Magic damage

This article is about the Magic Damage equipment stat. For other uses, see Damage per second/Magic.

The staff of the dead gives a 15% boost to magic damage.

Magic Damage is an equipment statistic that functions as a damage multiplier that increases the maximum magic hit and therefore the damage dealt by a player to a target. The effects of most equipped items can be seen at the bottom of the stats window (labelled Magic damage: +x%). Both players and non-player characters can utilize magic damage, although when casting Monster Examine on an attackable NPC, their magic damage is instead labelled as "Magic str bonus".

Temporarily boosting Magic increases magical attack accuracy, making it more likely to successfully hit a target. Except for Magic Dart, increasing the Magic level does not increase the damage of spellbook combat spells. It does, however, increase damage for Magic Dart, salamanders, powered staves (such as trident of the seas/swamp, Thammaron's/Accursed sceptre, Sanguinesti staff, and Tumeken's Shadow), and Magic special attacks.

A detailed list of how all magic damage bonuses are calculated and applied can be found under the maximum magic hit page.

Damage boosting

Most damage boosting comes from wearing specific gear. Invisible bonuses (not shown in stats) require a special condition, such as the target being part of a Slayer task, a demon, in the Wilderness, etc. Besides the gear listed in the table below, there are two other bonuses that are independent of gear.

The first is if Charge has been cast by the player and remains active when casting a god spells while also wearing their respective god cape, the base max hit is increased from 20 to 30.

Secondly, if Mark of Darkness has been cast by the player onto a demon monster and remains active when casting a Demonbane spell from the Arceuus spellbook, the damage is increased by 25%. This is applied after the hit roll.

Armour

Equipment		Damage boost	Levels required	Shows in Stats	Conditions/Notes
	Elder chaos druid robes	3%	40	Yes	1% per piece (hood, top, robe). Is the only armour set to provide a Magic damage bonus that does not have a Defence requirement.
	Infinity robes	3%	50 25	Yes	1% per piece (hat, top, bottoms).
	3rd Age mage robes	3%	65 30	Yes	1% per piece (hat, robe top, robe bottom).
	Dagon'hai robes	3%	70 40	Yes	1% per piece (hat, robe top, robe bottom).
	Blue moon armour	3%	75 50	Yes	1% per piece (helm, chestplate, tassets). Has a set effect when used alongside the blue moon spear.
	Bloodbark armour	3%	60 60	Yes	1% per piece (helm, body, legs). Each piece of armour increases the amount that blood spells heal by 2% of the damage dealt.
	Ahrim's equipment	3%	70 70	Yes	1% per piece (hood, robetop, robeskirt). Has a set effect when used alongside Ahrim's staff. Amplified when wearing the amulet of the damned.
	Elite Void Knight equipment	5%	42 42 42 42 42 42 22	Yes	Requires completion of Hard Western Provinces Diary. The Void mage helm must also be worn. Also increases magic accuracy by 45%.
	Virtus robes	6%	78 75	Yes	2% per piece (mask, robe top, robe bottom). Bonus per piece is increased to 5% when using Ancient Magicks combat spells, for a total of 15%.
	Ancestral robes	9%	75 65	Yes	3% per piece (hat, robe top, robe bottom).
	Black mask (i)	15%	40 20 10	No	Only works against monsters assigned as a Slayer task. Does not stack with salve amulet(i), salve amulet(ei), or amulet of avarice.
	Slayer helmet (i)	15%	10
	Chaos gauntlets	+3	None	No	Requires completion of Family Crest, which requires 59 Magic (boostable). Only affects bolt spells.
	Imbued god capes	2%	75	Yes	Requires completion of Mage Arena II.
	Eternal boots	1%	75 75	Yes	None.

Weapons

Equipment		Damage boost	Levels required	Shows in Stats	Conditions/Notes
	Tumeken's shadow	0%	85	No	Does not provide any magic damage boost itself, but all other equipment have their magic damage bonus tripled - or, inside the Tombs of Amascut, quadrupled - to a maximum of 100%. This only applies to visible damage bonuses, excluding Elite Void Knight equipment.
	Staff of the dead	15%	75 75	Yes	Can cast Slayer Dart and auto-cast Flames of Zamorak. Has a 12.5% chance of negating runes being used for that spell. The Toxic staff of the dead can inflict venom. The Staff of light and Staff of balance have the same abilities as the Staff of the dead, but have the ability to cast Saradomin Strike and Claws of Guthix respectively, in place of Flames of Zamorak.
	Toxic staff of the dead	15%
	Staff of light	15%
	Staff of balance	15%
	Kodai wand	15%	80	Yes	Provides unlimited water runes, and also has a 15% chance of negating runes being used for that spell. Can autocast Ancient Magicks.
	Nightmare staff	15%	50 72	Yes	These staves, except the harmonised nightmare staff, can autocast Ancient Magicks. The harmonised nightmare staff can cast standard spells one tick faster. The volatile and eldritch nightmare staves have special attacks.
	Harmonised nightmare staff	15%	50 82
	Eldritch nightmare staff	15%
	Volatile nightmare staff	15%
	Smoke battlestaff	0%	30 30	No	Invisible 10% increase in damage and accuracy only when casting spells from the standard spellbook.
	Mystic smoke staff	0%	40 40
	Ahrim's staff	5%	70 70	Yes	None.
	Ancient sceptre	5%	70 60 50	Yes	Increases the effect of Ancient Magicks spells by 10% and can autocast them. The blood ancient sceptre can also overheal up to 10% over the player's base Hitpoints. The ice ancient sceptre also has an additional 10% accuracy bonus given to ice spells on targets that can be frozen and are not currently frozen. The shadow ancient sceptre can also lower the target's Attack, Strength, and Defence levels when casting shadow spells. The smoke ancient sceptre also reduces a poisoned target's healing by 20% for 6 seconds after taking damage.
	Blood ancient sceptre	5%	75 60 50
	Ice ancient sceptre	5%
	Shadow ancient sceptre	5%
	Smoke ancient sceptre	5%
	Thammaron's sceptre	50%	60	No	When charged and used in the Wilderness, it provides an additional 50% magic damage. When charged, the accursed sceptre and accursed sceptre (a) special attack will provide an extra 50% magic damage, even outside the Wilderness.
	Thammaron's sceptre (a)	50%
	Accursed sceptre	50%	70
	Accursed sceptre (a)	50%
	Blue moon spear	5%	70 75	Yes	When worn with all of the other pieces of the blue moon armour set, the player gains the Frostweaver set effect, where the spell spear has a 10% chance for its next melee attack to be unaffected by action delays (such as eating food).
	Purging staff	10%	50 77	Yes	A demonbane weapon that doubles the bonuses of demonbane spells and those gained from Mark of Darkness. Additionally, Mark of Darkness lasts 5 times longer if the staff is equipped when it is cast.
	Dragon hunter wand	10%	65	Yes	A dragonbane weapon that increases accuracy by 50% and damage by 20% when fighting dragons.

Offhands

Equipment		Damage boost	Levels required	Shows in Stats	Conditions/Notes
	Mage's book	2%	60	Yes	Is the only offhand to provide a Magic damage bonus to all spells that does not have a Defence requirement.
	Malediction ward	2%	60	Yes	None.
	Ancient wyvern shield	2%	70 75	Yes	Protects against dragonfire and the icy breath of wyverns.
	Arcane spirit shield	3%	65 75 70	Yes	None.
	Elidinis' ward	3%	80 80 80	Yes	None.
	Elidinis' ward (f)	5%
	Tome of water	10% (PvM) 20% (PvP)	50	No	Only affects water spells, and also increases the spells' accuracy by 10% (20% against other players). Must be charged with soaked pages. Also provides unlimited water runes. Standard spellbook only.
	Tome of fire	10% (PvM) 50% (PvP)	50	No	Only affects fire spells. Must be charged with burnt pages or searing pages. Also provides unlimited fire runes. Standard spellbook only.
	Tome of earth	10% (PvM) 50% (PvP)	50	No	Only affects earth spells. Must be charged with soiled pages. Also provides unlimited earth runes. Standard spellbook only.

Jewellery

Equipment		Damage boost	Levels required	Shows in Stats	Conditions/Notes
	Tormented bracelet	5%	75	Yes	None.
File:Castle wars bracelet.png	Castle wars bracelet	20%	None	No	Only applies in Castle Wars against a bearer of a flag. Must be worn before the game starts, not during the game.
	Seers ring	0.2%	None	Yes	None.
	Seers ring (i)	0.5%	None	Yes	None.
	Magus ring	2%	None	Yes	Requires completion of Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire.
	Cursed amulet of magic	−80%	None	Yes	None.
	Occult necklace	5%	70	Yes	None.
	Salve amulet(i)	15%	None	No	Requires access to the Nightmare Zone, Soul Wars, or Emir's Arena. Only works against undead. Does not stack with slayer helmet (i) or black mask (i).
	Salve amulet(ei)	20%	None	No	Requires completion of Lair of Tarn Razorlor and access to the Nightmare Zone, Soul Wars, or Emir's Arena. Only works against undead. Does not stack with slayer helmet (i) or black mask (i).
	Amulet of avarice	20% 35%	None	No	Equipping the amulet will cause the player to become skulled. Increases accuracy and damage by 20% when fighting revenants. Activating Forinthry Surge by killing the revenant maledictus will provide an additional 15% accuracy and damage for 30 minutes. All drops received from NPCs within the Revenant Caves and Wilderness Slayer Cave while this amulet is worn will be in the form of bank notes, except for secondary supply rolls. Does not stack with slayer helmet (i) or black mask (i).
	Amulet of the damned	30%	70 70 70	No	Only has a 25% chance to occur. Both the set and amulet must be worn to get the damage boost. This does not include the 5% damage bonus from wielding the Ahrim's staff. Can autocast Ancient Magicks. Note that a player will see two different max hitsplats in-game. The "lower" max hit when this effect doesn't trigger and the "higher" max hit when it does trigger.
	Ahrim's equipment

Prayers

Prayer		Damage boost	Levels required	Shows in Stats	Conditions/Notes
	Mystic Lore	1%	27	No	None.
	Mystic Might	2%	45	No	None.
	Augury	4%	77 70	No	Requires reading an arcane prayer scroll.