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Magic: Modern Magic

The XP stated for all damage-inflicting spells is the base XP; the more damage you inflict on your opponent when casting this spell, the more bonus XP you will receive.

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Elemental Combat Spells (Strikes, Bolts, Blasts & Waves)
Other Combat Spells (God Spells, Iban Blast, Slayer Dart, etc.)
Combat Assistance Spells (Curse & Weakening Spells, Binding & Holding Spells, Bounty Locate)
Teleportation Spells (Self Teleportation, Teleother Spells, Telekinetic Grab)
Enchantment Spells (Jewelry Enchantment & Orb Charging)
Miscellaneous Spells (Alchemy, Bones to Fruit, Superheat Item)

Modern Magic is the default spellbook in Runescape, and is available to both freeplayers and members. This spellbook is considered the basic one has a variety of different spells, useful for many things.

Elemental Combat Spells

There are four types of regular combat spells. In order from the weakest ones to the strongest, they are Strikes, Bolts, Blasts and Waves. Each group has four of that kind, each one a different element (air, water, earth and fire), with Air being the weakest, and getting stronger as they progress.

Strike Spells

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Wind Strike		1	5.5
	Water Strike		5	7.5
	Earth Strike		9	9.5
	Fire Strike		13	11.5

Strike spells are the weakest kind of regular combat spells. They all use Mind Runes to cast.

Bolt Spells

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Wind Bolt		17	13.5
	Water Bolt		23	16.5
	Earth Bolt		29	19.5
	Fire Bolt		35	22.5

Bolt spells are the second weakest kind of combat spells in Runescape. They all require Chaos runes to cast.

Blast Spells

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Wind Blast		41	25.5
	Water Blast		47	28.5
	Earth Blast		53	65
	Fire Blast		59	34.5

Blast spells are the second strongest kind of combat spells in Runescape. They all require Death Runes to cast.

Wave Spells

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Wind Wave		62	36
	Water Wave		65	37.5
	Earth Wave		70	40
	Fire Wave		75	42.5

Wave Spells are the strongest type of regular combat spells in Runescape. They all require Blood Runes to cast.

Other Combat Spells

There are some other kinds of Combat Spells that don't fall into the elemental Strike, Bolt, Blast, or Wave spells.

God Spells

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Saradomin Strike		60	35
	Claws of Guthix		60	35
	Flames of Zamorak		60	35

The God Spells can be used after some training and the completion of the Mage Arena Mini-Game.
When you first complete the Mage Arena, you receive a God Staff, and you can choose between the Saradomin, Guthix and Zamorak Staves. You also receive the respective God's cape, which increases your magical stat bonuses when worn.

These staves allow you to cast one of three special spells (one for each God): Saradomin Strike, Claws of Guthix and Flames of Zamorak. These spells require the appropriate staff to be wielded, as well as requiring a number of runes. Each spell must be cast 100 times successfully within the Mage Arena before it can be used outside.

To obtain different God Staves (and consequently additional 'God Spells') you must pay 80,000 coins (per staff) to Kolodion, the guardian of the Mage Arena. To use the new spell outside the Mage Arena, you must again cast it 100 times within.

Note: If you die and lose a God Staff, you will have to buy a new one from Kolodion for 80,000 coins, but you will not be required to re-learn the spell associated with that staff, if you have already learnt it.

Note: At level 80 Magic, you can cast the Charge spell, which increases your 'God Spell''s power for 5 minutes, allowing you a damage increase if wearing the appropriate God's cape.

Magic Dart

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Magic Dart		50	30

The Slayer Dart is used in the Slayer Skill. After reaching 55 Slayer and 50 Magic, you can use a Slayer Staff.The Slayer Staff can be purchased from any Slayer Master. It is used to defeat the 'Slayer Monsters' Kurask and Turoth. Check the Slayer Guide for more info.

Iban Blast

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Iban Blast		50	60.5

To cast an Iban Blast spell, you need to complete the
Underground Pass Quest and obtain the Iban staff, wield it, and have all the needed runes. This spell can do major damage. However, you may only cast the Iban Blast spell 120 times (if cast on another player, it takes up 2 casts) before having to journey back through the pass and find the place where Iban previously was, and recharge your staff in the well. Should you lose the staff, broken staffs are dropped by Iban Disciples; this can be fixed for 200k by Lucien in Ardougne.

Crumble Undead

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Expierence
	Crumble Undead		39	49

The Crumble Undead is a useful spell that is best cast on Undead NPC's (Zombies, Ghosts, Skeletons). This spell deals major damage to the Undead.

Combat Assistance Spells

There are still more regular Magic Combat Spells. These spells aren't your usual combat spell. Instead of their only use being inflicting damage, they do some other useful things.

Weakening Spells

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience	Effect
	Confuse		3	13	Opponent's Attack lowered by 5%
	Weaken		11	20.5	Opponent's Strength lowered by 5%
	Curse		19	29	Opponent's Defence lowered by 5%
	Vulnerability		66	76	Opponents Defence lowered by 15%
	Enfeeble		73	83	Opponent's Strength lowered by 15%
	Stun		80	90	Opponent's Attack lowered by 15%

The above spells can all be used during combat against an opponent; however, each type can only be used once. These spells are useful for weakening your opponent and giving you an advantage.

They can also be used for cheap training. If you are wearing as much armoured gear as possible, then you will constantly fail on these spells. However, they will still give you the same xp regardless of your success. So you can keep casting it to gain xp.

Holding Spells

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience	Effect
	Bind		20	30	Target is frozen for 5 seconds
	Snare		50	61	Target is frozen for 10 seconds, minor damage dealt
	Entangle		79	91	Target is frozen for 15 seconds, some damage dealt

The above spells, when cast on an opponent, will hold the target for some time. In addition, the Snare and Entangle spells deal minor damage.

Bounty Locate

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Bounty Locate		32	95

The Bounty Locate Spell, which can only be used in the Bounty Hunter Mini-Game, can be cast in the Bounty Hunter Arena to be teleported directly to your assigned target.

Teleportation Spells

A teleportation spell is a spell that, when cast on another player, will teleport them to a set spot in Runescape, depending on the spell. There are two kinds of regular magic teleportation spells in Runescape: regular teleportation spells, and teleother spells. Every teleport spell requires a certain amount of law runes to cast.

Lumbridge Home Port

There is a special teleport spell that can be cast anywhere, by anyone, without any use of runes. The Lumbridge Home Port is available to all players - it requires no runes or even magic level. This spell will teleport you to Lumbridge. While it is free and useful, be careful with it. Casting it takes much longer then most spells, and it will be interrupted by combat. After casting it, you must also wait 30 minutes to cast it again.

Regular Teleportation Spells

Regular Teleportation spells will teleport you and you only to the spot specified in the spell name. For example, Camelot Teleport will teleport you to Camelot Castle; Falador Teleport will teleport you in Falador; Watchtower Teleport will teleport you to the Watchtower in Yanille; and so on. There are eight regular teleport spells in all.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Varrock Teleport		25	35
	Lumbridge Teleport		31	41
	Falador Teleport		37	47
	House Teleport		40	30
	Camelot Teleport		45	55.5
	Ardougne Teleport		51	31.5
	Watchtower Teleport		58	68
	Trollheim Teleport		61	68
	Ape Atoll Teleport		64	74

Teleother Spells

Teleother Spells are a special kind of teleportation spell. When cast on another player (and the target player ‘accepts aid’), the target player will be teleported the place that that specific spell teleports to. For example, if you cast ‘Teleother Lumbridge’ on another player and they accepted, that player would be teleported to Lumbridge.

Please note: For the Teleother Spells to work, both parties (the spellcaster and the target) must have 'accept aid' on.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Teleother Lumbridge		74	84
	Teleother Falador		82	92
	Teleother Camelot		90	100

Telekinetic Grab

Telekinetic Grab is a special kind of teleportation spell that can be targeted on items on the ground. When cast on an item on the ground, the item will automatically be teleported to your inventory, provied you have enough room.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Telekinetic Grab		33	43

Enchantment Spells

There are six different kinds of Jewelry Enchantment Spells in Runescape. Each different spell concerns one of six different gems: saphirre, emerald, ruby, diamond, dragonstone, or onyx. Each spell can be used to enhance an item of jewelry with the specific gem. For example, you could cast the Enchant Level 2 spell on a either a Emerald Ring (To make it a Ring of Dueling), an Emerald Amulet (To make it an Amulet of Defence) or a Emerald Bracelet (To make it a Castlewars Bracelet). Each of the different enchanted peices of jewelry have different effects and bonuses. For more information, see the Crafting Guide.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience	Use
	Enchant Level 1 Jewelry		7	17.5	For use on Saphirre Jewelry
	Enchant Level 2 Jewelry		27	37	For use on Emerald Jewelry
	Enchant Level 3 Jewlery		49	59	For use on Ruby Jewelry
	Enchant Level 4 Jewelry		57	70	For use on Diamond Jewelry
	Enchant Level 5 Jewelry		68	78	For use on Dragonstone Jewelry
	Enchant Level 6 Jewelry		87	97	For use on Onyx Jewelry

Orb-Charging Spells

Another kind of Enchantment Spell can be cast on uncharged orbs. There are four kinds of Orb-Charging spells - Charge Air Orb, Charge Water Orb, Charge Earth Orb, and Charge Fire Orb. When an uncharged orb is taken to an element obelisk and the correct amount of runes are present, the charge orb spell for that obelisk can be cast on the uncharged orb to charge it for that element. For example, if you wanted to charge a Fire Orb, you would take the required runes and an uncharged orb to the Fire Obelisk (located in the Taverly Dungeons), and then you could cast the spell on the orb to make it into a Fire Orb. Charged Orbs are used to put on crafted Battlestaffs to turn it into a battlestaff of that element. For more information, see the Crafting Guide.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Charge Water Orb		56	34.5
	Charge Earth Orb		60	70
	Charge Fire Orb		63	73
	Charge Air Orb		66	76

Obelisk Locations

Each Charge Orb spell must be cast on the obelisk pertaining to that spell. The locations for each obelisk can be found below.

Obelisk	Spell Used For	Location
Air Obelisk	Charge Air Orb	Edgeville dungeon, past the Black Demons, and up a ladder into an area 'above the Wilderness
Water Obelisk	Charge Water Orb	Taverley dungeon, up the ladder near the Black Dragons, onto an island facing Catherby
Earth Obelisk	Charge Earth Orb	Edgeville Wilderness dungeon, past the Black Demons
Fire Obelisk	Charge Fire Orb	Past the Black Dragons in Taverley dungeon

Bolt Enchantment

You can also enchant bolts in Runescape for your crossbows, to make the bolts stronger and give them certain effects.

Information on Bolt Enchantment can be found here.

Miscellaneous Spells

The following contains all the rest of the Runescape magic spells, along with information about each type.

Alchemy

Alchemy spells can be used on any item in Runescape to turn it into a certain amount of gold. There are two kinds of alchemy spells: low level and high level. When low level alchemy is cast on an item, the amount of gold pieces you get is equal to what you would get if you sold it to the general store. When you use high level alchemy, the amount of GP you get is the same as if you sold it to a specialty store (E.G., the specialty store for a Mithril Long Sword would be the sword shop in Varrock). Please note that the alchemy prices do not match that of the prices of players - so, for example, since a Party Hat only sells for 1gp in the General Store and it has no specialty store, it is only ‘alched’ for 1gp. Both require nature runes.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Low Level Alchemy		21	31
	High Level Alchemy		55	66

Bones to Fruit

There are another two special spells that can be used in Runescape - Bones to Bananas and Bones to Peaches. Both require nature runes. Hence the name, when one of the spells is cast on bones in your inventory, all bones in your inventory turn into the fruit specified by that spell.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Bones to Bananas		15	25
	Bones To Peaches *		60	65

* - To cast this spell, you must have the level required, the runes required, and then you must purchase it as a reward from the Mage Training Arena.

Superheat Item

There is one last miscellaneous spell. The spell is Super Heat Items, and can be used to turn ore into bars, providing you have the right amount of ore in your inventory. For example, if you had the right runes and cast Super Heat Items on an iron ore in your inventory, it would turn into an iron bar. It will never fail the smelting.

Spell		Runes Needed	Level	Experience
	Super Heat Items		43	53

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