Water rune



The Water rune is one of the four elemental runes. Each Water rune is infused with properties of condensation and concentrated kinetic energy, as found in flowing water. They are used to invoke the power of water, in spells such as Water strike, Water bolt, Water blast, and Water wave, and may be substituted for by a water staff, water battlestaff, mud battlestaff, or Steam battlestaff. It is used with ancient staff for ice spells.

Water runes are used in conjunction with body runes and earth runes to cast the Confuse, Weaken, and Curse spells, often regarded as an inexpensive source of Magic experience.

These may be made using the Runecrafting skill at level 5 Runecrafting using the water altar south-east of Draynor Village in the Lumbridge Swamp. They are also sold at Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock and Betty's in Port Sarim. Also, they can be found at various spawns around the game, such as the spawn in the scorpion pit north of Al Kharid. Water runes can also be dropped by monsters. After the quest Dealing with Scabaras, water runes may be used on a Water tiara, requiring both 50 Magic and runecrafting, to make an Enchanted water tiara. This item replaces water skins in the desert heat, with one water rune acconting for one dose of water. The amount of charges that the tiara can store is unlimited. Similarly to infusing a Druid Pouch, the user must use least 3 water runes on the tiara.

Spells
Water runes are needed in a vast amount of spells, as listed below. Because of all the spells that need water runes, many mages will just use a staff of water, water battlestaff or mystic water staff.

Free Spells
All players can cast these spells:
 * Water Strike
 * Water Bolt
 * Water Blast
 * Falador Teleport
 * Confuse
 * Weaken
 * Curse
 * Bind
 * Bones to Bananas
 * Enchant Level 1 Jewellery

Member Spells
Only members can cast these spells:

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


 * Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock

Trivia

 * The most water runes required for a spell are 30, for the Charge Water Orb spell.
 * Water runes used to have a price ceiling of 16 coins each, and were extremely hard to buy on the Grand Exchange. On September 9, 2009, the price cap was removed (and shortly before, the infinite stock of water runes in shops had been removed), and water runes increased in price to over 40 coins each.