Magic Guide
Magic is an amazing thing in the world of Runescape. With it, you can kill you enemies, move from town to town in seconds, and even make heaps of money. All you need are the runes to do so. Take a look below and you might get a basic idea of the types of runes you'll need for your purpose.

Rune Chart
  Name Basic Use Rune Shop Value
  Mind Rune Low level attack spells 11-20 gp
  Air Rune Used for most attack spells 4-20 gp
  Body Rune Used for spells that reduce your opponents stats, or bind them 4-10 gp
  Law Rune Used for teleport spells, and telekenetic grab 270-300 gp
  Fire Rune Used for fire spells 6-20gp
  Blood Rune Used for wave spells 500 gp
  Chaos Rune Used for bolt spells 160 gp
  Cosmic Rune Used for jewlery enchant spells N/A
  Nature Rune Used for alchemy spells 100gp-200 gp
  Water Rune Used for all water-related spells 4-16 gp
  Earth Rune Used for earth related spells 4-16 gp
  Soul Rune Used for teleother spells and some attack spells 200-300 gp
  Death Rune Used for blast attack spells 250-300 gp
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Assuming you read the chart above, you should have a basic understanding of which type of rune you'll need, and the basic price of the runes. Now we'll look at the different categories for the spells.

Types of spells
Type of spell Used for... Type of rune used...
Attack Killing things Earth, Air, Death, Water, Fire, Chaos
Teleport Speedy Travel Law, Air, Fire, Earth
Alchemy Changing items into gold coins Nature, Fire
Teleother Teleporting other people Soul, law, fire, air, water, earth
Stat-reduction/restrict reduces an enemies stats, or restricts them from moving for x amount of time (example: Weaken - stat reduction, Bind - restriction) Water, Earth, Body, Nature, Soul
Extra Spells used to make runescape life easier Nature, Earth, Water, Air, Law, Fire, Cosmic


Ok, on to the last part. You've got your runes, you know your spells, now you just need to look like a mage.

Mage Clothes/Armour
Name of item Where found Price
Blue Wizard's Robes Drop by wizards (level 9) N/A
Dark Wizard Robes Drop by Dark Wizards (levels 7, 20, 29) N/A
Zamorak Robes Drop By necromancers, or Complete Underground Pass Quest N/A
Splitbark Armour Mage Tower (requires bark and fine cloth) 32,000
Mystic Robes Magic Guild 235,000
God capes Mage Arena (wilderness) N/A
Fremenick Robes Relleka N/A
Farseer's Helm Relleka 78,000


You should now know everything you need to become a powerfull mage. If nessecary in the future, refer back to this guide.
Random Tip:
For Rangers who enjoy crossbows, you might want to look into getting a bolt pouch from the crossbow salesdwarf in Keldagrem. A pouch holds 4 types of bolts, and up to 255 of each type.
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Do not rush trades. Taking that extra 10 seconds to look could save you from taking that extra 10 days to make up a loss.