Magic

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For information on training this skill, see Magic training.

Magic is a skill in Runescape Classic that allows players to cast spells using runes. Many of the spells can be cast on monsters and other players to inflict damage or decrease stats. Aside from combat spells, the magic spell book also offers many useful spells such as teleportation, enchantment and alchemy. When a player successfully casts a spell on an opponent, a blue star represents the spell and is shot toward the enemy. Players with level 66 magic or higher, can access the Wizards' Guild in Yanille.

Spells

The 2003 manual contains information related to this topic.

There are many spells in the magic spell book. Each spell has a different effect and requires a different combination of runes in order for them to be cast. Upon casting a spell, the player will receive an amount of experience calculated using the formula: $20+L2$ Where L is equal to the level required to cast that spell.

Every spell has the chance to be cast unsuccessfully which will result in the player having to wait 20 seconds before they are able to cast another spell. Failing a spell will not use up the runes in the players inventory and the player will not gain any magic experience. Having a higher magic level and wearing equipment with magic bonuses will reduce the chance of failing a spell, and you tend to stop failing to cast a spell around 10 Magic levels above the magic level requirement of the spell you're currently casting (For example you would stop failing to cast the high level alchemy spell at around 65 Magic). Having a higher magic level won't affect how hard you hit. While casting combat spells, successfully cast spells can still hit the opponent for 0 Hits.

Level	Spell name	Description	Runes required	Experience	Base max hit
1	Wind strike	A strength 1 missile attack	1 air-rune and 1 mind-rune	22	1
3	Confuse	Reduces your opponent's attack by 5%	3 water-runes, 2 earth-runes and 1 body-rune	26
5	Water strike	A strength 2 missile attack	1 water-rune, 1 air-rune and 1 mind-rune	30	2
7	Enchant lvl-1 amulet	For use on sapphire amulets	1 cosmic-rune and 1 water-rune	34
9	Earth strike	A strength 3 missile attack	2 earth-runes, 1 air-rune and 1 mind-rune	38	3
11	Weaken	Reduces your opponent's strength by 5%	3 water-runes, 2 earth-runes and 1 body-rune	42
13	Fire strike	A strength 4 missile attack	3 fire-runes, 2 air-runes and 1 mind-rune	46	4
15	Bones to bananas	Changes all held bones into bananas!	2 earth-runes, 2 water-runes and 1 nature-rune	50
17	Wind bolt	A strength 5 missile attack	2 air-runes and 1 chaos-rune	54	4
19	Curse	Reduces your opponent's defense by 5%	3 earth-runes, 2 water-runes and 1 body-rune	58
21	Low level alchemy	Converts an item into coins	3 fire-runes and 1 nature-rune	62
23	Water bolt	A strength 6 missile attack	2 water-runes, 2 air-runes and 1 chaos-rune	66	5
25	Varrock teleport	Teleports you to Varrock	3 air-runes, 1 law-rune and 1 fire-rune	70
27	Enchant lvl-2 amulet	For use on emerald amulets	3 air-runes and 1 cosmic-rune	74
29	Earth bolt	A strength 7 missile attack	3 earth-runes, 2 air-runes, 1 chaos-rune	78	5
31	Lumbridge teleport	Teleports you to Lumbridge	3 air-runes, 1 earth-rune and 1 law-rune	82
33	Telekinetic grab	Take an item you can see but can't reach	1 air-rune and 1 law-rune	86
35	Fire bolt	A strength 8 missile attack	4 fire-runes, 3 air-runes and 1 chaos-rune	90	6
37	Falador teleport	Teleports you to Falador	3 air-runes, 1 law-rune, and 1 water-rune	94
39	Crumble undead	Hits skeletons, ghosts and zombies hard!	2 earth-runes, 2 air-runes and 1 chaos-rune	98	8
41	Wind blast	A strength 9 missile attack	3 air-runes and 1 death-rune	102	6
43	Superheat item	Smelt 1 ore without a furnace	4 fire-runes and 1 nature-rune	106
45	Camelot teleport	Teleports you to Camelot	5 air-runes and 1 law-rune	110
47	Water blast	A strength 10 missile attack	3 water-runes, 3 air-runes and 1 death-rune	114	7
49	Enchant lvl-3 amulet	For use on ruby amulets	5 fire-runes and 1 cosmic-rune	118
50	Iban blast	A strength 25 missile attack!	5 fire-runes and 1 death-rune (Staff of Iban required)	120	?
51	Ardougne teleport*	Teleport to Ardougne	2 water-runes and 2 law-runes	122
53	Earth blast	A strength 11 missile attack	4 earth-runes, 3 air-runes and 1 death-rune	126	7
55	High level alchemy	Convert an item into more gold	5 fire-runes and 1 nature-rune	130
56	Charge water orb	Needs to be cast on a water obelisk	30 water-runes, 3 cosmic-runes and 1 Glass orb	132
57	Enchant lvl-4 amulet	For use on diamond amulets	10 earth-runes and 1 cosmic-rune	134
58	Watchtower teleport**	Teleport to the Watchtower	2 earth-runes and 2 law-runes	136
59	Fire blast	A strength 12 missile attack	5 fire-runes, 4 air-runes and 1 death-rune	138	8
60	Charge earth orb	Needs to be cast on an earth obelisk	30 earth-runes, 3 cosmic-runes and 1 Glass orb	140
60	Claws of Guthix	Summons the power of Guthix	4 air-runes, 1 fire-rune and 2 blood-runes (Staff of Guthix & Guthix Cape required)	140	18
60	Saradomin Strike	Summons the power of Saradomin	4 air-runes, 2 fire-rune and 2 blood-runes (Staff of Saradomin & Saradomin Cape required)	140	18
60	Flames of Zamorak	Summons the power of Zamorak	1 air-rune, 4 fire-runes and 2 blood-runes (Staff of Zamorak & Zamorak Cape required)	140	18
62	Wind wave	A strength 13 missile attack	5 air-runes and 1 blood-rune	144	8
63	Charge Fire Orb	Needs to be cast on a fire obelisk	30 fire-runes, 3 cosmic-runes and 1 Glass orb	146
65	Water wave	A Strength 14 missile attack	7 water-runes, 5 air-runes and 1 blood-rune	150	9
66	Charge air orb	Needs to be cast on an air obelisk	30 air-runes, 3 cosmic-runes and 1 Glass orb	152
66	Vulnerability	Reduces your opponent's defense by 10%	5 earth-runes, 5 water-runes and 1 soul-rune	152
68	Enchant lvl-5 amulet	For use on dragonstone amulets	15 water-runes, 15 earth-runes and 1 cosmic-rune	156
70	Earth wave	A strength 15 missile attack	7 earth-runes, 5 air-runes and 1 blood-rune	160	9
73	Enfeeble	Reduces your opponent's strength by 10%	8 earth-runes, 8 water-runes and 1 soul-rune	166
75	Fire wave	A strength 16 missile attack	7 fire-runes, 5 air-runes and 1 blood-rune	170	10
80	Stun	Reduces your opponent's attack by 10%	12 earth-runes, 12 water-runes and 1 soul-rune	180
80	Charge	Increase your mage arena spell's damage	3 fire-runes, 3 air-runes and 3 blood-runes	180

* Requires having learnt the spell with the Magic scroll.
** Requires having learnt the spell with the Spell scroll.

Equipment

Unlike RuneScape 2, in Classic armour does not decrease the magic bonus when equipped which is the reason it is often worn by mages instead of equipment that raises their magic bonus.

The following items increase a Player's magic bonus:

Head

• Blue Wizardshat +4
• Black Wizardshat +3
• Santa hat +3
• Gnomeshat +3

Neck

• Sapphire Amulet of magic +7
• Diamond Amulet of power +6
• Charged Dragonstone Amulet +3
• Beads of the dead +1

Top

• Wizards robe +6
• Robe of Zamorak +5
• Black robe +5

Bottom

• Robe of Zamorak +5

Cape

• God Cape +10

Weapon

• Staves

Training

Main article: Magic training

Magic is one of the hardest skills to train in RuneScape Classic due to the lack of runes caused by the absence of the runecrafting skill. Because of this, runes are high priced and training can be very expensive.

Boosts

Item	Boost	Visibility
Wizard's Mind Bomb	+2% + 2 levels	Visible

Drains

• Olde Suspiciouse, the drink purchased at Jolly Boar Inn during the Barcrawl mini quest
• Enchanting vial - 10 levels per enchantment

Quest Experience Rewards

• Witch's Potion - Rewards $XP=Level\times 50+225$
• Imp catcher - Rewards $XP=Level\times 100+375$
• Grand tree - Rewards $XP=Level\times 50+150$
• Watchtower - Rewards the player with a Spell scroll which unlocks the Watchtower teleport and also rewards experience proportional to the player's magic level
• Plague City - Rewards the player with a Magic scroll which unlocks the Ardougne teleport
• Underground pass - Rewards the player with Iban's staff, necessary to cast the Iban blast spell
• Mage Arena mini-game - This is required to equip the God Staves, God Capes and be able to cast the God Spells

Trivia

• Bluerose13x was the first player to achieve level 99 in the Magic skill.
• The Wizard's Mind Bomb temporarily increases Magic level by either 2 or 3 levels (dependant on the player's Magic level) and is not commonly used unless the player wishes to access the Wizards' Guild, or wishes to cast Magic in PvP situations.
• There is only 1 spellbook in Classic, unlike RuneScape 2 which had 3 spellbooks in total.
• In RuneScape Classic, the santa hat provides a magic bonus of +3, which is different to RuneScape 2 in which it is purely cosmetic.
• Magic used to be split into two skills: GoodMagic and EvilMagic. However, these skills were joined into just Magic.
  • Players kept the highest of the two magic skills and not the sum of experience.
• At one point during Classic's development, a set of spells was being created, which allow players to summon monsters and would have used the life-rune which can only be found within the game's data files. It was put on hold upon the release of RuneScape 2, and eventually became the Summoning skill.
• In Devious MUD, the skill was called "Sorcery" which like the early days of Classic was divided in two but named distinct: Sorcery-Defence and Sorcery-Offence

See also

• GoodMagic
• EvilMagic
• Magic training
• Spellbook
• Tank Mage