Standard spellbook

The standard spellbook icon.

The standard spellbook is a group of Magic spells available to all players, being unlocked by default upon character creation. Standard spells make use of all runes except Astral. Staves are also required to cast some of the spells, including Iban's staff, slayer's staff or staff of the dead, Saradomin staff or staff of light, Zamorak staff, and Guthix staff or void knight mace.

Magic spells are divided into three distinct types: Combat, Utility, and Teleport spells.

You can change back into the standard spellbook at any location where you can change into a different spellbook, and then simply change back again, or at an Occult altar in a POH.

Combat spells

Offensive spells

Offensive spells such as Water Strike and Fire Blast are simple: They deal damage to one target, with the amount of damage varying according to the spell's maximum hit and other modifiers. Some monsters have a partial weakness against them, in which the player's accuracy and damage are increased by 1% for each % the monster is vulnerable to it. For example, ice giants, who have a 100% weakness to fire spells, result in the player's accuracy and damage doubled.

Aside from elemental weaknesses, the accuracy of these spells is determined by a number of factors, none of which are the spell itself; all other things being equal. There are four main elements for combat spells in the standard spellbook: wind (air), water, earth, and fire. Additionally, there are five increasingly strong groups of spells: strike spells, bolt spells, blast spells, wave spells, and surge spells.

Though the elemental spells of each group require different levels to unlock, their max hits are scaled based on the highest level spell of the group the player has unlocked. For example, Wind Bolt has a base max hit of 9 at level 17 (the level in which it is unlocked), but reaching a Magic level of 29, which is the level where Earth Bolt is unlocked, will increase its base max hit to 11 - the same number as Earth Bolt. Thus, once the player accesses the fire spell of that group, the base max hits of the wind, water, and earth spells of that group will increase to match fire's; using the aforementioned example, once the player reaches level 35 Magic (where Fire Bolt is unlocked), all bolt spells will have a base max hit of 12.

In addition to the elemental spells, there are a number of unique combat spells with different properties. Iban Blast requires that Iban's staff be equipped to use it, and casts of Iban Blast drain charges on the staff until it must eventually be recharged; however, it hits extremely hard for the level required to use it. Magic Dart uses no elemental runes, instead using only death runes and mind runes, and has a maximum hit determined by the caster's Magic level. Each of the god spells has a secondary effect upon a successful hit.

Compared to melee and Ranged, some lower-levelled offensive spells have exceptionally high maximum hits for the levels required to cast them. For example, Fire Strike can hit up to 8 damage at a mere level 13 Magic, which is not possible (assuming reasonably consistent skill levels) with either melee or Ranged.

	Level	Runes	XP	Base max hit^[1]^[2]	Members	Coins^[3]
Wind Strike	1	¹ ¹	5.5	2→8	0	8
Water Strike	5	¹ ¹ ¹	7.5	4→8	0	13
Earth Strike	9	¹ ² ¹	9.5	6→8	0	18
Fire Strike	13	² ³ ¹	11.5	8	0	28
Wind Bolt	17	² ¹	13.5	9→12	0	121
Water Bolt	23	² ² ¹	16.5	10→12	0	131
Earth Bolt	29	² ³ ¹	19.5	11→12	0	136
Fire Bolt	35	³ ⁴ ¹	22.5	12	0	146
Crumble Undead^[4]	39	² ² ¹	24.5	15	0	131
Wind Blast	41	³ ¹	25.5	13→16	0	200
Water Blast	47	³ ³ ¹	28.5	14→16	0	215
Iban Blast	50	⁵ ¹ +	30	25	1	210
Magic Dart	50	¹ ⁴ +^[5]	30	15 (→19)	1	197
Earth Blast	53	³ ⁴ ¹	31.5	15→16	0	220
Fire Blast	59	⁴ ⁵ ¹	34.5	16	0	230
Saradomin Strike	60 (80)	⁴ ² ² +^[6] (+)	35	20 (→30)	1	576
Claws of Guthix	60 (80)	⁴ ¹ ² +^[7] (+)	35	20 (→30)	1	571
Flames of Zamorak	60 (80)	¹ ⁴ ² +^[8] (+)	35	20 (→30)	1	571
Wind Wave	62	⁵ ¹	36	17→20	1	298
Water Wave	65	⁵ ⁷ ¹	37.5	18→20	1	333
Earth Wave	70	⁵ ⁷ ¹	40	19→20	1	333
Fire Wave	75	⁵ ⁷ ¹	42.5	20	1	333
Wind Surge	81	⁷ ¹	44.5	21→24	1	346
Water Surge	85	⁷ ¹⁰ ¹	46.5	22→24	1	396
Earth Surge	90	⁷ ¹⁰ ¹	48.2	23→24	1	396
Fire Surge	95	⁷ ¹⁰ ¹	50.5	24	1	396

^ Maximum hit may be increased by using equipment which increases magic damage, wearing a black mask (i) or Slayer helmet (i) and attacking an on-task enemy, or by other methods. To see how these affect a spell's max hit, consult the magic damage calculator on that spell's page.
^ The maximum hit of every elemental spell will increase to match the highest level spell of that tier that the player has unlocked.
^ Price will vary when using combination runes.
^ Crumble Undead can be autocast with a skull sceptre (i), void knight mace, slayer's staff, slayer's staff (e), or any staff of the dead variant. Only works on undead.
^ Magic Dart can be autocast with any slayer's staff or staff of the dead variant. If slayer's staff (e) is used while on task, base max damage is increased by one for every 10 visible levels.
^ Saradomin Strike can be autocast with staff of light.
^ Claws of Guthix can be autocast with staff of balance or void knight mace.
^ Flames of Zamorak can be autocast with staff of the dead, toxic staff of the dead, or thammaron's sceptre (a), accursed sceptre (a).

Support spells

Support spells offer a range of benefits to the caster, such as increasing damage, curing poison, and healing other players. However, the standard spellbook only offers one support spell, which increases damage for god spells. When cast, the player becomes imbued with magical power, and for the next 7 minutes god spells will deal up to 30 damage per cast, instead of the usual 20. The respective god cape must be worn for the charge effect to work.

Spell		Level	Runes	XP	Members
	Charge	80	³ ³ ³	180	1

Curse spells

Curse spells are combat spells that are primarily used to temporarily lower the target's stats or prevent movement. As Magic is meant to be strong against melee users, the various curse spells lower Attack, Strength, and Defence by either 5% or 10%. Additionally, Tele Block may be classified as a curse spell, although it prevents teleportation rather than lowering a stat.

Curse spells do not stack with themselves or similar curses; for example, it is not possible to frequently cast Stun on a target to drain its Attack further than 10%, nor is it possible to cast Confuse afterward for an additional 5% drain.

	Level	Runes	XP	Members	Effect ^[1]^[2]
Confuse	3	² ³ ¹	13	0	Reduces the target's Attack by 5%.
Weaken	11	² ³ ¹	21	0	Reduces the target's Strength by 5%.
Curse	19	³ ² ¹	29	0	Reduces the target's Defence by 5%.
Bind	20	³ ³ ²	30	0	Prevents the target from moving for 8 ticks (4.8 secs).
Snare	50	⁴ ⁴ ³	60	0	Prevents the target from moving for 16 ticks (9.6 secs). Can deal up to 3 points of damage.
Vulnerability	66	⁵ ⁵ ¹	76	1	Reduces the target's Defence by 10%.
Enfeeble	73	⁸ ⁸ ¹	83	1	Reduces the target's Strength by 10%.
Entangle	79	⁵ ⁵ ⁴	89	1	Prevents the target from moving for 24 ticks (14.4 secs). Can deal up to 5 points of damage.
Stun	80	¹² ¹² ¹	90	1	Reduces the target's Attack by 10%.
Tele Block	85	¹ ¹ ¹	80	0	Prevents the target from teleporting for five minutes (half if they are using Protect from Magic).

^ Charged Tome of water equipped boosts curse spells accuracy by 20% (except Tele Block), and stat draining amount by 50%.
^ Players can increase the binding duration by equipping swampbark armour; the helm, body, and legs will increase the duration by 2 ticks (1.2 seconds) each.

Teleport spells

The standard spellbook contains a number of teleport spells, which instantly transport the caster to a certain destination. These spells are popular as they offer a considerably faster method of transportation than walking everywhere, and several of them, such as Varrock Teleport, lead to popular areas of the map. Free players may access all teleport spells up to and including Falador Teleport. All teleport spells use law runes in addition to other runes.

The standard spellbook is also the only spellbook to feature teleother spells (although the Lunar spellbook has 'Tele Group' spells). When cast on another player, these spells will teleport that player to a certain destination. However, the targeted player must have Accept Aid on, and will be asked whether they wish to accept the teleportation. All teleother spells use soul runes in addition to law runes.

	Level	Runes	XP	Members	Notes
Lumbridge Home Teleport	N/A	N/A	0	0	Teleports the player to Lumbridge. It can only used once every 30 minutes and can be interrupted by combat.
Minigame Teleport	N/A	N/A	0	0	Teleports the caster to a minigame of their choice. It can only be used once every 20 minutes and can be interrupted by combat.
Varrock Teleport	25	³ ¹ ¹	35	0	Teleports the caster to the market square in Varrock.
Lumbridge Teleport	31	³ ¹ ¹	41	0	Teleports the caster to the courtyard of Lumbridge Castle.
Falador Teleport	37	³ ¹ ¹	48	0	Teleports the caster to the centre of Falador.
Teleport to House	40	¹ ¹ ¹	30	1	Teleports the caster to their player-owned house. This spell's destination can either be the exit portal inside the house itself, or outside the entrance portal.
Camelot Teleport	45	⁵ ¹	55.5	1	Teleports the caster to the gates of Camelot.
Kourend Castle Teleport	48	¹ ¹ ²	58	1	Requires completion of Client of Kourend. Teleports the caster to the Kourend Castle courtyard.
Ardougne Teleport	51	² ²	61	1	Requires completion of Plague City. Teleports the caster to the market square in East Ardougne.
Civitas illa Fortis Teleport	54	¹ ¹ ²	64	1	Requires completion of Twilight's Promise. Teleports the caster to Sunrise Palace in Civitas illa Fortis.
Watchtower Teleport	58	² ²	68	1	Requires completion of Watchtower Quest. Teleports the caster to the top of the Watchtower outside of Yanille.
Trollheim Teleport	61	² ²	68	1	Requires completion of Eadgar's Ruse. Teleports the caster to the top of Trollheim.
Ape Atoll Teleport	64	² ² ² ¹	74	1	Requires completion of the Freeing King Awowogei sub-quest of Recipe for Disaster. Teleports the caster to a safe area in the Temple of Marimbo.
Teleport to Boat	67	² ² ²	77	1	Requires completion of Pandemonium and construction of a greater teleport focus on the boat the player wishes to teleport to. Teleports the caster to their player-owned boat.
Teleother Lumbridge	74	¹ ¹ ¹	84	1	Teleports another player, who must have Accept Aid on, to the courtyard of Lumbridge Castle.
Teleother Falador	82	¹ ¹ ¹	92	1	Teleports another player, who must have Accept Aid on, to the centre of Falador.
Teleport to Target	85	¹ ¹ ¹	45	1	Teleports the player to their assigned target inside Daimon's Crater. Can only be cast on Bounty Hunter worlds.
Teleother Camelot	90	¹ ²	100	1	Teleports another player, who must have Accept Aid on, to the gates of Camelot.

Utility spells

Utility spells are spells that are typically used outside of combat, such as enchanting items.

Alchemy spells

Alchemy spells convert items into other items. Including the following: Low Level Alchemy and High Level Alchemy convert items into certain amounts of coins, and Superheat Item may be used to forge ore into bars without a furnace. These three spells all use nature runes and fire runes. Standard magic also includes; Bones to Bananas, and Bones to Peaches, which use Nature, Earth, and, Water runes.

	Level	Runes	XP	Members	Effect
Bones to Bananas	15	² ² ¹	25	0	Converts all normal bones in the inventory into bananas.
Low Level Alchemy	21	³ ¹	31	0	Gives coins equal to $⌊ 0.4 \times Value ⌋$ of the item the spell was cast on.
Superheat Item	43	⁴ ¹	53	0	Smelts ore into bars without need of a furnace. Iron ore's success rate is 100% when used with this spell.
High Level Alchemy	55	⁵ ¹	65	0	Gives coins equal to $⌊ 0.6 \times Value ⌋$ of the item the spell was cast on.
Bones to Peaches	60	² ⁴ ²	35.5	1	Converts all normal bones in the inventory into peaches. Must be unlocked at the Mage Training Arena.

Enchantment spells

There are three types of enchantment spells. Jewellery Enchantments are used for enchanting jewellery with gems, Enchant Crossbow Bolt provides jewel-tipped crossbow bolts with additional effects, and Charge Orb spells will apply elemental alignments to staff orbs. All enchantment spells make use of cosmic runes.

Jewellery Enchantments

Enchantment spells imbue certain items with magical properties, giving them new abilities. Any piece of jewellery crafted with a gem may be enchanted by the proper Enchant Jewellery spell. Enchanted jewellery items have a wide variety of effects, such as teleportation, increased equipment bonuses, and assistance in skills such as Smithing and Runecraft.

	Level	Runes	XP	Members	Effect
Lvl-1 Enchant	7	¹ ¹	17.5	0	Enchants jewellery made from sapphire and opal.
Lvl-2 Enchant	27	³ ¹	37	0	Enchants jewellery made from emerald and jade.
Lvl-3 Enchant	49	⁵ ¹	59	0	Enchants jewellery made from ruby and red topaz.
Lvl-4 Enchant	57	¹⁰ ¹	67	0	Enchants jewellery made from diamond.
Lvl-5 Enchant	68	¹⁵ ¹⁵ ¹	78	1	Enchants jewellery made from dragonstone.
Lvl-6 Enchant	87	²⁰ ²⁰ ¹	97	1	Enchants jewellery made from onyx.
Lvl-7 Enchant	93	²⁰ ¹ ²⁰	110	1	Enchants jewellery made from zenyte.

Enchant Crossbow Bolt

Crossbow bolts with tips made from gems may be enchanted by members with the proper Enchant Crossbow Bolt spell, where they then gain secondary effects in combat.

	Level	Runes	Input	Output	XP	Members
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Opal)	4	² ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	9	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Sapphire)	7	¹ ¹ ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	17.5	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Jade)	14	² ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	19	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Pearl)	24	² ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	29	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Emerald)	27	³ ¹ ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	37	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Red Topaz)	29	² ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	33	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Ruby)	49	⁵ ¹ ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	59	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Diamond)	57	¹⁰ ¹ ²	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	67	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Dragonstone)	68	¹⁵ ¹ ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	78	1
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Onyx)	87	²⁰ ¹ ¹	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	¹⁰ or ¹⁰	97	1

Charge Orb spells

Charge Orb spells are used to imbue unpowered orbs with elemental magic, after which they may be used to make elemental staves.

	Level	Runes	XP	Members	Effect
Charge Water Orb	56	³⁰ ³ ¹	56	1	Enchants an unpowered orb into a water orb when cast at the Obelisk of Water.
Charge Earth Orb	60	³⁰ ³ ¹	70	1	Enchants an unpowered orb into an earth orb when cast at the Obelisk of Earth.
Charge Fire Orb	63	³⁰ ³ ¹	73	1	Enchants an unpowered orb into a fire orb when cast at the Obelisk of Fire.
Charge Air Orb	66	³⁰ ³ ¹	76	1	Enchants an unpowered orb into an air orb when cast at the Obelisk of Air.

Other spells

	Level	Runes	XP	Members	Effect
Telekinetic Grab	33	¹ ¹	43	0	Remotely takes an item laying on the ground or on a table. Can be cast through barriers such as fences and jail cell bars, but not through solid objects like doors or walls.
Monster Inspect	42	² ²	30.5	0	Displays information about the monster the spell is cast upon, such as its combat stats, defensive bonuses, and whether it can be killed as part of a Slayer task.
Summon Boat	56	¹ ¹ ²	66	1	Teleports the caster's player-owned boat to the nearest mooring point. Requires completion of Pandemonium and construction of a teleport focus on the boat the player wishes to teleport.

Trivia

Within the game cache, there are three unused spell icons that can be found ( ). These were scrapped summoning spells from RuneScape Classic that utilised life runes, which were also scrapped.

There is also one unused mobile spell icon within the game cache, which is the icon for Restraint, a level 89 spell costing 5 Wrath, 10 Fire and 10 Earth runes per cast, capable of hitting up to 8 damage and being able to freeze a single opponent for 20 seconds. This spell was offered in the Revenant Cave Rewards: Revisited & Content Changes Poll, but failed by 3.3% votes.

[1] Maximum hit may be increased by using equipment which increases magic damage, wearing a black mask (i) or Slayer helmet (i) and attacking an on-task enemy, or by other methods. To see how these affect a spell's max hit, consult the magic damage calculator on that spell's page.

[2] The maximum hit of every elemental spell will increase to match the highest level spell of that tier that the player has unlocked.

[3] Price will vary when using combination runes.

[4] Crumble Undead can be autocast with a skull sceptre (i), void knight mace, slayer's staff, slayer's staff (e), or any staff of the dead variant. Only works on undead.

[5] Magic Dart can be autocast with any slayer's staff or staff of the dead variant. If slayer's staff (e) is used while on task, base max damage is increased by one for every 10 visible levels.

[6] Saradomin Strike can be autocast with staff of light.

[7] Claws of Guthix can be autocast with staff of balance or void knight mace.

[8] Flames of Zamorak can be autocast with staff of the dead, toxic staff of the dead, or thammaron's sceptre (a), accursed sceptre (a).

[9] Charged Tome of water equipped boosts curse spells accuracy by 20% (except Tele Block), and stat draining amount by 50%.

[10] Players can increase the binding duration by equipping swampbark armour; the helm, body, and legs will increase the duration by 2 ticks (1.2 seconds) each.

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