Air rune



Air runes are one of the four basic elemental runes. They are the most basic and most common runes in RuneScape. All players who have completed the Rune Mysteries quest can craft air runes with a Runecrafting level of 1 at the air altar South-west of Falador. Crafting air runes provides 5 Runecrafting experience per rune or pure essence used (140 xp for an entire inventory). Air runes carry the properties of unconcentrated kinetic motion such as those found in wind.

Information
Air runes are used in every missile spell as well as most teleportation spells. They are used very often, so players are recommended that they either have an air staff or a large amount of air runes at hand if practicing magic. Air staves can be bought from Zaff's Superior Staffs! shop in Varrock.

Air runes can be combined with water runes to make mist runes, with earth runes to make dust runes, and with fire runes to make smoke runes.

The magic tutor in Lumbridge will supply players with 30 air runes and 30 mind runes, provided that player has no runes in their inventory, or bank and it has been 30 minutes since they last claimed items from either the magic or ranged tutor.

Spells
Air runes are needed in a vast amount of spells, as shown by the list below. Because of all the spells that require air runes, many magi will instead use a staff of air, air battlestaff or mystic air staff.

Free Spells
All players can cast these spells.

Member Spells
Only members can cast these spells:

Trivia

 * The most air runes required for a spell are 30, for the Charge Air Orb spell.
 * Air Runes are the most used rune type in the game.
 * There were once 3 air rune spawns, which players used to pick up and sell at the general store, behind Luthas' house in Karamja. This has now been changed to one spawn.
 * Most days, Air Runes are the most traded item in RuneScape in the Grand Exchange.
 * Air Runecrafting Gloves can be used to double the XP for air runcrafting.