magic guide

Rune – Runes are stones with magical qualities that allow you to cast spells.
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)
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 you hit for and the experience you gain.
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!

To look at the spells you can cast, click the spell book on the right side of the screen. 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.

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 2000 in Varrock. The stores stock air, fire, water, earth, body, mind, chaos, and death runes. Runes can also be bought in the Wizard’s Guild and the Mage Arena. Another very good way to get runes is to craft them yourself

Rune	Image	Classification	Spawning Location(s)
Air		Elemental	On Karamja Island - behind Luthas' house, near banana field, in the forest west of Lumbridge
Blood*		Used for Wave Attacks	Wilderness
Body		Used for Curse Attacks	Al Kharid Scimitar Shop, Wilderness
Chaos		Used for Bolt Attacks	Dark Wizards tower, Wilderness
Cosmic		Used for Enchantment	Deep Wilderness on the Ice Plateau
Death		Used for Blast Attacks	Southeast of Yanville 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		Used for Strike Attacks	Lumbridge Castle
Nature		Used for Conversion	Wilderness, Ardougne (chests)
Soul*		Used for High Level Curse Attacks	Wizard's Guild
Water		Elemental	Al Kharid Mine

*Members-Only Runes

Spells and Experience
Casting spells in the new Runescape is very different from the old version in RS Classic. The amount of hits you hit with your spell affects the amount of experience you receive; the 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.

The images below shows the “auto-mage” screens, which allow you to click attack like you normally would with melee combat, but you use magic to attack the monster instead.

The image below shows your list of spells. The ones that are darkened (all of the ones shown here) cannot be cast because you do not have the right amount of runes to cast them.

Magic Spells Table:

Spell	Magic Level Required	Runes Needed	Effect
Wind Strike	1	1 Air, 1 Mind	A basic Air missile
Confuse	3	3 Water, 2 Earth, 1 Body	Reduces your opponent’s attack by 5%
Water Strike	3	1 Water, 1 Air, 1 Mind	A basic Water missile
Enchant Lvl-1 Jewelry	7	1 Water, 1 Cosmic	For use on Sapphire Jewelry
Earth Strike	9	2 Earth, 1 Air, 1 Mind	A basic Earth missile
Weaken	11	3 Water, 2 Earth, 1 Body	Reduces your opponent’s strength by 5%
Fire Strike	13	3 Fire, 2 Air, 1 Mind	A basic Fire missile
Bones to Bananas	15	2 Earth, 2 Water, 1 Nature	Changes all held bones into bananas
Wind Bolt	17	2 Air, 1 Chaos	A low level Air missile
Curse	19	2 water, 3 earth, and 1 body.	Reduces your opponents defense by 5%
Bind	20	3 Earth, 3 Water, 2 Nature	Holds your opponent for 5 seconds
Low Level Alchemy	21	3 Fire, 1 Nature	[b]Converts an item into gold, 1.5 times amout if store amount was 0[/b]
Water Bolt	23	2 Water, 2 Air, 1 Chaos	A low level Water missile
Varrock Teleport	25	1 Fire, 3 Air, 1 Law	Teleports you to Varrock
Enchant Lvl-2 Jewelry	27	3 Air, 1 Cosmic	For use on emerald jewelry
Earth Bolt	29	3 Earth, 2 Water, 1 Chaos	A low level Earth missile
Lumbridge Teleport	31	1 Earth, 3 Air, 1 Law	Teleports you to Lumbridge
Telekinetic Grab	33	1 Air, 1 Law	Take an item you can see but can’t reach
Fire Bolt	35	4 Fire, 3 Air, 1 Chaos	A low level Fire missile
Falador Teleport	37	1 Water, 3 Air, 1 Law	Teleports you to Falador
Crumble Undead	39	2 Earth, 2 Air, 1 Chaos	Hits skeletons, ghosts, and zombies hard
Wind Blast	41	3 Air, 1 Death	A medium level Air missile
Superheat Item	43	4 Fire, 1 Nature	Smelt ore without a furnace
Camelot Teleport*	45	5 Air, 1 Law	Teleports you to Camelot
Water Blast	47	3 Water, 3 Air, 1 Death	A medium level Water missile
Enchant Lvl-3 Jewelry	49	5 Fire, 1 Cosmic	For use on ruby jewelry
Iban Blast*	50	5 Fire, 1 Death, Staff of Iban	A strength 25 missile attack
Snare*	50	4 Earth, 4 Water, 3 Nature	Holds your opponent for 10 seconds
Ardougne Teleport*	51	2 Water, 2 Law	Teleports you to Ardougne
Earth Blast	53	4 Earth, 3 Air, 1 Death	A medium level Earth missile
High Level Alchemy	55	5 Fire, 1 Nature	Converts and item into gold
Charge Water Orb*	56	30 Water, 3 Cosmic, Orb	Needs to be cast on a water obelisk
Enchant Lvl-4 Jewelry	57	10 Earth, 1 Cosmic	For use on diamond Jewelry
Watchtower Teleport*	58	2 Earth, 2 Law	Teleports you to the Watchtower
Fire Blast	59	5 Fire, 4 Air, 1 Death	A medium level Fire missile
Charge Earth Orb*	60	30 Earth, 3 Cosmic, Orb	Needs to be cast on an earth obelisk
Saradomin Strike*	60	2 Fire, 2 Blood, 4 Air, Staff of Saradomin	Summons the power of Saradomin
Claws of Guthix*	60	1 Fire, 2 Blood, 4 Air, Staff of Guthix	Summons the power of Guthix
Flames of Zamorak*	60	4 Fire, 2 Blood, 1 Air, Staff of Zamorak	Summons the power of Zamorak
Trollheim*	61		Teleports you to Trollheim
Wind Wave*	62	5 Air, 1 Blood	A high level Air missile
Charge Fire Orb*	63	30 Fire, 3 Cosmic, Orb	Needs to be cast on a fire obelisk
Water Wave*	65	7 Water, 5 Air, 1 Blood	A high level Water missile
Charge Air Orb*	66	30 Air, 3 Cosmic, Orb	Needs to be cast on an air obelisk
Vulnerability*	66	5 Earth, 5 Water, 1 Soul	Reduces your opponent’s defense by 10%
Enchant Lvl-5 Jewelry*	69	15 Water, 15 Earth, 1 Cosmic	For use on dragonstone jewelry
Earth Wave*	70	7 Earth, 5 Air, 1 Blood	A high level Earth missile
Enfeeble*	73	8 Earth, 8 Water, 1 Soul	Reduces your opponent’s strength by 10%
Fire Wave*	75	7 Fire, 5 Air, 1 Blood	A high level Fire missile
Entangle*	79	5 Earth, 5 Water, 4 Nature	Holds your opponent for 15 seconds
Stun*	80	12 Earth, 12 Water, 1 Soul	Reduces your opponent’s attack by 10%
Charge*	80	3 Fire, 3 Blood, 3 Air	Temporarily increases the power of the three arena spells

*Members-only spells

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 Enchant spells. Enchant spells are used to enchant jewelry. The only jewelry that can be enchanted right now are amulets and rings. Enchanting rings is members-only, but f2p can enchant amulets. F2p can enchant Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, and Diamond amulets, while members can enchant Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, and Dragon amulets and rings.
A very important and useful type of spell is the Conversion spells. Conversion spells are used to convert things into other things. These spells are: Bones to bananas, Low Level Alchemy, and High Level Alchemy (Low Alch and High Alch). High alch is a great spell for getting cash. High alch turns any item you cast the spell on into gp. The amount of gp received it 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 Spells. 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. It is very useful for situations like if you ever kill the caged demon in the Wizards tower south of edgeville and he drops a rune medium or something else valuable.

Staffs

Basic Staffs

There are many different kinds of staffs available to use, including some that are members-only. The basic elemental staffs can be bought at Zaff’s Staff shop in Varrock. If you do not know where that is, consult the city guide here. While wielding the elemental staffs, 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 just 1 mind rune and no air runes.

Battle Staffs

Now for Battle Staffs. Battle Staffs are stronger than normal staffs, but they still take the place of certain runes. For example, if you have an enchanted battle staff of fire, you wont need any fire runes, and your magic will hit harder than if you had a non-enchanted staff. To get a Battle Staff, you must use a Charged Orb (either air, water, earth, or fire orb) on a Battle Staff.

Enchanted Battle Staffs

The next best staffs are the Enchanted Battle Staffs. 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 Enchanted Battle Staffs are members only. Then you can get Thormac the wizard to enchant your battle staffs for 40k. Thormac can be found south of the Seer’s Village in the Wizards Tower.

Special Staffs

The remaining staffs you must get from completing a quest. The Iban Staff is received after you beat the Underground Pass quest, and after you beat the mage arena quest you can choose between the Staff of Zamorak, Staff of Guthix, or Staff of Saradomin. All 4 of these staffs have a certain spell that can only be used if you have that staff. Example: for the Claws of Guthix spell, you have to have the Staff of Guthix. The same applies with Iban Blast, Saradomin Strike, and Flames of Zamorak.

What to Wear

As for what to wear while maginc, some people just like to look good while they mage, but for the best magic bonus here is what Is suggested:

F2P:

Wizards hat (blue)
Wizards robe (blue not black)
Blue skirt (no bonus, just looks cool)
Diamond or Sapphire Amulet

Members:

Gnome Hat
Zamorak Robe (Top)
Zamorak Robe (Bottom)
Dragonstone, Diamond, or Sapphire Amulet

Quests
There are a few quests that give magic experience, but not very much. It is advisable to do these quests before you actually start training, because you don’t want to have to start out with air strike.

Imp Catcher
Watchtower
Witch’s Potion
Legends if you choose magic experience

Wizard’s Mind Bomb
The Wizard’s Mind Bomb is a drink that temporarily raises your magic level by 3. 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.

Wizard’s Guild
The Wizard’s Guild is in Yanille, and information about it can be found in the Wizard’s Guild Guide here. Every kind of rune and all elemental staffs can be bought at the Wizard’s Guild.

Player Killing

AH! Player Killing, a great way to make money, train magic or just plainly have fun.

What to wear?
Now, when magic you always must wear robes right? Yes. But in this case you must bring some ranged armour (dragon hide is the best!), robes AND normal armour. You may be thinking “why?” Well, you see, in the wilderness there is a triangle known as the Pking Triangle.

Remember that in the wild:

Mages own Warriors -> Warriors own Rangers -> Rangers own Mages

Now, to help us protect from worriors we need one of these 3 spells
- Bind
- Snare
- Entangle

NOTE: Only members can use all three spells. Non-members can only use Bind.

Now, these 3 spells hold your opponent for 5, 10, 15 sec respectively.

Helpful stuff:
Runes to teleport out of the wild with. (Won’t work if you go deep in)
Food, Lots of it!
Runes (No duh)
Potions - Members

When a warrior attacks?
When a warrior attacks you, use one of these spells on him. Then RUN! When you get a good distance away, cast spells like crazy! Make sure you have robes on! When the warrior comes back for revenge put on your armour. Then cast one of those 3 spells again. Keep doing this!

When a ranger attacks?
When a ranger attacks is simple. Two things to do are run away. Or put on your armour and go kill the pest. They can’t bind you unless they have mage stuff too but don’t worry about that.

When a mage attacks?
When a mage attacks you, put on your range armour (dragon hide is best because it has great protect from magic abilities) and start ranging the mage. Even if they use one of those spells on you it doesn’t matter! You can continue to attack!