Air rune

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Air rune
Release4 January 2001 (Update)
MembersNo
Quest itemNo
Properties
TradeableYes
EquipableNo
StackableYes
DisassemblyYes
DestroyDrop
ExamineOne of the four basic elemental runes. Used in Magic (1).
Options [?]
BackpackDrop
Values
Value17 coins
Cash out:
2 coins
High alch3 coins
Low alch2 coins
On deathAlways kept outside dangerous area
Weight0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange33 coins (info)
Buy limit25,000
Volume8,289,604
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Advanced data
Item ID556
LinksMRID • recipe
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Air runes are one of the four basic elemental runes. They are the most basic and most common runes in RuneScape. All players with a Runecrafting level of 1 can craft air runes at the Air altar west of Varrock. Crafting air runes provides 5 Runecrafting experience per rune essence or pure essence used.

Information[edit | edit source]

Air runes are used in most missile spells as well as most teleportation spells. They are used very often, so players should have a large supply of air runes at hand if practising magic, or a staff of air to have an infinite supply. Air staves can be bought from Zaff's Superior Spellcasting in Varrock or from the Grand Exchange.

Prayer urns (impious, accursed and infernal) can be finished by adding an air rune to them.

Air runes can be combined with water runes to make mist runes, with earth runes to make dust runes, and with fire runes to make smoke runes.

The magic tutor in Lumbridge formerly supplied players with 30 air runes and 30 mind runes, provided that players had no runes in their inventory or bank, and it has been 30 minutes since they last claimed items from either the magic or ranged tutor, though this feature has since been removed. Now, all players can obtain 30 air and mind runes that Aubury of Varrock and Carwen Essencebinder in Burthorpe samples instead; after a half hour, one can re-obtain all 30 air and mind runes.

Instruments that provide unlimited air runes to all players when equipped are: staff of air, air battlestaff, mystic air staff, avernic wand, tower mindspike, mindspike, bat staff, staff of limitless air, elemental battlestaff, and Armadyl battlestaff.

Air runes can sometimes be found inside barrels.

The maximum likely limit for crafting air runes in one air altar visit is 3058. This would be achieved by having 99 Runecrafting (giving a 10x bonus) and carrying 103 essence to craft (23 in the normal inventory, 48 in the 5 sizes of Runecrafting pouch, 20 with an abyssal titan and 12 in the infinity ethereal outfit) and a full set of wicked robes, which grants 175 essence per day (which can be withdrawn from the hood once your inventory is emptied). Whilst wearing an explorer's ring this can be increased, it has a 1 in 10 chance of creating an extra rune per essence. It is possible that a few extra air runes could be gained from the use of the explorer's ring.

Creation[edit | edit source]

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Requirements
MembersNo
Ticks1 (0.6s)
Facility Air altar
SkillLevelExperience
Runecrafting Runecrafting15
MaterialQuantityCost
Rune essence1314
Total cost314
OutputQuantityCost
Air rune133
Profit−281
Requirements
MembersNo
Ticks1 (0.6s)
Facility Air altar
SkillLevelExperience
Runecrafting Runecrafting15
MaterialQuantityCost
Pure essence1208
Total cost208
OutputQuantityCost
Air rune133
Profit−175

Crafting multiple air runes[edit | edit source]

For more information about Runecrafting multiples, see crafting multiple runes.
Multiplier Runecrafting GE Price
1x 1 33
2x 11 66
3x 22 99
4x 33 132
5x 44 165
6x 55 198
7x 66 231
8x 77 264
9x 88 297
10x 99 330
11x 110 363

Spells[edit | edit source]

Air runes are needed in a large number of spells, as shown in the list below, for this reason many mages will use a staff of air, Caitlin's staff, Mindspike (air),air battlestaff, mystic air staffbat staff or Armadyl battlestaff instead of air runes (in order of accuracy).

Free spells[edit | edit source]

All players can cast these spells.

Member spells[edit | edit source]

Only members can cast these spells:

Removed spells[edit | edit source]

Products[edit | edit source]

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Item sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.
  1. ^ The drop rate of this item is increased if a mask part 4 or a Mask of Dragith Nurn is owned.
  2. ^ The drop rate of this item is increased by 50% if a mask part 2 or a Mask of Dragith Nurn is owned.
  3. ^ a b Estimated rarity may be inaccurate due to a low sample size.

Shop locations[edit | edit source]

Farming Requests[edit | edit source]

This table shows up to 5 upcoming dates(wrong?) within the next 500 days on which Air rune is available as a reward for completing Farming requests.

RunedateStart dateEnd dateDifficultyNPCRewardRequest item 1Request item 2Request animalRequest breed
843230 March 202530 March 2025Easy Apprentice Clara Air rune × 250 Yanillian seed × 25N/A RabbitN/A
844613 April 202513 April 2025Easy Apprentice Clara Air rune × 250 Redberry seed × 5N/A ChickenN/A
84674 May 20254 May 2025Easy Apprentice Clara Air rune × 250 Rosemary seed × 15N/A RabbitN/A
848724 May 202524 May 2025Easy Apprentice Clara Air rune × 250 Tarromin seed × 10N/A ChinchompaN/A
84973 June 20253 June 2025Easy Apprentice Clara Air rune × 250 Hammerstone seed × 25N/A ChickenN/A

Spawns[edit | edit source]

Money making guide[edit | edit source]

The following money making guides are available for Air rune:

MethodHourly profitSkillsOther requirements
Crafting air runes through the Abyss42,793,834
  • 110 Runecrafting recommended
  • 93 Summoning recommended
  • 80 Dungeoneering recommended
  • 98 Farming recommended
  • 68 Archaeology recommended
  • 91 Herblore recommended
  •  Hard Wilderness achievements recommended
  •  Nexus Mod recommended
  •  Shadow's Grace recommended if no mobile perk
  •  Dive recommended
  •  Double Surge codex
  •  Ring of imbuing recommended for 10% more rune output
  •  Hero's Welcome recommended
  • Crafting air runes with a wicked hood2,467,077
  • 110 Runecrafting (boosted)
  • 104 Farming
  • 93 Summoning
  • 91 Herblore
  • 36 Archaeology
  •  War's Retreat Teleport unlocked

     Hero's Welcome

    Disassembly[edit | edit source]

    Air rune
    Disassembly categoryRunes and talismans
    Disassembly XP0.1
    Item quantity required50
    Material count8
    Base junk chance  98.9%
    Common materials
    Magic parts85/100
    Uncommon materials
    Crafted parts13/100
    Rare materials
    Powerful components2/100

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    Inventory[edit | edit source]

    Detailed[edit | edit source]

    Update history[edit | edit source]

    This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

    Trivia[edit | edit source]

    • The most air runes required for a spell are 30, for the Charge Air Orb spell.
    • As of 1 October 2022, 18,459,664,275 air runes were owned by active players.[1]

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. ^ Jagex. Mod Sponge's Twitter account. 1 October 2022. (Archived from the original on 21 October 2022.) Mod Sponge: "Stat of the day: The elemental rune with the highest quantity in-game is... Earth Rune." ... "Air: 18,459,664,275"