Runecraft calculator

Work out how much essence you need to craft into runes to reach your target Runecraft level, counting the extra runes you make as you level.

Raiments of the EyeAbyssal lantern

Current level

Target level

XP to go: 13,034,431
Unlocked: 17 of 59
Next unlock: Mind rune (from Pure essence) at level 2

Suggested route

The best thing to craft at each level on the way to your target.

Suggested route
Levels	Craft (top 5)	Success	Actions	Profit / loss
1–5	1Air rune (from Daeyalt essence)Suggested	100%	52	—
1–5	2Air rune (from Pure essence)	100%	78	+310
5–14	1Water rune (from Daeyalt essence)Suggested	100%	191	—
	2Mind rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	209	—
	3Air rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	230	—
	4Water rune (from Pure essence)	100%	287	+1,146
	5Mind rune (from Pure essence)	100%	313	+313
14–27	1Fire rune (from Daeyalt essence)Suggested	100%	726	—
	2Earth rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	782	—
	3Mud rune (Earth altar)	100%	803	+63,565
	4Mud rune (Water altar)	100%	820	+64,112
	5Dust rune (Earth altar)	100%	847	−663
27–44	1Cosmic rune (from Daeyalt essence)Suggested	100%	3,827	—
	2Body rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	4,082	—
	3Fire rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	4,374	—
	4Lava rune (Fire altar)	100%	4,374	+105,905
	5Lava rune (Earth altar)	100%	4,592	+115,792
44–65	1Nature rune (from Daeyalt essence)Suggested	100%	29,169	—
	2Astral rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	30,175	—
	3Chaos rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	30,885	—
	4Cosmic rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	32,815	—
	5Body rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	35,003	—
65–77	1Death rune (from Daeyalt essence)Suggested	100%	68,411	—
	2Law rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	72,011	—
	3Nature rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	76,012	—
	4Astral rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	78,633	—
	5Chaos rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	80,483	—
77–90	1Blood rune (False Altar)Suggested	100%	162,637	—
	2Blood rune (True Altar) (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	245,762	—
	3Death rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	258,051	—
	4Law rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	271,632	—
	5Nature rune (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	286,723	—
90–99	1Aether rune (from Daeyalt essence)Suggested	100%	256,270	—
	2Soul rune	100%	258,859	—
	3Blood rune (False Altar)	100%	323,030	—
	4Aether rune (from Pure essence)	100%	384,405	+11,615,436
	5Blood rune (True Altar) (from Daeyalt essence)	100%	488,134	—
Total			521,283	0Leaves out steps with no GE price

Planned for a members account. Crafting: at the altar. Only single-step recipes are suggested, and the route only switches when another action is at least 10% better. Tiaras use up a talisman each, so they're made to wear rather than to train.

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59 actions

Runecraft actions
					Materials needed
Air rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	7.5	1,737,925	No GE price	1,737,925 × Daeyalt essence
Air rune (from Pure essence)	1 (unlocked)	5	2,606,887	+108,097,901+8.29 gp/xp	2,606,887 × Pure essence
Air tiara	1 (unlocked)	25	521,378	−126,173,476−9.68 gp/xp	521,378 × Tiara 521,378 × Air talisman
Blood tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	52.5	248,275	−7,965,903,375−611.14 gp/xpLow GE volume: Blood tiara, Blood talisman	248,275 × Tiara 248,275 × Blood talisman
Body tiara	1 (unlocked)	37.5	347,585	−534,585,730−41.01 gp/xp	347,585 × Tiara 347,585 × Body talisman
Catalytic tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	60	217,241	−457,726,787−35.12 gp/xpLow GE volume: Catalytic tiara, Gold tiara, Catalytic talisman	217,241 × Gold tiara 217,241 × Catalytic talisman
Chaos tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	42.5	306,693	+3,066,930+0.24 gp/xpLow GE volume: Chaos tiara	306,693 × Tiara 306,693 × Chaos talisman
Cosmic tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	40	325,861	−49,530,872−3.8 gp/xp	325,861 × Tiara 325,861 × Cosmic talisman
Death tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	50	260,689	−275,548,273−21.14 gp/xpLow GE volume: Death tiara	260,689 × Tiara 260,689 × Death talisman
Earth tiara	1 (unlocked)	32.5	401,060	−289,966,380−22.25 gp/xp	401,060 × Tiara 401,060 × Earth talisman
Elemental tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	40	325,861	−1,480,060,662−113.55 gp/xpLow GE volume: Elemental tiara, Gold tiara, Elemental talisman	325,861 × Gold tiara 325,861 × Elemental talisman
Fire tiara	1 (unlocked)	35	372,413	−1,017,432,316−78.06 gp/xp	372,413 × Tiara 372,413 × Fire talisman
Law tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	47.5	274,410	No GE price	274,410 × Tiara 274,410 × Law talisman
Mind tiara	1 (unlocked)	27.5	473,980	−625,179,620−47.96 gp/xp	473,980 × Tiara 473,980 × Mind talisman
Nature tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	45	289,655	−70,096,510−5.38 gp/xp	289,655 × Tiara 289,655 × Nature talisman
Water tiara	1 (unlocked)	30	434,482	−206,378,950−15.83 gp/xp	434,482 × Tiara 434,482 × Water talisman
Wrath tiara★ (members)	1 (unlocked)	52.5	248,275	−72,248,025−5.54 gp/xpLow GE volume: Wrath tiara	248,275 × Tiara 248,275 × Wrath talisman
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Mind rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	2 (locked)1 more level	8.3	1,579,932	No GE price	1,579,932 × Daeyalt essence
Mind rune (from Pure essence)	2 (locked)1 more level	5.5	2,369,897	+29,825,870+2.29 gp/xp	2,369,897 × Pure essence
Water rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	5 (locked)4 more levels	9	1,448,271	No GE price	1,448,271 × Daeyalt essence
Water rune (from Pure essence)	5 (locked)4 more levels	6	2,172,406	+54,378,407+4.17 gp/xp	2,172,406 × Pure essence
Mist rune (Air altar)★ (members)	6 (locked)5 more levels	8	1,629,304	+132,326,640+10.15 gp/xp	1,629,304 × Pure essence 1,629,304 × Water rune 4,525.844 × Binding necklace
Mist rune (Water altar)★ (members)	6 (locked)5 more levels	8.5	1,533,463	+123,009,290+9.44 gp/xp	1,533,463 × Pure essence 1,533,463 × Air rune 4,259.619 × Binding necklace
Earth rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	9 (locked)8 more levels	9.8	1,336,865	No GE price	1,336,865 × Daeyalt essence
Earth rune (from Pure essence)	9 (locked)8 more levels	6.5	2,005,298	+36,745,584+2.82 gp/xp	2,005,298 × Pure essence
Dust rune (Air altar)★ (members)	10 (locked)9 more levels	8.3	1,570,414	−1,230,158−0.09 gp/xp	1,570,414 × Pure essence 1,570,414 × Earth rune 4,362.261 × Binding necklace
Dust rune (Earth altar)★ (members)	10 (locked)9 more levels	9	1,448,271	−1,134,479−0.09 gp/xp	1,448,271 × Pure essence 1,448,271 × Air rune 4,022.975 × Binding necklace
Mud rune (Earth altar)★ (members)	13 (locked)12 more levels	9.5	1,372,046	+108,688,911+8.34 gp/xp	1,372,046 × Pure essence 1,372,046 × Water rune 3,811.239 × Binding necklace
Mud rune (Water altar)★ (members)	13 (locked)12 more levels	9.3	1,401,552	+109,624,726+8.41 gp/xp	1,401,552 × Pure essence 1,401,552 × Earth rune 3,893.2 × Binding necklace
Fire rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	14 (locked)13 more levels	10.5	1,241,375	No GE price	1,241,375 × Daeyalt essence
Fire rune (from Pure essence)	14 (locked)13 more levels	7	1,862,062	+25,525,987+1.96 gp/xp	1,862,062 × Pure essence
Smoke rune (Air altar)★ (members)	15 (locked)14 more levels	8.5	1,533,463	+86,206,178+6.61 gp/xp	1,533,463 × Pure essence 1,533,463 × Fire rune 4,259.619 × Binding necklace
Smoke rune (Fire altar)★ (members)	15 (locked)14 more levels	9.5	1,372,046	+75,759,807+5.81 gp/xp	1,372,046 × Pure essence 1,372,046 × Air rune 3,811.239 × Binding necklace
Steam rune (Fire altar)★ (members)	19 (locked)18 more levels	10	1,303,444	+117,592,373+9.02 gp/xp	1,303,444 × Pure essence 1,303,444 × Water rune 3,620.678 × Binding necklace
Steam rune (Water altar)★ (members)	19 (locked)18 more levels	9.3	1,401,552	+126,443,350+9.7 gp/xp	1,401,552 × Pure essence 1,401,552 × Fire rune 3,893.2 × Binding necklace
Body rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	20 (locked)19 more levels	11.3	1,158,617	No GE price	1,158,617 × Daeyalt essence
Body rune (from Pure essence)	20 (locked)19 more levels	7.5	1,737,925	+15,605,047+1.2 gp/xp	1,737,925 × Pure essence
Lava rune (Earth altar)★ (members)	23 (locked)22 more levels	10	1,303,444	+32,868,513+2.52 gp/xp	1,303,444 × Pure essence 1,303,444 × Fire rune 3,620.678 × Binding necklace
Lava rune (Fire altar)★ (members)	23 (locked)22 more levels	10.5	1,241,375	+30,061,965+2.31 gp/xp	1,241,375 × Pure essence 1,241,375 × Earth rune 3,448.264 × Binding necklace
Cosmic rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	27 (locked)26 more levels	12	1,086,203	No GE price	1,086,203 × Daeyalt essence
Cosmic rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	27 (locked)26 more levels	8	1,629,304	+376,002,499+28.85 gp/xp	1,629,304 × Pure essence
Chaos rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	35 (locked)34 more levels	12.8	1,022,309	No GE price	1,022,309 × Daeyalt essence
Chaos rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	35 (locked)34 more levels	8.5	1,533,463	+295,199,696+22.65 gp/xp	1,533,463 × Pure essence
Astral rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	40 (locked)39 more levels	13.1	998,807	No GE price	998,807 × Daeyalt essence
Astral rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	40 (locked)39 more levels	8.7	1,498,211	+302,933,025+23.24 gp/xp	1,498,211 × Pure essence
Nature rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	44 (locked)43 more levels	13.5	965,514	No GE price	965,514 × Daeyalt essence
Nature rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	44 (locked)43 more levels	9	1,448,271	+296,561,037+22.75 gp/xp	1,448,271 × Pure essence
Law rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	54 (locked)53 more levels	14.3	914,697	No GE price	914,697 × Daeyalt essence
Law rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	54 (locked)53 more levels	9.5	1,372,046	+213,478,776+16.38 gp/xp	1,372,046 × Pure essence
Death rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	65 (locked)64 more levels	15	868,963	No GE price	868,963 × Daeyalt essence
Death rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	65 (locked)64 more levels	10	1,303,444	+238,530,252+18.3 gp/xp	1,303,444 × Pure essence
Blood rune (False Altar)★ (members)	77 (locked)76 more levels	23.8	547,666	No GE price	547,666 × Dark essence fragments
Blood rune (True Altar) (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	77 (locked)76 more levels	15.8	827,583	No GE price	827,583 × Daeyalt essence
Blood rune (True Altar) (from Pure essence)★ (members)	77 (locked)76 more levels	10.5	1,241,375	+405,929,625+31.14 gp/xp	1,241,375 × Pure essence
Aether rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	90 (locked)89 more levels	30	434,482	No GE price	434,482 × Daeyalt essence 434,482 × Soul rune 434,482 × Aether catalyst 1,206.894 × Binding necklace
Aether rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	90 (locked)89 more levels	20	651,722	+19,692,866+1.51 gp/xp	651,722 × Pure essence 651,722 × Soul rune 651,722 × Aether catalyst 1,810.339 × Binding necklace
Soul rune★ (members)	90 (locked)89 more levels	29.7	438,870	No GE price	438,870 × Dark essence fragments
Wrath rune (from Daeyalt essence)★ (members)	95 (locked)94 more levels	12	1,086,203	No GE price	1,086,203 × Daeyalt essence
Wrath rune (from Pure essence)★ (members)	95 (locked)94 more levels	8	1,629,304	+531,153,104+40.75 gp/xp	1,629,304 × Pure essence

Profit uses Grand Exchange prices from the OSRS Wiki, averaged over the last 24 hours. It assumes you buy materials and sell what you make straight away, paying the 2% GE tax. Profit counts the extra runes per essence you make as you level, from the wiki's multiple runes table. Items with little trading are marked, since one trade can move their price.

XP comes from essence, not runes

Runecraft XP is paid for each essence you bind, not for each rune it turns into. As your level rises you start making more than one rune from each essence (air runes double at level 11, nature runes at 91), which raises your output and profit but doesn't change how much essence a level takes.

The Raiments of the Eye and the abyssal lantern work the same way: they make more runes from each essence, for the same XP.

Data from the Old School RuneScape Wiki, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.