RuneScape/Skills/Magic

Magic in RuneScape involves attacking opponents with spells as well as using spells to make money. It is one of the three combat skills.

Magic is very similiar to ranging as both skills involve attacking from a distance. It's best not to attack your opponents up clost with magic, as magic armour is not good against melee. In fact, magic's weakness is melee.

If you only raise magic as your combat stat, then you are called a "mage".

Intro

When players mage something, they attack using a spell, usually from a distance.

When using magic, players need runes, which are magic's ammunition. For each spell, there is a certain amount of runes needed. When players cast that spell, those runes are used up. This causes mages to continually buy more runes, making magic a money-consuming skill.

Ancient Magick

This is a reward from the Desert Treasure quest. The common slang used for it is "Ancients" and players using it are called "Ancienters". The Ancient Magicks are more powerful than normal magic and allow players to poison their enemies as well as hit multiple enemies at the same time. Players with Ancient Magick can also teleport to different locations, including several places in the Wilderness. If Ancients are activated the player using them cannot use any normal spells so even players who can use Ancients will often have normal magic activated for alchemy and teleport reasons. Players can switch between the two types by praying at an alter in a pyramid accessed during the quest. Ancient Magicks consume more runes than normal spells and often use high level runes.

Runes

Runes are what are needed to mage. Below is a table with info on the different kinds of runes.

Name	Description	Notes
Air Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Water Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Earth Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Fire Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Mind Rune	Required for "strike spells".	Used for low level attack spells. Can be crafted.
Body Rune	Required for "curse spells".	Used to lower opponents attack, strength, or defence slightly. Can be crafted.
Cosmic Rune	Required for enchanting jewellery.	Only used to enchant jewellery. Can be crafted by members.
Nature Rune	Required for "alchemy spells".	A much often used rune, useful to make money. Can be crafted by members.
Chaos Rune	Required for "bolt spells".	Used for medium level attack spells. Can be crafted by members.
Law Rune	Required for "teleport spells".	Used for teleporting and grabbing things from a distance. Can be crafted by members.
Death Rune	Required for "blast spells".	Used for high level attack spells. Can be crafted by members.
Blood Rune	Required for "wave spells".	Used for very high level attack spells. This rune can only be used by members.
Soul Rune	Required for "curse spells" and "teleother spells".	Used to curse opponents and teleport other players. This rune can only be used by members.