...but i find it alot easier to get 44 rc on members by crafting fires and using the dueling rings to craft at dueling arena tele to castle wars bank then back extremely close to the fire altar

Eh, I take my post back.

amazing guide but once you get lvl 54 runecraft cant u start law makin to runners on world 66 and 99

Infomative enough. Still needs lots of work though :?

amazing guide but once you get lvl 54 runecraft cant u start law makin to runners on world 66 and 99

You can, but it is extremely expensive due to the price of pure ess. You lose lots of money compared to the experience you gain.

amazing guide but once you get lvl 54 runecraft cant u start law makin to runners on world 66 and 99

 

You can, but it is extremely expensive due to the price of pure ess. You lose lots of money compared to the experience you gain.

ye but if you go world 99 you dont have to give ess back or atleast the last time i was there they werent givin it back but it is expencive for world 66 because they give ess back

amazing guide but once you get lvl 54 runecraft cant u start law makin to runners on world 66 and 99

 

You can, but it is extremely expensive due to the price of pure ess. You lose lots of money compared to the experience you gain.

That's why I suggest to mine your pure ess. It takes longer, but it's much cheaper.

I've another guide up, for woodcutting and firemaking, f you're interested: here

4.5/10

Those are all horrid way to train. 44-99 especially sucked.

4.5/10

 

 

 

Those are all horrid way to train. 44-99 especially sucked.

I never said you had to like it, I never said you had to agree with it, but at least tell me what I can improve on.

Infomative enough. Still needs lots of work though :?

Yea, FOOL, lost of work still needed.

again, specifics?

first off good guide i guess thoue fire runes is a bit easier than bodies...

Secondly: explain the concept of pure ess plz! :? Its mind boggling...i cant grasp it...

Thank you

Level 1-14:

Mine 450 Ess, go from Fally East to Air Alter.

14-44:

Buy 200 Dueling Ring, 8-10K ess, craft Fires.

44-54:

Buy ess, make Natures.

54-91:

Air runes with W16

Laws with W66

Laws with W99 (NOT SUGGESTED)

Abyss RCing

91-99:

Hire runners offering 50 nats for 25 ess a trade.

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first off good guide i guess thoue fire runes is a bit easier than bodies...

 

 

 

Secondly: explain the concept of pure ess plz! :? Its mind boggling...i cant grasp it...

 

 

 

Thank you

Ok, pure ess is just like regular ess, except it is the only kind of rune essence that can be used to make cosmics, deaths, chaoses, and nats.

oh ok

Level 1-14:

 

 

 

Mine 450 Ess, go from Fally East to Air Alter.

 

 

 

14-44:

 

 

 

Buy 200 Dueling Ring, 8-10K ess, craft Fires.

 

 

 

44-54:

 

 

 

Buy ess, make Natures.

 

 

 

54-91:

 

 

 

Air runes with W16

 

Laws with W66

 

Laws with W99 (NOT SUGGESTED)

 

Abyss RCing

 

 

 

91-99:

 

 

 

Hire runners offering 50 nats for 25 ess a trade.

 

 

 

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Ok, your way may or may not be better, but either way, I said that most of the guide was just number crunching, and your numbers were just crunched a bit more expensively.

I've another guide up, for woodcutting and firemaking, f you're interested: here

Woow chicken feather rank and already 3 guides :|

nice guide btw

In my defence, Woodcutting and Firemaking are combined into one guide.

Good guide. You make it sound so easy :P

Don't want to flame or anything but you only have level 48 runecraft.

So you can't really prove this guide works.

for most people who make natures the abbyss is the only way to go :?

possibly list different methods on how to make each rune and companies like ffl?