Death rune

Death rune

Death rune
Released	24 May 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Examine	Used for medium level missile spells.
Values
Value	180 coins
High alch	108 coins
Low alch	72 coins
Weight	0 kg
Respawn time	200 ticks (120 seconds)
Grand Exchange
Exchange	154 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
Daily volume	72,117,462
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Advanced data
Item ID	560

Death runes are one of the runes used to cast spells in the Magic skill. They are required to cast medium-level missile spells, like Wind Blast, Water Blast, Earth Blast, and Fire Blast. Members with 65 Runecraft and who have completed Mourning’s End Part II can craft death runes at the Death Altar by using pure essence on it, with each essence yielding one death rune. Each death rune yields 10 Runecraft experience. Players with 99 Runecraft will always craft two death runes per essence. Crafting death runes from essence is a requirement for the Hard Ardougne Diary.

Death runes can be bought from all Magic shops with a stock of 250, except for the Magic shop on Ape Atoll. Several monsters, such as ankous, nechryael, and dark beasts, commonly drop death runes. They can also be found in the Barrows Chest with at least 631[1] rewards potential.

Players can exchange a cat with the civilians in West Ardougne for 100 death runes, or 200 if they have completed the easy Ardougne diary. Kittens and lazy cats are not accepted, but overgrown cats are.

Barbarian Assault uses a unique variant of death runes that are untradeable and have an alchemy value of 0 to prevent potential exploits. Nightmare Zone also uses a variant, also being untradeable and having an alchemy value of 0, in addition to being unusable for non-combat spells.

Runecraft info[edit | edit source]

Skill	Level	XP
	65 (b)	10
2 runes per essence after level 99.
Members	Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Death Altar

Item	Quantity	Cost
	Pure essence	1	2
Total cost	2
	Death rune	1	154
Profit	152

Skill	Level	XP
	65 (b)	15
2 runes per essence after level 99.
Members	Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Death Altar

Item	Quantity	Cost
	Daeyalt essence	1	N/A
Total cost	0
	Death rune	1	154
Profit	154

Skill	Level	XP
	65 (b)	10
2 runes per essence after level 99. Accessible only in the Guardians of the Rift minigame.
Members	Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Death Altar

Item	Quantity	Cost
	Guardian essence	1	N/A
Total cost	0
	Death rune	1	154
	Catalytic guardian stone	1	N/A
Profit	154

Spells requiring death runes[edit source]

Spell		Runes	Type	Spellbook
Lvl	Exp
	Wind Blast	41	25.5	3	Combat	Standard
	Water Blast	47	28.5	3	Combat	Standard
	Iban Blast	50	30	5	Combat	Standard
	Magic Dart	50	30	1	Combat	Standard
	Dark Lure	50	60	1	Combat	Arceuus
	Smoke Rush	50	30	1	Combat	Ancient
	Shadow Rush	52	31	1	Combat	Ancient
	Earth Blast	53	31.5	3	Combat	Standard
	Blood Rush	56	33	1	Combat	Ancient
	Skeletal Grasp	56	33	8	Combat	Arceuus
	Resurrect Superior Ghost	57	70	10	Combat	Arceuus
	Resurrect Superior Skeleton	57	70	10	Combat	Arceuus
	Resurrect Superior Zombie	57	70	10	Combat	Arceuus
	Ice Rush	58	34	2	Combat	Ancient
	Fire Blast	59	34.5	4	Combat	Standard
	Smoke Burst	62	36	2	Combat	Ancient
	Shadow Burst	64	37	1	Combat	Ancient
	Lesser Corruption	64	75	1	Combat	Arceuus
	Blood Burst	68	39	2	Combat	Ancient
	Ice Burst	70	40	4	Combat	Ancient
	Smoke Blitz	74	42	2	Combat	Ancient
	Shadow Blitz	76	43	2	Combat	Ancient
	Death Charge	80	90	1	Utility	Arceuus
	Blood Blitz	80	45	4	Combat	Ancient
	Ice Blitz	82	46	3	Combat	Ancient
	Tele Block	85	80	1	Combat	Standard
	Teleport to Target	85	45	1	Teleport	All except Arceuus
	Smoke Barrage	86	48	4	Combat	Ancient
	Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Onyx)	87	97	20	Utility	Standard
	Shadow Barrage	88	48	4	Combat	Ancient
	Blood Barrage	92	51	4	Combat	Ancient
	Vengeance Other	93	108	10	Combat	Lunar
	Ice Barrage	94	52	6	Combat	Ancient
	Vengeance	94	112	10	Combat	Lunar

Products[edit | edit source]

Item	Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Onyx bolts (e) × 10
	Onyx dragon bolts (e) × 10
	Rune case (High catalytic)

Item sources[edit | edit source]

Store locations[edit | edit source]

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	Members?
TzHaar-Mej-Roh’s Rune Store	Mor Ul Rek	2,500	1m 3s			2.0%
Battle Runes	Wilderness	50	30s			3.0%
Ali’s Discount Wares. (runes)	Al Kharid	100	30s			0.0%
Thyria’s Wares	Arceuus	250	9s			0.1%
Lundail’s Arena-side Rune Shop.	Mage Arena	250	9s			0.1%
Magic Guild Store (Runes and Staves)	Wizards’ Guild	250	9s			0.1%
Betty’s Magic Emporium.	Port Sarim	250	9s			0.1%
Baba Yaga’s Magic Shop.	Lunar Isle	250	9s			0.1%
Amlodd’s Magical Supplies	Prifddinas	250	9s			0.1%
Aubury’s Rune Shop.	Varrock	250	9s			0.1%
Void Knight Magic Store	Void Knights’ Outpost	250	9s			0.1%

Item spawns[edit | edit source]

Location	Members	Spawns	Map
Feldip Hills – west of the gnome glider		1	Maplink

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
10 September 2020 (update)	The Grand Exchange buy limit was changed from 10,000 to 25,000.
13 June 2005 (update)
1 June 2005	The item was graphically updated.

Gallery (historical)[edit | edit source]

29 March 2004 – 1 June 2005

1 June 2005 – 13 June 2005

13 June 2005 – present

References[edit | edit source]

1. ^ Jagex. Mod Kieren’s Twitter account. 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Mod Kieren: “You guys wanted info on Barrows loot, here it is… Full size: [1] Explained the best I can!”

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