Intro

This skill requires that you have done the Rune Mysteries Quest. Its a fairly easy quest, and you'll most likely be able to complete it in a max of 30 mins.

To do runecrafting you wont need much tools, just a pickaxe (any kind will do), and the talisman of the rune you want to craft. I'll give the locations of the talismans/alters later on.

To start with you'll have to mine some rune essences. You can only do this in the special runecrafting mining fields. To get to one of these you'll have to get teleported by one of the following people:

- Headwizard in Wizard tower
- Aubury in the runeshop in Varrock
- Wizard Cromperty, East Ardougne
- Wizard Distentor in the Magic guild
- Brimstail Gnome in the Gnome tree village, underground cave

Once you get teleported you'll be in a cave like thing, there are a couple of rooms with some giant rocks in the middle. Mine the big rocks and you'll get your essences. Bank them, and go back for more, or go straight to the alter.

Talismans and Alters?

You dont find the talismans just lying around here and there, you'll have to kill monsters to get them. Some talismans are easy to get, while others are extremely hard to get. Here's a table of what monsters you'll have to kill to get the different talismans.

Picture	Name	Monsters that drop
	Air	Goblins
	Mind	Imps, Wizards and Dark Wizards
	Water	Wizards and Dark Wizards
	Earth	Men, Women, Wizards, Dark Wizards, Al Kharid Warriors and Rogues
	Fire	Wizards, Skeletons and Dark Wizards
	Body	Guards, Wizards, Dark Wizards and Giants
	Cosmic	Mysterious Men and Lesser Demons
	Chaos	Skeletons, Shadow Warriors, Lesser Demons and Fire giants
	Nature	Hobgolins, Jogers and Moss Giants

Alter Locations

Air altar: Little north-east of Crafting guild, south of Falador.
Mind altar: Between Goblin Village and Dwarven Mountain.
Water altar: Lumbridge Swamps.
Earth altar: North-east from Varrock, near the Jolly Boar Inn.
Fire altar: Al Kharid desert, south of the mining field.
Body altar: South of the Monastry, between Barbarian Village and Dwarven Mountain.
Cosmic altar: Southern part of Lost City.
Chaos altar: Wilderness level 9, south of the Dark Warriors Castle.
Nature altar: Southern part of the Karamja Jungle.

The Runes

Picture	Name	RuneCrafting lvl.	RuneCrafting exp.	Mining exp.
	Air	1	5	5
	Mind	2	5,5	5
	Water	5	6	5
	Earth	9	6,5	5
	Fire	14	7	5
	Body	20	7,5	5
	Cosmic	27	8	5
	Chaos	35	8,5	5
	Nature	44	9	5

Multiple runes per essence

When your runecrafting level gets higher, you'll be able to get more then 1 rune per essence. Here's a table to show you at what level you'll get more runes :) However remember that you'll still only get exp per essence, not per rune... This means if you get to lvl 33 and get 4 air runes for 1 essence, you'll still only get 5 exp.

Picture	Name	Lvl for 2x	Lvl for 3x	Lvl for 4x	Lvl for 5x	Lvl for 6x	Lvl for 7x	Lvl for 8x	Lvl for 9x	Lvl for 10x
	Air	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99
	Mind	14	28	42	56	70	84	98	-	-
	Water	19	38	57	76	95	-	-	-	-
	Earth	26	52	78	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Fire	35	70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Body	46	92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Cosmic	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Chaos	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Nature	91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tips, tricks and notes

• You can get a talisman, even if you arent able to make the rune it refers to yet. Same goes for finding the alters.

• First of all, mine your essences at Aubury (Varrock Rune Shop) if you are f2p. He is closer to bank and that saves time. If you are p2p then use the Magic Guild, its very fast. When you are mining take only pickaxe with you.

• To make the trips faster, dont carry anything else other than your pickaxe. This way you can run longer.