Curse

Curse is a combat support spell which lowers an opponents defence by 5%. The spell gives experience whether it hits or misses, leading to a popular way to raise experience cheaply. It is often used with Mystic mud staff because it gives unlimited Water runes and Earth runes. If using full sacred clay set while training with curse, each spell gives 58 experience points.

If you are buying runes, curse costs coins for each cast. This can be lowered to coins if the player uses a staff of earth, and for members, just  coins by using a mud battlestaff.

Failed cursing
Casting curse while wearing full metal armour has a good chance of casting a "splash," or a missed hit. This provides very cheap magic experience, as players can instantly recast the spell on the same target. Additionally, casting curse grants players no experience in the Constitution skill and, thus, is useful to pures who wish to not gain Constitution experience and want to stay at a certain Constitution level.

The usual method is to buy the body runes and one of the other runes and use a staff for the third. A Mud Staff is an expensive alternative that replaces water runes and earth runes. A Mud Battlestaff costs coins, and a Mystic Mud Staff costs  coins. The highest magic bonus you can have and still guarantee a splash is -65.

When doing this method, it is helpful to position a monster so that it is just on the edge of your screen, so that there is minimal distance between it and your spellbook.

Popular targets are:
 * Magic dummy in Lumbridge - You can keep casting even if you don't fail, best target
 * The Monk of Zamorak under the stairs in Varrock castle
 * Ducks at Lumbridge
 * Scorpions at the Al-Kharid mine, from the rim
 * Port Sarim jail inmates
 * East Ardougne at the zoo
 * Zombies across the stream in the Varrock Sewers
 * The hobgoblins and cows near the Crafting Guild
 * The caged lesser demon in the wizard's tower.
 * Wizard Frumscone's zombies in the Magic Guild.
 * Rat's outside of Lumbridge Castle. (Especially on PVP worlds)
 * Rams North of the Monastery. (Hop across ditch)

There are a few other places where you can find useful targets that may be trapped, or low levels that can be cursed a couple of times and then killed. Members also have the choice of finding a "Mud Staff Partner." Both people go to the Duelling Arena wearing the best dragonhide they can wear and cast Curse. This ensures curse to fail and a reliable target for both partners.

Remember, you cannot use Ancient Magicks or Lunar Spells if you are using regular Magic.