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Death rune
Death rune
Release date 17 March 2001 (Update)
Members? No
Quest item? No
Tradeable? Yes
Equipable? No
Stackable? Yes
High Alch 62 coins
Low Alch 41 coins
Destroy Drop
Store price 310 coins
Exchange price 167 coins (info)
Buy limit 25,000
Examine A medium level catalytic rune.
Weight 0 kg
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Death rune detail

Death runes are used in great demand with mages that cast Ancient Magicks, as they are used in high level Ancient Magicks combat spells. The value of 1 Death rune in Investment Credits in Mobilising Armies is 94 Investment Credits.

These are also the most powerful rune stocked in any store in free-to-play even though they can only be used for one free-to-play spell requiring 85 Magic Teleport Block and can only be crafted by members after completing the quest Mourning's Ends Part II. However, before the Evolution of Combat update was released, non-members needed death runes to cast blast spells. However free players can craft it with 65 Runecrafting in dungeons of Daemonheim (members do not need to complete the quest to craft them in Daemonheim), making it the highest requirement rune to be crafted in Daemonheim for free players. However crafting them in Daemonheim as a free player is pointless because the only spell that they can use with Death runes is not available inside dungeons. Crafting them gives 10 experience per essence(or 0.2 experience per essence in Daemonheim). Prior to the update which gave most stores in RuneScape an infinite stock of their goods and a fixed price, death runes were often bought from magic stores until they ran out of stock because there was high demand and the store price was slightly under the street price. After the update, the store price was raised above the street price. However, due to the new update in which all stores are different for each player, players can only purchase a limited number of death runes in game each day, creating a lack of death rune and making it much harder to purchase large quantities quickly on the Grand Exchange. Members can create death runes using the Runecrafting skill at level 65 at the Death altar in the Temple of Light. In Runespan, Death Runes are worth 2.5 points each once siphoned.

Price / Experience comparison
Grand Exchange price GP / Exp
(per essence)
Nature rune 115 12.8
Law rune 190 20
Death rune 167 16.7
Blood rune 278 26.5
Soul rune 124 11.3

Adult cats can be exchanged for 100 death runes with a Civilian in West Ardougne (or 200 death runes while possessing the Ardougne cloak 1 or better. Please note that you don't have to wear or carry it).

250 Death runes (along with 750 Air runes) can also be obtained from any Slayer Master for 35 Slayer reward points after completing the Smoking Kills quest.

Contents

SpellsEdit

Free-to-play spellsEdit

With the Evolution of Combat update, the only use for death runes in free-to-play worlds is in casting Teleport Block.

Pay-to-play spellsEdit

These spells can only be cast in pay-to-play:

* Part of the Ancient Magicks spellbook and can only be cast by players who have completed the Desert Treasure quest and have switched their spellbook to Ancient Magicks.

** Part of the Lunar spellbook and can only be cast by players who have completed the Lunar Diplomacy quest and have switched their spellbook to Lunar Spells.

SpawnsEdit

For members there is a Death rune spawn in the Feldip Hills. It respawns 1 minute and 45 seconds after picking it up (see map for location).

Death Rune spawn map
The red circle marks the location of the Death rune spawn.

Store locationsEdit

This item can also be bought or sold at:

Dropping MonstersEdit

Levels 1-99Edit

Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity
Brine rat 70 7 2Common
Ankou 88,90 10/11 2Common
Cockroach soldier 52 1–15 3Uncommon
Ice giant 74 2–4 4Rare
Revenant dragon 93 125 4Rare

Levels 100-199Edit

Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity
Infernal mage 104 7 2Common
King Black Dragon 120 7–45 2Common
Nechryael 138 5–10 2Common
Vyrelord 140 6–27 2Common
Vyrelady 140 5–24 2Common
Ganodermic beast 166 10–15 2Common
Lesser demon 100 3 3Uncommon
Saradomin wizard 108,140 45 3Uncommon
Guthix wizard 110,190 45 3Uncommon
Greater demon 118 5 3Uncommon
Chaos dworge 132 6 3Uncommon
Jungle strykewyrm 134 10 3Uncommon
Desert strykewyrm 148 15 3Uncommon
Grifolapine 148 9–13 3Uncommon
Ice strykewyrm 152 20 3Uncommon
Grifolaroo 164 5–10 3Uncommon
Ganodermic runt 166 5–6 3Uncommon
Revenant dark beast 130 120 4Rare
Iron dragon 148 15 4Rare

Levels 200+Edit

Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity
K'ril Tsutsaroth 210 120–124 2Common
Corporal Beast 210 300 2Common
Queen Black Dragon 220 500 3Uncommon
Nex 220 5000 4Rare

Other sourcesEdit

Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity
Barrows chest N/A 1–174 3Uncommon
Rare drop table N/A 45,50 4Rare

TriviaEdit

  • The most death runes required for a spell are 2, for the Gale, Rock, Bloodfire and Ice Burst spells.
  • The picture on a Death Rune shows a skull & X, which is most likely meant to imitate the jolly roger or more commonly known as the skull & crossbones.
  • The Grim Reaper was rolling a Death Rune with his fingers in 2009 Hallowe'en event.
  • The shop respawn time is about 10 seconds.
  • Prior to the Evolution of Combat update, death runes were used in Blast spells, Surge spells, Blitz spells and Barrage spells. The removal of their usage in these spells caused a dramatic fall in their Grand Exchange price.
  • When strykewyrms were released, the price of death runes gradually rose, due to the effectiveness of using these runes with high-level standard spellbook spells to kill them. This was negated with the Evolution of Combat update, as covered above.
  • Despite the fact that death runes are rendered useless during free-to-play Dungeoneering, they are still allocated at the start of simple dungeons.
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