The Great Orb Project

Introduction
The Great Orb Project is a Runecrafting minigame released 12 August 2008. The goal is to collect the orbs, and to prevent the other team from collecting these orbs. The two teams will be collecting two types of orbs: yellow and green. Players need level 50 Runecrafting and must have completed the Rune Mysteries quest.

Location
The minigame is located through a portal on the first floor at Wizard's Tower south from Draynor Village. Members may use Fairy rings (DIS) or Amulet of Glory as a faster mode of transport. Free players can use the Explorer's ring.

Requirements

 * Completed the Rune Mysteries quest
 * Level 50 Runecrafting

Gameplay
Talk to either Wizard Acantha (yellow orb gang) or Wizard Vief (green orb gang) to join the game. Each gang requires at least two members to notify Wizard Elriss to open the portal to start the game.

The objective of the game is to get as much as orbs as the gang can. The team with more orbs wins.

There are 8 rounds for pay-to-play, 6 rounds for free-to-play, which is the runecrafting altars, in the following order:
 * Air altar
 * Mind altar
 * Water altar
 * Earth altar
 * Fire altar
 * Chaos altar (members only)
 * Nature altar (members only)

Three wands are given when you enrol to either one team, namely (colour) attractor, (colour) repeller and the (colour) barrier generator.

To score points, orbs must be led to the 1-grid square around the altar, by either attracting or repelling the orbs.

At the same time, players can also set up barricades which block the way of orbs of both colours. Only the members of the same colour can pass through the barricades. Members of opposing team can destroy the barricade by simply clicking 'destroy' without going near the barricade. Possibly players may fail, but that is still possible.

When the two teams finish scoring points within a time limit, they will be teleported to the next altar by means of portals. The next round then begins.

Every time a round finishes, some Rune essences or Pure essences would be given according to the number of orbs that players led to score marks. If players already have full inventory of essences already, they can choose to bind them into runes. That will be identical to normal runecrafting.

Leaving the portals in the altars will exit the game.

Equipment

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! !! Name !! What's the use
 * [[Image:Repeller_wand.gif]]||Repeller wand||Used to push the orbs of magical energy around.
 * [[Image:Attractor_wand.gif]]||Attractor wand||Used to pull the energy orbs towards the player.
 * [[Image:Barrier_generator.gif]]||Barrier generator||Hold back the wicked energies that the opponents are attempting to draw into the altars.
 * }
 * [[Image:Barrier_generator.gif]]||Barrier generator||Hold back the wicked energies that the opponents are attempting to draw into the altars.
 * }
 * }
 * }

Personalities

 * Wizard Korvak - repairs/sells runecrafting pouches
 * Wizard Acantha - yellow orb Wizard
 * Wizard Vief - green orb Wizard
 * Wizard Elriss - exchanges rewards for Runecrafting Guild Tokens

Runecrafter Outfit

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! !! Name Bonuses:
 * [[Image:Runecrafter_gloves.gif]]||Runecrafter gloves
 * [[Image:Runecrafter_hat.gif]]||Runecrafter hat
 * [[Image:Runecrafter_skirt.gif]]||Runecrafter skirt
 * [[Image:Runecrafter_robe.gif]]||Runecrafter robe
 * }
 * [[Image:Runecrafter_skirt.gif]]||Runecrafter skirt
 * [[Image:Runecrafter_robe.gif]]||Runecrafter robe
 * }
 * }
 * }
 * Runecrafter gloves provide a +2 bonus.
 * Runecrafter robes provide a +3 bonus.
 * Runecrafter skirts provide a +3 bonus.

Runecrafting Staves
Runecrafting staves are much more than just a pretty ornamentation: you can use them exactly as you use a Runecrafting tiara, as well as distracting the eyes in the Abyss to help you sneak past. To bind a talisman to a staff, simply take the talisman and the staff to the talisman's altar and use either of them on it.

Note: The law staff (created by attaching a law talisman to a Runecrafting staff) has no combat bonuses, so it can be taken onto Entrana. A staff that does not have a talisman attached cannot be wielded.

Runecrafting Teleport Tablets
Runecrafting teleport tablets are identical to the teleport tablets you can build in your player-owned house and can be used to teleport you to any altar you have the requirements to craft runes at.

Omni-Talisman
The Omni-talisman is a remarkable object created by Elriss to enable the devoted runecrafter to access altars without quest requirements freely.

If players are able to show her all the talismans (except those quest-related ones like the Death talisman and Blood talisman), she will grant players Runecrafting experience, as well as the omni-talisman.

To craft an omni-talisman into a tiara or staff, take it to Wizard Korvak, who can be found staggering about in the Runecrafting Guild.

Wizard Korvak (members only)
In addition to helping you convert the omni-talisman into tiaras and staves, Korvak will also replace a lost medium Abyssal pouch and repair any other pouches you have - of course, his experiences have cost him his sanity, so expect to have to pay for his services.

The Rune Altar Map
Dominating the Runecrafting Guild you will notice a massive map of RuneScape. This is no ordinary map, of course - mages would never leave something so impressive alone - and can be used to locate the mysterious ruins that hide Runecrafting altars. To locate an altar, simply use a talisman on it and it will highlight it for you, along with a short description to help you find your way.

Trivia

 * It is interesting that when two players of the same team attracts the same orb, the orb would not move more quickly than that by one player, which is not the real case in real-life.
 * This minigame is the first skill-related minigame that free players can play.

Music

 * Second vision
 * music of the altars