Earth rune

Earth rune

Release date	17 March 2001 (Update)
Members?	No
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	No
Stacks?	Yes
High Alch	3 coins
Low Alch	2 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	17 coins
Examine	One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.
Weight	0 kg

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The Earth rune is one of the four basic elemental runes. Earth runes can be used for spells such as Earth Strike, Earth Bolt, Earth Blast, Earth Wave, and Earth Surge. Earth runes can be substituted by an Earth staff, Earth battlestaff, Lava battlestaff, Mud battlestaff, Dust rune, Mud rune, or Lava Rune.

With body runes and water runes, the confuse, weaken and curse spells may be cast, often regarded as a cheap way to level up. With soul runes and water runes, stun, vulnerability and enfeeble can be cast, making it also a cheap way to level up magic quickly. This method is also used to level up without training the Constitution stat, keeping your Combat level as low as possible with a high Magic level.

These may be runecrafted at level 9 using the Earth altar north-east of Varrock, convenient for the east bank or direct from essence mining at Aubury's. This yields 6.5 xp per essence (182 xp per inventory). An Explorer's ring may be used to craft extra runes (extra experience is given). Any extra earth runes created using explorer's ring yields 6.5 xp for each extra rune made. They are also sold at Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock and Betty's in Port Sarim, as well as many other places in the Members areas.

They are also a common drop from many monsters, with larger numbers from the Dark Wizards at the stone circle south of Varrock. Mountain Trolls drop these runes frequently as well, and in high quantities, often yielding 45 runes at a time.

Players can gain Earth runecrafting gloves from the Fist of Guthix (costing only 75 tokens). When Players wear the gloves they get more XP as they craft Earth runes. So it's suggested that players get the gloves.

Spells

Free-to-play Spells

All players can cast these spells.

• Bind
• Bones to Bananas
• Confuse
• Crumble Undead
• Curse
• Earth Blast
• Earth Bolt
• Earth Strike
• Enchant Level 4 Jewellery
• Lumbridge Teleport
• Weaken

Member Spells

Only members can cast these spells:

Snare Entangle Vulnerability Enfeeble Bones to Peaches Charge Earth Orb Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Jade) Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Diamond) Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Dragonstone) Enchant Level 5 Jewellery Enchant Level 6 Jewellery Teleport to House Watchtower Teleport Tele-other Lumbridge Cure Plant Cure Other Moonclan Teleport Tele Group Moonclan

Hunter Kit Ourania Teleport Remote Farm String Jewellery Stat Restore Pot Share Boost Potion Share Plank Make Vengeance Other Vengeance Miasmic Rush Miasmic Burst Miasmic Blitz Miasmic Barrage Earth Surge

Dropping Monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Dark wizard	7-23	10,18,36	2Common
Mountain troll	69,71	45	2Common
Infernal mage	66	5,10,18,36	2Common
Brine rat	70	10,18,36	2Common
Man	2	4	3Uncommon
Woman	2	4	3Uncommon

Store locations

This item can also be bought or sold at:

• Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock
• Baba Yaga's Magic Shop on Lunar Isle (1000 in stock)
• Betty's Magic Emporium in Port Sarim
• The Squire's shop at the Void Knights' Outpost
• Tutab's Magical Market

Trivia

• The most Earth runes required for a spell are 30, for the Charge Earth Orb spell.
• Not a single spell in the Ancient Magicks spellbook utilised Earth runes until the Miasmic Spells were added.
• One Earth rune is equivalent to 6 Investment Credits in Mobilising Armies.
• Earth runes are the best runes to craft when wearing Earth Runecrafting Gloves, offering exp higher than Blood runes.
• An earth rune respawns just north east of the Grand Exchange, near a wooden shield.