Free-to-play Magic training

The table below tells a variety of methods for training Magic to your desired level. Please note that Members should use Pay-to-play Magic training for more methods of training the skill to higher levels, more quickly.

All Levels (combat level 30+ recommended)
The Fist of Guthix minigame gives free runes that can be used only within the game. Training here can save lots of money, considering spells that require death runes are very expensive. This method is recommended for more experienced players with a good amount of defence and hitpoints as the minigame is somewhat difficult, however if one does not care about the tokens received it is not necessary.

Low-cost method
Cast Wind Strike on chickens through levels 1-24. You can obtain free sample runes at any rune shop, or stock up by buying runes from other players or the Grand Exchange.

Level 5+
Cast Water Strike on cows. A staff of water or air is recommended. You can buy one from the Grand Exchange for about 900gp.

Level 9+
Cast Earth Strike on cows. A staff of earth is recommended. You can buy one from the Grand Exchange for about 900gp.

Level 13+
Cast Fire Strike on cows. A staff of air is recommended. You can buy one from the Grand Exchange for about 900gp and buying fire and mind runes. If one banks the cowhides and raw beef, this actually turns a reasonable profit; Beefy Bill is recommended for this as the run to a bank is usually long.

Level 19+
Cast Curse on monsters. Put on metal armour, such as full iron, so that the spell will deliberately fail. However, this still gives experience, and the spell can be cast again instantly. Using this method can be fast and relatively cheap. A staff of earth or a staff of water is recommended to eliminate the costs of either rune. A recommended creature to do this against is the dummies in the Lumbridge Combat Tutors Room as they cannot fight back. If using the dummies the above method of wearing full iron is not required.

Casting curse spells is a very fast and cost effective way of levelling magic. A persistent player will without problem cast 20 curse spells per minute, earning experience at a rate of roughly 35k xp/hour, at a price of about 1.2 coins per XP.

Level 21+
Get 30 of any junk type (30 Willow logs are strongly recommended) and explorer's ring 2 or explorer's ring 3. Cast low-alchemy 30 times using the ring. Although only once daily, it is totally free and earns 930 experience daily.

Level 39+
Go to the Varrock Dungeon and go up the left tunnel and stop at the stream. Then cast Crumble Undead on the zombies across the stream.

Level 37-42
(or 37-54 if smithing level is not high enough for the next step)

Casting Falador Teleport is a very fast (although expensive) way of training magic. A staff of air is recommended to save coins per cast.

Level 43-54
This step requires level 30 Smithing minimum. Purchase all ores required at the Grand Exchange to smith iron,steel,mithril, adamant, or rune bars, equip a Fire Staff, and use spell Superheat Item to smelt into bars. Fastest way to train Magic/Smithing simultaneously, with relatively little cost to small profit. A profit can be made when smithing rune bars.

Level 55+
High Level Alchemy allows one to convert items into Coins. Most players owe their high level of Magic to this spell, at 65 magic experience per casting, using a fire staff so as to only consume 1 Nature rune per spell. Recommended items to alchemise are Adamant platebodies or Rune sq shields. Due to a recent update it is now a lot easier to get 78,000+ xp every hour.

Magic Pure Training Guide
If you are a pure which just wants mage without levelling, this guide will describe how to train magic without training hitpoints.

Note: You will need a significant amount of coins.

'''A wonderful way to train mage without training health is to wear full iron and to use a combat spell, resulting in magic experience but no health experience. This causes you to have a lower combat level.'''


 * Levels 1-3

Cast Wind strike on any monster or on the magic dummies in Lumbridge; you will need between 19 and 32 casts. It is recommended to get the air and mind runes from the Magic Shop in Varrock.

An alternative is to buy Wizard's mind bombs to boost your level to 3 and cast Confuse to skip this section. This alternative will gain no hitpoints experience.


 * Levels 3-11

Cast Confuse on the Magic dummies in Lumbridge (as you don't have to wait for their skill levels to normalise if you succeed). This gives 13 experience per cast; you will need 92 casts.

This will cost 0 coins; this includes the 92 Body runes and 184 Earth runes needed, as well as a Staff of water. A staff of water is recommended as it can be kept for future use.


 * Levels 11-19

Cast Weaken on the dummies at lumbridge. This gives 21 experience per cast; you will need 125 casts. This costs 0 coins, for 125 body runes and 250 earth runes; you should still wield your staff of water.


 * Levels 19-55

Cast Curse on the Magic dummies in Lumbridge. This gives 29 experience per cast; you will need 5,610 casts. This will cost 0 coins, for 5,610 body runes, 11,220 water runes, and a Staff of earth or 0 coins, for 16,830 earth runes, 5,610 body runes and a Staff of water.


 * Levels 55+

Cast High level alchemy; Adamant platebodies are suggested, however they cost coins each, so if you have 1 million coins left you can only alch  at a time (you may lose a small amount of money depending on prices).

The profit method
Cast Telekinetic grab on wine of zamorak from the Chaos Temple. Although this doesn't work on a busy world, they respawn roughly every 30 seconds, and you make a profit of coins per cast, assuming an air staff is wielded. This can be used to pay for runes for combat.
 * For Pures (level 33+)

Free runes can be obtained in the Fist of Guthix minigame, allowing you train magic and hitpoints for free.
 * For combat