Strategies for Ironman Mode

This article is a strategy guide for Ironman Mode. Information on mechanics, setups, and tactics is on this page.

Magic is one of the 3 combat styles.

Armour

Tier	Requirements	Equipment		Obtaining	Type
1	-		Wizard equipment	Betty's Magic Emporium	Tank
10	-		First tower robes	Rune memories	Tank
N/A	-		Amulet of magic	Easy casket or 7 and 24	Amulet
10	10		Imphide robes	Betty's Magic Emporium	Tank
20	20		Spider silk robes	Betty's Magic Emporium	Tank
30	30		Batwing equipment	Betty's Magic Emporium	Tank
40	40		Splitbark equipment	Have made by Wizard Jalarast or dropped by Ravenous ghoul, Can get fine cloth and bark from Zaff.	Tank
50	50		Blue mystic robes	Marvellous Mysticism + Oziach's Armour	Tank
50	50		Skeletal armour	Wallasalki drops	Power
N/A	60		God capes	Mage arena	Cape
60	65 40		Lunar equipment	Lunar Diplomacy	Power
65	65		Superior skeletal armour set	1000 deathmatch points or Wilderness shared loot table + skeletal armour	Power, degrade to dust
70	70		Robes of Subjugation	K'ril Tsutsaroth	Power, augmentable
80	80		Anima Core of Seren	Helwyr	Power, augmentable
80	80 80		Virtus armour	Nex	Power, augmentable
85	85 90		Seasinger's equipment	Player-owned Ports	Tank, augmentable
88	88		Superior Zuriel's equipment	Wilderness slayer revenant task drop/Wilderness shared loot table + revenant/Chaos Elemental drop	Power, augmentable, degrade to dust
90	90 93		Tectonic armour	Vorago	Power, augmentable, degrade to dust
92 (95 damage)	92		Elite tectonic armour	Vorago + Dragonkin Laboratory	Power, augmentable, degrade to dust (outside Elite Dungeons)

Magic weapons

Tier	Requirements	Equipment	Obtaining	Type
5	-	Staff of air	Zaff	Elemental staff (when given the choice, air is the best one for combat)
6	-	Tower mindspike (air)	Rune Mysteries	Elemental staff
10	5	Mindspike (air)	Gudrik	Elemental staff
20	20	Spider wand & Spider orb	Betty's Magic Emporium	Dual wield
30	30	Battlestaff	Naff	Staff
40	40	Splitbark wand & Splitbark orb	4 Bark at Wizard Jalarast (Bark from Zaff)	Dual wield
40	40	Mystic air staff	Take an elemental battlestaff to Thormac after Scorpion Catcher	Elemental staff
50	50	Mystic wand & Mystic orb	57 or Champion's Guild	Dual wield
50	50	Ancient staff	Talk to Eblis after Desert Treasure/Mummy in DT pyramid	Staff
60	60	Guthix staff	Mage Arena	Staff
60	60	Toktz-mej-tal	52,500 Tokkul	Staff
70	70	Ahrim weapons	Barrows	Augmentable staff/dual wield
70	70	Blisterwood staff	Branches of Darkmeyer	Staff
75	75 150	Vanquish (magic)	May's Quest Caravan	Staff
78	78	Sunspear (magic)	River of Blood	Augmentable staff
80	80 80	Chaotic staff	Dungeoneering tokens	Augmentable staff
82	82	Staff of limitless air	Master clue reward + mystic air staff	Augmentable elemental staff
90 accuracy 80 damage	85	Wand of the Cywir elders & Orb of the Cywir elders	Helwyr	Augmentable dual wield
88	85 92	Elite seasinger kiba & Elite seasinger makigai	Player-owned ports (last region) + Temple of Aminishi	Augmentable dual wield
90	90	Noxious staff	Araxxor	Augmentable staff
90	90	Seismic wand & Seismic singularity	Vorago	Augmentable dual wield
92	92	Staff of Sliske	Telos	Augmentable staff
92	92	Wand of the praesul & Imperium core	Angel of Death	Augmentable dual wield.

2-handed versus dual wield

Within the same tier, dual wield deals more damage when using full manual, while staves deal more damage when using revolution and consume less runes on legacy. 4-tick auto attacking is an advanced active technique that makes use of both dual wield and a staff and deals significantly more damage than automatically using abilities.

Other equipment

Equipment	Requirements	Obtaining	Effect
Blast diffusion boots	80	Raksha, the Shadow Colossus/Vileblooms	Decreases the time it takes for Detonate to charge.
Elemental battlestaff	30	Master clue reward	Provides free runes of all types. Not very useful for combat but very useful for enchanting, doing clues or teleporting.
Inquisitor staff	80 114	Rarely obtain a piece while excavating in the Kharid-et - Praetorium excavation site	Augmentable staff with high damage against certain enemies, including Telos, Angel of Death and more.
Spellcaster gloves (black)	See page	Dominion tower	Deals additional damage, lowers stats and binds but degrades quickly.
Superior scrimshaw of the elements	80 92	Player-owned Ports	Increases damage by 6.66% for 4 hours.

Unlockable abilities

Ability	Unlocking	Level	Type	Effect
Corruption Blast	Liberation of Mazcab drop	70	Additional basic	Deals high damage over time, spreading to adjacent targets.
Greater Chain	Raksha, the Shadow Colossus	45	Replacement basic	Adds area of effect damage to chain.
Shock/Horror	Unspeakable horrors	58	Additional basic/threshold	Knocks back target.
Smoke Tendrils	The Dig Site	75	Additional threshold	Slow combo threshold with relatively low damage, deals self damage.
Sunshine	The World Wakes	85	Additional ultimate	Adds 50% damage for 30 seconds as long as the user stays in a 5 by 5 area.

Training the skill

Ideally, the skill is trained while collecting resources or training Slayer or Prayer. If that's not desired, see pay-to-play Magic training.