Magic runes, weapon costs and idle attacks

Runecrafting requires Mining 8, Crafting 5 and five Mind Golbin defeats. It supplies both runes and Magic equipment. A crafted wand or staff does not automatically supply a bank of runes for its selected spell.

Rune costs are checked in the bank

The first hit of a spell attack turn requires its full rune cost in the bank. The cost is paid unless rune preservation spares it. Without the runes, that turn passes without an attack and the next turn starts waiting again.

That can resemble an attacking character making no progress. Check every rune in the cost, not just the elemental rune represented by the weapon. The Ranged guide covers the different equipped-ammo check.

Elemental wands reduce a cost, not every cost

The recorded Air, Water, Earth and Fire Wands reduce the corresponding elemental rune cost by one. The adjusted cost cannot fall below one rune. Higher-tier reductions also retain that minimum.

For an illustrative spell costing 3 elemental runes and 1 other rune, a matching reduction of one changes the per-turn need to 2 + 1. Across 100 paid turns without preservation, that is 200 elemental runes and 100 of the other rune. A stock of 250 elemental runes with only 50 secondary runes supports 50 such turns, not 125.

Use the cost shown for the actual selected spell. This example does not assign those invented quantities to a named spell or predict damage.

Imbuements add another supply

An imbuement pays its own rune costs at the start of each attack turn and provides its bonuses while you can pay. A changed imbuement takes over when the current turn ends. Budget its runes alongside the attack spell rather than using a single rune counter as the whole setup.

Changing the selected spell manually restarts the attack turn. Repeatedly changing it can repeatedly reset the wait. Compare gear and spell choices before leaving the fight running, then check food and Prayer costs separately.