Earth runecrafting gloves

Earth runecrafting gloves
Release	9 April 2008 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Stacks in bank	No
Stacks in bank	No
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	No
Disassembly	No
Value	1 coin
Value	1 coin
High Alchemy	0 coins
High Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Destroy	You can buy a new pair from the druids at the Fist of Guthix minigame.
On death	Reclaimable
On death	Reclaimable
Reclaim	1
Reclaim	1
Sacrifice	4
Sacrifice	4
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	0.226 kg
Examine	A pair of mystical gloves.

Earth runecrafting gloves are a reward that may be purchased with tokens from the Fist of Guthix minigame for 75 tokens or from Stanley Limelight for 80 thaler. They give double runecrafting experience when crafting earth runes. This effect lasts for the crafting of 1,000 rune essence, with a total of 13000 Exp (Net gain 6500 Exp) after which they crumble to dust. The earth runecrafting gloves require a runecrafting level of 30 to wear and are non-tradeable. You cannot have more than one pair of these gloves simultaneously. Currently, crafting earth runes with these gloves provide the best runecrafting experience for free players, aside from the Runespan. As with other runecrafting gloves, it cannot be used for assisting work and does not work at the Ourania altar. The gloves grant 13 Runecrafting experience per rune essence, instead of the normal 6.5.

When they are used up, the chat box says, "The charges in your gloves have been used up and they crumble to dust." Players can right-click on the gloves in their inventory or while worn, and click "Inspect" to see how many charges they have left.

Using the Gloves

The effect of crafting earth runes with these gloves makes the experience higher than any other single rune type, also you will only need Rune essence, which costs 32 coins compared with 30 coins for Pure essence. At level 78 you will create 4x earth runes, this makes the earth gloves useful as the prices of earth runes is currently 18 coins. You can make a slight profit even when buying the rune essence from the Grand Exchange, currently this profit is 40. This is explained better in the table below.

The following table assumes you are crafting 28 essence at a time, and buying the rune essence from the Grand Exchange. It does not take into account the benefit of the Explorer's Ring 2, 3, or 4 which provide a 10% chance of crafting additional runes from an essence. The runecrafting gloves do not give bonus experience for these extra runes, but the extra runes do improve the profit.

Runecrafting level	Multiplier	Profit per rune	Total Profit
26	x2	4	112
52	x3	22	616
78	x4	40	1,120

Combat Stats

Requirements
30
Class			Slot
None
Tier
None
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
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