Free-to-play Runecrafting training

Runecrafting is a skill that has gained popularity in recent days, mainly due to the release of Runecrafting guild. In F2P worlds, runecrafting is straightforward to train, but it needs uses of resources and other skills, in some indirect ways. Runecrafting is only profitable at long run and a lot of cash and effort should be invested for training runecrafting efficiently.

Beginners
First thing to remember: Weight is vital to fast runecrafting. Second: Runecrafting would be disastrous if used for power levelling. Below is a list of things a trainer should do before they can use runecrafting to make a living.

Rune Mysteries
Before starting to train runecrafting, the quest Rune Mysteries must be finished to gain access to the quest. A free air talisman is also given as gift from the quest. A pickaxe is recommended to mine some essence just before the quest is completed.

Air rune
Air runes can be crafted once the quest has completed. At this level, there are many new players that cannot obtain rune essence quickly. Rune essence can be mined for them at Sedridor in the Wizard's tower or Aubury at his magic shop in Varrock. Most of the time, if not all, Aubury's site should be selected to mine rune essence. There are some exceptions explained below. The air altar is located southwest of Falador south entrance and north of Malignius Mortifer. An air talisman or air tiara is needed to get in, and the closest bank is Falador east bank. (Draynor bank if Explorer's ring 3 is obtained) Air runes should be crafted until level 5, 9, or 14, depending on the rune being decided to change. Mind runes and body runes are not recommended to be crafted, because F2P players do not have any mud staff to make use of body runes, and mind runes are very tedious to be crafted.

Mind rune
Mind runes can be crafted if 2 runecrafting is attained. The altar is located east of goblin village (no need to go in the village) and the closest bank is Edgeville bank, which the travel risks going into the wilderness for a few levels. Even with a mind talisman, crafting using mind altar is not recommended for lower levels as the trip is longest among all runecrafting trips. Air runecrafting should be continued.

Water rune
Water runes can be crafted if 5 runecrafting is attained. The closest bank is Draynor bank, to the water altar in the south part of Lumbridge Swamp. Some players that has to complete Lumbridge and Draynor Achievement Diary may obtain a water talisman or water tiara, bring a pickaxe and mine essence by Sedridor, and then travel to water altar to craft the runes. These specific players should stay as water runecrafting until 9 or 14 for crafting earth of fire runes. Other than completing the diary, this site has no use because the Wizard's tower is in middle of Draynor bank and water altar.

Earth rune
Earth runes can be crafted if 9 runecrafting is attained. The altar is located south of Lumberyard near a yew tree, northeast of Varrock east entrance. The closest bank is Varrock east bank, though it is also next by Aubury's magic shop. Earth runes are profitable in long run and can minimize loss from bought rune essences. One may stay at earth runecrafting until 30 runecrafting. Either mining essence at Aubury's site or withdrawing the essence can be selected as methods to train runecrafting by this method.

Fire rune
Fire runes can be crafted if 14 runecrafting is attained. The altar is located west of Duel arena, the closest bank being in the arena. Though with similar distance in trips as earth runecrafting, fire runes are experience-oriented and impossible to make profit, though fire runes can be used for fire missile spells.