Arceuus spellbook

The Arceuus spellbook.

The Arceuus spellbook, sometimes referred to as the necromancy spellbook, is a spellbook that players can access upon gaining 60% favour with Arceuus in Great Kourend. Like the standard spellbook, it has a variety of combat and utility spells at its disposal, unlike the Lunar spellbook, which is primarily focused on utility spells, and the Ancient Magicks, which is heavily combat-oriented.

Making extensive use of blood, nature and soul runes, the spellbook makes use of reanimation spells used in prayer training, and possesses an array of teleportation spells to the mainland, which primarily teleports players to locations associated with death, such as graveyards and dungeons with undead. Alongside the reanimation and teleport spells, a larger set of combat and utility spells are accessible to players who have completed the quest A Kingdom Divided.

Because of the low supply of law runes within the kingdom, the study of teleportation magicks has always been very limited throughout Great Kourend's history, with Xeric being the only known user of teleportation spells. However, with a larger wave of visitors from the mainland arriving to Great Kourend, a steady supply of law runes became available, allowing Arceuus to create teleportation spells to the mainland.

Switching spellbooks

Players may speak with Tyss to switch to the Arceuus spellbook. Tyss can be found near the Dark Altar on the north end of Arceuus. Alternatively, players can switch back to the standard spellbook by visiting Tyss again and choosing the "I'd like to stop using your spellbook now." option, and he will lift the dark magicks from the player's mind.

Players can use the games necklace to teleport to the Wintertodt Camp and run south-west until they exit the snowy area, then east afterwards. Another method to get there is using the fairy ring code CIS. However, it first needs to be unlocked by speaking to the nearby NPC, Trossa, for a one time fee of 80,000.

Players who have level 80 Construction can build a dark altar within their Achievement Gallery, allowing them to freely switch between the standard and Arceuus spellbooks without having to travel to the real Dark Altar.

Teleportation spells

A player uses a teleport spell from the Arceuus spellbook.

Players are free to use all teleportation spells upon unlocking the Arceuus spellbook; completion of A Kingdom Divided is not required.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Notes
		Arceuus Home Teleport	1	None	0	Teleports players to the Dark Altar.
		Arceuus Library Teleport	6	2 1	9	Teleports players north of the Arceuus Library.
		Draynor Manor Teleport	17	1 1 1	16	Teleports players to Draynor Manor.
		Battlefront Teleport	23	1 1 1	19	Teleports players to the ancient grave just outside the Battlefront.
		Mind Altar Teleport	28	1 2	22	Teleports players to the Mind altar.
		Respawn Teleport	34	1 1	27	Teleports players to their respawn point.
		Salve Graveyard Teleport	40	1 2	30	Teleports players to the ghoul area by the entrance to Mort Myre Swamp. Requires completion of Priest in Peril. This is the closest teleport in the game to an overworld Fairy Ring.
		Fenkenstrain's Castle Teleport	48	1 1 1	50	Teleports players to Fenkenstrain's Castle. Requires completion of Priest in Peril.
		West Ardougne Teleport	61	2 2	68	Teleports players to West Ardougne. Requires completion of Biohazard.
		Harmony Island Teleport	65	1 1 1	74	Teleports players to Harmony Island. Requires completion of The Great Brain Robbery.
		Cemetery Teleport	71	1 1 1	82	Teleports players to The Forgotten Cemetery in the Wilderness.
		Barrows Teleport	83	1 2 2	90	Teleports players to the Barrows.
		Ape Atoll Teleport	90	2 2 2	100	Teleports players to the Ape Atoll Dungeon. Requires completion of Monkey Madness I, including having received Daero's training

Combat spells

The combat spells of the Arceuus spellbook possess a mix of offensive and support spells, which includes spells to resurrect thralls, which fight alongside the player for a set amount of time.

With the exception of Ghostly Grasp and Inferior Demonbane, all combat spells in the Arceuus spellbook require completion of the quest A Kingdom Divided.

Autocasting

Offensive Arceuus spells can only be autocast with particular magic weapons:

	Ahrim's staff
	Master wand
	Kodai wand
	Skull sceptre
	Slayer's staff
	Staff of the dead

Grasp spells

Grasp spells deal damage and provide a chance to stop the target from moving for a short time. They are twice as effective on targets that are under the effects of the Mark of Darkness spell. However, if the target is under the effect of the Ward of Arceuus spell, they will only be bound in place for 0.6 seconds if successfully bound by the caster.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Damage	Bind chance	Bind time (seconds)
		Ghostly Grasp	35	4 1	22.5	12	10%	1.2
		Skeletal Grasp	56	8 1	33	17	25%	1.8
		Undead Grasp	79	12 1	46.5	24	50%	2.4

Demonbane spells

Demonbane spells deal damage much like any other offensive spells, but can only be cast on demonic creatures. They will have an additional 25% damage and accuracy bonus if cast on demons that are under the effects of the Mark of Darkness spell.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Damage
		Inferior Demonbane	44	4 1	27	16
		Superior Demonbane	62	8 1	36	23
		Dark Demonbane	82	12 2	43.5	30

Corruption spells

Corruption spells provide a chance to inflict corruption on the caster's next successful hit. If a player with corruption spells active attacks an opposing player with Ward of Arceuus active, the attacker's corruption spells will remain active until the target's Ward expires, after which the next successful attack post-expiration will roll the chance for corruption.

Players cannot cast corruption spells on a player if they are currently corrupted, nor can they do so while the target is under the effects of the Ward of Arceuus spell. There is no immunity period after corruption wears off on a player.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Corruption chance
		Lesser Corruption	64	1 2	75	33%
		Greater Corruption	85	1 3	95	66%

Resurrection spells

Requiring having the book of the dead equipped or in the player's inventory (which is obtained upon completion of A Kingdom Divided), casting resurrection spells require prayer points in addition to runes, and will summon a thrall that attacks the same target that the player is attacking for a certain amount of time ($0.6*MagicLevel$ seconds).

Players can only summon one thrall at a time, and it cannot attack other players. Thralls have an attack speed of 4 (attacking every 2.4 seconds), cannot be damaged, and ignore accuracy checks when attacking.

These spells cannot be used at Basilisk Knights.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Prayer points cost	Thrall attack style	Thrall max hit
		Resurrect Lesser Ghost	38	10 1 5	55	2	Magic	1
		Resurrect Lesser Skeleton	38	10 1 5	55	2	Ranged	1
		Resurrect Lesser Zombie	38	10 1 5	55	2	Melee	1
		Resurrect Superior Ghost	57	10 1 5	70	4	Magic	2
		Resurrect Superior Skeleton	57	10 1 5	70	4	Ranged	2
		Resurrect Superior Zombie	57	10 1 5	70	4	Melee	2
		Resurrect Greater Ghost	76	10 5 1	88	6	Magic	3
		Resurrect Greater Skeleton	76	10 5 1	88	6	Ranged	3
		Resurrect Greater Zombie	76	10 5 1	88	6	Melee	3

Other spells

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Description
		Dark Lure	50	1 1	60	Lures monsters to attack players, and stops them from retreating. Can also be cast on implings.
		Mark of Darkness	59	1 1	70	Gives various debuffs to the target that lasts for a set amount of time.
		Ward of Arceuus	73	1 2 4	83	Gives various buffs to oneself that lasts for a set amount of time.

Utility spells

With the exception of Resurrect Crops and reanimation spells, all utility spells in the Arceuus spellbook require completion of the quest A Kingdom Divided.

Reanimation spells

Main article: Reanimation spells

Reanimation spells will reanimate certain creatures whose heads still contain their souls. Killing reanimated creatures will grant Arceuus favour for each reanimated creature killed based on their toughness. Players are awarded Magic experience for casting the spell, and Prayer experience for killing the reanimated creature. A majority of reanimated creatures will have a maximum of 35 Hitpoints.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Compatible ensouled heads
		Basic Reanimation	16	4 2	32	Goblin, monkey, imp, minotaur, scorpion, bear, unicorn
		Adept Reanimation	41	4 3 1	80	Dog, chaos druid, ogre, giant, elf, troll, horror
		Expert Reanimation	72	1 3 2	138	Kalphite, dagannoth, bloodveld, TzHaar, demon
		Master Reanimation	90	2 4 4	170	Aviansie, abyssal demon, dragon

Offering spells

Offering spells convert up to three sets of remains to prayer points, granting three times the normal experience of burying or scattering remains. They take the same amount of time as offering three remains at an altar in a player-owned house chapel.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Remains converted
		Demonic Offering	84	1 1	175	Ashes
		Sinister Offering	92	1 1	180	Bones

Other spells

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Description
		Shadow Veil	47	5 5 5	58	Grants a 15% chance (40% if wearing the dodgy necklace) to avoid being stunned and damaged while pickpocketing NPCs for a set amount of time.
		Vile Vigour	66	3 1	76	Converts remaining prayer points into run energy at a 1:1 ratio.
		Degrime	70	4 2	83	Cleans all grimy herbs in the player's inventory that the player has the Herblore level to clean.
		Resurrect Crops	78	25 8 12 8	90	Gives a chance for a dead farming patch to be brought back to life. If the spell fails, the patch is cleared out.
		Death Charge	80	1 1 1	90	Restores 15% of the player's special attack energy upon killing a monster.

Discontinued spells

The Arceuus spellbook prior to the merging of reanimation spells.

With an update on 28 April 2021, the spellbook was significantly reduced in size to prepare for the release of the quest A Kingdom Divided.

There were formerly reanimation spells for each ensouled head, which were merged into four reanimation spells in the update. In addition, the Lumbridge Graveyard Teleport was replaced with the Arceuus Library Teleport.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP
		Reanimate Goblin	3	2 1	6
		Lumbridge Graveyard Teleport	6	2 1	9
		Reanimate Monkey	7	3 1	14
		Reanimate Imp	12	3 2	24
		Reanimate Minotaur	16	4 2	32
		Reanimate Scorpion	19	1 1	38
		Reanimate Bear	21	1 1 1	42
		Reanimate Unicorn	22	2 1 1	44
		Reanimate Dog	26	2 2 1	52
		Reanimate Chaos Druid	30	3 2 1	60
		Reanimate Giant	37	4 2 1	74
		Reanimate Ogre	40	4 3 1	80
		Reanimate Elf	43	2 2 2	86
		Reanimate Troll	46	3 2 2	92
		Reanimate Horror	52	4 2 2	104
		Reanimate Kalphite	57	4 3 2	114
		Reanimate Dagannoth	62	4 3 3	124
		Reanimate Bloodveld	65	1 2 2	130
		Reanimate TzHaar	69	1 3 2	138
		Reanimate Demon	72	1 4 2	144
		Reanimate Aviansie	78	1 4 3	156
		Reanimate Abyssal Creature	85	1 4 4	170
		Reanimate Dragon	93	2 4 4	186

Unused spells

Some spells designs were cut from the Arceuus spellbook rework, although Mod West had still made spell icons for them and can be found within the game cache.

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  A bone conversion spell

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  A teleport spell to the Wilderness

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  Mobile icon

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  A resurrection spell

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  Mobile icon

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  A corruption spell

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  Mobile icon

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  A spell resembling Magic Dart

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  A red demonbane spell (mobile)

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  A yellow-green demonbane spell (mobile)

Changes

Date	Changes
16 June 2021 (update | poll)	New combat spells and utility spells have been added to the spellbook, most of which require completion of A Kingdom Divided to cast.
28 April 2021 (update | poll)	Reanimation spells were merged into four spells. The Lumbridge Graveyard Teleport spell was replaced with the Arceuus Library Teleport spell. Various teleport spell icons were graphically updated.
10 January 2019 (update)	The Battlefront Teleport spell was added.
11 October 2018 (update)	The spellbook icons for reanimation spells were graphically updated.
18 February 2016 (update)	The spellbook is now referred to as the "Arceuus spellbook" instead of the "Necromancy spellbook".
29 January 2016 (update)	Teleport spells in the Arceuus spellbook now use combination runes correctly. Casting the Resurrect Crops spell after having used Spellbook Swap will now swap the spellbook back.
28 January 2016 (update | poll)	Eleven teleport spells were added to the spellbook. The Resurrect Crops spell has been added.