OSRS Runecraft training guide
Turns rune essence into runes. Slow to train, but the runes are always in demand.
About Runecraft
Runecraft has a reputation as the slowest skill in the game, and at low levels that is fair. Modern methods — the Guardians of the Rift minigame and blood or wrath runes — have improved it considerably.
The runes produced sell constantly, so unlike most artisan skills Runecraft can pay while you train it.
Fastest training
Rates assume an attentive player with the gear and unlocks that make each method work. Real sessions include banking, breaks and mistakes.
Guardians of the Rift
The standard modern method. Reasonable experience, useful rewards and it is far less tedious than running essence.
Blood runes at the Arceuus altar
Profitable, requires no running and produces a rune with permanent demand.
Lava runes with the ring of dueling
Fast experience with binding necklaces, but it costs GP rather than making it.
Other approaches
- Profitable
- Blood, wrath and nature runes are all sold in volume. Nature runes in particular feed the alchemy economy.
- Free-to-play
- Air, mind, water, earth, fire and body runes are all available. Air runes at the Falador altar are the free-to-play staple.
Useful quests
Quest experience is often worth far more than the time it takes, particularly at low levels where the curve is shallowest.
- Rune MysteriesUnlocks Runecraft entirely. Required before you can craft a single rune.
- Sins of the FatherUnlocks the Hallowed Sepulchre — the only Agility training in the game that makes money.
- The Ascent of ArceuusRewards 1 quest point, 500 Runecraft experience and A page for Kharedst's memoirs.500 xp
- Temple of the EyeRewards 1 quest point, Access to the Guardians of the Rift minigame and A medium pouch.
- Perilous MoonsRewards 2 quest points, 40,000 Slayer experience, 5,000 Runecraft experience and Access to Neypotzli and the Moons of Peril.5,000 xp
- The Final DawnRewards 3 quest points, 55,000 Thieving experience, 25,000 Runecraft experience and Arkan blade.25,000 xp
Making money with Runecraft
- Air rune craftingCraft air runes at the Falador altar. Available from Runecraft 1 and one of very few free-to-play Runecraft options.Level 1
- Blood rune craftingCraft blood runes at the Arceuus altar. Profitable, requires no running, and the runes are permanently in demand.Level 77
- Guardians of the RiftThe Runecraft minigame that pays while it trains, and needs nothing to start.Level 27