Table of Contents:

• Definitions
• Runes
  • Combination Runes
• Spells and Experience
  • Spells Table
  • Types of Spells
  • Slayer's staff/Staff of light
  • Ancient Magic Spellbook
  • Lunar Magic Spellbook
  • Dungeoneering Spellbook
• Enchanted Jewelry
• Enchanting Bolts
• Staves
• Wands
• Off-hand equipment
• What to Wear
• Quests
• Wizard's Mind Bomb
• Guild
• Temporary level boosts and Quest rewards
• Cape of Accomplishment

Definitions

Lets begin with some basic definitions of magic-related items:

1. Rune - Runes are stones with magical qualities that allow you to cast spells.
2. Staff - The staff is the basic weapon used by the wizard. Certain staffs are more powerful than others, and some take the place of certain runes (more on that later).
3. Robes - Robes are the only clothing made especially for mages. Robes are very light, which allows mages to run farther than if they were in metal armor, and they also add to our maging capabilities, unlike armor, which lowers the amount of damage you do and the experience you gain.
4. Mage - One who uses magic.

Magic is an amazingly powerful form of combat. Magic is like ranging, but instead of using arrows, mages use their magic spells. Your magic level tells you which spells you can cast, and how much and how often you will hit an enemy with your spell. As your magic level gets higher, more spells become available to you, and as your level rises, you can hit more often and for higher amounts with spells you already know.

Magic can also be used out of combat. With magic, you can change bones into food, turn anything into cash, teleport to the major cities, and much more! Your magical defense is balanced in a 70% magic skill and 30% defense split.

To look at the spells you can cast, access the Ability book and click on the Magic tab. Hover your mouse over the spells and you will see the level and the runes required for the spell:

If you have the runes, it will show the amount of runes you have next to the amount required for the spell.

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Runes

To get runes to cast spells, you can buy them from either rune store (one in Port Sarim, one in Varrock). The rune store in Port Sarim is cheaper than the one in Varrock, but it only stocks 1000 of each basic rune opposed to the 5000 in Varrock. The stores stock air, fire, water, earth, body, mind, chaos, and death runes. Runes can also be bought in the Magic Guild (Yanille) and the Mage Arena. Another very good way to get runes is to craft them yourself. Refer to the Runecrafting Skill Guide for information. Consult the following chart to see a mini-picture of each rune, and some details:

Rune	Image	Classification	Spawning Location(s)
Air		Elemental	Musa Point behind Luthas' house, in the forest west of Lumbridge, Dark Warriors Castle
Armadyl		Used for the Storm of Armadyl spell	None
Astral*		Used for Lunar Magicks	None
Blood*		Ancient magicks and some Lunar spells	Wilderness
Body		Weaken and some Lunar spells	Al Kharid Scimitar Shop, Northwest Varrock, Wilderness
Chaos		Curse, Teleport block and Vulnerability	Dark Warriors Castle, Wilderness
Cosmic		Used for Enchantment	Deep Wilderness on the Ice Plateau
Death		Ancient magicks, Slayer dart and Vengeance spells	Southeast of Yanille surrounded by Grey Wolves
Earth		Elemental	North Varrock Forest, Varrock Sewers
Fire		Elemental	Al Kharid Mine, Karamja Dungeon, Merlin's Workshop in Camelot Castle
Law		Used for Teleportation and Telekinesis	No spawn point, you need to kill monsters
Mind		Confuse, Stagger and Monster examine	Lumbridge Castle, Varrock sewers
Nature		Used for Conversion	Wilderness, Ardougne (chests), Rellekka north shore island (requires Telegrab)
Soul*		Used for High Level Curse Attacks and Teleother spells	Wizard's Guild
Water		Elemental	Al-Kharid Mine

*Members-Only Runes

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Combination Runes (Members-only)

Combination runes act as one of each supporting rune. For example, casting the Earth surge spell (normally requiring 5 Earth and Air) would require only 5 Dust runes. Refer to the Runecrafting Skill Guide for details on making these runes.

Rune	Image	Acts As	Best Use {Other Uses}
Mist		Air and Water	Water missile attacks
Dust		Air and Earth	Earth missile attacks
Mud		Earth and Water	Bind, Snare, Vulnerability, Enfeeble, Entangle, Stun, Bones to bananas, Enchant lvl-5 jewelry
Smoke		Air and Fire	Ancient Magic Smoke attacks, Fire missile attacks
Steam		Fire and Water	Ape Atoll Teleport
Lava		Earth and Fire	Enchant lvl-6 jewelry

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Spells and Experience

The amount you hit with your spell affects the amount of experience you receive; a higher hit gives more experience. If you hit a 5, you will gain 4 experience for each point you hit for, so you gain 20 experience. Some pictures that may be of some help when using magic to fight are shown below, along with a table that shows the spells, the magic level needed to cast them, the runes needed to cast them, and the effect of the spell.

To auto-cast any of the spells, simply left click on the spell, provided you have all the runes required.

The spellbook is accessed through the Ability book and is divided into four sections: Abilities, Combat-spells, Teleport-spells and Skilling-spells. The images below show each section, in the same order as the aforementioned list. The spells that are darkened (all of the ones shown here) cannot be cast because you do not have the right amount of runes or magic level needed to cast them.

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Magic Spells Table

* Members-only spells

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Types of Spells

Certain types of spells are used for certain things. First there are the Missile spells. The missile spells include all of the battle spells that actually cause damage to your opponent during a fight.

The second type of spell is the Enchant spell. Enchant spells are used to enchant jewelry. Jewelry that can be enchanted right now are amulets, rings, bracelets and necklaces. Of these, only amulet spells are available to free players. F2p can enchant Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, and Diamond amulets, while members can enchant Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, Dragon, and Onyx amulets, rings, bracelets and necklaces.

Conversion spells are very important and useful. Conversion spells are used to convert things into other things. These spells are: Bones to Bananas, Bones to Peaches, Low Level Alchemy, and High Level Alchemy (Low alch and High alch). High alch is a great spell for getting cash. Alchemy turns any item on which the spell is cast into gp. The amount of Gp received is the same as if you sold that item to the item's respective specialty store when the store has no stock of the item.

The final type of spell is the Teleportation Spell. These spells are extremely useful, especially for members who have to travel long distances to go places since their world is so much bigger. Teleportation is not just for teleporting your character though. Tele-grab is another useful teleportation spell. It grabs whatever item you cannot reach but can see so you don't have to actually be next to it and pick it up.

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Slayer's staff/Staff of light

A Slayer's staff (55 Slayer and Magic required) is a staff used for activities such as Barrows and for Slaying monsters which require the spell 'Magic Dart.' A Staff of light (75 Magic and Attack required) is a higher leveled version of the Slayer's staff that adds 15% more damage and has a 1/8 chance to not use runes when casting a spell.

When setting spells to auto cast, the Slayer's staff and Staff of light can only auto-cast the following spells:

• Magic Dart
• Wind Wave
• Water Wave
• Fire Wave
• Earth Wave

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Ancient Magic Spellbook

To use Ancient Magic, you must have completed the Desert Treasure Quest. To switch between the Ancient Magic and the standard Magic spellbook, pray at the altar inside the pyramid where you finished the quest. Every time you pray at this altar, your prayer will be drained.

Ancient spells can be cast and auto-cast with any type of staff. To do so, right-click the spell and select the Auto-cast option.

• Gale (air) spells reduce your targets chance to hit by 5% for 10 seconds
• Rock spells (earth) reduce your target's damage by 5% for 10 seconds
• Bloodfire (fire) spells restore your lifepoints by 5% of the damage dealt to your target
• Ice spells (water) stop your target from moving for 10 seconds
  

• Rush spells are medium level single target spells
• Burst spells are medium level multi-target spells
• Blitz spells are high level single target spells
• Barrage spells are high level multi-target spells

Multi-target spells can hit a up to 9 targets at a maximum as long as they are standing in the 3x3 grid where the spell is cast.

For attack spells, the base experience points (XP) are listed in the table. To calculate XP for these spells, follow this formula: Damage Inflicted x 2 + Base XP = Total XP

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Lunar Magic Spellbook

To get started with Lunar Magic, a character must have completed the Lunar Diplomacy quest. Additional spells are unlocked through completion of the Dream mentor quest and the Livid farm minigame. Those who have completed the Lunar Diplomacy quest may access the Lunar spellbook by praying at the Astral Altar on Lunar Isle; this action does not drain prayer like the altar for Ancient Magicks.

All Lunar Magic requires Astral Runes, and there are no battle spells in Lunar Magic; there is therefore no autocast option for these spells. Much of Lunar Magic involves teleportation, as most of the teleport spells have a group-based variant. Other Lunar Magic spells involve object manipulation and aiding other players in the area.

*Must be unlocked through the Livid Farm mini-game.

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Dungeoneering Spellbook

While Dungeoneering, you have access to a wide variety of spells found in the standard spells table listed above and various Lunar spells. In addition, there are multiple teleportation spells that are unique to Dungeoneering.

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Enchanted Jewelry

Jewelry containing gems (see Crafting Skill Guide can be enchanted using spells from the list above. Cosmic runes are always required to enchant jewelry. Different enchanted items have different uses, as shown in the table below. There are only a few non-member options in this particular field. To activate teleportation jewelry, you can either right-click the item in your inventory and select 'rub' or right-click the item while equipped and select 'operate'.

Item	Image	Gem	Effect	Charges
Ring of recoil *		Sapphire	When equipped, deals opponents you fight 10% of the damage they deal to you.	Crumbles after 40 hp of damage is dealt.
Bracelet of clay *		Sapphire	When equipped, Player will mine soft clay instead of hard clay.	28
Games necklace *		Sapphire	Teleport to Burthorpe Games Rooms, Barbarian Outpost, Clan Wars, or Bounty Hunter.	8
Amulet of magic		Sapphire	When equipped, provides a 3.2% Magic critical damage bonus.	Unlimited.
Ring of dueling *		Emerald	Teleports you to Duel Arena, Castle Wars, Fist of Guthix, or Mobilising Armies.	8
Castlewar brace *		Emerald	When equipped, will deal 20% more damage against a enemy bearing their team's flag and Castlewars bandages heal 50% more.	3 (one charge used for each Castlewars game. Bonus is still in effect for the 3rd charge, even when bracelet has crumbled.
Necklace of binding *		Emerald	When equipped while runecrafting combination runes, will have 100% success.	15
Amulet of defence		Emerald	When equipped, provides a 2.6% critical damage bonus to Melee, Ranged and Magic.	Unlimited
Amulet of nature *		Emerald	Can be assigned to a Farming patch and player will be able to check on status of the patch.	Unlimited
Ring of forging *		Ruby	When equipped while smelting iron bars, will have 100% success.	140
Inoculation brace *		Ruby	None.	N/A
Digsite pendant *		Ruby	Teleports you to the North side of the Digsite Area.	5
Amulet of strength		Ruby	When equipped, provides a 3.2% Melee critical damage bonus.	Unlimited.
Ring of life *		Diamond	When equipped and your hitpoints drops below 10% of your total hitpoints, you will be teleported (with all your items) to your respawn location. (SEE WARNING **)	1
Forinthry brace *		Diamond	When equipped, prevents Revenants from damaging the player for one minute.	5
Phoenix necklace *		Diamond	When equipped and your lifepoints drops below 20%, auto restores 30% of the total hitpoints. This will take effect over a Ring of life.	1
Amulet of power		Diamond	When equipped, provides a 3% critical damage bonus to Melee, Ranged and Magic and +1 Prayer.	Unlimited.
Ring of wealth *		Dragonstone	When equipped, gives higher rate of success for rare drops from monsters. When charged, it can be used to teleport to the Grand Exchange or Miscellania.	4 for teleports
Combat bracelet *		Dragonstone	Teleports to Warriors' Guild, Champions' Guild, Ranging Guild, or the Monastary (Prayer Guild). When equipped and you are completing a Slayer task, will update you at every tenth target.	4 for teleports, unlimited for slayer total effect, rechargable at the totem in the Legends' Guild.
Skills necklace*		Dragonstone	Teleport you to the Fishing, Mining, Crafting, or Cooking guild. It also increases the chance of getting caskets while big net fishing when worn.	4 for teleports, unlimited for the fishing effect, rechargeable at the totem in the Legends' Guild.
Amulet of glory *		Dragonstone	When equipped, provides a 3.9% critical damage bonus to Melee, Ranged and Magic and +3 Prayer, and higher rate of success for getting gems while mining. Teleports to Edgeville, Karamja, Draynor Village, or Al Kharid.	4 for teleports, unlimited for stat effects, rechargable at the fountain in the Heroes' Guild.
Ring of stone *		Onyx	When equipped, you are turned into stone.	Unlimited.
Bracelet of regeneration *		Onyx	When equipped, doubles the rate of lifepoint recovery.	Unlimited.
Berserker necklace *		Onyx	When equipped, provides a 3.9% Melee critical damage bonus. When also equipping an obsidian melee weapon with the necklace, increases damage by 20%.	Unlimited.
Amulet of fury*		Onyx	When equipped, provides a 4.2% critical damage bonus to Melee, Ranged and Magic and +5 Prayer.	Unlimited.

* Members-only
** WARNING: If your opponent can hit more than 10% of your health, be careful! If you fall to 0 before you fall under 10% e.g. If you have a maximum of 500 lifepoints and are down to 50 lifepoints and are then hit for 50+ life points, you will NOT be saved!

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Enchanting Bolts

Any gem tipped bolt can be enchanted using your Magic skill. Enchanting your gem tipped bolts will result in it having a special effect. These special effects are different for each enchanted gem tipped bolt. To enchant a gem tipped bolt you must be wielding or carrying it, click on the level 4 spell and an interface will pop up, click on the bolt you wish to enchant (you must be carrying or wielding it).

In the following table you will find more info about what effect the enchanting has on the certain gem tipped bolts (this table is sorted from the magic level needed, from low to high).

Staves

Basic Staffs

There are many different kinds of staves available to use, including some that are members-only. The basic elemental staves can be bought at Zaff's Staff shop in Varrock, on the northwest side of the town square. While wielding the elemental staves, you will not have to use the elemental rune that pertains to your staff. For example, if you wield an Staff of Air, you can cast air strike with no air runes.

Battle Staffs

Battlestaffs are stronger than normal staffs, but with a Powered Orb attached, they still take the place of certain runes. For example, if you have a Fire battlestaff, you wont need any fire runes, and your magic will hit harder than if you had a non-enchanted staff. To get a Battlestaff, you must use a Powered Orb (either Air, Water, Earth, or Fire orb) on a Battletaff (this requires various Crafting levels).

Powering Orbs

To enchant an orb you will need the following items:

1. A glass orb
2. 3 cosmic runes
3. 30 basic runes of the type of orb you want to make (ex. 30 Fire runes if you want a Battlestaff of Fire)

Take the above items to the Obelisk location indicated below. Cast the appropriate spell to Enchant the orb. Then you may use the Crafting skill to attach the powered orb to a Battlestaff.

Picture	Orb Type	Magic Lvl Needed	Runes Needed	Obelisk Location
	Water	56	3 Cosmic 30 Water	Taverley Members-only dungeon. In the Black Dragon room go up the ladder and it will be next to you.
	Earth	60	3 Cosmic 30 Earth	Edgeville dungeon, low-level wilderness area. Past the Black Demons, near Chronozon.
	Fire	63	3 Cosmic 30 Fire	Taverley Members-only dungeon. Past the Black Dragons to the west of the Black Dragons in a little room with lava.
	Air	66	3 Cosmic 30 Air	Edgeville dungeon, low-level wilderness area. At the Black Demons (level 156) there is a little room with a ladder to the North, go up the ladder and you will be standing next to it.

Mystic Staffs (Enchanted Battlestaffs)

The next best staffs are the Mystic Staffs (Enchanted Battlestaffs). These are pretty much the same as the Non-Enchanted Staffs, but they are even stronger. To enchant a battle staff, you must have completed the Scorpion's Catcher quest, which means Mystic Staffs are members only. Then you can get Thormac the wizard to enchant your battlestaffs for 40k. Thormac can be found in the Sorcerers' Tower just north west of the Legends Guild, by the Temple of Ikov.

Special Staffs

The remaining staffs are obtained from quests, minigames and monster drops. For example, the Iban Staff is received after you beat the Underground Pass Quest and the Staff of Light is obtained as a drop from Ice strykewyrms.

Damage Bonus

Since magic spells don't require staffs to auto-cast, some of the more advanced staffs give an additional damage bonus when used. The damage bonus is limited to the following staffs.

• Ahrim's staff
• Master wand
• Void Knight mace
• Zuriel's staff
• Corrupt Zuriel's staff
• Ancient staff
• Polypore staff
• Armadyl battlestaff

Staves
Staff	Image	Attack Lvl Req	Magic Lvl Req	Accuracy
Staff		1	1	10
Skull sceptre		1	1	10
Magic staff		1	1	10
White magic staff		1	1	10
Staff of air		1	1	10
Staff of water		1	1	10
Staff of earth		1	1	10
Staff of fire		1	1	10
Guthix staff		1	1	10
Saradomin staff		1	1	10
Zamorak staff		1	1	10
Battlestaff		30	30	300
Air battlestaff		30	30	300
Water battlestaff		30	30	300
Earth battlestaff		30	30	300
Fire battlestaff		30	30	300
Lava battlestaff		30	30	300
Mud battlestaff		30	30	300
Mystic air staff		40	40	400
Mystic water staff		40	40	400
Mystic earth staff		40	40	400
Mystic fire staff		40	40	400
Mystic lava staff		40	40	400
Mystic mud staff		40	40	400
Iban's staff		50	50	500
Slayer's staff		1	50	500
Ancient staff		50	50	500
TokTz-Mej-Tal (Obsidian staff)		60	60	600
Lunar staff		1	65	10
Ahrim's staff		70	70	700
Staff of light		75	75	750
Polypore staff		1	75	750
Armadyl battlestaff		40	77	770
Zuriel's staff		78	78	780
Chaotic staff		1	80	800

Note: Polypore staff only requires 75 magic to wield, but the Polypore Strike requires level 80 magic!

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Wands

Wands are one handed, accurate and fast magic weapons. They allow you to use an offhand item while casting spells and still have an accuracy bonus in combat as opposed to just using an offhand item and runes.

Wands
Wand	Image	Magic Level	Accuracy
Wizard wand		1	50
Imp horn wand		10	100
Spider wand		20	163
Mystic wand		30	266
Splitbark wand		40	433
Void knight mace		42	477
Beginner wand		45	552
Bat wand		50	704
Apprentice wand		50	704
Teacher wand		55	899
Grifolic wand		60	1147
Master wand		60	1147
Ahrim's wand		70	1868
Wand of treachery		70	1868
Virtus wand		80	3043

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Off-hand equipment

Books and orbs are off-hand items that enhance your spell casting abilities. When wielded with a wand, books will double the casting speed of combat spells. Orbs act as off-hand wands and allow the player to cast spells while wielding a main-hand melee or ranged weapon, but still have a magic accuracy bonus.

Off-hand equipment
Book/Orb	Image	Magic Level	Accuracy
Wizard's book		1	0
Imphide book		10	10
Spider orb		20	20
Mystic orb		30	30
Splitbark orb		40	40
Tome of frost		48	48
Bat book		50	50
Grifolic orb		60	60
Mages' book		60	60
Ahrim's book of magic		70	70
Virtus book		80	80

What to Wear

You can vary what you wear when training magic. In some cases you don't have much money and in others you have all the money you can spend! The following is divided into Free play and Members and displays the best equipment you should wear for the best magic bonus (this is only our suggestion):

Free players and Members with a low budget: (Click links to find how to obtain and other info)

• Batwing hood
• Any Team cape
• Amulet of magic
• Bat wand or an elemental stave
• Batwing torso
• Batwing shield or Bat book
• Batwing legs
• Batwing gloves
• Batwing boots

Members with a high budget: (Click links to find how to obtain and other info)

• Ganodermic visor
• Ganodermic poncho
• Ganodermic leggings
• Ganodermic gloves
• Ganodermic boots
• Master wand/Ahrim's wand or a Chaotic staff/Staff of light
• Any God cape/Skillcape
• Mages' book or a Farseer kiteshield
• Arcane stream necklace
• Seer's ring

Members with a very high budget: (Click links to find how to obtain and other info)

• Virtus mask
• Virtus robe top
• Virtus robe legs
• Virtus gloves
• Virtus boots
• Virtus wand or a Chaotic staff/Staff of light
• Any God cape/Skillcape
• Virtus book or an Arcane spirit shield
• Arcane stream necklace
• Seer's ring

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Quests

There are a few quests that give magic experience. It is advisable to do these quests before you actually start training, because you do not want to have to start out with Air strike. For more information, please refer to the Quest Experience Guide.

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Wizard's Mind Bomb

The Wizard's Mind Bomb is a drink that temporarily raises your magic level by 2 or 3; it raises by 2 under level 50 magic, and 3 above. It is useful at times when quests or other things require a certain level and you are very close, but not quite there. For members, If you have 63-65 magic, you can use it to gain entrance into the Wizard's Guild. This drink can be purchased in Falador and Burthorpe Inns. It can also be brewed; mature Wizard's Mind Bombs increase your magic by 4, the same amount as a magic potion.

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Wizards' Guild

The Wizards' Guild is in Yanille, and information about it can be found in the Wizards' Guild Guide. You will need 66 Magic in order to enter the guild. (This can be achieved through the use of potions.) Different kinds of runes and all elemental staffs can be bought at the Magic Guild, as well as Mystic robes. The Robe Store Owner, the Magic skill master, is also located here. Speak with him to purchase the Cape of Achievement in Magic.

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Temporary level boosts and Quest rewards

For more information on how to boost your level, see the Temporary Stat Leveling Techniques special report.

For XP rewards from quests, see the Quest Experience Guide special report.

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Cape of Accomplishment

Once you have reached Magic level 99 you may want to buy yourself a Magic cape from Robe Store owner, in Wizards' Guild for 99k.

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