Ironman Mode/Strategies/Magic

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
N/A	The Elder Kiln		TokHaar-Kal-Mej	Fight Kiln	Cape
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
90	90		Primeval armour	Liberation of Mazcab	Tank, achto version is augmentable, non-achto is degrade to dust (outside Liberation of Mazcab), has a chance to reset defensive cooldowns
90	90		Cryptbloom armour	Croesus	Tank, augmentable, reduces damage and has a chance to infect the target
92 (95 damage)	92		Elite tectonic armour	Vorago + Dragonkin Laboratory	Power, augmentable, degrade to dust (outside Elite Dungeons)

Tank vs power armour

Armour comes in 2 variants: tank and power armour. For most purposes power armour is significantly better due to the increased damage, even if the tier difference is large. However, when tanking, the set effects from achto and cryptbloom can be relevant and make the role less difficult. Additionally, with the addition of the Animate dead spell (in the Ancient Magicks spellbook), tank armour can become even more effective at reducing incoming damage.

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 with useful special attack
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
87	87	Obliteration	Wilderness Slayer	Augmentable staff
88	88	Superior Zuriel's staff	Revenants	Augmentable staff, but degrade to dust
88	88 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
95	95	Fractured Staff of Armadyl	Hard mode Kerapac, the bound	Augmentable staff with useful special attack

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 ( enhanced)	80 (90)	Raksha, the Shadow Colossus/Vileblooms (upgrade only from Raksha)	Decreases the time it takes for Detonate to charge. Enhanced variants improves stats, but effect stays the same.
Channeller's ring	70	Dagannoth Prime + Pthentraken	Increased power of channeled abilities.
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.
Armadyl battlestaff	77	Glacors	Tier 77 augmentable Magic staff, often put into an Essence of Finality to use in conjunction with the Fractured Staff of Armadyl.
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. Has more damage than tier 95 equipment, but lower accuracy and no special attack.
Staff of darkness	85	Lava Strykewyrms	Tier 85 augmentable Magic staff.
Camel staff	85	Camel Warriors	Tier 85 augmentable Magic staff, provides unlimited Fire Runes.
Kerapac's wrist wraps ( enhanced)	85 (90)	Kerapac, the bound (Arch-Glacor)	Best gloves for magic when the target is poison immune. Enhanced variants improves stats, but effect stays the same and the unenhanced variant is worth using in the same situations as the enhanced wraps.
Small rune pouch	55	Abyss runecrafting	Can store 2 types of runes.
Large rune pouch	90	Abyss runecrafting	Can store 3 types of runes and can go in the ammunition slot.
Grasping rune pouch	90	Croesus + more Abyss runecrafting	Can store 4 types of runes, can go in the ammunition slot, has a +4 prayer bonus and a 25% chance to save runes for combat spells.
Spellcaster gloves (black)	See page	Dominion tower	Deals additional damage, lowers stats and binds but degrades quickly.
Scrimshaw of the elements (Superior)	80 92	Player-owned Ports	Increases damage by 6.66% for 3 hours (4 hours for Superior).
Blighted rebounder	70 70	Barrows	Tier 70 augmentable Magic defender, allows use of defensive abilities and dual-wield Magic abilities.
Ancient lantern	80 80	Nex	Tier 80 augmentable Magic defender, allows use of defensive abilities and dual-wield Magic abilities.
Kalphite rebounder	90 90	Kalphite King & Vorago	Tier 90 augmentable Magic defender, allows use of defensive abilities and dual-wield Magic abilities.
Merciless kiteshield	90	Barrows - Rise of the Six	Tier 90 augmentable Magic shield.

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.
Greater Concentrated Blast	Kerapac, the bound	12	Replacement basic	Increases damage and time for a full channel (from 2.4 to 1.8 seconds).
Magma Tempest	TzKal-Zuk	66	Additional basic	The attack is a 5x5 area-of-effect that hits every 1.2 seconds (2 ticks) over 9.6 seconds for a total of 8 hits and can hit up to 25 targets at a time.
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.