Water rune

RegularNightmare Zone
Water rune
Released	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Examine	One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.
Values
High alch	2 coins
Low alch	1 coin
Store price	4 coins (Betty)
Weight	0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange	5 coins (info)
Buy limit	20,000
Daily volume	65,484,811
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The Water rune is one of the 4 basic elemental runes that are used in a variety of spells. They are sold at all magic shops, including Aubury's Rune Shop and Betty's Magic Emporium. A staff of water, water battlestaff, mud battlestaff, mist battlestaff, or Kodai wand can also be equipped to provide unlimited water runes. Water runes are used in conjunction with body runes and earth runes to cast the Confuse, Weaken, and Curse spells, often regarded as an inexpensive source of Magic experience.

Players with at least 5 Runecraft can craft their own water runes by using a rune essence or a pure essence with the water altar, south of Lumbridge in the swamps, earning 6 Runecraft experience each. Each essence yields one water rune, two at level 19, three at level 38, four at level 57, five at level 76, and six at level 95. Water runes are also commonly dropped by many monsters around the world.

They can also be purchased from the Nightmare Zone, using 25 reward points.

Spells requiring water runes[edit source]

Spell	Level	Runes	Exp	Category	Spell Group	Notes
Confuse	3	¹²³	13	Combat	Standard	Reduces the target's Attack level by 5%.
Water Strike	5	¹¹¹	7.5	Combat	Standard	Maximum of 4 damage per cast.
Lvl-1 Enchant	7	¹¹	17.5	Enchantment	Standard	Enchants sapphire jewellery.
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Sapphire)	7	¹¹¹	17	Enchantment	Standard	Enchants sapphire tipped bolts.
Weaken	11	¹²³	21	Combat	Standard	Reduces the target's Strength level by 5%.
Bones to Bananas	15	¹²²	25	Skilling	Standard	Converts all bones in the inventory into bananas.
Draynor Manor Teleport	17	¹¹¹	16	Teleport	Arceuus	Teleports the caster to the Draynor Manor.
Curse	19	¹³²	29	Combat	Standard	Reduces the target's Defence level by 5%.
Bind	20	²³³	30	Combat	Standard	Prevents target from moving for 5 seconds.
Water Bolt	23	¹²²	16.5	Combat	Standard	Maximum of 10 damage per cast.
Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Pearl)	24	¹²	29	Enchantment	Standard	Enchants pearl tipped bolts.
Falador Teleport	37	¹¹³	47	Teleport	Standard	Teleports the caster to the centre of Falador, next to the statue of Saradomin.
Water Blast	47	¹³³	28.5	Combat	Standard	Maximum of 14 damage per cast.
Snare	50	³⁴⁴	60	Combat	Standard	Maximum of 3 damage per cast. Prevents target from moving for 10 seconds.
Ardougne Teleport	51	²²	61	Teleport	Standard	Teleports the caster to the marketplace in East Ardougne in the centre of the square. Completion of the Plague City quest is required to use this spell.
Charge Water Orb	56	³³⁰	66	Enchantment	Standard	When cast at the obelisk of Water, this spell turns an unpowered orb into a water orb.
Ice Rush	58	²²²	34	Combat	Ancient	Maximum of 17 damage per cast. Freezes the target for 5 seconds.
Bones to Peaches	60	²⁴⁴	35.5	Skilling	Standard	Converts all bones in the inventory to peaches. Players must unlock this spell at the Mage Training Arena before using it.
Ape Atoll Teleport	64	²²²¹	74	Teleport	Standard	Teleports the caster to Ape Atoll. The Awowogei portion of Recipe for Disaster is required to use this spell.
Water Wave	65	¹⁷⁵	37.5	Combat	Standard	Maximum of 18 damage per cast.
Bake Pie	65	¹⁵⁴	60	Skilling	Lunar	Bakes all uncooked pies in the caster's inventory. One set of runes is required for each pie.
Vulnerability	66	¹⁵⁵	76	Combat	Standard	Reduces the target's Defence level by 10%.
Lvl-5 Enchant	68	¹¹⁵¹⁵	78	Enchantment	Standard	Enchants dragonstone jewellery.
Humidify	68	¹¹³	65	Skilling	Lunar	Fills all empty water-carrying vessels (such as vials and buckets) in the caster's inventory with water, excluding some quest-specific vessels.
Ice Burst	70	²⁴⁴	40	Combat	Ancient	Hits a 3x3 area around a target for up to 22 damage each. Freezes targets for 10 seconds.
Lassar Teleport	72	²⁴	82	Teleport	Ancient	Teleports the caster to the top of Ice Mountain.
Waterbirth Teleport	72	¹²¹	71	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster to Waterbirth Island.
Tele Group Waterbirth	73	¹²⁵	72	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster, along with up to 4 other players (who have Accept Aid on), to Waterbirth Island.
Enfeeble	73	¹⁸⁸	83	Combat	Standard	Lowers the target's Strength level by 10%.
Khazard Teleport	78	²²⁴	80	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster to Port Khazard.
Tele Group Khazard	79	²²⁸	81	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster, along with up to 4 other players (who have Accept Aid on), to Port Khazard.
Entangle	79	⁴⁵⁵	70	Combat	Standard	Maximum of 5 damage per cast. Prevents target from moving for 15 seconds.
Stun	80	¹¹²¹²	90	Combat	Standard	Reduces the target's Attack level by 10%.
String Jewellery	80	²¹⁰⁵	83	Skilling	Lunar	Strings all unstrung amulets in the caster's inventory.
Stat Restore Pot Share	81	²¹⁰¹⁰	84	Combat	Lunar	Each target (up to 4 other players) receives a dose of a restoration potion (such as a prayer potion) from the caster's inventory.
Magic Imbue	82	²⁷⁷	86	Skilling	Lunar	Allows combination of runes without the need for a talisman for a short time.
Teleother Falador	82	¹¹²¹²	92	Teleport	Standard	Teleports another player (who has Accept Aid switched on) to Falador.
Ice Blitz	82	²²³	46	Combat	Ancient	Maximum of 26 damage per cast. Freezes target for 15 seconds.
Magic Imbue	84	³¹²¹⁰	88	Combat	Lunar	Has the same effect as Stat Restore Pot Share, except with a potion that boosts a stat (such as a strength potion).
Fishing Guild Teleport	85	³³¹⁰	89	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster to the Fishing Guild.
Tele Group Fishing Guild	86	³³¹⁴	90	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster, along with up to 4 other players (who have Accept Aid turned on) to the Fishing Guild.
Catherby Teleport	87	³³¹⁰	92	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster to Catherby.
Tele Group Catherby	88	³³¹⁵	93	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster, and up to 4 other players (who have Accept Aid on), to Catherby.
Ice Plateau Teleport	89	³³⁸	96	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster to the Ice Plateau in level 53 Wilderness.
Recharge Dragonstone	89	¹¹⁴	97.5	Skilling	Lunar	Recharges the player's dragonstone jewellery. Requires completion of the hard Fremennik Diary.
Tele Group Ice Plateau	90	³³¹⁶	99	Teleport	Lunar	Teleports the caster, along with up to 4 other players (who have Accept Aid on), to the Ice Plateau in level 53 Wilderness.
Ice Barrage	94	²⁴⁶	52	Combat	Ancient	Hits a 3x3 area around a target for up to 30 damage each. Freezes targets for 20 seconds.
Ghorrock Teleport	96	²⁸	106	Teleport	Ancient	Teleports the caster to Ice Plateau in the Wilderness.

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

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Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Aviansie	69–148	30	13/128
Bandit	22; 130	9–11	Common
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1–11	Common
Basilisk	61	75	8/128
Big frog	10; 24	12	Uncommon
Black Heather	34	30	Uncommon
Black Knight Titan	120; 210	7	Uncommon
Blue dragon	111	75	8/128
Brine rat	70	10	3/128
Brine rat	70	18	2/128
Catablepon	49; 64; 68	7	Uncommon
Cave bug	6; 96	5–119	Common
Cave bug	6; 96	8–119	Common
Cave goblin (monster)	3	6	Common
Cave kraken	127	15; 30; 75	Common
Cave slime	23	15	Common
Chaos dwarf	48	10	Common
Chest (Dorgesh-Kaan Average)	52	10–18	Common
Cockathrice	89	2	2/128
Cockatrice	37	2	2/128
Dagannoth (Lighthouse)	74; 92	15	Common
Dagannoth (Waterbirth Island)	88; 90	10	Uncommon
Dagannoth spawn	42	3	Common
Dark warrior	8; 145	1–3	Common
Dark wizard	7–23	10; 18	Common
Deranged archaeologist	276	100; 200	Common
Donny the lad	34	30	Uncommon
Druid	33	9	Common
Elf warrior	90; 108	70	Common(~8/128)
Essence impling	42	30	Common
Essence impling jar	N/A	30	Common
Experiment No.2	109	11	Uncommon
Giant Rock Crab	137	1–39	Uncommon
Giant Sea Snake	149	15	Uncommon
Giant skeleton (Shadow Dungeon)	80	18	Uncommon
Goblin	2–25	6	Common
Green dragon	79; 88	75	Common
Hill Giant	28	7	3/128
Hobgoblin	28; 42; 47	2	Uncommon
Hydra	194	71–89	Common
Ice giant	53; 67	12	Uncommon
Icefiend	13; 18	1–6	Uncommon
Infernal Mage	66	10	3/128
Infernal Mage	66	18	2/128
Kalphite Guardian	141	2	Uncommon
Kalphite Worker	28	2	2/128
King Sand Crab	107	1–39	Rare
Kraken	127; 291	400	10/128
Lobstrosity	68	100	Common
Long-tailed Wyvern	152	50	Common
Malevolent Mage	162	10; 18	Uncommon
Mogre	60	5	4/128
Mogre	60	7	4/128
Mogre	60	14	4/128
Molanisk	51	1–15	Common
Monstrous basilisk	135	75	Common
Mugger	6	6	Uncommon
Ogress Shaman	82	10–20	Common
Ogress Warrior	82	10–20	Common
Outlaw	32	6	Uncommon
Paladin	62	30	Common
Reward casket (beginner)	N/A	15–35	1/43.75
Reward casket (easy)	N/A	30–50	1/36
Reward casket (medium)	N/A	50–100	1/34.1
Rock lobster	127	7–9	Common
Salarin the twisted	70	12	Common
Saradomin wizard	108	42; 126; 145; 146	Uncommon
Sea Snake Young	90	15	Uncommon
Sir Carl	62	30	Common
Sir Harry	62	30	Common
Sir Jerro	62	30	Common
Skeletal Wyvern	140	150	4/128
Skeletal miner	42	9	Uncommon
Skeleton	21–85	9	Uncommon
Skeleton (Shayzien Crypts)	132	20	Common
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	40–87	4	Unknown
Skeleton fremennik	40; 50; 60	20	Uncommon
Sorebones	57	23	Common
Spiritual mage	120; 121; 123	50	7/128
Spiritual mage	120; 121; 123	15	8/128
Spitting Wyvern	139	50	Uncommon
Taloned Wyvern	147	50	Uncommon
Terror dog	100; 110	75	Common
Tortured soul	59	6	Common
Tutab's Magical Market	65	1	Unknown
TzHaar-Mej (monster)	124	25	Uncommon
Wallasalki	98	1–10	Common
Water elemental	34	15	1/9.294
Water elemental	34	20	1/46.931
Water wizard	13	2–10	Common
Waterfiend	115	1–3	Always
Waterfiend	115	150	Common
White Knight	36; 38; 39; 42	25–28	Uncommon
White Knight	36; 38; 39; 42	27–35	Uncommon
Wizard	9	5; 12	Common
Zamorak crafter	19	5	Common
Zamorak mage	82; 84	6; 19	Common
Zamorak wizard	65	86; 107; 146	Common
Zombie (Shayzien Crypts)	132	20	Common
Zombie (Tarn's Lair)	40–100	4	Common

Store locations[edit | edit source]

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at
Battle Runes	Wilderness	1,000	4	2
Baba Yaga's Magic Shop	Lunar Isle	5,000	4	2
Lundail's Arena-side Rune Shop	Mage Arena	200	4	2
Thyria's Wares	Arceuus	5,000	4	2
Aubury's Rune Shop	Varrock	5,000	4	2
Void Knight Magic Store	Void Knights' Outpost	5,000	4	2
Betty's Magic Emporium	Port Sarim	5,000	4	2
Tutab's Magical Market	Ape Atoll	1,000	4	2
Magic Guild Store (Runes and Staves)	Wizards' Guild	5,000	4	2
Regath's Wares	Arceuus	500	5	1
TzHaar-Mej-Roh's Rune Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	5,000	5	1
Ali's Discount Wares (runes)	Al Kharid	20	5	2
TzHaar-Mej-Roh's Rune Store	Mor Ul Rek	5,000	6	0
Nightmare Zone (reward shop)	Yanille	∞	25	N/A