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This article is about the rune. For other uses, see Water rune (disambiguation).
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Water rune

The water rune is one of the four elemental runes. They are used to invoke the power of water, in spells such as Water and Ice spells, and may be substituted for by a water staff, water battlestaff, mud battlestaff, steam battlestaff, or tome of frost. Water runes are also substituted in spells by the mystic version of all staves mentioned previously. These runes are also used for ice spells.

These may be made using the Runecrafting skill at level 5 Runecrafting, granting 6 experience per essence, using the water altar south-east of Draynor Village in the Lumbridge Swamp. They can also be found at various spawns around the game, such as the spawn in the scorpion pit north of Al Kharid. Water runes can also be dropped by monsters. They can sometimes be found inside barrels. After the quest Dealing with Scabaras, water runes may be used on a water tiara, requiring both 50 Magic and Runecrafting, to make an enchanted water tiara. This item replaces waterskins in the desert heat, with three water runes accounting for one dose of water. The amount of charges that the tiara can store is unlimited. Similarly to infusing a druid pouch, the user must use at least 3 water runes on the tiara.

Crafting multiple water runes[]

For more information about Runecrafting multiples, see crafting multiple runes.
Multiplier Runecrafting level GE Price
1x 5 25
2x 19 50
3x 38 75
4x 57 100
5x 76 125
6x 95 150
7x 114* 175

Spells[]

Water runes are needed in a vast amount of spells, as listed below. Because of all the spells that need water runes, many mages will just use a staff of water, water battlestaff or mystic water staff.

Free Spells[]

All players can cast these spells:

Member Spells[]

Only members can cast these spells:

Store locations[]

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Seller Location Cost Currency Base stock Members?

Drop sources[]

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Source Combat level Quantity Rarity
Water wizard194–10Always
Waterfiend102; 1071Always
Waterfiend (Temple of Aminishi)1071Always
Waterfiend (elite)1111Always
Aviansie89; 92; 9530Common
Bandit looter423–17Common
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)N/A1–11Common
Blue dragon7475Common
Cave bug8; 121–167Common
Cave goblin16Common
Cave slime2615Common
Chaos dwarf28; 45; 47; 84; 101; 10810Common
Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer70; 10110Common
Chaos dwogre92; 9810Common
Cockatrice441–2Common
Cockroach drone41–8Common
Corpse Spider42Common
Corpse mage218Common
Crystal chestN/A200Common
Dagannoth (Lighthouse)77; 7815–30Common
Dagannoth spawn653Common
Dagon'hai Monk7710–18Common
Dark warrior161Common
Dark wizard22; 30; 33; 35; 3710–18Common
Dragith Nurn268Common
Elf warrior84; 8970Common
Elite Khazard guard77; 844–10Common
Essence implingN/A30Common
Essence impling jarN/A30Common
Exiled kalphite paragon8431–89Common
Exiled kalphite soldier8453–84Common
Frog776Common
Giant ant worker4928Common
Giant rock crab951–39Common
Gnoeals7030–44Common
Goblin1; 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 11; 846Common
Green dragon6375–150Common
Hill giant447Common
Ice giant5112Common
Ice troll84; 8965Common
Imp55Common
Imp herald985Common
Jailer39unknownCommon
Kalphite Worker5811–19Common
Knight of Ardougne5370Common
Molanisk531–13Common
Mourner33; 79; 8570Common
Paladin4930Common
Rock lobster1009Common
Salarin the Twisted7712Common

Disassembly[]

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Trivia[]

  • The most water runes required for a spell is 30, for the Charge Water Orb spell.
  • Water runes used to have a price ceiling of 16 coins each, and were extremely hard to buy on the Grand Exchange. On 9 September 2009, the price cap was removed (and shortly before, the infinite stock of water runes in shops had been removed), and water runes increased in price to over 40 coins each. Due to this it was very smart to buy water runes from rune shops at 17 coins and sell on the Grand Exchange. However, this is not applicable anymore as the Grand Exchange price is now cheaper (25).
  • The value of 1 water rune in Investment Credits in Mobilising Armies is 6 Investment Credits.
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