Death rune

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Death runes are used in great demand with mages that cast Ancient Magicks, as they are used in high level Ancient Magicks combat spells. The value of 1 Death rune in Investment Credits in Mobilising Armies is 94 Investment Credits.

These are also the most powerful rune stocked in any store in free-to-play and can only be crafted by members after completing the quest Mourning's Ends Part II. However free players can craft it with 65 Runecrafting in dungeons of Daemonheim (members do not need to complete the quest to craft them in Daemonheim), making it the highest requirement rune to be crafted in Daemonheim for free players. Crafting them gives 10 experience per essence(or 0.2 experience per essence in Daemonheim). Prior to the update which gave most stores in RuneScape an infinite stock of their goods and a fixed price, death runes were often bought from magic stores until they ran out of stock because there was high demand and the store price was slightly under the street price. After the update, the store price was raised above the street price. However, due to the new update in which all stores are different for each player, players can only purchase a limited number of death runes in game each day, creating a lack of death rune and making it much harder to purchase large quantities quickly on the Grand Exchange. Members can create death runes using the Runecrafting skill at level 65 at the Death altar in the Temple of Light.

Adult cats can be exchanged for 100 death runes with a Civilian in West Ardougne (or 200 death runes while possessing the Ardougne cloak 1 or better. Please note that you don't have to wear or carry it).

250 Death runes (along with 1000 Mind runes) can also be obtained from any Slayer Master for 35 Slayer reward points after completing the Smoking Kills quest.

Free-to-play spells
All players can cast these spells (in both free-to-play and pay-to-play):
 * Tele Block

Pay-to-play spells
These spells can only be cast in pay-to-play:
 * Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Onyx)
 * Slayer Dart (requires level 55 Slayer and a Slayer staff or Staff of light)


 * Rock Rush*
 * Gale Rush*
 * Bloodfire Rush*
 * Ice Rush*
 * Gale Burst*
 * Rock Burst*
 * Ice Burst*
 * Bloodfire Burst*
 * Vengeance Other**
 * Vengeance**

* Part of the Ancient Magicks spellbook and can only be cast by players who have completed the Desert Treasure quest and have switched their spellbook to Ancient Magicks.

** Part of the Lunar spellbook and can only be cast by players who have completed the Lunar Diplomacy quest and have switched their spellbook to Lunar Spells.

Spawns
For members there is a Death rune spawn in the Feldip Hills. It respawns 1 minute and 45 seconds after picking it up (see map for location).

Store locations
This item can also be bought or sold at:


 * Betty's Magic Emporium in Port Sarim (10)
 * Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock (10)
 * The Mage of Zamorak north of Varrock, in the Wilderness (30-100 after completing the Abyss miniquest)
 * Baba Yaga in the chicken leg house on Lunar Isle (300)
 * The Wizards' Guild in Yanille (1000)
 * Ali Morrisane in Al Kharid (100)
 * Void Knight Outpost (100)
 * Lundail's arena-side rune shop (mage arena shop) (300)

Levels 1-100

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Levels 100-199

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Levels 200+

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Other sources

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Trivia

 * The most death runes required for a spell are 2, for the Gale, Rock, Bloodfire and Ice Burst spells.
 * The picture on a Death Rune shows a skull & X, which is most likely meant to imitate the jolly roger or more commonly known as the skull & crossbones.
 * The Grim Reaper was rolling a Death Rune with his fingers in 2009 Hallowe'en event.
 * Since the release of strykewyrms, the price of death runes has gradually risen, due to the effectiveness of using magic to kill them.
 * The shop respawn time is about 10 seconds.

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