RS United Guide To The Abyss

Runecrafting is a popular skill among mages. In the past, the word was also synonymous with "boring", "tedious" and "job". Thanks to the abyss that association has been dropped. The abyss creates a new way to runecraft, shearing crafting time so drasticly that today it is the most commonly used form of Runecrafting. Beware though, such an important feature comes complete with its own pros and cons. If you're willing to risk a death on every trip, the abyss is for you. For the more faint of heart, the traditional method of "slow and steady wins the race" is a viable alternative - and the only other option.

To clarify, The Abyss is a feature implemented by JaGex to speed up Runecrafting. After a short mini-quest (guide coming soon), you can access the Abyss via the wilderness directly North of Edgeville (level 5), thus providing us with one of the most previlant dangers of the Abyss before we even get to know what it really does. PK groups who like to kill the Abyssal Runecrafters will stand near the mage who teleports you to the abyss, creating a true danger for those who craft there. While losing a talisman or some essence might not be the biggest loss ever, the whole trick of Abyssal Runecrafting requires that you carry with you an amuet of glory. There are ways around this of course, which will be explained later, but for now back to the Abyss. Assuming you make it through the PKers, you'll find a horde of abyssal creatures (most with tendrils) waiting to gobble you up. These creatures vary in level from the 20's through the high 80's, so be prepared with armour.

Once inside, you will have to squeeze your way through the creatures to one of the entrances to the inner circle, where you can then use the skill related to that entrance to move to the inner circle, out of danger. There are no monsters in the inner circle and you cannot be PK'd here, so if you make it this far rest easy. You will notice however that you will become skulled once you enter the abyss. Entering a place with such evil magic around will do that to you.

From the inner circle, move around untill you spot the portal with the icon of the rune you want to craft, enter it, and craft away, then teleport to edgeville, bank, and repeat as many times as nessecary. The whole pricess requires about 45 seconds on a good run, and can be very speedy when you need to craft alot of runes fast.