Magic

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This article is about the Magic skill. For information on training Magic, see Magic training (F2P) (P2P).

Magic
Also known as	Mage
Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members only?	No
Players with 99	99,433 as of 20 April 2019
Players with 200M XP	48 as of 20 April 2019

Magic is one of the most important skills in Old School RuneScape and is one of the three combat classes. It is used in Combat; it allows crafted items to be enchanted, fast transport around the world via teleports, and convert items into coins via High Level Alchemy. Magic is probably the largest source of coins into the game. While it is possible to play the game without being skilled in Magic, it is a considerable advantage to be able to use many spells, especially High Level Alchemy and teleports.

Magic is also important in order to defend well against Magic attacks. Unlike melee and Ranged defence, Magic defence is actually determined by both Magic (70%) and Defence (30%) levels, as well as magic defence bonus.

Magic accuracy

• PvP opponent's defence roll 70% magic level, 30% defence level and magic defence bonus
  • Effective level = player's magic level * 0.7 + player's defence level * 0.3
    • Effective level x ( 64 + Equipment bonus)= Defence roll
• PvM NPC's defence roll 100% magic level and magic defence bonus
  • Monsters magic level x ( 64 + Monsters magic defence bonus)= Defence roll
    • Callisto's 1*(64+900) = 964 (very low roll)
    • Skeletal wyvern 120*(64+80)= 17 280
  • Protect from magic makes NPCs most of the time splash against player.

• Players accuracy roll from magic level and magic attack bonus
  • Effective level= (Level + potion boost x prayer) + 8
    • Effective level x ( 64 + Equipment bonus)= Attack roll
• Hit chance
  • When attack roll > defence roll
    • 1 - (defence+2)/[2 x(Attack+1)]
  • When opposite
    • (Attack)/[2x(Def+1)]

All members-only spells on this page are written in italics.

Magic level-up music (link)

The first music that can be played when levelled up.

Magic level-up music (link)

The second music that can be played when levelled up.

Spells

For a list of all the spells in the game, see List of spells.

A player demonstrating Magic spells.

Magic is used almost exclusively through casting Spells on monsters, another player, on one's self (reflexively), or on an item.

Runes

All spells (with the exception of the Home Teleports in the Standard, Ancient and Lunar spellbooks) require the use of runes as a consumed resource. Runes are stackable, commonly traded items which are obtained by various methods. For hints on obtaining runes, see Runes: Obtaining runes.

Elemental staves

The requirement for certain runes in a spell can be removed if the player wields an elemental staff corresponding to an elemental rune. As an example, wielding a staff of fire allows a player to cast High Level Alchemy using only one nature rune.

Spellbooks

There are four divisions of Magic in RuneScape - standard (commonly called "modern"), Ancient Magicks, Lunar spells, and Necromancy. Each has a different spellbook and typically only one can be used at once (for an exception to this rule, see Spellbook Swap). The special spellbooks are only available on members' worlds.

To cast a spell, a player must choose the wanted spell from their spellbook. To access the activated spellbook, click on the spellbook icon in the game's interface.

Standard spells

The standard spellbook.

The standard spells are activated on any new character's account, and they are available on all worlds. There is no prerequisite to using the standard spellbook, although some spells are only available on members' worlds and others require completion of certain quests or tasks. As with other skills, new capabilities require higher skill levels.

Ancient Magicks

The Ancient Magicks contain some of the most dangerous offensive spells. These spells can only be used after completing the fiendish Desert Treasure quest.

Lunar spells

The Lunar spells are mostly supportive spells and are unrelated to combat, and require completing the Lunar Diplomacy quest before being usable. A spellbook extension becomes available after completion of the Dream Mentor quest.

Arceuus spells

The Arceuus spellbook (also known as the Necromancy spellbook), is a spellbook that can be accessed by gaining 60% favour with the Arceuus House in Great Kourend. It contains mostly creature reanimation spells, but also several alternative teleportation spells.

Standard spellbook description

In the standard spellbook, spells fall into one of several categories: combat, Curse, Teleportation, Alchemy and Enchantment. All spells yield their associated amount of experience when cast. Combat spells additionally give experience related to the amount of damage caused to the opponent(s).

Teleportation spells

Teleportation spells are very popular with all players - free-to-players and members alike, as teleportation spells save lots of time when travelling around the world. Note that using a teleport spell is not possible north of level 20 Wilderness, nor in any of the combat-based minigames such as Castle Wars and Pest Control.

Icon	Spell	Magic level	Runes required	Experience	Notes
	Home Teleport	1	None	0	This spell will transport you to Lumbridge free of charge. It takes around 10 seconds to cast and is interruptible by combat. Additionally, it may only be cast every 30 minutes.
	Varrock Teleport	25	113	35	Transports you to the centre of Varrock, by the fountain near the shop.
	Lumbridge Teleport	31	113	41	Transports you to the centre of Lumbridge Castle, in the same spot as the Home Teleport.
	Falador Teleport	37	113	48	Transports you to the centre of Falador, by the Guards.
	Teleport to House	40	111	30	Transports you to your house. See Constructionskill.
	Camelot Teleport	45	15	55.5	Transports you to Camelot south of the castle.
	Ardougne Teleport	51	22	61	Transports you to Ardougne in the centre of the square. You must complete the Plague Cityquest to use this teleport.
	Watchtower Teleport	58	22	68	Transports you to the top of the Watchtower, next to Yanille. You must complete the Watchtowerquest to use this spell.
	Trollheim Teleport	61	22	68	Transports you to the very top of Trollheim, near Eadgar's cave. You must complete the Eadgar's Rusequest to use this teleport.
	Teleport to Ape Atoll	64	2221	74	Transports you to Ape Atoll. Requires completion of the Awowogei subquest of Recipe for Disaster.
	Teleport to Kourend	69	2254	82	Transports you to the centre of Great Kourend. Players must unlock the spell via searching for the book, transportation incantations, in the Arceuus House Library.
	Teleother Lumbridge	74	111	84	Teleports another player who has Accept Aid switched on to Lumbridge.
	Teleother Falador	82	111	92	Teleports another player who has Accept Aid switched on to Falador.
	Tele Block	85	111	80	Can only be cast on another player in the Wilderness, and if successful, will prevent that player from using teleportation spells for 5 minutes.
	Teleport to Bounty Target	85	111	45	Teleports you near your Bounty Hunter Target. You can only use this spell after using a Bounty teleport scroll.
	Teleother Camelot	90	21	100	Teleports another player who has Accept Aid switched on to Camelot.

Combat spells

All combat spells result in a spell related amount of experience when cast, but also give experience depending on the amount of damage caused to the opponent. Each damage point caused by a combat spell yields 2 Magic experience points (i.e. hitting a 30 with a spell yields the spell's base experience + 60 Magic experience) and 1.33 Hitpoints experience points. Generally, most combat spells use some air runes in combination with some other "combat" runes, though there are exceptions with the special spells such as Magic Dart.

All spells have equal accuracy, and the magical accuracy is only derived from the current Magic level (and applicable boosts such as from potions or prayer) and Magic accuracy bonus from equipment. To maximise accuracy, especially in training and player killing, players are advised to equip magic-boosting equipment, unequip magic-lowering equipment, drink Wizard's mind bomb, and raise Magic levels.

Icon	Spell	Magic level	Runes required	Experience	Max hit	Notes
	Wind Strike	1	11	5.5	2
	Water Strike	5	111	7.5	4
	Earth Strike	9	121	9.5	6
	Fire Strike	13	132	11.5	8
	Wind Bolt	17	12	13.5	9
	Water Bolt	23	122	16.5	10
	Earth Bolt	29	132	19.5	11
	Fire Bolt	35	143	22.5	12	Chaos gauntlets can be used with Bolt spells. The gauntlets, when worn, increase the maximum damage done by all bolt spells by 3, thus making the max hit of a specific bolt spell only 1 behind the Blast spell of the same element.
	Crumble Undead	39	122	24.5	15	Will only work on Zombies, Skeletons, etc. Can only be auto-cast with the Slayer's staff or Void knight mace.
	Wind Blast	41	13	25.5	13
	Water Blast	47	133	28.5	14
	Iban Blast	50	15 + Iban's staff	30	25	Must complete Underground Passquest, the staff has 120 charges (or 2,500 with Iban's staff (u)). Using Iban Blast on any monster will use one charge. Using the spell on a player will use up 2 charges. When all the charges are used up, you have to recharge the staff by using it on the well in the Underground Pass, past the three paladins.
	Magic Dart	50	14 + Slayer's staff	30	15-19	Must have 55 Slayer to use. The staff costs 21,000 coins from any Slayer master.
	Earth Blast	53	143	31.5	15
	Fire Blast	59	154	34.5	16	This is the strongest spell available to free players.
	Saradomin Strike	60	224 + Saradomin staff / Staff of Light	35	20 / 30	Must complete Mage Arena. Lowers target's prayer by 1 for each successful cast. Charge increases max hit from 20 to 30.
	Claws of Guthix	60	214 + Guthix staff / Void Knight mace	35	20 / 30	Must complete Mage Arena. Chance to lower target's defence by 5% on successful hit. Charge increases max hit from 20 to 30
	Flames of Zamorak	60	241 + Zamorak staff / (Toxic) Staff of the dead	35	20 / 30	Must complete Mage Arena. Lowers target's magic by 5% on a successful hit. Charge increases max hit from 20 to 30.
	Wind Wave	62	15	36	17
	Water Wave	65	175	37.5	18
	Earth Wave	70	175	40	19
	Fire Wave	75	175	42.5	20
	Wind Surge	81	15	44.5	21
	Water Surge	85	1107	46.5	22
	Earth Surge	90	1107	48.5	23
	Fire Surge	95	1107	50.5	24

Defensive casting

Although each damage point caused by a combat spell yields 2 Magic experience points and 1.33 Hitpoints experience points when casting regularly, the other option, which is denoted by a shield icon in the interface, represents 'defensive casting'. If you click this button instead of the regular option, you will gain Defence experience whenever you cast combat spells at the cost of receiving a reduced amount of Magic experience. On defensive, you get 1.33 Magic experience points and 1 Defence experience point for every damage point you inflict as well as the usual 1.33 Hitpoints experience points and base Magic experience that is earned for each cast.

Curses

A curse spell is any spell that causes a negative effect to its target other than damage. Curses are an underused part of Magic, mainly because spell casters have little time to waste in casting damage spells. In long, prolonged fights, using a curse spell or two at the beginning may be a very good idea. Curses also are useful when competing for a monster respawn, as the curse immediately engages the monster.

Icon	Spell	Magic level	Runes required	Experience	Notes
	Confuse	3	123	13	Reduces your opponent's Attack by 5%.
	Weaken	11	123	21	Reduces your opponent's Strength by 5%.
	Curse	19	132	29	Reduces your opponent's Defence by 5%.
	Bind	20	233	30	Prevents your opponent from moving for 5 seconds.
	Snare	50	344	60	Prevents your opponent from moving for 10 seconds.
	Vulnerability	66	155	76	Reduces your opponent's Defence by 10%.
	Enfeeble	73	188	83	Reduces your opponent's Strength by 10%.
	Entangle	79	455	89	Prevents your opponent from moving for 15 seconds.
	Charge	80	333	180	This spell temporarily increases the maximum damage of the three God spells to 30 for about 7 minutes. The corresponding God cape must be worn along with the staff in order for the spell to get the damage increase.
	Stun	80	11212	90	Reduces your opponent's Attack by 10%.

Alchemy

All Alchemy spells use nature runes to convert some thing into some other thing. Particularly note High Level Alchemy in this section, as it is probably the most widely used spell in the game.

Icon	Spell	Magic level	Runes required	Experience	Notes
	Bones to Bananas	15	122	25	Converts all bones in the player's inventory into bananas.
	Low Level Alchemy	21	13	31	Converts items into coins.
	Superheat Item	43	14	53	Smelts ores without the need for a furnace.
	High Level Alchemy	55	15	65	Converts items into more coins than Low Level Alchemy spell.
	Bones to Peaches	60	244	35.5	Converts all bones in inventory into peaches. You must buy this spell from the Mage Training Arena.

Enchantments

All enchantment spells use cosmic runes to make an item magical. For the enchant orb group of spells, you need to travel to the appropriate obelisk and cast the spell on that. Similarly with the jewellery spells, you must have a piece of jewellery to cast the spell on.

Icon	Spell	Magic level	Runes required	Experience	Notes
	Enchant Crossbow Bolt	4	Varies	Varies	Enchants any type of tipped bolts, up to level 87 Magic required.
	Lvl-1 Enchant	7	11	17.5	Enchants sapphire jewellery.
	Lvl-2 Enchant	27	13	37	Enchants emerald jewellery.
	Lvl-3 Enchant	49	15	59	Enchants ruby jewellery.
	Charge Water Orb	56	3301	66	Creates a water orb, spell must be cast on Obelisk of Water deep in the Taverley Dungeon.
	Lvl-4 Enchant	57	110	67	Enchants diamond jewellery.
	Charge Earth Orb	60	3301	70	Creates an earth orb, spell must be cast on the Obelisk of Earth in Edgeville Dungeon.
	Charge Fire Orb	63	3301	73	Creates a fire orb, spell must be cast on Obelisk of Fire deep in the Taverley Dungeon.
	Charge Air Orb	66	3301	76	Creates an air orb, spell must be cast on Obelisk of Air in Edgeville Dungeon.
	Lvl-5 Enchant	68	11515	78	Enchants dragonstone jewellery.
	Lvl-6 Enchant	87	12020	97	Enchants onyx jewellery.
	Lvl-7 Enchant	93	20201	110	Enchants zenyte jewellery.

Combat

Monster magic defence

Defence level has no effect. Magic defence is rolled from monster's magic level and magic defence bonus. Unlike range and melee which uses defence level and style defence bonus.

How to successfully fight as a mage

As a mage, you are weak against Ranged and strong against melee fighters. When attacking others, you should use a combination of Entangle-like spells (Bind, Snare, Entangle, Ice spells in Ancient Magicks) and highly damaging spells such as Fire Wave, Iban Blast, or the Mage Arena spells. Curses tend to be underused, but do not underestimate them. Lunar spells appear to be helper spells for a team of PKers. When fighting monsters, using battle tactics helps, such as hiding behind a rock. Also, most undead creatures and demons are weak to Magic attacks. This will provide an advantage over these creatures. However, you must be careful because certain monsters are weak to certain elemental attacks (wind, water, earth, fire).

Magic staves

Various staves are available in Old School RuneScape. In the list below are all the free-to-play staves, which all can be obtained at Zaff's store in Varrock. The main effect of a staff is to boost Magic Attack and Defence, while the elemental staves provide unlimited amounts of their corresponding rune(s). There are many members staves such as battlestaves, mystic staves, Slayer's staff, Lunar staff and Ancient staff. Please visit the staves' page for a complete description.

Item		Attack		Defence				Strength
		Crush	Magic	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic
	Staff	7	4	2	3	1	4	3
	Magic staff	10	10	2	3	1	10	7
	Staff of air	7	10	2	3	1	10	3
	Staff of water	7	10	2	3	1	10	3
	Staff of earth	7	10	2	3	1	10	5
	Staff of fire	9	10	2	3	1	10	6

Magic armour and robes

Most mages wear robes, although some light armour is available that is made from special material and does not hinder the wearer's ability to perform magical attacks. For the different sets of armour and detailed information on each piece, see the armour guide.

A player can have a Magic Attack bonus of up to 172, and a Magic Defence bonus up to 234. The lowest Magic attack bonus is -105, which will help prevent spells from hitting an opponent while training (i.e. splashing).

Training Magic

In general, Magic is a very useful skill to train. Most players reach level 55 and then most of their experience comes from High Level Alchemy thereafter.

Using Ancient Magicks

A player using Ice Barrage to train Magic in their house.

Using Ancient Magicks is a quick, yet expensive way to train Magic. The way many people train with Ancients is by utilising Ice Burst. They have some of their friends come with them to either the TzHaar Fight Pit or to a combat ring in a player-owned house. There, they arrange themselves in a 3x3 box. The trainer then casts Ice Burst on the center person, thus hitting everybody in the box. This gains a lot of experience, as you get 2 experience for every point of damage you give.

A much cheaper approach (and considered the best Magic experience in the game by many at approximately 160,000 experience per hour) is through Nightmare Zone. Here, you can get unlimited free runes provided your team captain has completed Horror from the Deep. However, due to an update, gaining experience in this fashion has been largely mitigated.

Getting to level 55

If money is tight, it is recommended that you use the Runecrafting skill to make plenty of mind and air runes to train in Magic. You can buy a Staff of fire or earth from Zaff's staff store and cast Fire Strike or Earth Strike on any monster that cannot reach you, such as the Hobgoblins near the Crafting Guild, the Skeletons in the Varrock Sewer, the Scorpions in the Scorpion pit mine near Al Kharid, or the lesser demon at the top of the Wizards' Tower.

For those with far more fire runes than air runes, a staff of air can prove more useful than a staff of fire as every damage spell requires air runes to cast. Certain locations such as the prison in Port Sarim and the demon's cage in the Wizards' Tower can prove to be useful when training Magic. Also, there are hidden benefits to players who can use the spell Telekinetic Grab at Magic level 33: items can be taken from the vault beneath the Varrock west bank, used to collect wine of zamorak (highly valued by high level herbalists) and one can retrieve items (such as dropped arrows) which end up out of normal reach.

Cursing creatures such as Monks of Zamorak and moss giants is also an effective way of levelling up Magic. Using Curse gives you 29 experience per cast, and body runes nearly always have the maximum stock in magic shops.

If you have money to spend, buy your runes instead, and if you have lots of money, use chaos runes for faster training. Alternatively, you may want to investigate the Mage Training Arena where you can gain plenty of experience from non-combat spells.

High Level Alchemy

High Level Alchemy is perhaps the single most used spell in the game. It allows you to convert items that you possess into coins. Most players owe their high level of Magic to this spell, at 65 Magic experience per casting, using a staff of fire so as to only consume 1 nature rune per spell. Players with high Fletching, Crafting or Smithing can turn the items they make into coins, thereby adding money to the economy or to their own wealth.

Smithing and Crafting items may also be "alched" for decent amounts, if they are high level items.

Mage Training Arena

Our guide to the Mage Training Arena covers this in more detail, but essentially, you can gain excellent Magic experience here, as well as gaining access to the spell Bones to Peaches.

Barrows

Our guide to the Barrows covers this in more detail, but the Barrows can be extremely good Magic experience, mainly because you receive large amounts of runes from the chest as a reward. It is profitable to train Magic here, and is good experience at the same time.

Splashing

"Splashing" is an outmoded technique to gain Magic experience while away from the keyboard (AFK). Players would equip a full suit of plate armour and dragonhide vambraces, in order to gain a Magic bonus of -65 or more. This would cause all spells to fail casting (which results in a "splash" animation), keeping the target from dying.

Due to a recent update on AFK combat, "splashing" is less effective. Since the update, the player will stop attacking after only gaining a few thousand experience if the player does not interact with the client (every approximately 20 minutes), regardless of whether Auto Retaliate is turned on.

Monsters that are weak to magic

• Gorak
• Barrows brothers excluding Ahrim the Blighted
• Abyssal demon
• Kraken and cave kraken
• Zulrah (green form)
• Fire giant
• Blue dragon
• Red dragon
• Nechryael (superior included)
• Dust devil
• Smoke devil (superior and boss included)
• Normal demons
  • Imp (weak to everything)
  • Lesser demon
  • Greater demon
  • Black demon
• Hellhound
• Maniacal monkey
• TzHaar-Xil
• TzHaar-Ket
• Ice troll
• Mountain troll
• Thrower Troll
• Troll general
• Tree spirit
• Gargoyle (superior included, Marble gargoyle)
• Terror dog
• Kurask (superior included, Magic dart only)
• Aviansie
• Dagannoth Rex
• Lava dragon
• Crazy archaeologist
• Runite Golem
• Flight Kilisa (50 magic level)
• Flockleader Geerin (50 magic level)
• Sergeant Grimspike (50 magic level)
• Sergeant Strongstack (50 magic level)
• Tstanon Karlak (50 magic level)
• Zakl'n Gritch (50 magic level)
• Spiritual warrior
• Elf warrior (Mourner included)
• Ent
• Cyclops
• Tortoise
• Giant frog
• Zombified Spawn

Temporary boosts

• Three Prayers can boost Magic by 5%, 10%, or 15%. This boost does not increase damage nor does it allow you to perform spells above your current level. Jagex has confirmed that these prayers only help your magical accuracy and, following an update, your magical defence as well.
• The Wizard's mind bomb is a type of beer which increases the player's Magic by 3, but it only increases your Magic by 2 if your Magic level is below 49. It can be bought in the Rising Sun Inn, which is in Falador, as well as various places in the members world, and also brewed by players. The mature brew boosts magic by an additional level.
• Magic essence potions made using the Herblore skill boost Magic by 3.
• Magic and Battlemage potions made using the Herblore skill boost Magic by 4.
• Imbued heart boosts Magic by 2-10 (1 + 10% of the player's level, rounded down).
• A red spicy stew can boost Magic by up to 5 or it can also decrease it by 5.
• Super magic potions and Overloads boost magic by 5 - 19 (15% + 5), but they can only be used in the Nightmare Zone.

All boosts to your Magic level allow you to perform spells above your current level.

Quests rewarding Magic experience

Quest	Experience reward	Magic req.	Other requirements
Witch's Potion	325	-	-
Imp Catcher	875	-	-
Fairytale I - Growing Pains	1,000	-	-
Spirits of the Elid	1,000	33	37 , 37 , 37
The Giant Dwarf	1,500	33	14 , 12 , 16
The Grand Tree	2,150	-	25
Recipe for Disaster (Lumbridge Guide subquest)	2,500	-	40
Horror from the Deep	4,662	-	35
King's Ransom	5,000	45	65
Lunar Diplomacy	5,000	65	61 , 40 , 49 , 5 , 60 , 55
Enakhra's Lament	7,000	39	50 , 45 , 43 , 45
Dream Mentor	10,000	65	32 (Boostable), 85 , 61 , 40 , 49 , 5 , 60 , 55
The Eyes of Glouphrie	12,000	46	5 , 45 ()
Swan Song	15,000	66	100 , 62 , 62 , 45 , 42 , 40
Watchtower	15,250	15	15 , 25 , 14 , 40
Desert Treasure	20,000	50	53 , 50 , 10
Total	103,262

Skill choice

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Magic. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	-
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	-
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
Shadow of the Storm	10,000		30
Contact!	7,000 twice		-
Dream Mentor	15,000		32 (Boostable), 85 , 61 , 40 , 49 , 5 , 65 , 60 , 55
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Legends' Quest	7,650 four times		107 , 50 , 50 , 45 , 56 , 52 , 42 , 50 , 50 , 50 , 50
Dragon Slayer II	25,000 four times		200 , 75 , 70 , 68 , 62 , 60 , 60 , 50 , 50
Monkey Madness II	50,000 twice		69 , 70 , 60 , 55 , 55 , 60
Total	344,100

Trivia

• In early 2001, there were two magic skills, Good Magic and Evil Magic. However, with the introduction of a new magic system, the lower skill was removed, and the higher skill changed to Magic. For example, if the player had level 50 Good Magic and level 40 Evil Magic, he would keep level 50 Magic, and the experience for the Evil Magic was discarded. Because of this, some players were upset that they lost money for training their lower magic skill, and that the experience was thrown away instead of carried over. There were also spells like Shock Bolt, Elemental Bolt, Camouflage, and Fear.
• Prior to the introduction of RuneScape 2, combat spells were universally represented by a simple, flying blue star, which proved difficult to distinguish from arrows, which were green stars. Also, in RuneScape Classic, players were capable of casting magic spells while wearing full rune armour, leading to a massive imbalance in favour of high-level mages.
• Prior to the advent of multicombat areas in RuneScape 2, mages and archers could attack enemies while a melee fighter engaged the monster in direct combat. This was the most common way for multiple players to attack the same creature, usually high level bosses like the King Black Dragon. The loot would go to whoever dealt the most damage, and the person who dealt the last hit would be the only one to receive experience, though less than if they had killed the monster themselves.
• In RuneScape Classic, each spell gave the fixed experience using the formula 2 * spell level + 20. Magic was a much faster skill to train if you could get sufficient runes, though runes were much harder to obtain. With RuneScape 2 came the introduction of Runecrafting and many monsters with much higher rune drop rates, so runes became much easier to obtain. Accordingly, experience rates were also reduced to where they are today. Now normal spells generally gives (spell level + 10) experience and combat spells generally give a base experience of (spell level + 10)/2.
• In terms of accuracy, 1 Magic level is equal to 24 Defence; this has been a problem spoken of but was told by Mod Mark.
• A Runescape Mythbusters episode aired on twitch revealed that a player's magic level plays a role in defending against magic attacks.