Abyss

The Abyss can help Members increase the speed at which they level runecrafting by using pouches and/or the abyss. To use either of these, you need to complete a mini-quest.

Abyss Miniquest

 * 1) Go directly north of Edgeville and speak to the Zamorak Mage in level 5 wilderness.  He will tell you to talk to him back in Varrock.
 * 2) Go to varrock and go to the temple by Aubury's rune shop.  He will give you an orb and tell you to teleport to the rune essence via 3 locations.
 * 3) Get to the rune essence from 4 locations, your choices are Aubury in Varrock, Sedridor in Ardogune, Magic Guild, Wizards' Tower south of Draynor, and Grand Tree.
 * 4) Once you've done this, and your orb is charged return to the Zamorak Mage in Varrock.
 * 5) You will receive 1k runecrafting xp and a small pouch, and have access to the Abyss.

The small pouch allows you to carry 3 essences in a single inventory spot, allowing you to craft more runes per trip. You can also get other pouches from inside the Abyss itself.

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Inside The Abyss
The interior of the Abyss is circular, with an 'inner' and 'outer' ring. You enter into the 'outer' ring where there are a lot of Abyssal monsters, and have to find a way through to the 'inner' ring where the portals are. Access to the inner ring is gained by using different skills to bypass different obstacles:
 * Chopping away tendrils using an axe
 * Mining through rock
 * Distracting eyes (Thieving)
 * Squeezing through gaps (Agility)
 * Burning away boils (Firemaking)

There are portals to every Runecrafting altar (except the Astral altar) in the inner ring of the Abyss, which makes crafting a lot of runes a great deal faster. All restrictions still apply however; the Cosmic portal cannot be accessed until the Lost City quest has been completed, nor can players bring weapons or armour to access the Law portal located on Entrana, etc.

Pouches
Pouches come in 4 types - 'Small', 'Medium', 'Large' and 'Giant'. You can get one of each but you cannot get more than one. You can only get a pouch if you have all of the smaller pouches - for example, you cannot only get a Large pouch until you already have a Medium and Small pouch. Pouches are untradeable. A player's largest pouch will degrade after filling it twelve times; it will darken and a message will appear when this happens. They can be can repaired by speaking to the mage in the centre of the Abyss. If damaged pouches are not repaired, their carrying capacity will continue to degrade until they fall apart completely.
 * Small pouch holds 3 essence.
 * Medium pouch holds 6 essence and requires 25 runecraft to use.
 * Large pouch holds 9 essence and requires 50 runecraft to use.
 * Giant pouch holds 12 essence and requires 75 runecraft to use.

To access the Abyss, travel north from Edgeville and use the 'Teleport' option on the Zamorak mage in the Wilderness north of Edgeville. It is strongly recommended that players take a method of teleportation due to the inherent nature of the Wilderness. The Abyss is a multi-combat area so it can be dangerous for low level players. Upon entering the Abyss, Prayer points are drained to zero, and players will be 'skulled', meaning that upon death all items will be lost.

Related Links

 * Runecrafting