Magic Damage

This article is about a stat that increased magical damage. For the stat's replacement, see Critical hit.

Magic Damage was significantly altered after the Evolution of Combat|an update. This article is retained to provide information on past elements of RuneScape.

The factual accuracy of this article/section is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.

The Staff of light gives a 15% boost to magic damage.

There are various methods by which players can increase their potential maximum magic damage. The effects of most equipped items can be seen at the bottom of the stats window (labelled Magic Damage: +x%), however not all boosting items are shown there. Temporarily increasing your magic level also increases your max hit (by 3% per level boosted), this boost isn't shown in the stats window either.

Currently it is not fully understood how the bonus damage is calculated. While the conventional method is to simply increase a spell's maximum hit by the total damage modifier, this has been shown on numerous occasions to be inaccurate. Players who wish to contribute information or constructive ideas are encouraged to do so on this article's discussion page.

Damage-boosting Equipment

Icon	Equipment	Damage boost	Requirements to wear	Shows in Stats	Conditions/Notes
‎	Castlewar brace	20%	None	No	Useful in Castle Wars against a bearer of a flag only Must be worn as game starts, but not during game
‎	Hexcrest	16.67%	Level 20 Magic Level 10 Defence	No	Only while on a Slayer assignment.
‎	Full slayer helm	16.67%	Level 35 Slayer Completion of Smoking Kills. Must have unlocked the ability to make it.	No	Only while on a Slayer assignment.
‎	Arcane pulse necklace	5%	Level 30 Magic Level 30 Dungeoneering	Yes	Costs 6,500 Dungeoneering tokens and is otherwise untradeable
‎	Arcane blast necklace	10%	Level 50 Magic Level 50 Dungeoneering	Yes	Costs 15,500 Dungeoneering tokens and is otherwise untradeable
‎	Arcane stream necklace	15%	Level 80 Magic Level 70 Dungeoneering	Yes	Costs 30,500 Dungeoneering tokens and is otherwise untradeable
	Polypore stick	1%	Level 80 Attack Level 80 Magic	Yes	Can be farmed (level 80)into a Polypore staff see below
‎	Gravite staff	5%	Level 45 Magic Level 45 Dungeoneering	Yes	Degrades over time (lasts for 10 hours of combat)
‎	Ahrim's staff	10%	Level 70 Attack Level 70 Magic	Yes	Degrades over time (lasts for 15 hours of combat)
	Akrisae's war mace	10%	Level 70 Magic Level 70 Attack Level 70 Prayer Completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat	Yes	Degrades over time (lasts for 15 hours of combat)
‎	Ancient staff	10%	Level 50 Magic Level 50 Attack Completion of Desert Treasure	Yes	None
‎	Zuriel's staff	10%	Level 78 Attack Level 78 Magic	Yes	Degrades over time (lasts for 1 hour of combat); able to cast Miasmic spells after Desert Treasure
‎	Master wand	10%	Level 60 Magic	Yes	Must have purchased preceding wands as well
‎File:Void Knight mace.png	Void knight mace	10%	Level 42 Attack Level 42 Strength Level 42 Defence Level 42 Constitution Level 42 Ranged Level 42 Magic Level 22 Prayer	Yes	Costs 250 pest control points and is otherwise untradeable; able to cast Claws of Guthix
	Saradomin's Hiss	12%	75 Magic	Yes	Dropped by Commander Zilyana and her minions
	Polypore staff	13%	Level 80 Magic	Yes	Can fire its own powerful, unnamed spell.
‎	Staff of light	15%	Level 75 Magic	Yes	Can also cast Slayer dart
	Armadyl Battlestaff	15%	Level 77 Magic Level 40 Attack Completion of The Ritual of Mahjarrat	Yes	Also acts like an Air staff; speeds up casting of Storm of Armadyl
‎	Chaotic staff	20%	Level 80 Magic Level 80 Dungeoneering	Yes	Degrades over time (lasts for 10 hours of combat)
	Magical Blastbox	25% for every 5th hit against monsters	Level 30 Magic Level 30 Dungeoneering Level 35 Runecrafting	No	Only works for Bolt or Blast spells. Costs 40,000 Dungeoneering tokens and is otherwise untradeable.
	Celestial surgebox	25% for every 5th hit against monsters	Level 70 Magic Level 70 Dungeoneering Level 70 Runecrafting	No	Only works for Wave or Surge spells. Costs 65,000 Dungeoneering tokens and is otherwise untradeable.
‎	Ferocious ring	+40	Level 110 Combat Level 75 Slayer (essentially required to obtain ring)	No	Only within Kuradal's Dungeon Applied after Hexcrest/Full slayer helm
‎	Chaos gauntlets	+30	Completion of Family Crest.	No	Only affects Bolt spells
	Robes of Subjugation	9%	70 Defence 70 Magic	No	Can be obtained in the God Wars Dungeon.

• It is important to note that items with a magic attack bonus such as the Third age mage hat don't boost your max hit, just your accuracy. Similarly, items with a magic defence bonus, such as the black d'hide body don't affect the maximum damage you will take from spells, just your opponent's accuracy. The only exception to this is when the hit is greater than 200 and the Magic Absorption is added into calculations.
• A full set of void knight armour won't raise your max hit, only your accuracy.

Damage-boosting Level ups

A Wolpertinger's special scroll will increase your max hit by 21%

Icon	Method	Level boost	Damage boost	Requirements to use	Notes
	Magic cape's boost	1	3%	99 Magic	May be operated once per minute.
‎	Wizard's mind bomb	2 or 3	6% or 9%	None	Available to free players.
‎	Mature wmb	3 or 4	9% or 12%	None
File:Magic essence potion.png	Magic essence potion	3	9%	57 Herblore	This potion is untradeable.
	Dominion medallion	4	12%	110 combat, some of certain quests	Replenishes the boost once per minute. Can only be used in the Dominion Tower.
	Magic potion	5	15%	None
	Vecna Skull	6	18%	None	May be activated once every seven minutes.
	Extreme magic potion	7	21%	Level 91 Herblore	This potion is untradeable.
	Overload	7	21%	Level 96 Herblore	Replenishes the boost every 15 seconds for 5 minutes. This potion is untradeable.
	Wolpertinger's Magic Focus scroll	7	21%	92 Summoning
	Super dominion medallion	8	21%	110 combat, some of certain quests, reach floor 20 in Endurance mode	Replenishes the boost every minute. Can only be used in the Dominion Tower.
File:Dominion marker 1.png File:Dominion marker 2.png File:Dominion marker 3.png File:Dominion marker 4.png	Dominion marker	4, 6, 8, 10	12%, 18%, 21%, 21%	100, 200, 300 kills in Dominion tower, complete all achievements	Only works near certain bosses.
	Dominion Tower Roof	34	21%	Complete all achievements	Only applicable on the roof of the Dominion Tower
	Crystal (magic)	+50%	Up to 21%	None	May only be found on certain waves of the Fight Kiln

• For every point that the player's magic level is boosted above their base level their max damage boost by 3%.
• Wizard's mind bomb will boost your magic level by 2 if your base level is under 50 or by 3 for levels 50 and over.
• Mature Wizard's mind bomb will boost your magic level by 3 if your base level is under 50 or by 4 for levels 50 and over.
• Prayers such as Mystic Will and Augury only increase accuracy, not max hit.
• None of the level boosting methods stack with each other, but the percentage bonus of the boosted magic level will stack with items' magic damage bonuses (e.g. that from the staff of light).
• Damage boost is capped at 21%, but the level dependant base damage of Polypore staff and Storm of Armadyl are uncapped.

How to Achieve the Free-to-Play Maximum Magic Hit

The max hit on Free-to-Play is 250.
Requirements:

• 59 Magic
• 50 Dungeoneering
• 30 Runecrafting
• 50 Runecrafting*
• Completion of the quest Gunnar's Ground*
• Completion of all of the Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks*

Items Needed:

• Gravite Staff
• Arcane blast necklace
• Magical Blastbox
• Wizard's Mind Bomb
• Runecrafter gloves*
• Druidic mage robes or Combat robes*
• Swanky boots*
• Explorer's ring 4*
• Runes for Fire Blast (5 Fire runes, 4 Air runes and 1 Death rune)

*Does not increase Magic damage, however, is used for highest Magic attack

Special Circumstances

• Charge is a spell which temporarily increases the maximum damage of the three God spells by 100 (providing the player is wearing the corresponding god cape). The spell requires a magic level of 80.
• Salarin the Twisted (who is susceptible only to strike spells), can be hit 90 lifepoints by wind strike, 100 by water strike, 110 by earth strike, and 120 by fire strike. These max hits cannot be boosted with items or potions.
• Ice strykewyrms can be hit 1.5 times higher by players using fire spells, and 2 times higher plus an extra 40 damage (added after all multipliers, similar to a ferocious ring) by players wearing a Fire cape and casting fire spells (other spell types get an extra 40 damage with a fire cape, except ice spells which heal the strykewyrm).

Max hit Calculator

template = Magic max hit
form = magicin
result = magicout
param = spell|Spell used|Wind Strike|select|Wind Strike,Water Strike,Earth Strike,Fire Strike,Wind Bolt,Water Bolt,Earth Bolt,Fire Bolt,Wind Blast,Water Blast,Earth Blast,Fire Blast,Wind Wave,Water Wave,Earth Wave,Fire Wave,Wind Surge,Water Surge,Earth Surge,Fire Surge,Crumble Undead,Magic Dart,Iban Blast,Saradomin Strike,Claws of Guthix,Flames of Zamorak,Storm of Armadyl,Snare,Entangle,Smoke Rush,Shadow Rush,Blood Rush,Ice Rush,Miasmic Rush,Smoke Burst,Shadow Burst,Blood Burst,Ice Burst,Miasmic Burst,Smoke Blitz,Shadow Blitz,Blood Blitz,Ice Blitz,Miasmic Blitz,Smoke Barrage,Shadow Barrage,Blood Barrage,Ice Barrage,Miasmic Barrage
param = level|Your base magic level|1|int|1-99
param = boost|Temporary level boost used|None|select|None,Wizard's mind bomb,Mature wmb,Magic essence potion,Magic potion,Vecna Skull,Extreme magic potion,Overload,Magic focus scroll,Magic cape,Dominion Tower roof
param = staff|Damage boosting staff used|None|select|None,Gravite staff,Ahrim's staff,Ancient staff,Zuriel's staff,Master wand,Void knight mace,Staff of light,Chaotic staff,Staff of armadyl
param = slay|Slayer-based helmet used|No|select|No,Hexcrest,Full slayer helm
param = cw|Castlewar brace in use?|No|select|No,Yes
param = neck|Necklace used|None|select|None,Arcane pulse necklace,Arcane blast necklace,Arcane stream necklace
param = chaos|Chaos gauntlets used?|No|select|No,Yes
param = ring|Ferocious ring active?|No|select|No,Yes
param = charge|Charge active?|No|select|No,Yes
<!--(This line has been removed until we can work out how ice strykewyrms work)param = icestryke|Fighting Ice strykewyrms?|No|select|No,Yes,Yes with fire cape-->
param = salarin|Fighting Salarin the Twisted?|No|select|No,Yes

Please wait for the calculator to load.

Please input your conditions and submit the calculator.

N.B. the way in which some boosts are stacked has not yet been confirmed; your result may be slightly inaccurate. Please use the talk page if you have any evidence you'd like to contribute.

If you're using a Magic Blastbox or Celestial surgebox, increase your max hit by 25% and that'll be your actual max hit. But these only give additional damage every fifth hit

Maximum Magic Hit

Currently the highest magic hit in the game, known to be at least 1146, can be achieved by casting Fire surge on an Ice strykewyrm with the chaotic staff, Arcane stream necklace, Hexcrest, and Fire cape equipped, after drinking Extreme magic potion. The maximum total theoretical damage from one spell is 4,995, achieved by hitting nine targets with Miasmic Barrage for 555 life points each. A more probable instance in multi-way combat is to hit at least five (or more) players with Ice Barrage for 300 (or more with a castlewars brace and Arcane stream necklace) resulting in a staggering 1,500damage.

Dungeoneering

It is worth noting that within Daemonheim, the magic potions increase in the same increments that melee potions do in both Gielinor in Daemonheim. That is, they increase magic far more in the former than the latter. Unlike in Gielinor, however, each boosted magic level in Daemonheim only gives an additional 1% damage bonus. Therefore, the calculator above only pertains to activities outside of Daemonheim, as this is a non-Daemonheim related article.

In the free game, with the Catalyic staff and Fire Blast requiring 59 Magic, the max hit is 184 because Fire Blast's max hit without any boosts is 160, plus the staff increases the damage by 15%. Some free players choose not to use the Catalyic staff due to the infinite fire runes offered through a fire staff.