1. Rune - Runes are stones with magical qualities that allow you to cast spells.
   
2. Staff - The staff is the basic weapon used by the wizard. Certain staffs are more powerful than others, and some take the place of certain runes (more on that later).
   
3. Robes - Robes are the only clothing made especially for mages. Robes are very light, which allows mages to run farther than if they were in metal armor, and they also add to our maging capabilities, unlike armor, which lowers the amount of damage you do and the experience you gain.
   
4. Mage - One who uses magic.
   

Magic is an amazingly powerful form of combat. Magic is like ranging, but instead of using arrows, mages use their magic spells. Your magic level tells you which spells you can cast, and how much and how often you will hit an enemy with your spell. As your magic level gets higher, more spells become available to you, and as your level rises, you can hit more often and for higher amounts with spells you already know.

Magic can also be used out of combat. With magic, you can change bones into food, turn anything into cash, teleport to the major cities, and much more! Your magical defence is balanced in a 70% magic skill and 30% defence split.

To look at the spells you can cast, click the spell book on the right side of the screen. Hover your mouse over the spells and you will see the level and the runes required for the spell:



If you have the runes, it will show the amount of runes you have next to the amount required for the spell.




Runes

To get runes to cast spells, you can buy them from either rune store (one in Port Sarim, one in Varrock). The rune store in Port Sarim is cheaper than the one in Varrock, but it only stocks 1000 of each basic rune opposed to the 2000 in Varrock. The stores stock air, fire, water, earth, body, mind, chaos, and death runes. Runes can also be bought in the Magic Guild (Yanille) and the Mage Arena. Another very good way to get runes is to craft them yourself. Refer to the Runecrafting Skill Guide for information. Consult the following chart to see a mini-picture of each rune, and some details:

Rune	Image	Classification	Spawning Location(s)
Air		Elemental	On Karamja Island - behind Luthas' house, near banana field, in the forest west of Lumbridge
Blood*		Used for Wave Attacks	Wilderness
Body		Used for Curse Attacks	Al Kharid Scimitar Shop, Wilderness
Chaos		Used for Bolt Attacks	Dark Warriors Castle, Wilderness
Cosmic		Used for Enchantment	Deep Wilderness on the Ice Plateau
Death		Used for Blast Attacks	Southeast of Yanille surrounded by Grey Wolves
Earth		Elemental	North Varrock Forest, Varrock Sewers
Fire		Elemental	Al Kharid Mine, Karamja Dungeon, Merlin's Workshop in Camelot Castle
Law		Used for Teleportation and Telekinesis	No spawn point, you need to kill monsters
Mind		Used for Strike Attacks	Lumbridge Castle
Nature		Used for Conversion	Wilderness, Ardougne (chests), Rellekka north shore island (requires Telegrab, heh heh)
Soul*		Used for High Level Curse Attacks	Wizard's Guild
Water		Elemental	Al Kharid Mine

*Members-Only Runes




Combination Runes (Members-only)

The new combination runes act as one of each supporting rune. Thus, casting the Crumble Undead spell (normally requiring 2 Earth, 2 Air and 1 Chaos) would require only 2 Dust and 1 Chaos. Refer to the Runecrafting Skill Guide for details on making these runes.

Rune	Image	Acts As	Best Use {Other Uses}
Mist		Air and Water	Water missile attacks
Dust		Air and Earth	Crumble Undead {Earth missile attacks}
Mud		Earth and Water	Bind, Snare, Vulnerability, Enfeeble, Entangle, Stun, Bones to bananas, Enchant lvl-5 jewelry {Confuse, Weaken, Curse}
Smoke		Air and Fire	Charge, Ancient Magic Smoke attacks {Fire missile attacks, god strikes}
Steam		Fire and Water	None {use as one or the other}
Lava		Earth and Fire	None {use as one or the other}

Spells and Experience

Casting spells in the new Runescape is very different from the old version in RS Classic. The amount of hits you hit with your spell affects the amount of experience you receive; a higher hit gives more experience. If you hit a 5, you will gain 4 experience for each point you hit for, so you gain 20 experience. Some pictures that may be of some help when using magic to fight are shown below, along with a table that shows the spells, the magic level needed to cast them, the runes needed to cast them, and the effect of the spell.

Note: Crumble Undead's Experience has been Halved. Both as Base exp, and its splash damage bonus. Crumbles base (no damage) exp is now 24.5. Crumble Splash damage bonus is now 2exp per dmg, instead of the usual 4 you get with other spells The images below shows the "auto-mage" screens, which allow you to click attack like you normally would with melee combat, but you use magic to attack the monster instead.



The image below shows your list of spells. The ones that are darkened (all of the ones shown here) cannot be cast because you do not have the right amount of runes or magic level needed to cast them.

*Members-only spells




Types of Spells

Certain types of spells are used for certain things. First there are the Missile spells. The missile spells include all of the battle spells that actually cause damage to your opponent during a fight.

The second type of spell is the Enchant spell. Enchant spells are used to enchant jewelry. The only jewelry that can be enchanted right now are amulets and rings (edit: recent modification by Jagex now allows members to enchant Sapphire necklace for Burthorpe Games Room teleport). Enchanting rings is members-only, but f2p can enchant amulets. F2p can enchant Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, and Diamond amulets, while members can enchant Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, Dragon, and Onyx amulets and rings.

Conversion spells are very important and useful. Conversion spells are used to convert things into other things. These spells are: Bones to bananas, Low Level Alchemy, and High Level Alchemy (Low Alch and High Alch). High alch is a great spell for getting cash. Alchemy turns any item on which the spell is cast into gp. The amount of gp received is the same as if you sold that item to the item's respective specialty store when the store has no stock of the item.

The final type of spell is the Teleportation Spell. These spells are extremely useful, especially for members who have to travel long distances to go places since their world is so much bigger. Teleportation is not just for teleporting your character though. Tele-grab is another useful teleportation spell. It grabs whatever item you cannot reach but can see so you don't have to actually be next to it and pick it up. It is very useful for situations like if you ever kill the caged demon in the Wizards tower south of Draynor Village and he drops a Rune med helm or something else of value.


Ancient Magic

To do Ancient Magic, you must have completed the Desert Treasure Quest. To switch between the new Ancient Magic and the old Magic spells, pray at the altar inside the pyramid where you finished the quest. Every time you pray at this altar, your prayer will be drained.

Ancient spells can be cast with any staff, but can only be auto-cast with the Ancient staff.

-Smoke spells poison your enemy (2 or 4 damage)
-Shadow spells reduce your target's attack (10%)
-Blood spells raise your hp (25% of damage)
-Ice spells stop your target from moving (5 to 20 secs)

-Rush spells are medium level single target spells
-Burst spells are medium level multi-target spells
-Blitz spells are high level single target spells
-Barrage spells are high level multi-target spells

Multi-target spells can hit a unlimited amount of targets as long as they are standing in the 3x3 grid where the spell is cast.

For attack spells, the base experience points (XP) are listed in the table. To calculate XP for these spells, follow this formula: Damage Inflicted x 2 + Base XP = Total XP

Enchanted Jewelry

Jewelry containing gems (see Crafting Skill Guide can be enchanted using spells from the list above. Cosmic runes are always required to enchant jewelry. Different enchanted items have different uses, as shown in the table below. Note that Teleport items must be taken off in order to be used (right-click and select "Rub" option). Other items must be worn in order to enjoy their benefits.

Item	Image	Gem	Action	Charges
Ring of recoil *		Sapphire	Gives opponents a little damage when you take damage from them.	Once 40 damage has been dealt this way.
Games necklace *		Sapphire	Take off and Rub to teleport to Burthorpe Games room.	8
Amulet of magic		Sapphire	+10 Magic Attack	Unlimited
Ring of dueling *		Emerald	Teleports you to Duel Arena or Castle Wars area.	8
Necklace of binding *		Emerald	100% success Runecrafting combination runes	15
Amulet of defence		Emerald	+7 Defence (all)	Unlimited
Ring of forging *		Ruby	Gives you 100% return on smelting iron.	140
Amulet of strength		Ruby	+10 Strength	Unlimited
Ring of life *		Diamond	Teleports you to Lumbridge (with all your stuff) if your health drops below 10%. (see Warning **)	1
Amulet of power		Diamond	+6 to all Attack and Def, +6 Strength, +1 Prayer	Unlimited
Ring of wealth *		Dragonstone	Gives you a chance at better drops from kills.	Unlimited
Amulet of glory *		Dragonstone	When worn, this amulet increases chance of finding gems while mining. When right clicked, this amulet allows teleporting to Al Kharid, Draynor Village, Edgeville, and Karamja. Stats: +10 to all attack bonuses +3 to all defence bonuses +3 prayer +6 strenght	Teleports: 4 Mining: Unlimited (Recharge at Hero's Guild Fountain)

* Members-only
** WARNING: if the creature you face can hit more than 10% of your health, the Ring of life has no use!


Staffs

Basic Staffs

There are many different kinds of staffs available to use, including some that are members-only. The basic elemental staffs can be bought at Zaff's Staff shop in Varrock, on the northwest side of the town square. While wielding the elemental staffs, you will not have to use the elemental rune that pertains to your staff. For example, if you wield an Staff of Air, you can cast air strike with just 1 mind rune and no air runes.

Battle Staffs

Now for Battle Staffs. Battle Staffs are stronger than normal staffs, but with a Powered Orb attached, they still take the place of certain runes. For example, if you have an enchanted battle staff of fire, you wont need any fire runes, and your magic will hit harder than if you had a non-enchanted staff. To get a Battle Staff, you must use a Powered Orb (either Air, Water, Earth, or Fire orb) on a Battle Staff (this requires Crafting skill).

Powering Orbs

To enchant an orb you will need the following items:

1. A glass orb
2. 3 cosmic runes
3. 30 basic runes of the type of orb you want to make (ex. 30 Fire runes if you want a Battlestaff of Fire)

Take the above items to the Obelisk location indicated below. Cast the appropriate spell to Enchant the orb. Then you may use the Crafting skill to attach the powered orb to a Battlestaff.

Picture	Orb Type	Magic Lvl Needed	Runes Needed	Obelisk Location
	Water	56	3 Cosmic 30 Water	Taverley Members-only dungeon. In the Black Dragon room go up the ladder and it will be next to you.
	Earth	60	3 Cosmic 30 Earth	Edgeville dungeon, low-level wilderness area. Past the Black Demons, near Chronozon.
	Fire	63	3 Cosmic 30 Fire	Taverley Members-only dungeon. Past the Black Dragons to the west of the Black Dragons in a little room with lava.
	Air	66	3 Cosmic 30 Air	Edgeville dungeon, low-level wilderness area. At the Black Demons (level 156) there is a little room with a ladder to the North, go up the ladder and you will be standing next to it.

Mystic Staffs (Enchanted Battlestaffs)

The next best staffs are the Mystic Staffs (Enchanted Battlestaffs). These are pretty much the same as the Non-Enchanted Staffs, but they are even stronger. To enchant a battle staff, you must have completed the Scorpion's Catcher quest, which means Mystic Staffs are members only. Then you can get Thormac the wizard to enchant your battlestaffs for 40k. Thormac can be found south of the Seer's Village in the Wizards Tower.

Special Staffs

The remaining staffs you must get from completing a quest. The Iban Staff is received after you beat the Underground Pass Quest. After you beat the Mage Arena mini-quest you can choose between the Staff of Zamorak, Staff of Guthix, or Staff of Saradomin. All 4 of these staffs have a certain spell that can only be used if you have that staff. Example: for the Claws of Guthix spell, you have to have the Staff of Guthix. The same applies with Iban Blast, Saradomin Strike, and Flames of Zamorak. The Ancient staff is obtained via the Desert Treasure Quest and is the only staff able to auto-cast Ancient Magic spells.

Staffs Stat Effects Table
Staff	Image	Attack Lvl Req	Magic Lvl Req	Attack Stat Enhancements					Defense Stat Enhancements					Strength Bonus	Prayer Bonus
				Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range
Staff		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Magic staff		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Staff of Air		1	?	0	-1	+7	+10	0	2	3	1	+10	0	3	0
Staff of Fire		1	?	0	-1	+7	+10	0	2	3	1	+10	0	3	0
Battlestaff		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Fire Battlestaff		30	30	7	-1	+28	+10	0	2	3	1	+10	0	35	0
Air Battlestaff		30	30	7	-1	+28	+10	0	2	3	1	+10	0	35	0
Mystic Lava		?	?	10	-1	40	10	0	?	?	?	?	0	?	0
Mystic Water		?	?	10	-1	40	10	0	?	?	?	?	0	?	0
Dramen staff		1	1	-1	-1	+10	+10	0	2	3	1	+10	0	10	0
Iban		?	?	10	-1	40	10	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	0
Slayer's		?	50	?	?	?	12	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Zamorak		?	60	-1	-1	6	+6	0	2	3	1	+6	0	2	0
Ancient		?	?	10	-1	40	15	0	2	3	1	15	0	50	-1
Ahrim's		70	70	?	?	65	15	0	?	?	?	?	0	?	?

What to Wear

As for what to wear while maging, some people just like to look good while they mage, but for the best magic bonus here is what is suggested:

F2P:

1. Wizards hat (blue) (plus 2 Magic Att and Def)
   
2. Wizards robe (blue not black) (plus 3 Magic Att and Def)
   
3. Monks Robe Bottom
   
4. Amulet of magic (sapphire) (plus 10 Magic Att)

Members:

If you don't have much money:

1. Hat (Canifis) (plus 3 Magic Att and Def)
   
2. Wizards robe (blue not black) (plus 3 Magic Att and Def)
   
3. Zamorak robe (bottom) (plus 2 Magic Att, plus 3 Magic Def)
   
4. Elemental shield (requires Elemental Workshop quest) (plus 6 Magic Def)
   
5. Amulet of magic (sapphire) (plus 10 Magic Att)

If money is no object, blue Mystic robes can be purchased at the Magic Guild for 235K for the entire outfit, or you can test your Slayer skills on monsters and try to get the red/black or white/gold pieces as drops. Farseer helm (78K) can only be worn after completing the Fremennik Trials Quest. Prayer book can only be obtained via Horror from the Deep Quest, and then 4 Torn pages (corresponding to the book god), obtained via Treasure Trails or bought from other players, must be added to get the attack/defense bonuses. Wizard boots are also a Treasure Trail item. A God cape is obtained by doing the Mage Arena mini-quest.

Best outfit (if money is no object):

1. Farseer helm (plus 6 Magic Att and Def)
   
2. Mystic robe top (plus 20 Magic Att and Def)
   
3. Mystic robe bottom (plus 15 Magic Att and Def)
   
4. Mystic gloves (plus 3 Magic Att and Def)
   
5. Wizard boots (plus 4 Magic Att and Def)
   
6. Ancient staff and Ahrims staff both have 15+ to magic attack and ancient requires desert treasure to be completed)
   
7. God cape (plus 10 Magic Att and Def)
   
8. Prayer book (wielded in place of shield) (Zamorak is plus 8 to all Attack, Saradomin is plus 8 to all Defense, Guthix is 4 each)
   
9. Amulet of glory (plus 10 Magic Att, plus 3 Magic Def, and other stat boosts)

Quests

There are a few quests that give magic experience, but not very much. It is advisable to do these quests before you actually start training, because you don't want to have to start out with Air strike.

1. Imp Catcher
   
2. Watchtower
   
3. Witch's Potion
   
4. Legends if you choose magic experience

Wizard's Mind Bomb

The Wizard's Mind Bomb is a drink that temporarily raises your magic level by 3. It is useful at times when quests or other things require a certain level and you are very close, but not quite there. For members, If you have 63-65 magic, you can use it to gain entrance into the Wizard's Guild. This drink can be purchased in Falador and Burthorpe Inns.



Magic Guild

The Magic Guild is in Yanille. Every kind of rune and all elemental staffs can be bought at the Magic Guild, as well as Mystic robes.



Player Killing

AH! Player Killing, a great way to make money, train magic or just plainly have fun.

What to wear?
Now, when maging you always must wear robes, right? Yes. But in this case you must bring some ranged armour (dragon hide is the best!), robes AND normal armour. You may be thinking "why?" Well, you see, in the wilderness there is a triangle known as the PKing Triangle.

Remember that in the wild:

Mages own Warriors -> Warriors own Rangers -> Rangers own Mages

Now, to help us protect from warriors we need one of these 3 spells
- Bind
- Snare
- Entangle

NOTE: Only members can use all three spells. Non-members can only use Bind.

Now, these 3 spells hold your opponent for 5, 10, or 15 seconds, respectively.

Helpful stuff:
Runes to teleport out of the wild. (Won't work if you go deep into Wildy.)
Food, Lots of it!
Runes (No duh)
Potions - Members

When a warrior attacks?
When a warrior attacks you, use one of these spells on him. Then RUN! When you get a good distance away, cast spells like crazy! Make sure you have robes on! When the warrior comes back for revenge put on your armour. Then cast one of those 3 spells again. Keep doing this!

When a ranger attacks?
When a ranger attacks, your options are simple. Run away. Or put on your armour and go kill the pest. They can't bind you unless they have mage stuff too, but don't worry about that.

When a mage attacks?
When a mage attacks you, put on your range armour (dragon hide is best because it has great protect from magic abilities) and start ranging the mage. Even if they use one of those spells on you it doesn't matter! You can continue to attack!