Water rune

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

The official world for RC Running & ZMI Altar is world 36 (P2P).

Water 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	19 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
Weight	0 kg
Examine
One of the four basic elemental runes. Used in Magic (5).
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The water rune is one of the four elemental runes. They are used to invoke the power of water, in spells such as Water and Ice spells, and may be substituted for by a water staff, water battlestaff, mud battlestaff, steam battlestaff, or tome of frost. Water runes are also substituted in spells by the mystic version of all staves mentioned previously. These runes are also used for ice spells.

These may be made using the Runecrafting skill at level 5 Runecrafting, granting 6 experience per essence, using the water altar south-east of Draynor Village in the Lumbridge Swamp. They can also be found at various spawns around the game, such as the spawn in the scorpion pit north of Al Kharid. Water runes can also be dropped by monsters. They can sometimes be found inside barrels. After the quest Dealing with Scabaras, water runes may be used on a water tiara, requiring both 50 Magic and Runecrafting, to make an enchanted water tiara. This item replaces waterskins in the desert heat, with three water runes accounting for one dose of water. The amount of charges that the tiara can store is unlimited. Similarly to infusing a druid pouch, the user must use at least 3 water runes on the tiara.

Crafting multiple water runes

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

Multiplier		GE Price
1x	5	19
2x	19	38
3x	38	57
4x	57	76
5x	76	95
6x	95	114
7x	114*	133

Spells

Water runes are needed in a vast amount of spells, as listed below. Because of all the spells that need water runes, many mages will just use a staff of water, water battlestaff or mystic water staff.

Free Spells

All players can cast these spells:

• Water Strike
• Water Bolt
• Water Blast
• Falador Teleport
• Bones to Bananas
• Enchant Level 1 Jewellery

Member Spells

Only members can cast these spells:

Water Wave Bones to Peaches Charge Water Orb Enchant Level 5 Jewellery Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Sapphire) Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Pearl) Ice Rush Ice Burst Lassar Teleport Ice Blitz

Ice Barrage Ghorrock Teleport Bake Pie Humidify Waterbirth Teleport Tele-group Waterbirth North Ardougne Teleport Khazard Teleport Tele-group Khazard String Jewellery

Stat Restore Pot Share Magic Imbue Boost Potion Share Fishing Guild Teleport Tele-group Fishing Guild Catherby Teleport Tele-group Catherby Ice Plateau Teleport Tele-group Ice Plateau Water Surge

Sapphire Aurora Shield Dome Crystallise Rapid Growth

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
Rune Shop (Anachronia)	Anachronia	17	Coins	300
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
Aviansie	89; 92; 95	30	13/128
Bandit (Wilderness)	18	9	Uncommon
Bandit Brawler	112; 118	9	3/128
Bandit looter	42	3–17	Common
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1–11	Common
Basilisk	70; 77	20	12/128
Big frog	36	12	Uncommon
Black Heather	138	30	Uncommon
Black Knight Titan	28	Unknown	Unknown
Brine rat	49	10; 18	Uncommon
Casket (CS Week)	N/A	150	Unknown
Catablepon	53; 54	7	8/128
Cave bug	8; 12	1–16	4/128
Cave bug	8; 12	1–167	2/128
Cave goblin	1	6	Common
Cave slime	26	15	5/128
Chaos dwarf	28; 45; 47; 84; 101; 108	10	1/128
Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer	70; 101	10	Common
Chaos dwogre	92; 98	10	Common
Cockatrice	44	1–2	3/128
Cockroach drone	4	1–8	18/128
Corpse Spider	4	2	Common
Corpse archer	18	6	9/128
Corpse mage	21	8	5/128
Crawling corpse torso	9	4	Uncommon
Crystal chest	N/A	200	Common
Cyclops	57; 63; 68; 91	7	Rare
Dagannoth (Lighthouse)	77; 78	15–30	Common
Dagannoth guardian	98	10–36	Uncommon
Dagannoth spawn	65	3	Common
Dagon'hai Monk	77	10; 18	Common
Dark warrior	16	1	4/128
Dark wizard	22; 30; 33; 35; 37	10; 18	4/128
Desert strykewyrm	103	2–100	Uncommon
Donny the Lad	138	30	Uncommon
Dragith Nurn	26	8	Unknown
Drunken man	5	7	Uncommon
Elf warrior	84; 89	70	Common
Elite Khazard guard	77; 84	4–10	Common
Essence impling	42	30	Common
Essence impling jar	N/A	30	Common
Exiled kalphite paragon	84	31–89	Common
Exiled kalphite soldier	84	53–84	Common
Experiment No.2	64	3–14	Uncommon
Frog	77	6	Common
Giant Sea Snake	63	15	Unknown
Giant ant worker	49	28	Common
Giant rock crab	95	1–39	Common
Giant skeleton (Shadow Dungeon)	84	18	Uncommon
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	84	18	Uncommon
Giant wasp	70; 84	32; 35; 37	Unknown
Gnoeals	70	30–44	Common
Goblin	1; 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 11; 84	6	6/128
Guthix wizard	105; 119	42; 146	Uncommon
Hill giant	44	7	Common
Hobgoblin	28; 30; 32; 35; 91	2	Uncommon
Hobgoblin (elite)	41	2	Uncommon
Ice giant	51	12	Common
Ice troll	84; 89	65	Common
Icefiend	35; 84	1–5	Uncommon
Imp	5	5	Common
Imp herald	98	5	Common
Infernal Mage	72	10; 18	4/128
Jailer	39	Unknown	Common
Kalphite Soldier	65	21; 22	Uncommon
Kalphite Worker	58	11–19	Common
Knight of Ardougne	53	70	Common
Man	4	7	Uncommon
Minotaur	14; 44; 52	5	Uncommon
Mogre	54	5–18	Uncommon
Molanisk	53	1–13	11/128
Mourner	33; 79; 85	70	Common
Mugger	15	6	Uncommon
Outlaw	32	6	Uncommon
Paladin	49	30	Common
Rock lobster	100	9	Common
Salarin the Twisted	77	12	Common
Saradomin wizard	98	146	Uncommon
Sea Snake Hatchling	63	15	Unknown
Sea Snake Young	63	15	Uncommon
Security casket (CS Week)	N/A	300	Unknown
Sir Carl	81	30	Common
Sir Harry	81	30	Common
Sir Jerro	81	30	Common
Skeletal Wyvern	109	11–33	5/128
Skeletal miner	49	9	Uncommon
Skeleton	15; 16; 32; 43; 46; 47; 49; 51; 53; 54; 58; 70	2–9	Common
Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs)	15	5	5/128
Skeleton fremennik	23; 28; 30	20	Uncommon
Skeleton looter	42	Unknown	Uncommon
Skoblin	19	6; 8	Common
Sorebones	49	23	Common
Spellwisp	18	5; 12	Common
Stinkears	5	13	Common
Tortured soul (Port Phasmatys)	53	6	Common
Tutab's Magical Market		1	Unknown
TzHaar-Mej	86	10–80	Uncommon
Wallasalki	79; 84; 91	1–10	Common
Warped bat	16	6	Common
Warped cockroach	1	1	7/128

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Runes and talismans
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	50
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  94.5% 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 94.5% 1 34 93.6 2 49 91.7 3 64 89.8 4 69 87.9 5 78 86.0 6 83 83.2 7 91 81.3 8 95 78.4 9 105 75.6
Possible materials
Often
Magic parts	85/100
Sometimes
Crafted parts	13/100
Rarely
Powerful components	2/100

runesrunesRunes and talismanstabletabletabletable5? (edit)0.194.5?  94.5%

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	94.5%
1	34	93.6
2	49	91.7
3	64	89.8
4	69	87.9
5	78	86.0
6	83	83.2
7	91	81.3
8	95	78.4
9	105	75.6

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Trivia

• The most water runes required for a spell is 30, for the Charge Water Orb spell.
• Water runes used to have a price ceiling of 16 coins each, and were extremely hard to buy on the Grand Exchange. On 9 September 2009, the price cap was removed (and shortly before, the infinite stock of water runes in shops had been removed), and water runes increased in price to over 40 coins each. Due to this it was very smart to buy water runes from rune shops at 17 coins and sell on the Grand Exchange. However, this is not applicable anymore as the Grand Exchange price is now cheaper (19).

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