Magic Imbue

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This article is about the Lunar spell. For imbuing certain items with Nightmare Zone Points, see Nightmare Zone#Upgrades.

Magic Imbue
Released		24 July 2006 (Update)
Members		Yes
Level		82
Spellbook		Lunar
Type		Skilling
Experience		86
Runes		7 7 2
Animation
Sound Effect

Magic Imbue enables the caster to craft combination runes without needing to use opposing talismans for about 12 seconds. The spell removes the requirement for a talisman to be present in the inventory at all; to craft combination runes after casting Magic Imbue, players must use the opposing runes on the Runecrafting altar. For example, to create lava runes at the earth altar, players would use fire runes on the altar after casting Magic Imbue. This spell can be only cast once every 12.6 seconds (21 game ticks).

You will still need to bring pure essence.

Note: The spell does not increase the 50% chance of success when crafting combination runes. For a 100% chance of success, a binding necklace is still required.

Combined with a steam battlestaff or mystic steam staff, Magic Imbue substantially reduces the cost and effort of crafting combination runes, as some talismans can be quite expensive. On a related note, the difficulty of crafting dust, smoke and mist runes is reduced, as it becomes economically viable to craft these runes at the air altar outside Falador, due to the proximity to a bank.

Magic Imbue can also be cast without being at an altar, and will still provide Magic experience. This can be useful if the player wishes to train Magic while training other skills such as Agility, Mining, or Hunter. A player can receive around 23k exp/hr simply by casting Magic Imbue over and over. Theoretically, the max amount of exp/hour is 24,571 assuming the spell is cast consistently every 21 ticks. It is recommended to use a staff, particularly a variation of the steam battlestaff (or the combination of a staff of water and a tome of fire) for this method, to save on elemental runes. Using a steam battlestaff variation, or a staff of water combine with a tome of fire, reduces the overall spell cost by over 15-18% when compared to using no staff, or 7.5-9% compared to a staff of water or staff of earth

As with all Lunar spells, the quest Lunar Diplomacy must be completed to cast this spell.

Cost

Spell cost

Input	Cost
277	382
Combo runes
277	2,223
277	382
277	893
27	802
277	1,334
Main-hands
27Alt	347
27Alt	347
2	312
Main and off-hands
27	347
2Alt	312

Trivia

• This spell's animation is similar to Bones to Bananas and Bones to Peaches.