Ourania Runecrafting Altar

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The official world for Ourania Runecrafting Altar is world 36 (P2P).

Runecrafting altar
Release	18 September 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest	No
Location	West of the Battlefield
Actions	Craft-rune, Examine
Examine	An altar upon which to craft runes.
See § Map below
Advanced data
Object ID	26847
Links	MROD26847
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The Ourania Runecrafting Altar (also known as the ZMI Altar) is a special Runecrafting altar located in the Ourania Cave, which is west of the Battlefield, and south of West Ardougne.

It converts pure essence into an assortment of random runes without a chance of bonus runes being created. The altar, which requires no talisman, tiara or staff to enter, gives double the normal experience for every rune crafted. Comparatively, the Abyss gives a 250% Runecrafting experience modifier, increased to 350% with a demonic skull. Players do not need a specific Runecrafting level in order to craft at this altar, but the chance of crafting higher-levelled runes increases with a higher Runecrafting level.

Once inside the Ourania Cave, quickly reached by an Ourania Teleport, players may use a bank there that requires a payment of 20 runes of any type. They can then go to the altar by taking either a short and dangerous route or a longer and safe route. The long route has no monsters and has a crack at the end that requires no Agility level to use.

Getting there

• Casting Ourania Teleport requires 71 Magic and access to the Lunar spellbook, and places the player on the path to the altar entrance.
• Use Spirit trees option 3: Battlefield of Khazard to teleport to the Battlefield and walk south-west.
• Use Gnome glider option 7: Priw Gnomo Andralo to teleport to just outside of the Tree Gnome Village NW entrance.
• Use a 'Chipped' Watchtower teleport tablet to teleport to the Observatory and walk north.
• Teleport to the Ardougne Monastery with the Ardougne cloak 1, and walk north-west.
• Teleport to Castle Wars with the ring of duelling, and walk north from the lobby.
• Cast Ardougne Teleport, requiring 51 Magic and Plague City, which takes you to the East Ardougne marketplace, then head south-west.

Mechanics

With the exception of Armadyl runes and Combination runes, the player is able to craft all runes that are available in the game regardless of whether or not they have the required level or quest requirements. However, the higher the player's Runecrafting level, the higher-levelled the crafted runes will be. The experience here is double to what you would normally get for the runes.

The Ardougne cloak 2 (and higher) adds a chance of creating more runes in the Ourania Altar (rune output is increased by roughly 15%), though no extra experience is gained. Master runecrafter robes (the full set gives 5% more experience) will work here. However, they have a maximum boost of 700 experience per altar click or batch. Runecrafting gloves from Fist of Guthix will not work here, as the experience is already doubled.

Paths

There are two paths leading to the altar: a shorter, dangerous route, and a longer, safe route.

Longer route

The longer route

This route is a long winding pathway. Once players reach the end of the path, they will have to squeeze through a small crack in the wall to reach the altar. The wall-crack shortcut has no Agility requirements.

Shorter route

The shorter route contains Zamorak warriors, Zamorak mages, Zamorak rangers, Zamorak crafters, and cave lizards. Most players will take minimal damage from the attacks, however extremely low level players should consider bringing armour and food. It is recommended to turn auto retaliate off and run past the attackers.

A player crafting runes at the Ourania altar.

Map

Ourania Cave

• 
  Exit to battlefield
• 
  Eniola
• Zamorak crafter
• Cave lizard
• Zamorak warrior (61)
• Zamorak warrior (65)
• Zamorak ranger
• Zamorak mage
• Zamorak mage (Guild)
• 
  Ourania Altar

Recommended equipment

Here is a list of a recommended setup with downgradeable options:

Recommended equipment for Ranged

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Mighty slayer helmet	Armadyl helmet	Royal dragonhide coif	Black dragonhide coif	N/A
	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of defence	Holy symbol	N/A
	Ardougne cloak 2 or higher	Cape of Accomplishment	Spottier cape	Spotted cape	Obsidian cape
	Agile top	Wicked robe top	Armadyl chestplate	Royal dragonhide body	Black dragonhide body
	Agile legs	Wicked legs	Armadyl chainskirt	Royal dragonhide chaps	Black dragonhide chaps
	Any Ranged shield	Void knight deflector	Falador shield 3 or 4	Blessed spirit shield	N/A
	Penance gloves	Regen bracelet	Culinaromancer's gloves 10	N/A	N/A
	Boots of lightness	Spined boots	Carapace boots	Snakeskin boots	N/A
	Ring of life	Explorer's ring 4	N/A	N/A	N/A

Banking

Eniola will allow you access to your bank account in exchange for 20 of any one type of rune. Using cheap runes such as mind runes at 18 coins each is recommended. Due to an update, you no longer need to close the bank window to fill Runecrafting pouches with pure essence. Previously it was common to deliberately keep a full bank, so one could bank the various runes crafted without banking the pouches, but this is now unnecessary due to bank presets.

There are a few other methods of banking when Runecrafting at the Ourania Altar:

• Use War's Retreat Teleport to teleport to War's Retreat.
• Use the TokKul-Zo to teleport to any of the three "Fight" options. This is just as close to a bank as the Castle Wars teleport but does not use any charges on the ring. Note that it requires you to choose an option in a popup interface that can be interrupted when the Zamorak ranger near the altar is attacking you. This can be avoided by squeezing back through the gap into the long path.
• Moonclan Teleport, Tele-group Moonclan or home teleport to Lunar Isle with the Lodestone Network
• The ring of kinship will teleport to Daemonheim and has unlimited charges.
• The ring of duelling will teleport to the Castle Wars lobby.
• Use the games necklace to teleport to the Burthorpe Troll Invasion area and the Ourania Teleport spell to return to the altar. This is marginally cheaper than the ring of duelling, and just as efficient since the Loyalty Programme update placed a bank outside the Warriors' Guild.
• Memory strands can be clicked inside the currency pouch (if favourited) for teleporting to Memorial to Guthix site.
• Use a Crystal teleport seed or an attuned crystal teleport seed to bank in Prifddinas.

Music unlocked

• Altar Ego

Graphical updates

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  Ourania Altar after Unknown date (edit)

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  Ourania Altar after Unknown date (edit)

Update history

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!

• patch 4 May 2021 (Update):
  • You can no longer walk on lava near the ZMI Altar.

• patch 22 September 2014 (Update):
  • It is now possible to craft runes at the ZMI Altar from a rune pouch if the player has no essence in their inventory.

• patch 4 December 2012 (Update):
  • The Zamorak fighters in the Ourania altar are now aggressive again.

• patch 17 November 2009 (Update):
  • Fixed the lava bubbles near Ourania Altar.

• patch 9 November 2009 (Update):
  • Resolved an issue with the rune payment interface for the banker at Ourania Altar.

• patch 7 October 2009 (Update):
  • Stopped lava looking grey near the entrance to Ourania Altar.

• patch 9 September 2009 (Update):
  • Fixed the attack range of the NPCs at Ourania Altar. This was a knock-on effect from an engine change last week.

• patch 12 May 2009 (Update):
  • Improved the graphics and wall pieces that were occasionally not visible at the Ourania Altar.

• update 18 September 2007 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Ourania (Ουρανία), or Urania, was the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology (the name means "heavenly" or "of heaven" in Ancient Greek). This is significant considering the proximity of the grave of the astronomer Scorpius and the Observatory.