Runespan

The official worlds for Runespan are worlds 38 (F2P), 39 (P2P).

Runespan

Release date	30 April 2012 (Update)
Members area	No
Main music	See below
Leader	Runecrafting Guild
Teleportation	Wizards' Tower portals
Features
None None
See below for maps of each level

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The Runespan is a dimension where runic energies are much purer than on Gielinor, the main reason the Runecrafting Guild is stationed in the Runespan. Although debated in the Runecrafting Guild, Wizard Finix claims the runecrafting altars currently used to craft runes will become unstable, and the Runespan will become the only method to create runes.

Using a special type of rune essence attained only through Runespan, players can siphon rune energy from creatures that roam the area, or from intermittent nodes. This gives Runecrafting experience that was designed to be the best in the game. When leaving the Runespan, all runes players have created will be taken away by the guild wizards and converted into points which can be spent on rewards.

The Assist System does not work to gather runes from creatures or nodes that the player does not have the required level to siphon, nor does it work to cross platforms that the player doesn't have the level to cross.

Location

The mid-level entrance to the Runespan.

The Runespan portals can be found at the top of the Wizards' Tower, flanking the Runecrafting Guild entrance, after talking to Wizard Finix. The low-level portal on the east side of the tower, near Wizard Finix, and the mid-level portal is on the west side. There is no high-level portal, however the mid-level portal can be redirected to the high-level Runespan by Wizard Rinsit, or one of the two skilling portals in the Max Guild Garden can be attuned to the highest level of Runespan which requires at least one 99 or the ability to wear the quest point cape.

• Wizards are stationed at every Runecrafting altar, and will offer to teleport players to the Wizards' Tower after a brief conversation.
• Players can teleport to Draynor Village and walk to the Wizards' Tower.
• Runecrafting guild teleports can be used to go directly to the Runecrafting guild, then exit the portal and re-enter choosing the Runespan location.
• Members can use wicked hood to teleport them in front of the low-level (south east) and mid-level (south west) portal to the Runespan.
• Members can teleport to the tower by going through the eastern portal on the second floor of the Wizards' Guild (requires level 66 Magic).
• Members can use the fairy ring code DIS, taking them to the south of the tower.
• Players can use the law, death, blood, or infinity ethereal head to teleport them in front of the low-level portal to the Runespan, if they also have a wicked hood.
• Players can also enter the top floor of Runespan via the Max Guild by attuning a skill portal to the high-level floor of Runespan.

Gameplay

The lower level of the Runespan.

The middle level of the Runespan.

The upper level of the Runespan.

Players do not need to take anything with them into Runespan. However, if a player owns a full set of the Ethereal outfit wearing it provides them the benefit of moving across Runespan at no cost, and gives them also the advantage of Master Runecrafter Robes even when these are in the player's bank or in their POH. Alternatively, if they just own the robes or some part of the skilling set, is strongly recommended to wear them as they will increase experience earned inside the Runespan. An empty inventory allows more space for the items associated with the activities. There are 16 unique items collected in the Runespan. All runes and essence stack in the inventory. Any runes brought into the Runespan are different from the runes crafted within, therefore they are separate items and will not stack together or benefit in any way.

Start by collecting 25 rune essence from floating essence. If players run out of essence or drop below 25 essence at any point, they can collect more essence from floating essence, to a maximum of 25. However, essence after the initial amount is more effectively collected from siphoning creatures. You can also optionally buy 10 of each rune available at the player's level from Wizard Finix, enabling movement between platforms immediately. This costs up to 177 points, but the cost of the runes equals their value when redeemed, so you will receive those points back when you leave.

There are two main ways to earn experience and Runespan points; siphoning either creatures or concentrated energy nodes. Siphoning creatures can turn up to 5 essence into runes. Once the creature is drained, it gives 50 essence, regardless of the type of creature. Experience is awarded for siphoning. Each different creature produces a specific rune. Siphoning concentrated energy nodes allows faster experience than siphoning creatures, but nodes only appear for fixed periods of time, appear at random locations, and don't give rune essence when depleted.

It's also possible to chip away at creatures to turn 10 runes back into essence. Each creature chipped requires 10 of a specific rune. This can bypass the limit of 25 essence per load, but chipping gives no experience. Chipping will be more time efficient for faster island hopping.

Players can move from island to island using platforms at the cost of runes. Each transport platform costs different runes, which are displayed on the platforms and in their examine text. Should the player own the Infinity ethereal outfit, passage between platforms is free. Players can access the three levels of the Runespan by using the vine and bone ladders.

There are two distractions and diversions specific to the Runespan, the yellow wizard and the runesphere, which allow extra experience to be gained.

You can exit the Runespan by asking any wizard for a teleport back to the Wizards' Tower or by using any other teleport method. All runes and essence are turned into points when players leave.

There are three distinct levels of the Runespan, each catering to different Runecrafting levels. Free-to-play players only have access to the lower level and part of the middle level. Runes gathered here are taken by the Runecrafting Guild, but members are able to claim points towards wicked robes, new magical staves, and a new massive pouch (requires level 90 Runecrafting) which holds 18 essence. All players are rewarded with Runecrafting experience.

While in the Runespan, players have an interface appearing in the left of the minigame HUD with the following icons.

Icons	Descriptions
	Shows the player's current total Runespan points, from earlier games.
	Shows the points held in the player's inventory.
	Shows the floor the player is currently on, either the lower, middle, or upper level.
	Shows if there is an active runesphere and its current phase.
	Shows if the active runesphere has changed to pure energy.
	Shows if there is an active Yellow Wizard.

Experience

The Runespan is playable at any Runecrafting level. Experience is gained by siphoning runes from the creatures and nodes within the Runespan. Experience is also gained from helping the yellow wizard.

For free players, fleshy growths (46.2 exp) give the best experience per hour, around 50k experience points per hour at higher levels, followed by fireballs (34.8 exp), and then vines (32.3 exp). Although fire storms require the highest level they do not give the most experience points per hour due to the inconsistency between the range of experience gained, which however averages to 32.5 exp.

Experience rates

Free players					Members
Lvl	Node type	XP/minute	XP/hour		Lvl	Node type	XP/minute	XP/hour
1	Cyclone	960	57,600		54	Jumper	1,500	90,000
1	Mind storm	960	57,600		65	Skulls	1,600	96,000
5	Water pool	1,200	72,000		35	Chaotic cloud	1,630	97,800
9	Rock fragment	1,230	73,800		77	Blood pool	1,650	99,000
17	Vine	1,300	78,000		44	Shifter	1,800	108,000
27	Fire storm	1,400	84,000		40	Nebula	2,000	120,000
14	Fireball	1,440	86,340		90	Living soul	2,150	129,000
20	Fleshy growth	1,600	96,000		83	Bloody skulls	2,200	132,000
					95	Undead soul	2,300	138,000

Experience rates were tested with 99 Runecrafting, and the experience values do vary based on chance. The hourly experience rates are just estimates; moving time, experience from esslings/esshounds/esswraiths, and experience from wizards is excluded.

Essences are worth more experience if used with runes that give a higher average experience than most runes, meaning, you won't have to spend as much time siphoning creatures which will increase the experience per hour.

The yellow wizard's experience changes your hourly experience quite a bit, although the experience change varies depending on how far away the wizard is, or how often you get called.

Points

Creating runes awards points which members can use to buy rewards. When players leave the area, the points will automatically be redeemed. Using runes to travel around the Runespan will decrease the player's point total because runes are used to cross platforms. Chipping away at creatures will also decrease points because runes in the player's inventory are exchanged for rune essences.

Image	Rune type	Point value
	Air rune	0.1
	Mind rune	0.2
	Water rune	0.3
	Earth rune	0.4
	Fire rune	0.5
	Body rune	0.7
	Cosmic rune	0.9
	Chaos rune	1.1
	Astral rune	1.3
	Nature rune	1.5
	Law rune	1.7
	Death rune	2.5
	Blood rune	3
	Soul rune	3.5

An unstable air rune, obtainable from the Motherlode Maw or the Travelling Merchant's Shop, can be used to instantly grant 5,000 Runespan points.

Creatures

Inhabiting the Runespan are various creatures who can be "siphoned" for runes to help cross platforms to other islands. Every successful siphon consumes one rune essence and creates a rune of the creature's type. There is a possibility of failing to siphon the creature, which will consume no essence, give no runes, and grant 0-2 experience. The chance of failing decreases at higher Runecrafting levels. Any number of players can siphon runes from one creature at the same time, but if one of the players siphons a total of 5 runes without pause, the creature will be destroyed. When this happens, 50 or more rune essence is given to those players still siphoning it. The creatures respawn after a few seconds, at or near the same location. If all players siphon 4 or fewer runes from a creature then stop and resume siphoning, it can be siphoned indefinitely.

Creatures can also be "chipped", which requires ten lower-levelled runes and gives 10-20 rune essence. The same creature cannot be chipped twice in a row; players can't chip the same creature until they have chipped three others. Since runes are worth points, spending runes for chipping reduces the current points.

Image	Creature	Runecrafting level	Experience (siphon)	Runes	Chipping runes
	Air essling	1	9.5
	Mind essling	1	10
	Water essling	5	12.6
	Earth essling	9	14.3
	Fire essling	14	17.4
	Body esshound	20	23.1
	Cosmic esshound (m)	27	26.6
	Chaos esshound (m)	35	30.8
	Astral esshound (m)	40	35.7
	Nature esshound (m)	44	43.4
	Law esshound (m)	54	53.9
	Death esswraith (m)	65	60
	Blood esswraith (m)	77	73.1
	Soul esswraith (m)	90	106.5

Nodes

A node is an elemental object within the Runespan that can be siphoned for runes, giving Runecrafting experience. If the siphon is unsuccessful, the player can gain either 0 or 2 experience. A white ring appears below all nodes which shows which runes will be crafted from it. Unlike creatures, nodes do not re-spawn in the same locations when depleted.

There are basic nodes pertaining to one element (such as cyclones, rock fragments, and fleshy growths), but there are also nodes that players can siphon two different types of runes from (such as fire storms, which grant air runes and fire runes). Combination nodes such as fire storms will never yield both runes at once, with the higher level rune having a lower chance of being obtained; a fire storm will reward the player with 22.5 experience if it produces an air rune, or 42 experience if it produces a fire rune.

Siphoning a node will give twice the experience as siphoning their respective creature. For example, players who siphon a Death esswraith receive only 60 experience per rune, while siphoning skulls gives players 120 experience per rune. Combination nodes such as nebulae provide an additional 40% experience on top of the double experience points.

The nodes don't change any faster or slower when people are siphoning from them, much like the coal and gold deposits in the Living Rock Caverns. This means that no matter how many people are siphoning from a single node, it will last for a randomly determined amount of time before disappearing or changing to another node type.

The chances of finding a better node increase as players go up the floors. For example, shifters and jumpers are uncommon sights on the middle floor. The higher-level nodes on a floor (shifters and jumpers for middle floor, skull+ for the upper floor) rarely spawn on the larger islands and are more commonly found on the smaller islands.

Occasionally a node will be replaced, while still active, with another, different node in the exact same location. Nodes can be replaced with either a lower or higher level node. A player siphoning a node that gets replaced will continue siphoning without the need to reclick it. However if the node changes into a higher level node than the player can siphon they will automatically stop siphoning, and have to find another node.

Image	Node	Rune yield	Runecrafting level	Experience
	Cyclone		1	19
	Mind storm		1	20
	Water pool		5	25.3
	Rock fragment		9	28.6
	Fireball		14	34.8
	Vine	or	17	30.3 for 34.3 for
	Fleshy growth		20	46.2
	Fire storm	or	27	22.8 for 41.7 for
	Chaotic cloud (m)		35	61.6
	Nebula (m)	or	40	63.8 for 85.6 for
	Shifter (m)		44	86.8
	Jumper (m)		54	107.8
	Skulls (m)		65	120
	Blood pool (m)		77	146.3
	Bloody skulls (m)	or	83	144 for 175.5 for
	Living soul (m)		90	213
	Undead soul (m)	or	95	144 for 255.6 for

Platforms

Platforms transport players from one island to another, much like bridges. Crossing them uses up certain runes as well as a small number of points currently held in inventory. The symbols on the platforms show which runes are required to use the platform. If players examine the platform, it will show them the runes needed to cross.

In the case of missile platforms, a variety of elemental runes can be used interchangeably depending on what is available in the player's inventory. The most abundant rune type will always be used. If multiple rune types are equally abundant, the lower level one would be used. For example, water runes would be used over fire runes.

When moving from a smaller island to a larger one, neither runes nor points will be used. Players will get a game message; "You were not charged for travelling to the bigger island". However when moving from a larger island to a smaller one, runes and points will be consumed. This will be indicated on your mini-map with a red bridge.

When moving from two similarly sized islands runes and points will be consumed in either direction of travel. This will be indicated on your mini-map with a tan bridge.

Image	Platform	Runes required	Runecrafting level	Point cost
	Float platform		1	0.1
	Earth platform		9	0.4
	Ice platform	•	15	0.4
	Small missile platform	• Any elemental rune	20	0.3/0.5/0.6/0.7
	Conjuration platform (m)	• •	25	0.9
	Missile platform (m)	• Any elemental rune	35	1.2/1.4/1.5/1.6
	Vine platform (m)	• •	44	2.2
	Mist platform (m)	• •	50	2.5
	Comet platform (m)	• •	55	3.9
	Skeletal platform (m)		66	2.5
	Greater missile platform (m)	• • Any elemental rune	77	3.8/4/4.1/4.2
	Flesh platform (m)	• •	85	6.2
	Greater conjuration platform (m)	• • • • •	95	9.9

Runes

A player can initially start with 25 rune essence by collecting from floating essence. The rune essence is converted into one or more of the fourteen runes by siphoning creatures or nodes. A player can use their current points to buy some runes (10 of each rune that a player can siphon for) from Wizard Finix once per session, but the current points and the points currently held in inventory will not be updated unless another rune is crafted. The points will be deducted and the bought runes will be transferred to the inventory. The runes may then be used for crossing between gaps. Unlike the runes used in Gielinor, these runes are not tradeable nor could they be used for magic.

Image	Type	Obtained from	Used for
	Rune essence	Floating essence, esslings, esshounds, esswraiths	Siphoning runes from creatures and nodes, conjuration and greater conjuration platforms
	Air rune	Air essling, cyclone, fire storm, runesphere	Float, small missile, missile, and greater missile platforms
	Mind rune	Mind essling, mind storm, runesphere	Small missile, conjuration, and greater conjuration platforms
	Water rune	Water essling, water pool, vine, runesphere	Ice and mist, small missile, missile, and greater missile platforms
	Earth rune	Earth essling, rock fragment, vine, runesphere	Earth, vine, small missile, missile, and greater missile platforms
	Fire rune	Fire essling, fireball, fire storm, runesphere	Small missile, missile, and greater missile platforms
	Body rune	Body esshound, fleshy growth, runesphere	Conjuration, mist, flesh, and greater conjuration platforms
	Cosmic rune	Cosmic esshound, nebula, runesphere	Comet platforms
	Chaos rune	Chaos esshound, chaotic cloud, runesphere	Missile platforms
	Astral rune	Astral esshound, nebula, runesphere	Comet platforms
	Nature rune	Nature esshound, shifter, runesphere	Vine and mist platforms
	Law rune	Law esshound, jumper, runesphere	Comet platforms
	Death rune	Death esswraith, skulls, bloody skulls, undead soul, runesphere	Skeletal, greater missile, flesh, and greater conjuration platforms
	Blood rune	Blood esswraith, blood pool, bloody skulls, runesphere	Greater missile, flesh, and greater conjuration platforms
	Soul rune	Soul esswraith, living soul, undead soul, runesphere	Greater conjuration platforms

Area

The Runespan is split into three levels. Different creatures, nodes and platforms can be found on each.

Lower level

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The lower level of the Runespan can be accessed at any Runecrafting level by using the portal on the top of the Wizards' Tower. It is completely available to all players. There are 52 islands on this level. All types of esslings are found on this level.

Creatures Air essling Mind essling Water essling Earth essling Fire essling

Nodes Cyclone Mind storm Water pool Rock fragment Fireball Vine

Platforms Float platform Earth platform Ice platform Small missile platform

Middle level

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The middle level of the Runespan can be accessed at 33 Runecrafting by climbing the vine ladder, located on the lower level. Members with 50 Runecrafting also have the option of starting on the middle level when entering the portal in Wizards' Tower. Islands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15 and 44 are accessible in free-to-play. There are 46 islands on this level. All types of esshounds and esslings (except Fire esslings) are found on this level. Esshounds are quite common in this floor compared to esslings. If you look out from some of the islands in the middle level you may see the runecrafting guild. This is odd, however, because when the player is inside the guild they only see a few empty islands floating around, but cannot actually see the Runespan.

Creatures Air essling Mind essling Water essling Earth essling Body esshound Cosmic esshound Chaos esshound Astral esshound Nature esshound Law esshound

Nodes Cyclone Mind storm Water pool Rock fragment Fireball Vine Fleshy growth Fire storm Chaotic cloud Nebula Shifter Jumper

Platforms Float platform Earth platform Ice platform Small missile platform Conjuration platform Missile platform Vine platform Mist platform Comet platform

Upper level _(m)

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The upper level of the Runespan can be accessed at 66 Runecrafting by climbing the bone ladder on the middle level. This floor is available exclusively to members. There are 33 islands on this level. All types of creatures and nodes are found on this level. Esswraiths are somewhat common while esshounds and esslings are not as common in this level.

Players with access to the outer part of the Max Guild can tune a portal to take them straight to the upper level. Players can also pay wizard Rinsit, located at the top of the Wizards' Tower, 1,000 Runespan points in order to re-direct the mid level portal to the upper level portal and access it from there. Otherwise, the upper level can be reached by entering the middle level portal, trading in some points for runes with Wizard Finix, and going south-west to the bone ladder. Players without the points to trade for runes can get to the upper level by collecting rune essence, siphoning the air essling for 3 air runes, taking the float platform south, siphoning the chaos esshound for 2 chaos runes, then taking missile platforms south-west and west to reach the bone ladder.

Creatures Air essling Mind essling Water essling Earth essling Fire essling Body esshound Cosmic esshound Chaos esshound Astral esshound Nature esshound Law esshound Death esswraith Blood esswraith Soul esswraith

Nodes Cyclone Mind storm Water pool Rock fragment Fireball Vine Fleshy growth Fire storm Chaotic cloud Nebula Shifter Jumper Skulls Blood pool Bloody skulls Living soul Undead soul

Platforms Float platform Earth platform Ice platform Small missile platform Missile platform Vine platform Mist platform Comet platform Skeletal platform Greater missile platform Flesh platform Greater conjuration platform

Strategy

Main article: Pay-to-play Runecrafting training § Levels 1-99+: Runespan

Players should use their highest tier focused siphoning aura to increase their chance of siphoning successfully by 3-15%. Players should also wear a full set of infinity ethereal outfit because it gives a 7% chance of doubling experience and points as well as free travelling across platforms. If players do not have it, they should wear a full set of law ethereal outfit, death ethereal outfit, or blood ethereal outfit for their 5% chance of doubling experience and points and free travelling across platforms. If they do not have these they should wear as many pieces of the master runecrafter robes they have.

1. Most strategies involve minimising movement between islands and staying near a central island. If maximum points is the player's goal, they should choose an island with the highest level creature that they can siphon. If maximum experience is their goal, it's best to find an island that has many nodes somewhat below their level (these grant the fastest experience) and with the lowest level creature possible (which grant the fastest rune essence).
2. Before entering the Runespan, check the maps above and the tables below this section to find out which runes will be needed to activate the platforms to reach a chosen island.
3. Upon entering the Runespan, the player's first action should be to collect 25 essence from the nearest floating essence; there is always at least one on every island.
   • If players have reward points already, they should speak to Wizard Finix and exchange their reward points for 10 of each rune that they can siphon. This allows players to be able to move between platforms immediately, instead of having to spend time and manually siphon enough runes to do so upon every entry to the Runespan. The reward point cost of the exchange will be equal to the reimbursement value of the runes upon leaving the Runespan, so there is no reason not to exchange. These runes alone should also be sufficient to get to a chosen island.
   • It is recommended to have an upkeep of about 20 runes of every kind if the player decides to travel, since 20 of each rune is usually sufficient for movement around the Runespan, as well as to help out the yellow wizard when available (which takes 10 runes of a given kind). Otherwise, players might find that they do not have the runes they need to teleport on the same island and may need to wait patiently for a node to spawn, or travel back one or two islands to gather them; particularly law runes and other higher or basic level runes depending on which level of the Runespan the player is on. So gathering a few more runes earlier can be helpful.
4. Players should make their way to their chosen island, siphoning from essling creatures as they go. These low level creatures are quick to deplete and every creature yields about 50 rune essence each. This will help increase the player's stock of rune essence quickly.
5. Without an ethereal outfit, players should stay on a single platform to avoid point loss. For maximum experience and points, ignore creatures and get the free essence from the floating essence located on every island. Some players prefer to first stockpile at least 1000 rune essence by siphoning esslings, and then siphon any nodes that appear for a style of play requiring less attention. Restock essence when you run out or when there aren't any nodes on the island, first from floating nodes if below 25 and then from the smallest creature on your island.
   • Mid-level nodes are generally faster experience than the highest levelled nodes siphonable.
   • If a mid/high level node appears on a connected island, hop there until the node is depleted and then hop back.

Distractions and Diversions

Yellow wizard

There are a number of wizards on each level that stand in random spots and periodically teleport to different locations. Each level has one wizard wearing yellow robes (yellow wizards only appear on the first level on free worlds) and several others wearing blue robes. Each player can see all of the wizards at any given moment, though the wizard wearing yellow robes is random to each player. Despite this, multiple players can see the same wizard as the yellow one at the same time.

Every 10 minutes after logging into or entering the Runespan or successfully handing the yellow wizard runes, a red message will appear in the chatbox saying that a wizard needs the player's help. If the player chooses not to help the wizard, the message will not be called out again.

To find the yellow wizard, talk to any of the wizards in blue robes, including Wizard Finix. After a short chat or choosing the right click option "Find Wizard," a flashing arrow will point to where the yellow wizard is located. On rare occasions the yellow wizard will appear on your island, making his experience bonus worth while.

Once the yellow wizard is found, players can either talk to him or choose the right click option "Best Rune" in order to find which type of rune he needs. In either case, the player must then use a stack of runes on the yellow wizard. He will take 10 runes from that stack (or the entire stack if there are less than 10) and in return he will grant a reward of Runecrafting experience based on the type and number of runes provided and whether the rune provided was what he asked for (when not providing the requested rune, higher level runes yield more experience), as well as the player's runecrafting level. See XP rewards, below, for more details.

Players may not always be able to reach the yellow wizard because he may be on an island that can only be travelled to using a high level platform. Players may also not be able to fulfil the yellow wizard's request, as he can ask for any level rune including soul runes even on floor 1. In this case, players can give the wizard a lower level rune at the cost of receiving less experience.

Players who own the complete Infinity Ethereal outfit, are granted five free teleports to the Yellow Wizard per day, while wearing the full outfit. If using this method to reach the wizard; a player is offered to teleport back to where they were, after handing in any type of rune. The teleport cannot be used unless the Yellow Wizard has asked for the player's help.

All of the wizards will teleport once every 4 minutes 31.5 seconds. If a player is going to be in the Runespan for a long period of time, when a wizard appears or disappears and use that time to calculate future teleport times. Doing so can reduce the likelihood of just barely missing a yellow wizard.

Hunting tips

The best place to hunt yellow wizards is on the middle level of the Runespan. To increase the number of wizards helped per hour, use a stop watch to monitor the ten minute period until a wizard calls out. After roughly 9 minutes (there being 1 minute until call out) prepare by running to Wizard Finix at the centre of the map. He never changes location making him the best blue wizard to find. Players should then ask him to point to the yellow wizard. Locate the yellow wizard, and by this time the player should have received the call out message. Give him runes and restart the stop watch.

On the upper level, the same technique can be used, but because Wizard Finix is at the far southwest corner of the map near the ladder to the middle level, it is recommended that players start searching at 8 minutes. Unfortunately, if players find the Yellow Wizard too early, he may teleport away before he calls for help.

After asking one of the wizards for the Yellow Wizard's location, the minimap will display a flashing arrow with the exact location of the Yellow Wizard. It can therefore be helpful to examine the minimap (which can be expanded) to find the Yellow Wizard's location.

XP rewards

Because the "best rune" doesn't always yield the most experience, the table below presents a strategy that will maximise the experience reward.

Runecrafting level		Suggested rune given for maximum experience
F2P	P2P
1 to 59	1 to 76	The highest rune available to the player
60+	77+	Requested rune

At runecrafting levels under 33 (players limited to floor 1), it is not recommended to find the yellow wizard as the extra experience is very little and players can easily gain 5-10 levels between wizard callings. Giving the wizard the "requested rune" yields more experience than fire runes. At level 76 and below, players should turn in the highest level rune available and not the requested rune as this will reward more experience, and if a wizard requests the highest level rune the player has, it is actually more beneficial to give the wizard the second highest rune. Because of this it is strongly recommended that players read what rune the wizard wants before handing over a rune. At level 77 the experience for requested runes jumps and the highest possible rune, blood runes, will give only 4,600 experience (if not requested) while the requested rune (no matter how low level) gives roughly 5,100 experience. Due to this, players with at least level 77 should follow the request.

For non-members, the requested runes will always give the same experience as body runes.

• At level 65, the requested rune will give 910 experience to non-members and 1,820 experience to members.
• At level 77, the requested rune will give 1078 experience to non-members and 5,082 experience to members.

Level	Requested	Air	Mind	Water	Earth	Fire	Body	Cosmic	Chaos	Astral	Nature	Law	Death	Blood	Soul
1		2	4
2		4	8
3		6	12
4		8	16
5		10	20	30
6		12	24	36
7		14	28	42
8		16	32	48
9		18	36	54	72
10		20	40	60	80
11		22	44	66	88
12		24	48	72	96
13		26	52	78	104
14		28	56	84	112
15		30	60	90	120	150
16		32	64	96	128	160
17		34	68	102	136	170
18		36	72	108	144	180
19		38	76	114	152	190
20	280	40	80	120	160	200
21	294	42	84	126	168	210
22	308	44	88	132	176	220
23	322	46	92	138	184	230
24	336	48	96	144	192	240
25	350	50	100	150	200	250
26	364	52	104	156	208	260
27	378	54	108	162	216	270
28	392	56	112	168	224	280
29	406	58	116	174	232	290
30	420	60	120	180	240	300
31	434	62	124	186	248	310
32	448	64	128	192	256	320
33	462	66	132	198	264	330	462	594
34	476	68	136	204	272	340	476	612
35	490	70	140	210	280	350	490	630	770
36	504	72	144	216	288	360	504	648	792
37	518	74	148	222	296	370	518	666	814
38	532	76	152	228	304	380	532	684	836
39	546	78	156	234	312	390	546	702	858
40	560	80	160	240	320	400	560	720	880	1040
41	574	82	164	246	328	410	574	738	902	1066
42	588	84	168	252	336	420	588	756	924	1092
43	602	86	172	258	344	430	602	774	946	1118
44	616	88	176	264	352	440	616	792	968	1144	1320
45	630	90	180	270	360	450	630	810	990	1170	1350
46	644	92	184	276	368	460	644	828	1012	1196	1380
47	658	94	188	282	376	470	658	846	1034	1222	1410
48	672	96	192	288	384	480	672	864	1056	1248	1440
49	686	98	196	294	392	490	686	882	1078	1274	1470
50	700	100	200	300	400	500	700	900	1100	1300	1500
51	714	102	204	306	408	510	714	918	1122	1326	1530
52	728	104	208	312	416	520	728	936	1144	1352	1560
53	742	106	212	318	424	530	742	954	1166	1378	1590
54	1944	108	216	324	432	540	756	972	1188	1404	1620	1836
55	1980	110	220	330	440	550	770	990	1210	1430	1650	1870
56	2016	112	224	336	448	560	784	1008	1232	1456	1680	1904
57	2052	114	228	342	456	570	798	1026	1254	1482	1710	1938
58	2088	116	232	348	464	580	812	1044	1276	1508	1740	1972
59	2124	118	236	354	472	590	826	1062	1298	1534	1770	2006
60	2160	120	240	360	480	600	840	1080	1320	1560	1800	2040
61	2196	122	244	366	488	610	854	1098	1342	1586	1830	2074
62	2232	124	248	372	496	620	868	1116	1364	1612	1860	2108
63	2268	126	252	378	504	630	882	1134	1386	1638	1890	2142
64	2304	128	256	384	512	640	896	1152	1408	1664	1920	2176
65	3510	130	260	390	520	650	910	1170	1430	1690	1950	2210	3250
66	3564	132	264	396	528	660	924	1188	1452	1716	1980	2244	3300
67	3618	134	268	402	536	670	938	1206	1474	1742	2010	2278	3350
68	3672	136	272	408	544	680	952	1224	1496	1768	2040	2312	3400
69	3726	138	276	414	552	690	966	1242	1518	1794	2070	2346	3450
70	3780	140	280	420	560	700	980	1260	1540	1820	2100	2380	3500
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72	3888	144	288	432	576	720	1008	1296	1584	1872	2160	2448	3600
73	3942	146	292	438	584	730	1022	1314	1606	1898	2190	2482	3650
74	3996	148	296	444	592	740	1036	1332	1628	1924	2220	2516	3700
75	4050	150	300	450	600	750	1050	1350	1650	1950	2250	2550	3750
76	4104	152	304	456	608	760	1064	1368	1672	1976	2280	2584	3800
77	5082	154	308	462	616	770	1078	1386	1694	2002	2310	2618	3850	4620
78	5148	156	312	468	624	780	1092	1404	1716	2028	2340	2652	3900	4680
79	5214	158	316	474	632	790	1106	1422	1738	2054	2370	2686	3950	4740
80	5280	160	320	480	640	800	1120	1440	1760	2080	2400	2720	4000	4800
81	5346	162	324	486	648	810	1134	1458	1782	2106	2430	2754	4050	4860
82	5412	164	328	492	656	820	1148	1476	1804	2132	2460	2788	4100	4920
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90	6840	180	360	540	720	900	1260	1620	1980	2340	2700	3060	4500	5400	6300
91	6916	182	364	546	728	910	1274	1638	2002	2366	2730	3094	4550	5460	6370
92	6992	184	368	552	736	920	1288	1656	2024	2392	2760	3128	4600	5520	6440
93	7068	186	372	558	744	930	1302	1674	2046	2418	2790	3162	4650	5580	6510
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98	7448	196	392	588	784	980	1372	1764	2156	2548	2940	3332	4900	5880	6860
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Runesphere

Main article: Runesphere

The runesphere, here with the nature layer active.

The runesphere is an object that appears in the Runespan that can be siphoned for runes, and rune dust, and Runecrafting experience. Siphoning the runesphere requires rune essence. Each successful siphon will reward the player between one and six runes, depending on the type of rune layer the runesphere is on. When all the layers of the runesphere have been siphoned off, a ball of pure energy will be revealed. Players can hand in rune dust to the pure energy, resulting in 25 Runecrafting experience per energy. A maximum of 1,000 rune dust can be handed in each day, making the maximum amount of experience able to be obtained from the pure energy each day 25,000 experience. Players cannot own more than 1,000 rune dust at a time. Players will still be able to get Runecrafting experience from siphoning runespheres if they own the maximum amount of rune dust.

Siphoning a runesphere gives very fast experience and allows a player to receive bonus xp from it as an energy ball. The layers of the runesphere also need higher Runecrafting levels than their corresponding creatures and nodes. For example, the nature layer requires 64 runecrafting to siphon, while nature esshounds and shifters only require 44 runecrafting. The experience given is rapid, but not as important as the yellow wizard's rewards as it affects XP per hour drastically as the rune dust only awards up to 25,000 Runecrafting experience. At higher Runecrafting levels, a node such as an Undead Soul or Bloody Skulls can award more experience than a Runesphere.

Layer	Level to siphon	XP gain	Rune rewarded
Air	1	19	Air runes
Mind	8	20	Mind runes
Water	15	25.5	Water runes
Earth	22	28.5	Earth runes
Fire	29	35.5	Fire runes
Body	36	46.2	Body runes
Cosmic (m)	43	53.2	Cosmic runes
Chaos (m)	50	61.5	Chaos runes
Astral (m)	57	71.33	Astral runes
Nature (m)	64	87	Nature runes
Law (m)	71	107.5	Law runes
Death (m)	78	120	Death runes
Blood (m)	85	146.3	Blood runes
Soul (m)	92	213	Soul runes

Rewards

A full set of wicked robes.

Runes gathered in the Runespan are taken by the Runecrafting Guild if players leave the Runespan. In return, players receive Runespan points to spend on various rewards, only available to members. It is possible to buy a second wicked hood, but it will not give extra free runes, essence or teleports each day. However, extra wicked hoods can be given different colours.

Each other part of the robes provides an additional 25 free essence and 1 rune claim per day, and owning all 3 adds an extra daily altar teleport. They do not have to be worn for the bonus to count. (Owning the Wicked robe top, wicked legs, and wicked cape will upgrade your wicked hood from 100 essence withdrawal per day, 2 rune withdrawals per day, and 2 free rune-altar teleports per day - to 175 essence withdrawal per day, 5 rune withdrawals per day, and 3 free rune-altar teleports per day.)

Points can be spent in Wizard Finix's reward shop next to the low-level Runespan portal or at Wizard Rinsit's reward shop next to mid-level Runespan portal. To buy everything in the Wizard Finix's shop, players will need 282,360 points. The maximum number of points that can be saved is 214,748,364.

Items

The items section in Wizard Finix's Runecrafting Shop.

Item		Points	Requirements	Weight
	Wicked hood (m)	175	None	0 kg
	Wicked robe top(m)	15,000	80	-10 kg
	Wicked legs(m)	7,500	55	-8 kg
	Wicked cape(m)	2,500	30	-6 kg
	Lesser runic staff(m)	5,000	30 , 30	1.8 kg
	Runic staff(m)	12,500	60 , 50	1.8 kg
	Greater runic staff(m)	25,000	90 , 75	1.8 kg
	Massive pouch(m)	1,000	90	1 kg

Esteem_(m)

Esteem is purely cosmetic; it does not affect siphoning rates. For every level earned, esteem changes the design/symbol on the wicked hood, cape and robes.

The esteem section in Wizard Finix's Runecrafting Shop.

The symbol for the corresponding rank is also displayed on the back of the wicked hood, the left shoulder of the wicked robe top, and the front of the wicked legs.

Rank 1 (the highest tier) costs 211,860 points total and is required for the trimmed completionist cape.

Buying a rank subtracts the cost from the higher ranks. For example, buying the tier 10 rank at 15 points will reduce the cost of all ranks by 15 points so buying tier 9 after tier 10 would only cost an additional 45 points.

Rank (low to high)	Point cost
	Individual	Total
10	15	15
9	45	60
8	130	190
7	370	560
6	1,000	1,560
5	2,800	4,360
4	7,500	11,860
3	20,000	31,860
2	55,000	86,860
1	125,000	211,860

Re-colour_(m)

The re-colour section in Wizard Finix's Runecrafting Shop.

Players can re-colour their equipped wicked equipment for 2,000 points. If a full set of robes of one colour is desired, it would be cheapest to obtain the full set, equip it, and then purchase the re-colour. Alternatively, you can re-colour each piece individually, but will still cost 2,000 points each time.

Miscellaneous

Type	Point cost
Portal redirection(m)	1,000
Master runecrafter hat(m)	4,000
Master runecrafter robe(m)	4,000
Master runecrafter skirt(m)	4,000
Master runecrafter boots(m)	4,000
Unstable essence x200	500
Runesphere teleport(m)	2,000
Yellow wizard teleport(m)	1,000

Altar teleports

Item	Point cost
Air altar teleport x10	2,000
Mind altar teleport x10	2,000
Water altar teleport x10	2,000
Earth altar teleport x10	2,000
Fire altar teleport x10	2,000
Body altar teleport x10	2,000
Cosmic altar teleport x10(m)	2,000
Chaos altar teleport x10(m)	2,000
Astral altar teleport x10(m)	2,000
Nature altar teleport x10(m)	2,000
Law altar teleport x10(m)	2,000
Death altar teleport x10(m)	2,000
Blood altar teleport x10(m)	2,000

Music unlocked

Lower level

• Runearia
• Runebreath
• Runecalm
• Runesque
• Runeward

Middle level

• Runeiverse
• Runenergy
• Runespan
• Runesphere
• Runetine

Upper level

• Runefear
• Runefire
• Runescar
• Runewaste
• Runewrath

Achievement

• Rank: Master Finix ( 30) - Obtain rank 1 esteem from Wizard Finix.

Gallery

Concept art #1

Concept art #2

Concept art #3

The Runespan head banner seen on the homepage after its release

The Altarless Runecrafting Minigame at Runefest 2011

Trivia

A dragon that appears when using conjuration platforms.

• On 28 April 2012 at 8:00 PM UTC, when the See the Future event began, rifts to the Runespan opened in the Grand Exchange near the west wall, at the Catherby fruit tree patch, and in the central market of East Ardougne. Esslings also appeared with them. Wizard Finix was also seen for a brief time during this teaser, and left along with the rift orbs. Approximately 10 minutes after the rift spawned, the esslings disappeared, a Runesphere appeared in place of the rift. It also disappeared after a few minutes.
• The Runespan was "tweaked" on 28 August 2012 with The Big Chinchompa update.
• If you fail to siphon a node or creature 6 times in a row, then the 7th attempt has a 100% chance of succeeding. This means that it always takes 35 siphons or less to deplete any creature in Runespan.
• If a new node appears in the same spot as the current node you are siphoning, you will not break animation when your current node depletes as you will continue to siphon the new node.
• On 20 March 2017, an update added wizard Rinsit outside the entrance to the Runespan/Runecrafting guild, with additional rewards to spend Runespan points on.