Magic is one of the most important skills in the game, it is a F2P skill but can be trained using F2P and P2P methods. Players focus on training it for many reasons such as the various teleports that get unlocked through the Spellbooks, or to be able to enchant certain items.
Training
Magic is not so complicated or difficult, actually, it is considered to be the fastest combat skill to train. Players mainly use it in combat for PVP in the wilderness or for PVE in raids. Some players use it as a source of coins since you can use a spell called “
High-Level Alchemy” that can turn some items into gold coins.
In this article, we are going to introduce the most efficient and fast way to reach level 99, in addition to some alternative methods and ways to make decent money by using
Magic. Note that
Magic training can be so expensive at some points, so be ready to spend some money on items at the Grand Exchange.
Most of the methods below are semi-AFK and can only be done in the P2P worlds.
First of all, you should know that training your
Magic is very essential to build your account in Old School Runescape, and you have to aim for level 99 as soon as possible.
Higher
Magic level doesn’t only mean high
Magic bonus or accuracy, it also means higher Magic defense which is very helpful against the
Magic attacks. 70% of the
Magic defense depending on the
Magic level and 30% depending on your Defense level.
Some teleports are unlocked only by using
Magic which are going to be very helpful in your account progress. Players also need
Magic to cast spells in combat where some monsters are very weak to
Magic attacks.
Some crafted items can also be enchanted using some
Magic spells to turn them into enchanted and more powerful items. This is actually a good way to make money as you can sell the enchanted items at the Grand Exchange.
Casting any spell requires you to click on the spell itself from the
Magic Spellbook, then you can use it on your target. Some spells don’t require you to use it on your target and/or item, such as the teleports where you just click on it to activate.
Magic Spellbooks
Magic Spellbook, Old School Runescape
There are 4
Magic Spellbooks in the game; Standard, Ancient, Lunar and Arceuus. Each one of them (except the Standard) has some requirements to be unlocked. Also, each spell in any of these books requires a specific
Magic level and Runes to be used. Casting any of the spells will give you a specific
Magic XP in addition to more XP if it was a combat skill, depending on the damage you apply to the target.
Standard Spellbook
Standard Spellbook, Old School Runescape
This spellbook is unlocked by default, you don’t need to do anything to unlock it however, some spells inside it requires the completion of certain activities. It contains many teleports and most of the combat spells in addition to the
High-Level Alchemy spell and the Enchanting spells.
Ancient Spellbook
Ancient Spellbook, Old School Runescape
The Ancient Spellbook is unlocked by completing the Desert Treasure Quest and it consists of combat spells and some teleports. Some of these combat spells are very important and will be essential to use for training
Magic later in this article.
To change your spellbook to Ancient, you must pray at the Jaldraocht Pyramid which is located in the desert south of Al Kharid.
Lunar Spellbook
Lunar Spellbook, Old School Runescape
This spellbook is partially unlocked once you complete the Lunar Diplomacy Quest and fully unlocked upon the completion of Dream Mentor Quest.
The Lunar Spellbook mainly consists of spells that are being used for skilling, in addition to some other defensive spells.
To change your spellbook to Lunar, you must pray at the Astral Altar which is located on the Lunar Isle.
Arceuus Spellbook
Arceuus Spellbook, Old School Runescape
The Arceuus Spellbook is unlocked once you gain 60%
Arceuus favour. This spellbook is mainly focused on the spell that is being used for training Prayer as well as some teleport spells.
To change your spellbook to Arceuus, you will have to speak to Tyss who is located north of Arceuus near the Dark Altar.
Runes
Various Runes, Old School Runescape
Runes are needed to cast any spell from any of the four spellbooks and each spell requires a different set of Runes. To learn more about Runes and how to obtain them, please check our
Runecrafting guide[link to it when published].
Elemental Staves
Some Runes can be replaced by using one of the Elemental staves, these Staves give an unlimited amount of Runes of a specific kind, making it very useful for training. Check the table below to know more about which Runes are provided by each Staff.
Runes Provided
Staff
Air
Staff of air
Water
Staff of water
Earth
Staff of earth
Fire
Staff of fire
Fire + Earth
Lava Battlestaff
Earth + Water
Mud Battlestaff
Fire + Water
Steam Battlestaff
Fire + Air
Smoke Battlestaff
Water + Air
Mist Battlestaff
Earth + Air
Dust Battlestaff
Splashing
Splashing Fire Strikes, Old School Runescape
In Old School Runescape, any combat spell gives you a constant
Magic XP upon casting in addition to more XP depending on the damage you apply to the target.
But there is also a chance to not hit the target and only gain the
Magic XP for casting the spell which is called “Splashing”. This chance is depending on your
Magic level and your
Magic Accuracy.
Magic Accuracy is increased by using items with high
Magic bonus, or by having a High
Magic level.
Players tend to use this method to train
Magic while being AFK for approximately 20 minutes by wearing
Magic reducing gear and auto casting a spell that gives decent
Magic XP on a low-level target.
To guarantee that your low-level target won’t die (aka you will always splash) you must use a gear that reduces your
Magic bonus to minus 65 or below. This is a good AFK method to train
Magic but only recommended for the first few levels.
Players usually use a
Bronze armor and a
Bronze Kiteshield in addition to a
Cursed Goblin Staff to reach a
Magic bonus of minus 65.
Having a Smithing level of 18 is enough to craft the 3 parts of the
Bronze armor in addition to the
Kiteshield, or you can directly buy them all from the Grand Exchange. The
Cursed Goblin Staff can be bought for 45 gold coins from Diango who is a merchant located just west of the Draynor Village Bank.
The Location of Diango, Old School Runescape
Do not forget to set your Auto Retaliate on and use the Autocast for the specific spell you will be splashing.
Staff Settings, Old School Runescape
Note that the target should be attacking you otherwise you will log out after 5 minutes instead of 20.
Useful Magic Training Items
The following items will be useful for training
Magic using the combat methods. Note that it is only recommended to do that but not required.
Magic Gear and Weapons
Equipped Magic Bonus Gear, Old School Runescape
Using a good
Magic gear and weapon will be very helpful if you are going to train your
Magic via combat only, which won’t really be the main case in this guide.
In our guide,
Magic Accuracy won’t matter that much when it comes to the combat methods but only the
Magic Damage bonus will matter which is provided by some items.
Magic Accuracy is increased by increasing the
Magic Attack bonus, but not the
Magic Damage bonus.
Completing the following quests is very helpful to pass the first few levels but if you are not interested in Quests, you can still follow our leveling guide.
Follow the guide below to train
Magic as efficient as possible in a short time. If you find any difficulty understanding the guide, please go to the OSRS Magic 101 section to learn any missing information.
Note that it is highly recommended to buy any mentioned item in the following guide from the Grand Exchange for more efficient training.
Magic Level 1-7
Splashing Rats, Lumbridge, Old School Runescape
Splashing 120
Wind Strikes (5.5 XP / Cast).
Spellbook: Standard Elemental Staff: Air Staff Runes Required: 120 Mind Runes Required Gear:
Bronze Armor (Helmet, Chest, and Platelegs) +
Bronze Kiteshield +
Cursed Goblin Staff
Splashing was previously mentioned in the OSRS Magic 101 section, check it to learn more about Splashing.
You should use
Wind Strikes on any low-level target in the game, but we highly recommend doing it on Rats located inside Lumbridge town. Using
Air staff will provide you with unlimited Air Runes so you will only have to use Mind Runes.
Set the staff on Auto Retaliate and Autocasting
Wind Strikes from the Combat Tab.
By doing that you will be able to AFK for only 20 minutes, so be sure to interact with the client every 19 minutes.
Magic Level 7-19
Sapphire Rings Enchanting, Old School Runescape
Enchant 190
Sapphire Rings (17.5 XP / Ring).
Spellbook: Standard Spell Used:
Lvl-1 Enchant Elemental Staff: Water Staff Runes Required: 190 Cosmic Runes
Enchanting
Sapphire Rings is done by casting
Lvl-1 Enchant spell on a one
Sapphire Ring in your inventory to turn it into a
Ring of Recoil.
Sapphire Rings can be obtained by crafting them by yourself at level 20
Crafting or you can just buy them from the Grand Exchange.
Casting the spell on one Ring in your inventory will automatically trigger the same action on the rest of the Rings in the inventory. Although this method can be used while being AFK, doing it manually is more efficient and faster than the auto casting.
You can sell all your enchanted Rings at the Grand Exchange to reduce the total cost or maybe make profits.
Magic Level 19-27
Curse Splashing, Lumbridge, Old School Runescape
Splashing 199
Curse Spells (29 XP / Cast).
Spellbook: Standard Elemental Staff: Mud Battlestaff Runes Required: 199 Body Runes Required Gear:
Bronze Armor (Helmet, Chest, and Platelegs) +
Bronze Kiteshield +
Cursed Goblin Staff
This time splashing will be done without auto casting since the
Curse spell is not an auto-cast spell. That means this method will not be AFK at all, but it won’t last for a long time anyway.
Magic Level 27-49
Emerald Rings Enchanting, Old School Runescape
Enchant 1,098
Emerald Rings (37 XP / Ring).
Spellbook: Standard Spell Used:
Lvl-2 Enchant Elemental Staff: Air Staff Runes Required: 1,098 Cosmic Runes
This time you will be enchanting
Emerald Rings to make
Ring of Dueling by using
Lvl-2 Enchant spell. You can make
Emerald Rings by yourself at level 27
Crafting but it is recommended to buy all the
Emerald Rings from the Grand Exchange.
Selling the enchanted Rings to the Grand Exchange will decrease the total cost of this method and maybe make profits.
Magic Level 49-55
Ruby Amulets Enchanting, Old School Runescape
Enchant 1,270
Ruby Amulets (59 XP / Ring).
Spellbook: Standard Spell Used:
Lvl-3 Enchant Elemental Staff: Fire Staff Runes Required: 1,270 Cosmic Runes
Ruby Amulets are enchanted using the
Lvl-3 Enchant spell to make
Amulets of Strength. You can make these
Ruby Amulets by yourself at level 50
Crafting, but it is better to buy them from the Grand Exchange.
Sell the
Amulets of Strength at the Grand Exchange to reduce the total cost.
Magic Level 55-76
High-Level Alchemy, Yew Longbows, Old School Runescape
High-Level Alchemy on 17,998 Yew Longbows (65 XP / Cast).
Spellbook: Standard Spell Used:
High-Level Alchemy Elemental Staff: Fire Staff Runes Required: 17,998 Nature Runes
Casting
High-Level Alchemy on any item in the game will turn it into gold coins, but some items are being sold at the Grand Exchange for a higher price than the Alching gold. Thus we are recommending using Yew Longbows since they are the most stable item to use the
High-Level Alchemy spell on.
You should be turning all the Bows into Noted form for a very quick training instead of casting the spell on them one by one.
This method is not AFK and click-intensive, but it can be done comfortably by placing the noted stack of bows just in the same slot where you would click on the spell in the
Magic Spellbook.
Explaining How to High Alchemy Efficiently, Old School Runescape
Explaining How to High Alchemy Efficiently, Old School Runescape
That means you will only have to spam left-clicking on one spot while watching a movie or something. Doing that will make it a far easier method than enchanting items.
Players can make Yew Longbows via Fletching at level 70, but it is highly recommended to buy all the amount needed from the Grand Exchange. Casting
High-Level Alchemy on all the Bows may result in making profits.
Magic Level 76-99
Ice Bursting Maniacal Monkies, MM2 Tunnels, Old School Runescape
Casting
Ice Burst on Maniacal Monkies (XP per cast varies).
Spellbook: Ancient Required staff: Ancient Staff or Kodai Wand Runes Required: Death, Chaos, and Water (don’t bring Water if you use Kodai Wand). Required Gear: Prayer Bonus and
Magic Damage Bonus Gear. Other Requirements: Completion of Monkey Madness II & Desert Treasure Quests.
This method is the only combat method in our guide, it requires you to Cast
Ice Burst on the Maniacal Monkies in the Monkey Madness II tunnels.
Ice Burst is unlocked in the Ancient Spellbook which requires the completion of Desert Treasure quest. The Maniacal Monkies are accessible after or during the Monkey Madness II quest.
Inside the tunnels, you will have to gather the Monkies around you and leave your character on Auto retaliate while auto-casting
Ice Burst. This also requires you to pray
Protect from Melee so you don’t receive any damage from the monsters.
Protect from Melee is a prayer unlocked at level 43
Prayer which will consume your Prayer points as the time goes on. Thus you will need Prayer potions to stay there for a long time.
The Maniacal Monkies will drop Prayer Points which will help you to stay there for a far long time as you pick them all.
The Vestment robes are probably the best gear to wear for this method as it gives a high Prayer bonus which will reduce the consumption of the points. Wearing any
Magic Accuracy gear here won’t make any difference as the Magic Defense level of the monsters is 0.
Wearing items like a
Kodai Wand is recommended as it gives a
Magic Damage bonus meaning that you will get more XP per cast. Check the
Magic Gear and Weapons section above to learn more about the best gear you can use.
Ice Burst requires 2 Death Runes, 4 Chaos Runes, and 4 Water Runes to cast but using a Kodai Wand will provide you with unlimited Water Runes.
At level 94
Magic, you should start using
Ice Barrage which will increase your XP per Hour ratio.
Ice Barrage requires 2 Blood Runes, 4 Death Runes, and 4 Water Runes.
Alternative Magic Training Methods
The following methods can be used instead of some of the previously mentioned methods, but it may be less efficient. Some of the following training methods are being used to make money while training, follow them if you need money.
You can String
Gold Amulets (u) using the String Jewellery spell from the Lunar Spellbook with each cast providing you with 83
Magic XP.
Once you click on one
Gold Amulet (u), the rest of the Amulets in your inventory will automatically be turned into a
Gold Amulet one by one. That means you can be AFK while using this method for a few minutes.
This method won’t make any money, but you can sell the
Gold Amulets at the Grand Exchange to reduce the total cost.
Spinning Flax
Spinning Flax Inventory, Old School Runescape
Required Level: 76+ XP/Hour: 80K Spellbook: Lunar Spell Used:
Spin Flax Elemental Staff: Air Staff Required Items:
Flax Runes Required: 2 x Nature Rune and 1 x Astral Rune per cast
Using a
Spin Flax spell from the Lunar Spellbook on a full inventory of
Flax will instantly turn 5 of them into 5
Bowstrings. Each cast will grant you 75
Magic XP, and it cannot be done automatically.
This method requires your attention, but the profits you can make off it can be really good (depending on the market prices) once you sell the
Bowstrings at the Grand Exchange.
Flax can be obtained by killing monsters such as King Kurask but it is advised to buy them from the Grand Exchange.
Tanning Dragonhides
Black Dragonhide Tanning Inventory, Old School Runescape
Required Level: 78+ XP/Hour: 127K GP/Hour: Up to 1M Spellbook: Lunar Spell Used:
Tan Leather Elemental Staff: Fire Staff Required Items:
Black Dragonhide Runes Required: 1 x Nature Rune and 2 x Astral Rune per cast Other Requirements: Completion of Easy, Medium, and Hard Fremennik Diaries.
You can Tan the Black Dragonhide without the need to go to a Tannery by using the
Tan Leather Spell in Lunar Spellbook. 1 Nature Rune and 2 Astral Runes are required for each cast and it will turn instantly 5 Hides from your inventory into
Leathers granting you 81 XP.
Casting
Tan Leather also requires the completion of the Easy, Medium and Hard Fremennik Diaries.
The
Black Dragonhides can be obtained by killing monsters such as Black Dragons, but it is highly recommended to buy them from the Grand Exchange for fast training.
You can make very good money per hour by selling the Leathers at the Grand Exchange. This method can be used for all of the other Dragonhides depending on the market prices.
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Defense level.
Prayer potions to stay there for a long time.
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