Mind rune (2024)

Mind rune



Released							4 January 2001 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							Used for basic level missile spells.

Values

Value							3 coins
High alch							1 coin
Low alch							1 coin
Weight							0 kg
Respawn time							100 ticks (60 seconds)

Grand Exchange

Exchange							2 coins (info)
Buy limit							18,000
Daily volume							13,940,076

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Advanced data

Item ID							558

The mind rune is used for the strike spells including Wind Strike, Water Strike, Earth Strike, and Fire Strike, as well as the Magic Dart spell. Mind runes are craftable at level 2 Runecraft with either rune or pure essence.

If you have no mind runes in your bank or inventory, and you have not dropped any right under you, you can obtain 30 new ones from the magic tutor in Lumbridge along with 30 air runes. Mind runes can be purchased from Betty in Port Sarim, the Void Knight Magic Store on Pest Control Island, and from Aubury just south of Varrock east bank in Aubury's Rune Shop.

The Mind Altar is located north of Falador, in between Goblin Village and Ice Mountain, very near to the Wilderness. Mind runes are craftable at level 2 using the Runecraft skill. Crafting mind runes provides 5.5 Runecraft experience per rune or pure essence used (154 experience for a full inventory). The Arceuus spellbook teleport to the Mind Altar can be used in conjunction with rings of dueling to achieve approximately 30k experience to upwards of 43k experience per hour at level 99, crafting mind runes.

There is a Falador Diary task in the hard section to craft 140 Mind runes at the same time. This requires level 56 Runecraft.

1 Runecraft info
2 Spells requiring mind runes
3 Products
4 Item sources
- 4.1 Store locations
- 4.2 Item spawns
5 Changes
- 5.1 Gallery (historical)
6 Trivia

Runecraft info[edit | edit source]

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Runecraft	2 ^(b)	5.5
More runes per essence every 14th level.
Members	Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools	Facilities	Mind Altar

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Rune essence	1	9
Total cost			9
	Mind rune	1	2
Profit			−7

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Runecraft	2 ^(b)	5.5
More runes per essence every 14th level.
Members	Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools	Facilities	Mind Altar

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Pure essence	1	1
Total cost			1
	Mind rune	1	2
Profit			1

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Runecraft	2 ^(b)	8.2
More runes per essence every 14th level.
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Mind Altar

Materials
Item	Quantity	Cost
	Daeyalt essence	1	N/A
Total cost	0
	Mind rune	1	2
Profit	2

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Runecraft	27 ^(nb)	5.5
More runes per essence every 14th level. Accessible only in the Guardians of the Rift minigame.
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Mind Altar

Materials
Item	Quantity	Cost
	Guardian essence	1	N/A
Total cost	0
	Mind rune	1	2
	Catalytic guardian stone	1	N/A
Profit	2

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Runecraft	2 ^(b)	55
More runes per core every 14th level.
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Mind Altar

Materials
Item	Quantity	Cost
	Mind core	1	N/A
Total cost	0
	Mind rune	10	20
Profit	20

Spells requiring mind runes[edit source]

Spell		Magic		Runes	Type	Spellbook
Spell		Lvl	Exp	Runes	Type	Spellbook
	Wind Strike	1	5.5	¹ ¹	Combat	Standard
	Water Strike	5	7.5	¹ ¹ ¹	Combat	Standard
	Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Sapphire)	7	17.5	¹ ¹ ¹ ¹⁰	Utility	Standard
	Earth Strike	9	9.5	¹ ² ¹	Combat	Standard
	Fire Strike	13	11.5	² ³ ¹	Combat	Standard
	Mind Altar Teleport	28	22	¹ ²	Teleport	Arceuus
	Resurrect Lesser Ghost	38	55	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	Combat	Arceuus
	Resurrect Lesser Skeleton	38	55	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	Combat	Arceuus
	Resurrect Lesser Zombie	38	55	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	Combat	Arceuus
	Magic Dart	50	30	¹ ⁴ +	Combat	Standard
	Monster Examine	66	61	¹ ¹ ¹	Combat	Lunar

Products[edit | edit source]

	Skills	XP	Materials
Mind altar teleport (tablet)	28	22	1 × Law rune 2 × Mind rune 1 × Dark essence block
Sapphire bolts (e) × 10	7	17.5	10 × Sapphire bolts 1 × Water rune 1 × Mind rune 1 × Cosmic rune
Sapphire dragon bolts (e) × 10	7	17.5	10 × Sapphire dragon bolts 1 × Water rune 1 × Mind rune 1 × Cosmic rune

Item sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Adventurer Jon	N/A	50	Always
Adventurer Jon	N/A	250	Always
Adventurer Jon	N/A	300	Always
Afflicted	30; 32; 34; 37	9	2/128
Al Kharid warrior	9	9	2/128
Anja	2	9	2/128
Aviansie	69–148	5	1/128
Bandit (Shayzien)	22	2	1/128
Bandit (Varlamore)	23	2	1/128
Bandit Level 22	22	2	1/128
Bandit Level 130	130	12	1/143
Barbarian (Barbarian Camp) High level	15	10	2/128
Barbarian (Barbarian Camp) Low level	9; 10	5	2/128
Barbarian High level	15; 17	10	2/128
Barbarian Low level	8; 9; 10	5	2/128
Black Heather	34	5	1/128
Black Knight Titan Normal	120	3	2/128
Black Knight	33	2	1/128
Blood Reaver	161; 174	20	4/128
Breoca	5	9	2/128
Ceolburg	4	9	2/128
Chaos druid	13	12	2/128
Chaos dwarf	48	37	3/128
Chest (Barrows)	N/A	253–336	7 × 125/1,012
Chest (Dorgesh-Kaan Average)	52	10–19	1/20
Chest (Isle of Souls Dungeon)	28	1–10	15/200
Combat path starter kit	N/A	40	Always
Crystal chest	N/A	50	12/128
Cuffs	3	9	2/128
Cyclops (Ardougne Zoo)	56	3	2/128
Dark Chest	28	400–600	363/8,942
Dark warrior Great Kourend	37; 51; 62	10	3/128
Dark warrior Low level	8	2	3/128
Dark warrior High level	145	12	3/128
Dark wizard Low level	7; 11	10	3/128
Dark wizard Low level	7; 11	18	2/128
Dark wizard High level	20; 22; 23	10	3/128
Dark wizard High level	20; 22; 23	18	2/128
Donny the lad	34	5	1/128
Drunken man	3	9	2/128
Elder Chaos druid	129	22	5/129
Essence impling jar	N/A	25	1/10
Essence impling	42; 52	25	1/10
Farmer Members-only	7	9	2/128
Farmer Free-to-play	7	9	2/128
Forgotten Soul	20	12–32	5/128
Goblin (Goblin Village)	5	2	3/128
Goblin (God Wars Dungeon)	12; 13; 15; 17	2	3/128
Goblin (Vault of War)	5–25	2	3/128
Goblin Drop table 2	2; 5; 13	2	3/128
Gunthor the brave	29	10	2/128
Hengel	2	9	2/128
Hill Giant (Giants' Plateau)	28	3	2/128
Hill Giant (Kourend)	28	3	2/128
Hill Giant (Varlamore)	28	3	2/128
Hill Giant	28	3	2/128
Hygd	4	9	2/128
Ice giant Regular	53	24	3/128
Infernal Mage	66	18	2/128
Jeff	2	9	2/128
Kree'arra	580	586–601	8/127
Malevolent Mage	162	18	2/128
Man	2	9	2/128
Mind Golem	30	5–10	8/52
Mind Golem	30	1	6/52
Mind rune pack	N/A	100	Always
Minotaur	12; 27	1	1/101
Mugger	6	9	3/128
Narf	2	9	2/128
Necromancer (Great Kourend)	68	20–30	4/52
Necromancer	26	10	3/128
Necromancer	26	18	2/128
Ocga	5	9	2/128
Ogress Shaman	82	10–20	5/116
Ogress Warrior	82	10–20	5/116
Outlaw	32	9	2/128
Penda	5	9	2/128
Reward Chest (The Gauntlet)	N/A	300–400	1/27
Reward casket (beginner)	N/A	15–35	11/492
Reward casket (easy)	N/A	30–50	11/396
Reward casket (medium)	N/A	50–100	10/341
Rewards Guardian	N/A	250–400	4/140; 4/125
Rogue Level 15	15	9	2/128
Rusty	2	9	2/128
Skeleton Mage Level 83	83	7–9	12/128
Sourhog	37	3–10	6/110
Speedy Keith	34	5	1/128
Spiritual mage	120; 121; 123; 182	50	4/128
Spiritual warrior Zaros	158	1	7/128
Thief (Varlamore)	23	9	2/128
Thief	14; 16; 21	9	2/128
Vardorvis	572; 784	120; 180	1/100
Wallasalki	98	1–10	10/128
White Knight Level 39	39	10	8/128
White Knight Level 42	42	12	3/128
White Knight Level 36	36	5	11/128
White Knight Level 38	38	7	8/128
Wise Old Man tasks	N/A	2–50	Common
Wizard	9	5	3/128
Wizard	9	12	2/128
Woman	2	9	2/128
Zombie (Tarn's Lair) High level	81–100	10	2/128
Zombie Pirate's Locker		60–180	4/174
Zombie pirate	22; 28; 34	30–90	4/362
Zombie	13–76	5	5/128

Store locations[edit | edit source]

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per
TzHaar-Mej-Roh's Rune Store	Mor Ul Rek	5,000	12s	4	0	2.0%
Regath's Wares	Arceuus	300	6s	4	1	1.0%
Ali's Discount Wares. (runes)	Al Kharid	100	30s	3	1	0.0%
Magic Guild Store (Runes and Staves)	Wizards' Guild	5,000	6s	3	1	0.1%
The Runic Emporium	Cam Torum	3,000	6s	3	1	0.1%
Thyria's Wares	Arceuus	5,000	6s	3	1	0.1%
TzHaar-Mej-Roh's Rune Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	5,000	12s	3	1	2.0%
Lundail's Arena-side Rune Shop.	Mage Arena	140	30s	3	1	0.1%
Battle Runes	Wilderness	100	6s	3	1	3.0%
Amlodd's Magical Supplies	Prifddinas	5,000	6s	3	1	0.1%
Betty's Magic Emporium.	Port Sarim	5,000	6s	3	1	0.1%
Aubury's Rune Shop.	Varrock	5,000	6s	3	1	0.1%
Battle Runes (Enter the Abyss)	Wilderness	1,000	6s	3	1	0.2%
Baba Yaga's Magic Shop.	Lunar Isle	5,000	6s	3	1	0.1%
Void Knight Magic Store	Void Knights' Outpost	5,000	6s	3	1	0.1%

Item spawns[edit | edit source]

Location	Spawns	Map
Lumbridge Castle (groundfloor^[UK]1^stfloor^[US])	1	Maplink
Wilderness - Dark Warriors' Fortress	1	Maplink
Varrock Sewers	1	Maplink
Wilderness - Bone Yard	1	Maplink
Moss giants west of Ralos' Rise	3	Maplink

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
14September 2022 (update)	The item's Grand Exchange buy limit was increased from 12,000 to 18,000.
13June 2005 (update)	The item was graphically updated for a second time.
1June 2005	The item was graphically updated.
29 November 2004 – 17 January 2005	The item's examine was changed from "Used for low level missile spells." to "Used for basic level missile spells."

Gallery (historical)[edit | edit source]



29 March 2004 – 1 June 2005	1 June 2005 – 13 June 2005	13 June 2005 – present

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Mind runes in Barbarian Assault alch for 0 coins.

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Runes

Elemental

Basic	Air Water Earth Fire
Combination	Mist Dust Mud Smoke Steam Lava

Catalytic

Other

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FAQs

What are mind runes used for? ›

Mind runes are used for the spells Confuse, Stagger, Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Sapphire) and Monster Examine. Mind runes can either be bought from Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock, created from rune essence on mind altar through Runecrafting, procured from drops by killing monsters or picked up from spawns on the ground.

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Where is the Mind Rune altar? ›

The Mind Altar is located north of Falador, in between Goblin Village and Ice Mountain, very near to the Wilderness. Mind runes are craftable at level 2 using the Runecraft skill. Crafting mind runes provides 5.5 Runecraft experience per rune or pure essence used (154 experience for a full inventory).

How do I craft runes? ›

To craft runes, players first need rune essence, commonly referred to as 'ess'. Since rune essence is in rocks, players will need a pick axe to mine the essence out of the rocks. There are two kinds of ess, normal and pure. The normal ess can be used to make the six basic runes: air, earth, water, fire, mind, and body.

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How do you fuse runes? ›

Fusing Runes

Runes can be fused on the Runic Pedestal, found behind the Blacksmith and owned by the NPC Dusk. Fusing two runes together will have a chance of upgrading the rune to the next level, up to the maximum level of 3. Upon success or failure, the second rune is consumed.

What is the fastest way to level up Runecrafting? ›

Crafting lava runes using essence runners is the fastest way to train Runecraft. Because this method is very expensive, it is only recommended for wealthy players who wish to gain experience as fast as possible and do not mind spending a lot of money.

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Is Runecrafting profitable? ›

Runecrafting Blood runes without Zeah is one of the most Profitable Methods in the game, giving up to 1.7 mil per hour in profit. To get the most profit, you'll be using Blood Essence, which give a 50% chance to craft an extra Blood rune for no additional XP.

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What is a rune in 20 minutes till dawn? ›

Runes are permanent upgrades which can be purchased with souls from the loadout menu, by clicking "Runes" in the top-left. There are 2 rune types: Sword and Shield. Each rune type has 4 rank rows (1+, 5+, 10+, and 15+). The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rows are unlocked by purchasing any 5, 10, or 15 ranks respectively.

Know More ›

What can runes be used for? ›

Runes were used to write Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised purposes thereafter. In addition to representing a sound value (a phoneme), runes can be used to represent the concepts after which they are named (ideographs).

What is the point of runes? ›

Runes are not just a means of communication by written and spoken language. The word “rune” means secret or mystery. Runes were replaced by the Latin alphabet over 1000 years ago but their use has persisted for other specialised purposes such as decoration, divination and protection.

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What does a mind talisman do? ›

The mind talisman is one of the items that allows player to enter the Mind altar located between the Ice Mountain and Goblin Village. It can be combined with a tiara to make a mind tiara for 27.5 Runecrafting experience at the Mind Altar by using the tiara on the altar.