How Magic Works

Magic Spells

When it comes to magic spells, you need to use runes to cast them.

Magic is, for the most part, an expensive skill to train due to the runes that you use. You can see the number of runes you need for a certain spell by hovering over it.

Rune Pouch

You can also use a rune pouch. You can get this through Slayer or from Bounty Hunter. You may also purchase emblems from the grand exchange to give you Bounty Hunter points. A rune pouch can contain three types of runes up to 16,000 for each type.

Different Spells

In OSRS, there are a variety of spells to choose from and use. There are also four different spellbooks that you may use. You also have combat spells and teleports, and skilling spells. You use spells in combat, to teleport, or when you do mini-games for skills.

Magic Accuracy

When it comes to your accuracy, you should have higher accuracy for you to hit and that your opponent has a lower defense. Your magic accuracy is also affected by your magic level. 

Your splash also depends on your magic accuracy in which when you do splashing, you will have no damage or spell effects. You may sometimes use this for training. You can usually do this wearing melee gear. 

Splashing generally is something that you want to avoid as you want to deal damage to your opponent. Magic accuracy is not that important. It’s better to have more magic strength. Nonetheless, noncombat spells are also not capable of splashing.

Magic Strength

When it comes to your magic strength, there are times when you will land a hit. And when you do, you roll between 0 and whatever your maximum hit may be. The max hit is also based on the spell you use, your magic strength, and your magic level.

Magic Armor

Level 20

At level 20, you may now use Xerician Robes, which requires you to have level 10 Defense.

You also only use a hat, a robe top, and a robe bottom. You may also use wizard boots, which are good mage boots, unlike the other magic boots available before them. They are expensive, however, as they are rare rewards.

Level 40

When you reach level 40, you may now use the mystic robes, which requires level 20 defense.

The mystic robes include a robe top, a robe bottom, a hat, gloves, and boots. The mystic robes are also really commonly used magic gear, especially before you reach level 70 magic.

You may also use the enchanted robes, including a hat, a rope top, and bottoms in the set. This requires level 20 defense.

Furthermore, for level 40, you may opt for the Robes of Darkness, which also requires level 20 defense. The robes of darkness include a hat, a robe top, bottoms, gloves, and boots. They are also really expensive, and they are not used much by players.

You may also go for the elder chaos robes with a hood, a top, and bottoms. This set does not require any defense level, unlike the other three. This set is also more expensive.

Level 42

You may opt for the void magic gear at this level, which requires you to reach level 42 in all combat stats before using this set.

You also need level 22 prayer. This is the least used void gear. However, this gear is convenient for when you switch between styles of attack.

Level 50

At level 50, you get to use the infinity robes, which requires level 25 defense. This includes a hat, a top, bottoms, gloves, as well as boots. The boots from this set are also the most commonly used boots, and they are the second-best mage boots in OSRS.

You may also use the tomb of fire, a magic shield charged with burnt pages. This item counts as unlimited fire runes when you equip it. It also gives you a 50% damage boost when it comes to fire magic attacks.

Level 60

At level 60, you can now use god capes, which are rewards from the Mage Arena Miniquest. They are the first cape options, and they are the 2nd best in OSRS.

You may also use a mage’s book at level 60 magic, and this is the 2nd best magic shield, which is also a reward from the mage training arena. This is also a bit pricey.

Level 65

At level 65, you may use the 3rd Age armor, which requires level 30 defense. They are very expensive, however.

You may also now wear the spectral or the arcane spirit shields. These require level 75 defense and level 70 prayer. The spectral shield is great for defense, while the arcane shield is the best mage shield in OSRS.

You may also now use the lunar armor, which requires level 40 defense, where you also need the Lunar Diplomacy.

Level 70

At level 70, you may now wear Ahrim’s Robes, which requires level 70 defense. The robe top and bottom are used commonly, while the hood is not used that much by players in OSRS.

You may also now wear the occult necklace, which gives you a 10% boost for your magic strength, and it is also the best Magic amulet in OSRS.

You may also use the Ancient Wyvern Shield, which requires you to have level 75 Defense. This has the same mage boost as the Mage’s book. It also protects you from Dragonfire.

Level 75

You may wear the Ancestral Robes, which requires level 75 Defense. This includes a hat, robe top, and robe bottoms. Each piece of these ancestral robes gives you a magic strength bonus.

Eternal boots are available at level 75 with requirement Defense of level 75 also. These are the best mage boots in OSRS, which are also a low priority in Magic upgrade. They do not give mage strength.

The imbued god cape is a reward that you can get from the Mage Arena 2 miniquest. This is the best mage cape in OSRS, and it gives a 2% magic strength boost.

Other Equipment

Seer’s Ring

This gives six magic boost and 12 if it is imbued.

Brimstone Ring

This gives a 6 mage boost, and it cannot be imbued. It also gives +4 to other stats. When you cast spells, this ring will give you a 25% chance to ignore 10% of the target’s mage defense.

Barrows Gloves

You get these gloves from Finishing RfD, and they are the 2nd best magic gloves in OSRS and 2nd best for melee while ranking 1st in ranged.

Farseer Helm

This requires level 45 defense and one magic and the Fremmenik Trials, and it is better for a little bit compared to the Mystic Hat.

Healer Hat

It is very similar to the Farseer Helm, and it is a reward from the Barbarian Assault.

Malediction ward

This item requires you to have level 60 defense, and it is a step down from the Mage’s Book.

Necklaces

Amulet of Glory

This has a mage boost similar to that of the Amulet of Magic, but it has more prayer and defense than it.

Amulet of Fury

The Amulet of Fury also has the same mage boost, but it also has more defense and prayer.

Tormented Bracelet

It requires 75 HP and gives a 5% magic strength bonus. It is also the best bracelet or gloves in OSRS for magic.

Magic Weapons

Elemental Staffs

Elemental staves are air, earth, water, and fire. When you equip them, they can give you unlimited runes.

They are also capable of auto casting spells, by clicking on the Spell as you can see on the image and then the spell you want to auto-cast.

Battlestaves

If you are looking for updated elemental staves, go for battlestaves. With battlestaves, you get no magic upgrade, but you receive a melee bonus. Battlestaves also include combined runes. 

• You may go for the lava battlestaff for fire runes and earth runes. It is cheap. 
• The mud battlestaff is for water and earth runes, and it is much more expensive. 
• You may even go for the steam battlestaff that is much more expensive. It is for water and fire runes. 
• You may go with the smoke battlestaff with air and fire runes, 
• mist battlestaff with air and water runes, and 
• the dust battlestaff with air and earth runes. 

With these runes, you save up inventory space and coins.

Slayer’s Staff

You may go for the Slayer’s staff with level 50 magic and level 55 slayer. This casts Magic dart. You also use the enchant with the Slayer’s enchantment to make it stronger against slayer tasks.

Iban’s Staff

You can get the Iban’s Staff for 50 levels of Magic from the Underground Pass. You also need this item for Iban’s Blast.

God Staffs

You may also use God Staves, which you get from the Mage Arena Miniquest. You use this mostly for PvP, and you need level 60 Magic to use it.

Ancient Staff

You may also use an ancient staff at level 50 magic and also level 50 attack. You also need the desert treasure to use them, and they also can autocast ancient spells.

Lunar Staff

You may also use the lunar staff, which requires you to have level 65 magic. You can get the lunar staff as a reward from the Lunar Diplomacy. You can also use the lunar staff for fairy rings.

Ahrim’s Staff

For Ahrim’s Staff, you need level 70 magic as well as level 70 attack. This gives you an additional 5% magic damage boost. This item degrades, but repairs are inexpensive.

Staff of the Dead

The staff of the dead requires level 75 Magic and level 75 Attack. You also get a 1/8 chance not to use runes. You can also upgrade this item with the magic fang in which the Toxic Staff of the Dead can inflicting venom. You may also attack a Saradomin’s Light to it to make a Staff of Light in which this has the same stats as the Staff of the Dead, and it can autocast the Saradomin’s Strike.

Trident of the Seas

This item is a rare drop, and you must have level 75 magic to use it. It also has a built-in attack where you need no spell. You also charge the seas’ trident using runes and coins where you need five fire runes, a chaos rune, a death rune, and ten coins for a charge.

Wands

Wands are one-handed Magic weapons. You get them as a reward from the Mage Training Arena. However, wands are not useful except for Master Wand and the Kodai Wand.

Kodai Wand

You need level 75 magic to use this, and it counts as unlimited water runes. You also get a 15% chance of not using runes when you cast spells with the Kodai Wand.

3rd Age Wand

The 3rd age wand is expensive, but it is the 2nd best wand behind the Kodai Wand.

Bryophyta’s Staff 

The Bryophyta‘s staff requires level 30 magic as well as level 30 attack. It can hold up to 1,000 nature runes. It also gives you a 1 in 15 chance not to use a nature rune if the Bryophyta’s staff is charged.