Fire rune

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This article is about the rune. For other uses, see Fire rune (disambiguation).

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Fire rune
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	17 coins
High alch	3 coins
Low alch	2 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Exchange	87 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
Weight	0 kg
Examine
One of the four basic elemental runes. Used in Magic (13).
Exchange history
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The fire rune is one of the four basic elemental runes. Fire runes can be created from Rune essence or Pure essence through the Runecrafting skill, procured from drops by killing monsters, bought from other players, picked up from spawns on the ground, or can sometimes be found inside barrels.

Fire runes can be created using the Runecrafting skill at level 14 with a Fire talisman or Fire tiara at the Fire Altar in Al Kharid, which gives 7 experience per essence used.

Crafting multiple fire runes

For more information about Runecrafting multiples, see crafting multiple runes.

Multiplier		GE Price
1x	14	87
2x	35	174
3x	70	261
4x	105*	348

Prices

Fire runes often enter the top 3 for most traded items every week in the Grand Exchange. 8.5 billion fire runes were traded in the 180 days leading up to 11 December 2009, and 12.9 billion in the 180 days leading up to 10 August 2010. This averages out to 829 per second, peaking on busy days at over 1650 per second. By 25 August 2010 13.1 billion had been traded in 180 days, which is 842 per second. After a brief dip, this rose again to 13.7 billion over 180 days up until 9 December 2010, 880 per second. It reached its peak in late June 2011, when 2.8 billion fire runes were traded in a mere 7 days, or over 4600 per second.

They are currently sold for 87 coins each on the Grand Exchange, or for 17 coins in stores when there are no fire runes in the player stock.

For a long time, fire runes had a price floor of 9 coins each in the Grand Exchange. Fire runes reached this price floor, and for over a year, they were very difficult to sell in the Grand Exchange, and would buy instantly. However, in September 2009, Jagex changed the price floor from 9 coins each to 5 coins each. Fire runes were then easily both bought and sold on the Grand Exchange.

Following the release of the Polypore staff in 2011, the price of fire runes rose due to the popularity of the staff and the fact that it is charged using 15,000 fire runes, using five per cast. This increased the price dramatically and caused some turbulence on the market. The Evolution of Combat occurred at the end of 2012; it reduces the need of using runes (since abilities do not cost runes), but also changed Blood spells to use fire runes (and always heal when cast as an autoattack and only a small chance with an ability), and made the tier of magic weapon cap the damage of spells and abilities, meaning it became very ineffective to use cheap fire rune-saving staves (e.g. mystic fire staff) to cast higher level (Fire Blast and up) spells. Despite large fluctuations, fire runes remain several times more expensive than other elemental runes.

Spells

Fire runes are used in a large number of spells, as listed below.

When casting a spell requiring fire runes, the fire rune requirement may be eliminated by wielding a staff that gives infinite fire runes, such as a staff of fire, fire battlestaff, lava battlestaff, mystic fire staff, mystic steam staff, mystic lava staff or mystical staff (discontinued). Staves of fire can be bought from Zaff's Superior Staves! shop in Varrock.

Free spells

All players can cast these spells:

• Fire Strike
• Fire Bolt
• Fire Blast
• Low Level Alchemy
• High Level Alchemy
• Superheat Item
• Enchant Level 3 Jewellery
• Varrock Teleport

Member spells

Only members can cast these spells:

Fire Wave Fire Surge Trollheim Teleport Ape Atoll Teleport Charge Fire Orb Enchant Level 5 Jewellery Enchant Level 6 Jewellery Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Red Topaz) Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Ruby) Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Diamond) Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Dragonstone) Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Onyx)

Blood Rush Paddewwa Teleport Blood Burst Blood Blitz Dareeyak Teleport Blood Barrage Bake Pie Humidify Barbarian Teleport Tele-group Barbarian Superglass Make Magic Imbue

Ruby Aurora Prism of Dowsing Crystallise Crystal Mask

15,000 fire runes, along with 3000 Polypore spores, are also required to fully charge a Polypore staff for 3,000 casts of Polypore Strike.

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Ali's Discount Wares	Al Kharid	17	Coins	300
Aubury's Rune Shop	Varrock	17	Coins	300
Aubury's Rune Shop (New Varrock)	New Varrock	17	Zemomark	300
Aubury's Rune Shop (New Varrock)	New Varrock	Free sample	-	15
Baba Yaga's Magic Shop	Lunar Isle	17	Coins	1,000
Battle Runes	Wilderness	17	Coins	100
Battle Runes	Wilderness	17	Coins	1,000
Betty's Magic Emporium	Port Sarim	17	Coins	300
Carwen Essencebinder Magical Runes Shop	Burthorpe	17	Coins	300
Lundail's Arena-side Rune Shop	Mage arena bank	17	Coins	1,000
Magic Guild Store - Runes and Staves	Wizards' Guild	17	Coins	1,000
Tutab's Magical Market	Ape Atoll	17	Coins	1,000
TzHaar-Mej-Roh's Rune Store	TzHaar City	26	Tokkul	1,000
Void Knight Magic Store	Void Knights' Outpost	17	Coins	1,000

Drop sources

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For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Afflicted	60; 61; 63; 64	6	4/128
Al Kharid warrior	18	6	3/128
Bandit looter	42	1–26	Common
Barbarian	28; 30	5; 8	2/128
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1–12	Common
Black Knight Titan	28	15	Unknown
Black dragon	100	50	8/128
Blue dragon	74	37	1/125
Bronze dragon	86	50–150	4/128
Brutish jadinko	91	4	Uncommon
Casket (CS Week)	N/A	150	Unknown
Catablepon	53; 54	15	13/128
Cave bug	8; 12	1–148	5/128
Cave crawler	53; 74; 78	12	5/128
Cave crawler	53; 74; 78	12	4/128
Chaos druid warrior	65	12	Common
Cockatrice	44	7	2/128
Cockroach drone	4	1–11	6/128
Colonel Radick	23	6	Uncommon
Corpse Spider	4	2	Common
Corpse archer	18	6	5/128
Corpse mage	21	8	4/128
Crafting crate (small)		66	Unknown
Crawling corpse torso	9	4	Uncommon
Crystal chest	N/A	200	Common
Cuffs	12	6	Unknown
Cyclops	57; 63; 68; 91	15	Rare
Dagon'hai Monk	77	10; 18; 36	Common
Dark wizard	22; 30; 33; 35; 37	10; 18	5/128
Desert Lizard	35; 49; 63	5–42	Common
Dragith Nurn	26	8	Unknown
Drunken man	5	6	Uncommon
Earth warrior (elite)	88	6	Very rare
Elf warrior	84; 89	37	Uncommon
Elite Dark Mage	98	5–28	Common
Elite Khazard guard	77; 84	4–10	Uncommon
Essence impling	42	50	Common
Essence impling jar	N/A	50	Common
Exiled kalphite paragon	84	31–89	Common
Exiled kalphite soldier	84	56–85	Common
Farmer	7	6	Unknown
Fire elemental	44	20	Uncommon
Fire elemental	44	15	Common
Fire spirit (item) normal	N/A	2–120	Common	N/A
Fire wizard	25	4–9	Common
Giant ant soldier	70	5; 6; 7; 9; 17	Common
Giant spider	2; 33; 39	6	7/128
Green dragon	63	37	1/100
Guard	18; 25; 35	2	Common
Guthix wizard	105; 119	51; 180	Uncommon
Haakon the Champion	32	8	Uncommon
Hengel	4	6	Uncommon
Hill giant	44	15	Common
Hobgoblin	28; 30; 32; 35; 91	7	Uncommon
Hobgoblin (elite)	41	7	Uncommon
Imp	5	5	Common
Imp herald	98	5	Common
Infernal Mage	72	10; 18	7/128
Infernal Mage (elite)	82	10; 18	Common
Jeff	12	6	Unknown
Kalphite Guardian	72	37	Uncommon
Kalphite Soldier	65	6; 7; 30; 60	Common
Kalphite Worker	58	11–20	Common
Killerwatt	61	5	Common
Knight of Ardougne	53	37	Uncommon
Lesser demon	70	4–120	Uncommon
Lesser demon (Demon Flash Mobs)	109	4–120	Uncommon
Lesser reborn mage	68	40	Unknown
Lizard	77	5–32	Common
Locust rider	75	37	Uncommon
Man	4	6	Uncommon
Mighty banshee	91	70	Rare
Mourner	33; 79; 85	37	Uncommon
Narf	12	6	Unknown
Necromancer (monster)	39	18	Common
Penda	4	6	Unknown
Pirate	26; 29; 32	5	Common
Pyrefiend	61; 67	10	6/128
Rock Crab	71	7	Common
Rogue	9	4–6	Rare
Rogue Enforcer	35	6	Unknown
Rusty	12	6	Unknown
Salarin the Twisted	77	36	Rare
Sandy Casket	N/A	300	Unknown
Saradomin wizard	98	51; 180	Uncommon
Scabaras ranger	77	Unknown	Common
Scarab mage	75	37	Uncommon
Security casket (CS Week)	N/A	150	Unknown
Security casket (CS Week)	N/A	300	Unknown
Skeleton	15; 16; 32; 43; 46; 47; 49; 51; 53; 54; 58; 70	2	Common
Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs)	15	5	5/128
Skeleton Mage	19; 49	2	Rare
Skeleton looter	42	Unknown	Common
Skoblin	19	6	Common
Small Lizard	21	5–32	Uncommon
Soldier (Yanille)	32	6	Uncommon
Spectral attendant	70	2–5	Uncommon
Spectral cultivator	70	5	Unknown
Spectral worshipper	70	5	Unknown
Spellwisp	18	5; 12	Common

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Runes and talismans
Disassembly XP	0.4
Item quantity required	50
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  84.6% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 84.6% 1 34 83.8 2 49 82.1 3 64 80.4 4 69 78.7 5 78 77.0 6 83 74.4 7 91 72.8 8 95 70.2 9 105 67.7
Possible materials
Often
Magic parts	85/100
Sometimes
Crafted parts	13/100
Rarely
Powerful components	2/100

runesrunesRunes and talismanstabletabletabletable14? (edit)0.484.6?  84.6%

Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched.
See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information.

Reduction		Junk chance
None	1	84.6%
1	34	83.8
2	49	82.1
3	64	80.4
4	69	78.7
5	78	77.0
6	83	74.4
7	91	72.8
8	95	70.2
9	105	67.7

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Update history

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• patch 21 December 2009 (Update):
  • Fire runes should now have more flexibility on the Grand Exchange.

Trivia

• Jack used a fire and an air rune to make fire in the First Age.
• The fire rune is one of the most traded items on the Grand Exchange. This is likely because they were dropped in large quantities by a variety of monsters and are commonly used by players training magic.

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