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A combination rune is any rune that takes two types of the elemental runes (fire, earth, air, and water) and combine them, which essentially makes two runes in one.

Crafting combination runes[]

To make combination runes, players need to bring equal amounts of pure essence and elemental runes, and a talisman or tiara to enter the altar for the other type of rune (unless accessing the altar via the Abyss however a talisman or tiara is still needed to craft the combination rune). Enter the altar, and use the talisman on the runecrafting altar. For example, if a player wishes to make 10 steam runes, they could bring one of the following sets of items:

You don't need exactly the amount of runes as pure essence in your inventory. For example, it would be perfectly okay to carry 100 Water runes.

The pure essence, elemental runes, and talisman will be consumed, and you will receive the newly-crafted combination runes.

The chance of successfully binding the runes together is only 50%, and the talisman used to make the combination runes is consumed even if the runecrafting fails. A worn Binding necklace increases this chance of success to 100%.

The Lunar Magic spell Magic Imbue allows players to make combination runes without needing the opposite talisman for 12 seconds. After casting Magic Imbue, simply use the opposite runes on the runecrafting altar with pure essence in your inventory.

List of combination runes[]

Rune Combination Runecrafting Level Equivalent staff
Mist rune Mist rune Air rune Air rune and Water rune Water rune 6 Mist battlestaff Mist battlestaff (Mystic mist staff)
Dust rune Dust rune Air rune Air rune and Earth rune Earth rune 10 Dust battlestaff Dust battlestaff (Mystic dust staff)
Mud rune Mud rune Water rune Water rune and Earth rune Earth rune 13 Mud battlestaff Mud battlestaff (Mystic mud staff)
Smoke rune Smoke rune Air rune Air rune and Fire rune Fire rune 15 Smoke battlestaff Smoke battlestaff (Mystic smoke staff)
Steam rune Steam rune Water rune Water rune and Fire rune Fire rune 19 Steam battlestaff Steam battlestaff (Mystic steam staff)
Lava rune Lava rune Earth rune Earth rune and Fire rune Fire rune 23 Lava battlestaff Lava battlestaff (Mystic lava staff)

Price comparison[]

Rune Amount Saved
Mist rune Mist rune Water rune Water rune −158

Air rune Air rune −157

Dust rune Dust rune Air rune Air rune 1

Earth rune Earth rune 0

Mud rune Mud rune Water rune Water rune −239

Earth rune Earth rune −239

Smoke rune Smoke rune Air rune Air rune −66

Fire rune Fire rune −66

Steam rune Steam rune Water rune Water rune −64

Fire rune Fire rune −63

Lava rune Lava rune Earth rune Earth rune 0

Fire rune Fire rune 1


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