Spellbook
A spellbook is a list of magic spells available for casting to a player. There are currently four spellbooks: the standard spellbook, the Ancient Magicks spellbook, the Lunar spellbook and the Arceuus spellbook. Ancient Magicks and the Lunar spellbook require a quest to be completed in order to unlock them. A player may only cast spells from their current spellbook, and if they wish to use spells from another spellbook, they must change to that spellbook.
It is possible to switch between spellbooks by visiting altars associated with those spellbooks, with the standard spellbook being accessible at the Ancient Pyramid altar, Astral Altar, and Tyss near the Dark Altar. It is often most efficient to utilize player-owned house altars.
Spellbook filtering
Players may use filters to alter the contents of their spellbook. Filters can be enabled through the right-click menu of the spellbook icon on the player's UI. Once enabled, filters can be modified using the "Filters" button at the bottom of the spellbook.
Available filters include:
- Combat spells
- Teleport spells
- Utility spells
- Spells the player lacks the Magic level to cast
- Spells the player lacks the runes to cast
- Spells the player lacks requirements to cast
Once a player checks or unchecks the desired filter, tapping the "Filters" button again will display the filtered interface. If enough spells are filtered out, the spell icons will become enlarged to make them easier to tap. This feature can be toggled via the "Filters" button, but only for non-PvP-enabled areas.
Changing spellbooks
Players who wish to change their currently active spellbook have several options:
- Visiting specific altars:
- Standard spellbook: re-activate any spellbook altar while on that altar's associated spellbook.
- Ancient spellbook: the altar in the Ancient Pyramid. After completion of the Desert Treasure I, a shortcut is available at the back of the pyramid.
- Lunar spellbook: the Astral Altar on Lunar Isle, next to the Oneiromancer.
- Arceuus spellbook: the Dark Altar north of Arceuus. Unlike other altars, Players must speak to Tyss, a nearby mage, to change their spellbook. Using the CIS fairy ring allows faster access to the Dark Altar.
- Using an altar found in the achievement gallery of a player-owned house:
- Beginning at 80 Construction, players may build altars associated with non-standard spellbooks. Doing so requires a magic stone, ten limestone bricks, and various secondary items.
- The occult altar, which can be built with 90 Construction, allows players to switch between all available spellbooks. It is constructed by upgrading any lower-tier altar.
- Players unable to build their own altars may use those built by other players. Worlds 330, 465 and 512 are the official worlds for hosting. The most popular location for this is Rimmington.
- Players with 99 magic may use the Magic cape to change spellbooks. This can be done up to five times per day.
- Players who have completed Dream Mentor may cast Spellbook Swap, a level 96 spell in the Lunar spellbook. This does not permanently change the user's spellbook, but allows the player to cast one non-Lunar spell per cast of Spellbook Swap.
Types of spellbooks
Standard spellbook
The standard spellbook is a set of modern spells available to all players, being unlocked by default upon character creation. Having the most spells of any spellbook, standard spells make use of all runes except astral.
Staves are also required to cast some of the spells, including Iban's staff, slayer's staff or staff of the dead, Saradomin staff or staff of light, Zamorak staff, and Guthix staff or void knight mace.
Arceuus spellbook
The Arceuus spellbook is a set of spells utilised by Citizens of Arceuus, and is the only other spellbook available to all players by default. Like the standard spellbook, it has a variety of offensive and utility spells at its disposal, unlike the Lunar spellbook, which is primarily focused on utility spells, and the Ancient Magicks, which is heavily combat-oriented.
Making extensive use of blood, nature and soul runes, the spellbook makes use of reanimation spells used in prayer training, and possesses an array of teleportation spells to the mainland, which primarily teleports players to locations associated with death, such as graveyards and dungeons with undead. Alongside the reanimation and teleport spells, a larger set of combat and utility spells are accessible to players who have completed the quest A Kingdom Divided.
Ancient Magicks
Ancient Magicks are a set of Zarosian spells available to players upon completion of the quest Desert Treasure I. Unlike the Lunar spellbook, which primarily focuses on utility spells, and the standard spellbook, which is a mixture of combat and utility spells, the Ancient Magicks is significantly combat-oriented, including some of the most powerful combat spells in the game.
Having far fewer spells than the other spellbooks, many spells of the Ancient Magicks are very rune-intensive and require expensive runes such as death and blood runes. Owing to their power (a minimum of 50 Magic is needed to even access the spellbook), Ancient Magick spells are popular in player-versus-player activities.
Lunar spellbook
The Lunar spellbook is a set of spells utilised by people of the Moon Clan, available to players upon completion of the quest Lunar Diplomacy. Making extensive use of astral runes, the spellbook is primarily oriented towards utility spells and combat-support spells, reducing or eliminating the need for certain items and equipment to carry out certain tasks, in contrast to the combat-heavy Ancient Magicks and the varied spell types of the standard and Arceuus spellbooks.
A larger set of spells are accessible to players who have completed the quest Dream Mentor, while two spells, Tan Leather and Recharge Dragonstone, are unlocked by completing the Hard Fremennik Diary.
Changes
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| [[{{#explode:15 February 2023| |0}} {{#explode:15 February 2023| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:15 February 2023| |2}}]] (update | poll) |
Spell icon resizing when filters are enabled for the spellbook is now enabled for desktop. A toggle for turning the resizing on and off has also been added. |
| [[{{#explode:28 April 2021| |0}} {{#explode:28 April 2021| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:28 April 2021| |2}}]] (update) |
There is now an option to filter out spells that you do not meet the requirements for. |
| [[{{#explode:29 November 2018| |0}} {{#explode:29 November 2018| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:29 November 2018| |2}}]] (update) |
Spellbook filtering has been added. The spell icons will not resize on desktop as they do on mobile. |
| [[{{#explode:11 October 2018| |0}} {{#explode:11 October 2018| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:11 October 2018| |2}}]] (update) |
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Trivia
- As a result of the Old School Content Poll 62: Birdhouses and Spellbook filter poll, spell icons would not resize on desktop as they would on mobile. This was repolled in New Skill: Community Consultation and Poll 78 whereas it gained 88.1% of the votes in favour of its addition. The resizing was added on desktop on 15 February 2023.
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