Runecrafting
Runecrafting lets you create Runes from Rune slates (acquired through Mining) and Essences. These Runes are required for Enchanting.
Essence
To start you'll need to gather essence. Essence can be gathered by doing various activities.
Every 20 levels you craft one more rune each time you craft one, so at level 20 you'd craft 2 runes and at level 40 you craft 3.
Each rune gives the same experience (25 Exp) in runecrafting per craft.
| Rune | Image | How To Obtain |
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| Air | 
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Air essences are gathered automatically. |
| Earth | 
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Earth essences are gathered when mining. |
| Fire | 
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Fire essences are gathered when smithing or cooking. |
| Water | 
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Water essences are gathered by fishing. |
| Blood | 
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Blood essences are gathered by dealing damage (combat). |
| Death | 
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Death essences are gathered by killing opponents (combat). |
| Chaos | 
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Chaos essences are gathered by attempting to hit an enemy (combat). |
| Nature | 
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Nature essences are gathered by foraging and farming. |
| Mind | 
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Mind essences are gathered by casting spells (scroll crafting) and augmenting items. |
| Cosmic | 
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Cosmic essences are gathered by enchanting or runecrafting. |
Talisman
If you have a talisman for the essence you're gathering you will gather +4 essence per action.
You can find talismans in rare drops from Gathering skills; Geodes, Birds nests and Sunken Treasures are obtained through Mining, Woodcutting and Fishing respectively.
Giants can also rarely drop the corresponding talisman for their type.
Enchants
Enlightenment - Obtain +1 essence per action. With a Talisman and Enlightenment 6, each action gives 11 essence.
Runecrafting - Reduces Essence used by 5%. Runecrafting 6 makes runes cost 280 essence.
