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.


 * 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 3 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 the abyss.

Pouches come in 4 types - 'Small', 'Medium', 'Large' and 'Giant'. You can get one of each but you cannot get more than one!
 * 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.
 * Pouches can occasionally become damaged, speak to the zamorak mage in the centre of the abyss to get them repaired.

To access the abyss, travel north from Edgeville and use the 'Teleport' option on the Zamorak mage. It is strongly recommended that you take a teleport if this is your first visit to the abyss. Once inside, you can kill abyssal monsters which occasionally drop pouches. The abyss is a multi-combat area so it can be dangerous for low level players. Upon entering the abyss, your prayer will be drained to zero, and you will be 'skulled' so that if you die you will lose all items. Whilst you cannot be killed by other players in the abyss itself, you can of course be attacked on the way there, because you need to reach the Zamorak mage in level 5 wilderness in order to get to the abyss.

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. You can gain access to the inner ring by using one of your skills - chop tendrils using an axe, mine rock using a pickaxe, distract eyes (thieving), squeeze through gap (agility) and a few other methods.

There are portals to every runecraft altar in the game in the inner ring of the abyss, which makes runecrafting of a lot of runes a great deal faster. All restrictions still apply however, you can't enter the cosmic portal until you have finished the Lost City quest, you can't have weapons or armour to access the Law portal, etc.