The following guide showcases the most efficient way possible to reach level 99 Rune Crafting. We’ll be covering various strategies for both F2P and P2P members of the game. So, let’s begin!

Quests

Here are a few quests that you can consider completing to break the monotony: Ascent of Arceuus, Enter the Abyss, The Slug Menace, Temple of the Eye, Devious Minds, The Fremennik Exiles, Lunar Diplomacy, The Eyes of Glouphrie, and What Lies Below.

Some quests reward XP lamps or books, which can be used to gain Rune Crafting Experience: X Marks the Spot, Client of Kourend, Fairytale 2, A Tail of Two Cats, The Great Brain Robbery, King’s Ransom, Darkness of Hallowvale, A Taste of Hope, A Kingdom Divided, Architectural Alliance, In Search of Knowledge, Curse of the Empty Lord, One Small Favor, Recipe for Disaster, and Sins of the Father.

Supporting Items

The items mentioned in this section can help you increase the efficiency of your training, making it faster and simpler. It’s not a necessary requirement, but it’s best you at least get ahold of some to make the grind worthwhile.

You’ll need a Lunar Book for the Magic Imbue spells and NPC Contact. As there will be a lot of running around, you can equip weight-reducing gear (Graceful Outfit) for its benefits. Potions like Stamina and Energy will help refill your run points whenever required. Ring of Dueling will be a good asset for quick teleports, while Necklace of Binding will guarantee the creation of combination Runes.

Strategy

We’ll start this guide by explaining the best ways to train Rune Crafting as a F2P player of the game, and then slowly move on to the ways for P2P players.

To point out the facts, it’s easier to level up as a member because you have a lot of time thanks to the benefits it unlocks. So, if you’re serious about maxing out, we suggest you get a membership.

F2P Players

Level 1 to 8

At level 1, you’ll start by crafting Air Runes. You’ll first need to purchase Rune Essence from other players, or the Grand Exchange. You can stack as much as you want because you’ll also be needing the essence for other Runes as your progress. The Air Altar is located south of Falador city, and where you can craft Air Runes.

Level 9 to 19

At level 9, you can start crafting Earth Runes. Similar to Air, you’ll need Rune Essence for these. Grab an inventory and head northeast of Varrock to locate the Earth Altar. Considering banking in east Varrock as it’s the closest to you.

Level 20 to 99

At level 20, you have two options; you can either level up quickly or save the stack of OSRS GP you have. Whichever path you walk on, you need to continue it all the way to level 99.

The first option involves crafting Body Runes. These require Rune Essence once again. The altar is located southwest of Edgeville. You need roughly 1.7M Rune Essence to max out, which rounds off to 31M OSRS Gold. You can sell them back to get back 10 to 15M at the end.

The second option involves crafting Water Tiaras. You can do this by combining a Basic Tiara with a Water Talisman, both of which can be purchased from the Grand Exchange. The altar is located a bit south of the Lumbridge Swamp. You’ll lose about 72M in this process.

P2P Players

We advise you to purchase Rune Crafting Pouches to make the journey smoother. These pouches allow you to craft more runes per trip than you usually do.

Small Pouch can carry 3 extra essences, while Medium can carry 6, Large can hold 9, and Giant can carry 17, but you can use them at levels 1, 25, 50, and 75 Rune Crafting, respectively. It all rounds up to 30 extra essences per trip.

Level 1 to 34

First, unlock access to the Abyss by completing the ‘Enter the Abyss’ mini-quest. The requirement to complete the quest is another quest called Rune Mysteries so make sure you finish that first.

Within the Abyss, you are required to run through monsters and obstacles to reach various Rune Altars. You need a decent Agility and Mining level to decrease the chances of failure. Anyhow, start crafting Air Runes till your reach level 9, and then switch to Mind Runes till level 35.

Level 35 to 64

Now, at level 35, you need to switch your ways to crafting Chaos Runes till level 44, followed by Nature Runes with Pure Essence till level 65. You can make a nice profit of 5.5M from crafting Nature Runes. You can also switch to Law Runes at level 54 for faster XP.

Level 65 to 99

Start crafting Death Runes at level 65, and continue the same till you reach level 91 Rune Crafting. Next, switch to Blood runes until you max out the skill.

Using the methods we showcased in this guide, you can make a good profit of over 100M RSGP, and it’s all thanks to the Abyss.

We suggest you use an Amulet of Glory to teleport back to the bank because you automatically get skulled when entering the Abyss. You can come across dangerous situations now and then.

Conclusion

Looks like we’ve covered all the important segments of training the Rune Crafting skills. We hope this guide will help you through your journey. Good luck!