OSRS P2P Runecrafting Training Guide 1-99

Runecrafting allows players to craft different runes in OSRS. Most players dislike runecrafting because of the need for constant running and banking, making it quite click-intensive. However, newer and easier methods of training runecrafting have reduced how much players avoid this skill; the best ways to do these methods have been discussed in this guide.

How Does the Runecrafting Skill Work

The runecrafting skill enables players to craft pure/rune essences from various runic altars into functional runes. New runecrafting levels unlock the ability for players to craft new types of runes with a compatible essence. There are four types of essence: rune essence, pure essence, daeyalt essence, and dark essence fragments. However, pure essence is commonly used because it is cheaper than rune essence and can be used to craft all types of runes. 

Useful Unlocks

Essence pouches

Essence pouches are essential for players to increase their efficiency when training runecrafting. They can be filled with essence and emptied when needed, which allows players to carry more essence per inventory trip. There are different sizes of pouches; the bigger the pouch, the higher the experience rate a player can earn when runecrafting runes. Small, medium, large, giant, and colossal pouches are the types of pouches available. They get degraded after use and won’t be able to carry the same amount of essence; however, they can quickly be repaired using the dark mage. The fastest way to talk to him is via the NPC contact spell on the Lunar spellbook.

Rune Pouch

  Since players would need runes to frequently cast NPC contact to talk to the Dark mage and fix their pouch, a rune pouch becomes useful to carry the runes required to cast the spell and save inventory space. The rune pouch can store as many as 16,000 of only three types of runes.

The Raiment of the eye set

  The full Raiment of the Eye outfit gives players 60% more runes when worn. It can be obtained from the Guardian of the Rift minigame for 1350 pearls. This outfit is highly recommended for players to maximize profits when training runecrafting.

Ring of Endurance

  The ring of endurance doubles the time of the effect of stamina potions when worn. It is a reward that can be obtained from the Grand Hallowed Coffin on the final floor of the Hallowed Sepulchre. It requires 70 Agility to equip. Stamina potions are required to charge the ring of endurance to a maximum of 1000 charges; a stamina dose represents one charge.

Weight-reducing clothing

  Since plenty of running is required, this clothing is highly recommended to help players save energy when training runecrafting in combination with Stamina Potions

Quests that give runecrafting experience (1-30)

Some quests have a few requirements that can help players get those early runecrafting levels quickly; these quests include:

•   The Slug Menace
•   Ascent of Arceuus
•   The Eyes of Glouphrie
•   Temple of Eye
•   Enter the Abyss mini-quest. 
  
  

These give a total of 20,210 experience, which will get the player to level 33 from level 1.

Overview of best runecrafting methods and XP Per Hour

• Crafting Lava runes / 109k Exp/hr
• Crafting Blood runes / 44k Exp/hr
• Ourania Altar (ZMI) / 115k Exp/hr
  
  

Fastest methods of Training Runecrafting

These methods are properly detailed to show players the fastest and most efficient ways they can get to 99 runecrafting.

Crafting Lava runes: Fastest Runecrafting XP (23-99)

Lava runes are combination runes that serve as a fire rune and an earth rune.  Crafting lava runes is the fastest method to train runecrafting. A lava rune can be crafted in two ways:

• Use an earth rune on a Fire altar with a pure essence and an earth talisman in your inventory.
• Use a Fire rune on an Earth altar with a pure essence and a fire talisman in your inventory.

The best spot to craft lava runes is at the fire altar, north of the Al Kharid Emir’s arena. The fastest way to get here is through the ring of dueling to the Emir’s arena.

Requirements for crafting Lava Runes

•   23 runecrafting
  
  

Recommendations for Crafting Lava Runes

• Completed lunar diplomacy to unlock the lunar spellbook for magic imbue and NPC contact 
• 82 magic for magic imbue
• Rune Pouch
•   Binding Necklace
•   Ring of Dueling
•   Mist Battlestaff
•   Tome of Fire
  
  

How to craft Lava Runes at the Fire Altar

1. Take as many of the required items listed above then fill your essence pouches and inventory with essence, and set up your inventory as shown above.
    

2. Teleport to the Emir’s arena in Al Kharid using the ring of dueling. From there, you should run north to the fire altar. Cast magic imbue on your way to the fire altar. Magic imbue will remove the need for an earth talisman to create a Lava rune.
3. Enter the fire altar either directly if you are wearing a fire tiara or by using the fire tiara on the fire altar entrance
   
4. Click the Magic Imbue spell to be able to craft combination rune
   
5. Click to Earth Runes from your inventory and then click the altar to craft lava runes. Also, empty your pouches right after, and craft them into lava runes as well.
   
   
6. Teleport to the castle wars using the ring of dueling and then repeat the process.
   
   

Experience rates when crafting Lava Runes at the Fire altar

These rates are estimated with the use of Magic Imbue; you should expect a 5% reduction in these rates without it

•   At level 23, you should expect 38,000 experience per hour.
•   At level 50, you should expect 59,000 experience per hour.
•   At level 75, you should expect 65,000 experience per hour.
•   At level 85, you should expect 109,000 experience per hour.
  
  

Cost of crafting Lava runes

Using the method described above:

•   At level 23, you should expect 2.36 GP/XP.
•   At level 50, you should expect 1.88 GP/XP and 1.22 GP/XP with magic imbue
•   At level 75, you should expect  1.64 GP/XP and 1.22 GP/XP with magic imbue
•   At level 85, you should expect  0.91 GP/XP and 0.51 GP/XP with magic imbue
  
  

Alternative methods for training Runecrafting

Guardian Of The Rift

GOTR is a runecrafting minigame that transforms one of the most repetitive skills into a more enjoyable one, taking you from mining to entering portals to speed up your routine. It's undoubtedly a method for leveling up runecrafting that couldn't be overlooked. Simply mentioning it in this guide doesn't do it justice due to the immense number of different things to analyze in this game. For a more detailed guide to Guardian of the Rift, please click here.

Location

The portal to the Temple of the Eye resides in the basement of the Wizards' Tower. First, you have to get to the Wizard's Tower, go down the stairs, and then enter the portal to finally reach the desired location.

The fastest way to get there

Guardian of the rift minigame teleport

After completing the Temple of the Eye quest, you can use the Guardian of the Rift minigame teleport to get to the Temple of the Eye faster.

Necklace of Passage

  You can also use this to teleport to the Wizard's tower, where you can enter the basement and run to the portal on the west to reach the Temple of the Eye. It is possible to make this necklace by enchanting a jade necklace at Lvl-2, or buy it from the Grand Exchange.

Fairy Ring

  Code: DIS (Draynor Manor) → run south to tower.

Experience rates when crafting at G.O.T.R

•   At level 23, you should expect 10,000-20,000 experience per hour.
•   At level 50, you should expect 30,000-40,000 experience per hour.
•   At level 77 you should expect 50,000-65,000 experience per hour.
  
  

Money Making at G.O.T.R

•   At level 23, you should expect 400k GP/XP
•   At level 50, you should expect 500k GP/XP 
•   At level 77, you should expect  800k GP/XP 
  
  

Crafting Blood runes

Crafting blood runes requires level 38 mining and 38 crafting. It is a profitable alternative to the Lava runes and provides mining and crafting experience. Crafting blood runes is also a low-effort method, and players can be AFK during some parts of it.

Requirements for Crafting Blood

•   77 Runecrafting to craft blood runes
•   78 Mining
•   74 and 93 Agility (Optional) 
  
  

Recommended Unlocks for crafting blood runes

• An agility level above 73 is recommended for using the Western Rock shortcut.
• The medium Kourend & Kebos diary: This offers the player a 5% chance to mine two dense essence blocks at once.
  
  

Best gear and inventory for crafting Blood runes

• Weight-reducing outfit
• Chisel
• Pickaxe
  
  

How to Craft Blood Runes at Blood Altar

1. Mine dense essence blocks from the dense runestone in the mining area until your inventory is filled with them, then leave the area using the highlighted point in the minimap below 
   
2. Venerate the dense essence blocks on the dark altar, whose location is also shown below 
3. Chisel the dark essence blocks formed into dark essence fragments while running back to the mining area
   
4. Mine another inventory of essence blocks, and use them on the Dark altar.
   
5. Run to the blood altar shown below and click it to craft blood runes with the dark essence fragments
   
6. After crafting the dark essence fragments, chisel the dark essence block in your inventory to form more dark essence fragments
   
7. Craft more blood runes with the fragments, then run back to the mining area using the route you followed and repeat the process.
   
   
   

Experience rates when crafting Blood Runes at the Fire altar

•   At level 77 runecrafting, you should expect 36,000 runecrafting, 5,700 crafting, and 4,200 mining experience per hour.
•   At level 90 runecrafting, you should expect 44,000 runecrafting, 5,600 crafting, and 4,146 mining experience per hour.
  
  

Profit per hour when crafting blood runes

The profits shown here assume that you have completed the medium Kourend & Kebos Diary and also wear the raiments of the eye outfit. If you don’t have these, you should expect a 50% reduction in these rates.

•   At Level 77 runecrafting, you should expect 506,137 GP per hour.
•   At Level 90 runecrafting, you should expect 420,000 GP per hour.
  
  

Ourania Altar (ZMI)

The Ourania altar is also a relaxing place to train in runecrafting and is quite profitable. The Ourania altar is located south of West Ardougne and west of Ourania Cave. This altar can convert pure essence and daeyalt essence into different types of runes. A unique feature of this altar is that no runecrafting level is required to use it. 

Official worlds for Ourania Altar

  W327 (Germany)

  W480 (United States)

How to get to the Ourania Altar

  The Ourania teleport on lunar spellbook: this requires 71 magic and completion of lunar diplomacy; it teleports you to the position above

Requirements of the Ourania altar

• Payment of 20 non-combination runes of any type: Advisable to use cheap runes as payment
• 50+ Runecrafting
  
  

Recommendations For Crafting Runes at the Ourania Altar

•   70 runecrafting.
•   75+ agility
•   Stamina potions or summer pies: If you have low defence, you should use summer pies since they also heal hitpoints
• Weight-reducing clothes or Raiments of the eye: If you have the Raiment of the eye, you should wear that to get more runes; if not, wear weight-reducing clothes to save energy
•   71 magic for Ourania teleport: This requires 6 earth runes, 1 law rune, and 1 astra rune
• NPC contact: this requires 67 magic and also 2 air runes, 1 cosmic rune, and 1 astra rune; this is used to contact the dark mage to fix your pouch
•   Dust battlestaff: This gives unlimited earth and air runes
•   Rune pouch: fill this with law, astral, and mind runes
•   RuneLite: Download the RuneLite utilities from the plugin hub, check empty pouches near the altar, and fill pouches from the bank. Secondly, turn on the GPU plugin on RuneLite and set it to 90
•   Colossal pouch: this is the largest of all essence pouches, and it holds up to 40 rune, pure, daeyalt, or guardian essence.
  
  

How to Craft Runes at the Ourania Altar

• First off, ensure you have recommended items. Go to Eniola Banker inside the altar, set up a cheap rune as your payment by talking to him, and also fill your bank with bank fillers when your essence pouch and rune pouch are not in your bank, so that they can’t be deposited in your bank.
  
  
• Fill your inventory and essence pouch with essence from the bank
  
• Click the altar from the bank to craft runes in your inventory; this is possible because the GPU is set to 90. Also, empty your essence pouches and craft the essence into runes.
  
• Teleport out using Ourania teleport. You can click to climb down the ladder to get back into the altar from where you are teleported to
  
• Click the “deposit all” in the bank to bank all the runes crafted and repeat the process.

The profit you can make every hour crafting runes at the Ourania altar mainly depends on your runecrafting level; lower levels mean that you are more likely to craft cheaper runes like air runes, mind runes, water runes, and fire runes.

At above 70 runecrafting, you can expect to make about 240,000 experience per hour after initial costs have been deducted.

Experience rates from the Ourania altar

Profits per hour from the Ourania altar

  If you use the recommended items/unlocks described and follow all the instructions above, you should expect about 200,000-300,000 GP per hour.

Conclusion

Ultimately, Runecrafting can be both boring and fun for some people. We recommend varying your Runecrafting leveling style to avoid burnout. If you want to level up faster, you can always pay runners in specific clans; it's quicker, though the price can be high for some and low for others.