Magic in RuneScape involves attacking opponents with spells as well as using spells to make money. It is one of the three combat skills.

Magic is very similar to ranging as both skills involve attacking from a distance. It's best not to attack your opponents up close with magic, as magic armor is not good against melee. The only type of combat which causes most damage to magic is ranged.

If you only raise magic as your combat stat, then you are called a "mage".

Intro

When players mage something, they attack using a spell, usually from a distance.

When using magic, players need runes, which are magic's ammunition. For each spell, there is a certain amount of runes needed. When players cast that spell, those runes are used up. This causes mages to continually buy more runes, making magic a money-consuming skill.

Runes

Runes are what are needed to mage. Below is a table with info on the different kinds of runes.

Name	Description	Notes
Air Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Water Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Earth Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Fire Rune	One of the four elemental runes.	A much often used rune. Can be crafted. Required for attack spells.
Mind Rune	Required for "strike spells".	Used for low level attack spells. Can be crafted.
Body Rune	Required for "curse spells".	Used to lower opponents attack, strength, or defense slightly. Can be crafted.
Cosmic Rune	Required for enchanting jewelry.	Only used to enchant jewelry. Can be crafted by members.
Nature Rune	Required for "alchemy spells".	A much often used rune, useful to make money. Can be crafted by members.
Chaos Rune	Required for "bolt spells".	Used for medium level attack spells. Can be crafted by members.
Law Rune	Required for "teleport spells".	Used for teleporting and grabbing things from a distance. Can be crafted by members.
Death Rune	Required for "blast spells".	Used for high level attack spells. Can be crafted by members.
Blood Rune	Required for "wave spells".	Used for very high level attack spells. This rune can only be used by members.
Soul Rune	Required for "curse spells" and "teleother spells".	Used to curse opponents and teleport other players. This rune can only be used by members.

Spells

Below is a table of all the normal spells castable. Members only spells are in bold.

Level	Spell	Runes Needed	Base Exp. Per Cast
1	Wind Strike	1 Air, 1 Mind	5.5
3	Confuse	3 Water, 2 Earth, 1 Body	13
5	Water Strike	1 Water, 1 Air, 1 Mind	7.5
7	Enchant lvl 1 Jewelry	1 Water, 1 Cosmic	17.5
9	Earth Strike	2 Earth, 1 Air, 1 Mind	9.5
11	Weaken	3 Water, 2 Earth, 1 Body	20.5
13	Fire Strike	2 Air, 3 Fire, 1 Mind	11.5
15	Bones to Bananas	2 Earth, 2 Water, 1 Nature	25
17	Wind Bolt	2 Air, 1 Chaos	13.5
19	Curse	2 Water, 3 Earth, 1 Body	29
20	Bind	3 Earth, 3 Water, 2 Nature	30
21	Low Level Alchemy	3 Fire, 1 Nature	31
23	Water Bolt	2 Air, 2 Water, 1 Chaos	16.5
25	Varrock Teleport	3 Air, 1 Fire, 1 Law	35
27	Enchant lvl 2 Jewelry	3 Air, 1 Cosmic	37
29	Earth Bolt	2 Air, 3 Earth, 1 Chaos	19.5
31	Lumbridge Teleport	3 Air, 1 Earth, 1 Law	41
33	Telekinetic Grab	1 Air, 1 Law	43
35	Fire Bolt	3 Air, 4 Fire, 1 Chaos	22.5
37	Falador Teleport	3 Air, 1 Water, 1 Law	48
39	Crumble Undead	2 Air, 2 Earth, 1 Chaos	24.5
41	Wind Blast	3 Air, 1 Death	25.5
43	Superheat Item	4 Fire, 1 Nature	53
45	Camelot Teleport	5 Air, 1 Law	55.5
47	Water Blast	3 Air, 3 Water, 1 Death	28.5
49	Enchant lvl 3 Jewelry	5 Fire, 1 Cosmic	59
50	Iban Blast	5 fire, 1 Death, Iban staff	42.5
50	Snare	4 Earth, 4 Water, 3 Nature	60.5
50	Magic Dart	1 Death, 4 Mind, Slayer staff	30
51	Ardougne Teleport	2 Water, 2 Law	61
53	Earth Blast	3 Air, 4 Earth, 1 Death	31.5
55	High Level Alchemy	5 Fire, 1 Nature	65
56	Charge Water Orb	30 water, 3 cosmic, 1 Glass Orb	56
57	Enchant lvl 4 Jewelry	10 Earth, 1 Cosmic	67
58	Watchtower Teleport	3 earth, 2 law	68
59	Fire Blast	4 Air, 5 Fire, 1 Death	34.5
60	Charge Earth Orb	30 Earth, 3 Cosmic, 1 Glass Orb	70
60	Claws of Guthix	4 Air, 1 Fire, 2 Blood, staff of Guthix	35
60	Flames of Zamorak	1 Air, 4 Fire, 2 Blood, staff of Zamorak	35
60	Saradomin Strike	4 Air, 2 Fire, 2 Blood, staff of Saradomin	35
61	Trollheim Teleport	2 Fire, 2 Law	68
62	Wind Wave	5 Air, 1 Blood	36
63	Charge Fire Orb	30 Fire, 3 Cosmic, 1 Glass Orb	73
64	Ape Atoll Teleport	2 Law, 2 Water, 2 Fire, 1 Banana	74
65	Water Wave	7 Water, 5 Air, 1 Blood	37.5
66	Charge Air Orb	30 Air, 3 Cosmic, 1 Glass Orb	76
66	Vulnerability	5 Earth, 5 Water, 1 Soul	76
68	Enchant lvl 5 Jewelry	15 Earth, 15 Water, 1 Cosmic	78
70	Earth Wave	7 Earth, 5 Air, 1 Blood	40
73	Enfeeble	8 Earth, 8 Water, 1 Soul	83
74	Teleother Lumbridge	1 Soul, 1 Law, 1 Earth	84
75	Fire Wave	7 Fire, 5 Air, 1 Blood	42.5
79	Entangle	5 Earth, 5 Water, 4 Nature	91
80	Stun	12 Earth, 12 Water, 1 Soul	90
80	Charge	3 Air, 3 Fire, 3 Blood	180
82	Teleother Falador	1 Soul, 1 Law, 1 Water	92
85	Tele Block	1 Law, 1 Chaos, 1 Death	95
87	Enchant lvl 6 Jewelry	20 Fire, 20 Earth, 1 Cosmic	97
90	Teleother Camelot	2 Soul, 1 Law	100

Ancient Magick

This is a reward from the Desert Treasure quest. The common slang used for it is "Ancients" and players using it are called "Ancienters". The four elements are ice, shadow, smoke, and blood, each with their own respective abilities. The Ancient Magicks are more powerful than normal magic and allow players to poison, freeze, drain, and lower their enemies' attack as well as hit multiple enemies at the same time. Players with Ancient Magick can also teleport to different locations, including several places in the Wilderness. If Ancients are activated the player using them cannot use any normal spells so even players who can use Ancients will often have normal magic activated for alchemy and teleport reasons. Players can switch between the two types by praying at an alter in a pyramid accessed during the quest (praying here reduces the player's prayer points to 0). Ancient Magicks consume more runes than normal spells and often use high level runes.