Steam rune

Steam rune
Released							13 June 2005 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							A combined Water and Fire Rune.
Values
Value							20 coins
High alch							12 coins
Low alch							8 coins
Weight							0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							115 coins (info)
Buy limit							18,000
Daily volume							1,598,668
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Advanced data
Item ID							4694

Steam runes are combination runes. They can be used as one fire rune and one water rune. Thus, any spell requiring one fire rune, one water rune, or both will spend only one steam rune.

They can be created with the Runecraft skill or purchased with Pizazz points from the Mage Training Arena.

When equipped, the steam battlestaff and mystic steam staff provide an unlimited number of steam runes.

Runecraft info

At 19 Runecraft or higher, they can be crafted in either of two ways:

• Bringing pure essence, fire runes, and a fire talisman to the Water Altar (for 9.5 Runecraft experience per rune)
• Bringing pure essence, water runes, and a water talisman to the Fire Altar (for 10.0 Runecraft experience per rune)

You may wear a tiara to enter and use the altar, but the other element must be a talisman when crafting combination runes. Clicking on the altar or using a pure essence on it will produce normal runes. To prevent creating the wrong runes, make sure you are using the complementary rune on the altar. For example, at the Fire Altar use the water runes on the altar.

Combinations have a 50% success rate (or 100%, if the player is wearing a binding necklace), and the talisman is consumed in the process (unless the player uses the Lunar spell Magic Imbue). The elemental talisman will also not work in place of talismans when crafting the runes.

Water Altar

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		19 (b)	9.3
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Water Altar

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Pure essence	1	1
	Fire rune	1	5
	Fire talisman	1	3,810
Total cost			3,816
	Steam rune	1	115
Profit			−3,701

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		19 (b)	13.9
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Water Altar

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Daeyalt essence	1	N/A
	Fire rune	1	5
	Fire talisman	1	3,810
Total cost			3,815
	Steam rune	1	115
Profit			−3,700

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		27 (nb)	9.3
Accessible only in the Guardians of the Rift minigame.
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Water Altar

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Guardian essence	1	N/A
	Fire rune	1	5
	Fire talisman	1	3,810
Total cost			3,815
	Steam rune	1	115
	Polyelemental guardian stone	1	N/A
Profit			−3,700

Fire Altar

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		19 (b)	10
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Fire Altar

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Pure essence	1	1
	Water rune	1	5
	Water talisman	1	139
Total cost			145
	Steam rune	1	115
Profit			−30

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		19 (b)	15
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Fire Altar

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Daeyalt essence	1	N/A
	Water rune	1	5
	Water talisman	1	139
Total cost			144
	Steam rune	1	115
Profit			−29

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		27 (nb)	10
Accessible only in the Guardians of the Rift minigame.
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	Fire Altar

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Guardian essence	1	N/A
	Water rune	1	5
	Water talisman	1	139
Total cost			144
	Steam rune	1	115
	Polyelemental guardian stone	1	N/A
Profit			−29

More steam runes can be crafted with Twisted extract.

Spells requiring both water and fire runes

Spell		Magic		Runes	Type	Spellbook
		Lvl	Exp
	Kourend Castle Teleport	48	58	1 1 2	Teleport		Standard
	Ape Atoll Teleport	64	74	2 2 2 1	Teleport		Standard
	Bake Pie	65	60	5 4 1	Utility		Lunar
	Humidify	68	65	1 3 1	Utility		Lunar
	Magic Imbue	82	86	7 7 2	Utility		Lunar

Item sources

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Rewards Guardian (Mage Training Arena)

Steam Runes can be bought for pizzaz points awarded from participating in the rooms in the Mage Training Arena.

Item	Telekinetic	Alchemist	Enchantment	Graveyard
Steam rune	1	1	15	1

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:14 September 2022| |0}} {{#explode:14 September 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:14 September 2022| |2}}]] (update)	The item's Grand Exchange buy limit was increased from 10,000 to 15,000.
[[{{#explode:24 April 2007| |0}} {{#explode:24 April 2007| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:24 April 2007| |2}}]] (update)	The item was graphically updated.

Gallery (historical)

13 June 2005 ⁠– 24 April 2007	30 April 2007 ⁠– present