Blood rune

Blood rune

Release date	18 March 2002 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	No
Stacks?	Yes
High Alch	110 coins
Low Alch	73 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	550 coins
Examine	Used for large missile spells.
Weight	0 kg

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Blood rune

Blood runes are members-only runes used in the Magic skill for Wave and Surge spells in the normal spellbook, they are used in many spells in Ancient Magicks, plus several spells in Lunar Spells.

Blood runes are dropped by a large range of monsters, such as Fire giants, Guards, Ankous, Bloodveld, and Shadow warriors. They may be stolen from the chest in the Chaos Druid Tower north-west of Ardougne, purchased from many magic store owners, such as the Mage of Zamorak, or received as a fairly common loot from the Barrows chest. There is also a respawn point near the Demonic Ruins in the Wilderness.

Before 22 April 2008, it was not possible to craft blood runes by any means other than the Ourania altar. Blood runes can now be crafted (level 77 Runecrafting) at the Blood Altar using pure essence after completing the Legacy of Seergaze quest, and give 10.5 experience each (If you are wearing the complete Master runecrafting robes, then this is 10.78 experience each).

The value of 1 Blood rune in Mobilising Armies is 111 Investment Credits.

Price / Experience comparison
Grand Exchange price		GP / Exp (per essence)
Nature rune
Law rune
Death rune
Blood rune
Soul rune		N/A

Spells

Blood runes are needed in certain combat pay-to-play spells and some other non-combat pay-to-play spells. Below is a list of spells in which Blood runes are used, as well as their respective spellbooks.

• Blood Rush (Ancient)
• Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Ruby) (Standard)
• Saradomin Strike (Standard)
• Flames of Zamorak (Standard)
• Claws of Guthix (Standard)
• Wind Wave (Standard)
• Water Wave (Standard)
• Kharyrll Teleport (Ancient)
• Blood Burst (Ancient)
• Earth Wave (Standard)
• Smoke Blitz (Ancient)
• Fire Wave (Standard)
• Shadow Blitz (Ancient)
• Charge (Standard)
• Blood Blitz (Ancient)
• Wind Surge (Standard)
• Ice Blitz (Ancient)
• Water Surge (Standard)
• Smoke Barrage (Ancient)
• Shadow Barrage (Ancient)
• Annakarl Teleport (Ancient)
• Disruption Shield (Lunar)
• Earth Surge (Standard)
• Blood Barrage (Ancient)
• Ice Barrage (Ancient)
• Fire Surge (Standard)
• Heal Group (Lunar)

Dropping Monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Living rock patriarch	200	125	1Always
Ankou	75,82,86	5,6,10,11,12,16	2Common
Bloodveld	76,81	3,10,30	2Common
Iron dragon	189	15	2Common
Steel dragon	246	20	2Common
Mithril dragon	304	27	2Common
Barrows chest	N/A	1–164	2Common
Brutal green dragon	227	15	3Uncommon
Infernal mage	66	4,7	3Uncommon
Black demon	172	7	3Uncommon
Grotworm	91	10	3Uncommon
Fire giant	86	5	3Uncommon
Bronze dragon	131	15	3Uncommon
Black dragon	227	15	3Uncommon
Queen Black Dragon	2100	500	3Uncommon
Revenant hellhound	90	500	4Rare
Dark wizard	7,20	2	4Rare
Rare drop table	N/A	50	4Rare
Mature grotworm	167	50	4Rare
Nex	1001	5000	4Rare

Trivia

File:Level 77 bloods.png

A player achieves level 77 runecrafting.

• Long before 22 April 2008, players who achieved 77 Runecrafting would get a message that they can now craft blood runes even though Legacy of Seergaze hadn't been released at the time.
• The most blood runes required for a spell are 4, for the Blood Barrage spell.
• The blood rune is identical in design to the water rune, the exception is the colour of the rune symbol.
• There used to be a glitch that allowed people to obtain free blood runes from Barbarian Assault. This has been patched.
• On Wednesday 9 June 2010, as with most other runes, the Blood rune was given a graphical update to make it look more three dimensional.
• There is a respawn of a single blood rune just a few squares east of the Demonic ruins in the wilderness. It takes about a minute to respawn in a full world. Some greater demons are nearby, and sometimes PKers will drop by, so it is not recommended to gather blood runes here.