Rune Mysteries

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Rune Mysteries (#51)
Released		29 March 2004 (Update)
Members		No
Quest series		Order of Wizards, #1
Official difficulty		Novice
Lead developer(s)		James B

Rune Mysteries is a novice level Free-to-play quest, and a requirement for mining rune essence within the Rune Essence mine or using lamps and books on runecraft.

Note that multiple air talismans can be obtained by using the drop trick at Duke Horacio. Grabbing 50-200 talismans can be useful for early runecraft training methods such as crafting air tiaras or mist runes. For details, see this guide.

Details

Start point	Speak to Duke Horacio on the 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of Lumbridge Castle. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Description	Recent research at the Wizards' Tower has found a way to create Runes for the first time in centuries. Assist the head wizard Sedridor in his research and he too may teach you these secrets!
Official length	Short
Requirements	None
Items required	None
Recommended	Fast travel to Varrock (Varrock teleport, Chronicle or (members only) Ring of Wealth to the Grand Exchange or Combat Bracelet to the Champions' Guild) (Members only) Fast travel to the Wizards' Tower (Necklace of Passage, Amulet of Glory to Draynor Village or Fairy Rings to DIS)
Enemies to defeat	None

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Walkthrough

Talk to Duke Horacio on the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] of Lumbridge Castle, and ask him if he has any quests to give out. He will explain that although he himself has no tasks for the player, he did find a strange talisman. Curious about its origin, he will give you an air talisman and ask you to bring it to the arch mage of the Wizards' Tower. Note that at this point, it is possible to use the drop trick to collect any amount of spare air talismans, either for banking some Runecraft experience on ironman accounts, or for making a small amount of money. See the money making guide for more info.

Go to the Wizards' Tower, which is south of Draynor Village. Once there, descend the ladder into the basement and converse with Archmage Sedridor. He will take your air talisman and give you a research package. He will then instruct you to deliver it to Aubury in Varrock.

Aubury is located south of Varrock's east bank, inside of his rune shop. Talk to Aubury, and he will give you some notes and instruct you to deliver them back to Wizard Sedridor.

Make your way back to the Wizards' Tower, and talk to Archmage Sedridor once more. He will give you back your air talisman and will explain to you the basics of Runecraft.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 Quest point
• The ability to mine rune essence
• An air talisman
• The ability to use lamps and books of knowledge from random events on Runecraft
• Completing this quest awards the player with 5 Kudos which can be claimed by talking to Historian Minas in the Varrock Museum.

Required for completing

Completion of Rune Mysteries is required for the following:

• Enter the Abyss
• Lunar Diplomacy
• One Small Favour
• The Lost Tribe
• What Lies Below
• Easy Ardougne Diary - Have Wizard Cromperty teleport you to the Rune essence mine.

Transcript

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Changes

Date	Changes
23 March 2022 (update)	Dialogue pertaining to the quest was rewritten to flow better and be consistent with established lore. The quest now focuses on rediscovering the essence mine rather than runecrafting as a whole.
11 November 2020 (update)	The wording in the quest reward scroll was changed from "Runecrafting skill" to "Rune Essence Mine Access" to more accurately reflect the existing quest rewards.
16 January 2007 (update)	The quest was renamed from "Rune Mysteries Quest" to "Rune Mysteries".
29 March 2004 (update)	The quest became permanently available with the launch of RuneScape 2.
1 December 2003 (update)	The quest was added to the RuneScape 2 Beta.