Runecrafting - The Mini-Quest

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Thanks go to Eregion2 for writing this quest guide


Pouches
The Abyss
The Mage of Zamorak's Rune Store

Required:

You must complete the Rune Mysteries Quest

Length:

Short, very short with the appropriate teleport runes (see below)

Where to start:

Talk to the Mage of Zamorak just north of Edgeville, level 9 Wilderness. He also runs a magic shop where he stocks the basic runes like Aubury has at his shop in Varrock. After you finish the quest, he has larger supplies of all the runes, and he also sells blood runes.

Recommended items:

Runes to teleport to Falador, Ardougne, and back to Varrock

When you speak to him, he'll tell you to meet him at the Zamorak Temple in Varrock. This is NOT the stone circle south of Varrock where the Dark Wizards are. Just south east of Aubury's Rune Shop you'll see an altar icon on your world map, that's where you want to go.

Once you get to the Zamorak Temple, speak to the mage again and ask him how he gets his runes. He'll be surprised when you tell him about Runecrafting, and a little concerned. He says the forces of Saradomin and those of Zamorak have been evenly balanced up until now, but now the wizards who follow Saradomin have unlimited access to runes while followers of Zamorak do not. He asks for your help in gaining access to the Rune Essence Mines to regain balance between the opposing forces. To do the mini-quest, say you'll help.

He'll give you a Scrying Orb, and instructions to teleport to the Rune Essence from three different locations so he can triangulate the location of the Rune Essence Mines. You're choices are as follows:

• Aubury, who runs the Rune Shop in Varrock.
• The Wizard Sedridor, in the basement of the Wizard's Tower south of Draynor.
• The Wizard Cromperty, in his home in the northeast corner of Ardougne.
• The Wizard Brimstall, a Gnome hiding in a cave in the Gnome Stronghold.
• The Wizard Frumscone, in the Magic Guild (level 66 Magic required to enter the Magic Guild).

Since you're right nearby, teleport with Aubury first. From there choose two more locations. I teleported to Falador and paid Sedridor a visit, and then to Ardougne where I talked to Cromperty. Whichever ones you choose, the time you teleport to the Rune Essence from the third location carrying the scrying orb, it will glow. Now teleport back to Varrock and talk to the Zamorak Mage. He will thank you can give you your reward.

Reward:
1,000 Runecrafting experience
research the Mage of Zamorak has compiled on the abyss (see below)
a small pouch (see below).

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The Pouches

The new pouches can be used to carry Rune Essence in larger quantities. There are four different sized pouches. The small pouch can carry three Rune Essence and requires level 1 Runecrafting to use. The medium pouch can carry six Rune Essence and requires level 25 Runecrafting to use. The large pouch can carry nine Rune Essence and requires level 50 Runecrafting to use. The giant pouch can carry twelve Rune Essence and requires level 75 Runecrafting to use. The pouches are untradable and you can only have one of each in your possession. So far they are only dropped by the creatures in the Abyss. Any Abyss creature can drop any size pouch.

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The Abyss

When you complete the mini-quest, the Mage of Zamorak will give you a book of collected research he has done on the Abyss. He will also teleport you to the Abyss from where you first met him north of Edgeville after you talk to him about it in Varrock. In the Abyss, you can fight Abyssmal Leeches (level 41 with 10hp and drops pouches), Abyssmal Guardians (level 59 with 50hp and who get two attacks at a time, or a ranged attack, and drops pouches), and Abyssmal Walkers (level 81 with 96hp and drops pouches). Other drops include the new Elemental Talisman, which can be used to access any of the four Elemental Rune Altars and can be used to make any of the combo runes. They also drop all the Talismans except Law, Rune Essence or notes of Rune Essence in quantities of 1, 5, or 15, and Binding Necklaces. The Abyss is all multi-combat, and also when you enter it your Prayer is dropped to zero and you're automatically skulled (evidently one of Zamorak's quirks according to the mage). If you take a Prayer Potion to recharge, your Prayer doesn't drain constantly. It will just drop to zero Prayer when you first enter the Abyss.

When you first enter the Abyss, you are in the outer ring. You can get to the inner ring by mining, chopping, thievery, agility, or burning obsticles to allow you through. Different obstacles require a different approach. From the inner ring you can teleport directly to any Runecrafting Altar in Runescape that is currently available. There are portals to the Blood and Soul Altars, however you can't use them yet since those altars haven't been released.

There are several ways out of the Abyss. You can teleport out, obviously; you can gain entrance to the inner ring of the Abyss and get out by using one of the portals to one of the Runecrafting Altars, or you could use a Pickaxe with the blockage in front of the entrance to the Abyss.

Recently pkers have proven to be a problem when you're attempting to enter the Abyss. You can usually go around them by going up the east side of the stream that flows down on the eastern side of the Edgeville bank until you reach the end, staying back a ways to pkers on the western shoreline can't see you on their mini-map. Then run over and have the Mage of Zamorak teleport you to the Abyss before the pkers even know you're there.

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The Mage of Zamorak's Rune Store

Before starting the quest you can buy runes in small amounts from the Mage of Zamorak from him north of Edgeville. After the quest, his prices drop considerably and you can buy more types of runes from him. Before you complete the quest, the store is as follows:

• Max of 100 air runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 100 earth runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 100 water runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 100 fire runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 100 mind runes in stock, 3gp each
• Max of 100 body runes in stock, 3gp each
• Max of 50 chaos runes in stock, 117gp each
• Max of 50 death runes in stock, 234gp each

After the quest is completed, the store is as follows:

• Max of 1,000 air runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 1,000 earth runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 1,000 water runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 1,000 fire runes in stock, 5gp each
• Max of 1,000 mind runes in stock, 3gp each
• Max of 500 chaos runes in stock, 90gp each
• Max of 500 death runes in stock, 180gp each
• Unknown max or price for blood runes

Also, I owe a special thanks to Mijna, Luiken07, and to everyone else who has kindly contributed information for this guide; Thank you all

If I got any information wrong, please notify me.

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