Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Soul rune

Released							23 October 2002 (Update)
Members							Yes
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							Used for high level curse spells.
Values
Value							300 coins
High alch							180 coins
Low alch							120 coins
Weight							0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							391 coins (info)
Buy limit							25,000
Daily volume							16,524,909
View real-time prices
Advanced data
Item ID							566
Link							MOID

Soul runes are one of the runes used to cast spells in the Magic skill. It is used for the strongest curse spells, the teleport-other spells, Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Dragonstone), Blood Barrage, the shadow spells, and most Reanimation spells. Soul runes are also used in charging Tumeken's shadow, the soul bearer, and Kharedst's memoirs, as well as creating Elidinis' ward (f).

Runecraft info

With 90 Runecraft, players can craft soul runes from dark essence fragments at the Soul Altar in northern Arceuus, granting 29.7 experience per fragment.

Requirements
Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		90 ^(b)	29.7
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Soul Altar

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Dark essence fragments	1	N/A
Total cost			0
	Soul rune	1	391
Profit			391
Profit after GE Tax			384

Requirements
Skill		Level	XP
Runecraft		90 ^(b)	29.7
Started Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Soul Altar

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Dark essence fragments	1	N/A
	Scarred extract	1	24,000
Total cost			24,000
	Soul rune	61^{[r 1]}	23,851
Profit			−149
Profit after GE Tax			−576

^ Raiments of the Eye will not multiply the additional 60 runes from the extract.

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Soul rune:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Crafting soul runes	1,064,410	90 38 (to mine dense essence blocks) 38 (to chip dark essence blocks) 70+ , and (optional) 75 (for abyssal lantern (magic logs)) (optional)

Spells requiring soul runes

Spell		Magic		Runes	Type	Spellbook
Spell		Lvl	Exp	Runes	Type	Spellbook
	Respawn Teleport	34	27	¹ ¹	Teleport		Arceuus
	Salve Graveyard Teleport	40	30	¹ ²	Teleport		Arceuus
	Adept Reanimation	41	80	⁴ ³ ¹	Utility		Arceuus
	Fenkenstrain's Castle Teleport	48	50	¹ ¹ ¹	Teleport		Arceuus
	Shadow Rush	52	31	¹ ² ² ¹	Combat		Ancient
	Mark of Darkness	59	70	¹ ¹	Combat		Arceuus
	Senntisten Teleport	60	70	² ¹	Teleport		Ancient
	West Ardougne Teleport	61	68	² ²	Teleport		Arceuus
	Superior Demonbane	62	36	⁵ ¹	Combat		Arceuus
	Lesser Corruption	64	75	¹ ²	Combat		Arceuus
	Shadow Burst	64	37	¹ ⁴ ² ²	Combat		Ancient
	Harmony Island Teleport	65	74	¹ ¹ ¹	Teleport		Arceuus
	Vile Vigour	66	76	³ ¹	Utility		Arceuus
	Vulnerability	66	76	⁵ ⁵ ¹	Combat		Standard
	Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Dragonstone)	68	78	¹⁵ ¹ ¹ ¹⁰	Utility		Standard
	Cemetery Teleport	71	82	¹ ¹ ¹	Teleport		Arceuus
	Expert Reanimation	72	138	¹ ³ ²	Utility		Arceuus
	Ward of Arceuus	73	83	¹ ² ⁴	Combat		Arceuus
	Enfeeble	73	83	⁸ ⁸ ¹	Combat		Standard
	Teleother Lumbridge	74	84	¹ ¹ ¹	Teleport		Standard
	Shadow Blitz	76	43	² ² ² ²	Combat		Ancient
	Resurrect Crops	78	90	²⁵ ⁸ ¹² ⁸	Utility		Arceuus
	Death Charge	80	90	¹ ¹ ¹	Utility		Arceuus
	Stun	80	90	¹² ¹² ¹	Combat		Standard
	Teleother Falador	82	92	¹ ¹ ¹	Teleport		Standard
	Dark Demonbane	82	43.5	⁷ ²	Combat		Arceuus
	Barrows Teleport	83	90	¹ ² ²	Teleport		Arceuus
	Demonic Offering	84	175	¹ ¹	Utility		Arceuus
	Carrallanger Teleport	84	82	² ²	Teleport		Ancient
	Greater Corruption	85	95	¹ ³	Combat		Arceuus
	Shadow Barrage	88	48	⁴ ² ⁴ ³	Combat		Ancient
	Recharge Dragonstone	89	97.5	⁴ ¹ ¹	Utility		Lunar
	Teleother Camelot	90	100	¹ ²	Teleport		Standard
	Master Reanimation	90	170	² ⁴ ⁴	Utility		Arceuus
	Ape Atoll Teleport	90	100	² ² ²	Teleport		Arceuus
	Blood Barrage	92	51	⁴ ⁴ ¹	Combat		Ancient
	Lvl-7 Enchant	93	110	²⁰ ¹ ²⁰	Utility		Standard

Staves with a built-in spell requiring soul runes

Staff		Magic lvl	Runes
	Tumeken's shadow	85	⁵ ² +

Products

	Skills	XP	Materials
Aether rune × 61	90	20	1 × Pure essence 1 × Soul rune 61 × Aether catalyst 1 × Scarred extract
Aether rune	90	20	1 × Pure essence 1 × Soul rune 1 × Aether catalyst
Aether rune	90	30	1 × Daeyalt essence 1 × Soul rune 1 × Aether catalyst
Aether rune	90	20	1 × Guardian essence 1 × Soul rune 1 × Aether catalyst
Amulet of torture	93	110	1 × Zenyte amulet 1 × Cosmic rune 20 × Soul rune 20 × Blood rune
Ape atoll teleport (tablet)	90	100	2 × Law rune 2 × Soul rune 2 × Blood rune 1 × Dark essence block
Barrows teleport (tablet)	83	90	2 × Law rune 2 × Soul rune 1 × Blood rune 1 × Dark essence block
Carrallanger teleport (tablet)	84	94	2 × Law rune 2 × Soul rune 1 × Soft clay
Cemetery teleport (tablet)	71	82	1 × Law rune 1 × Soul rune 1 × Blood rune 1 × Dark essence block
Dark altar (Construction)	80	3,888	10 × Limestone brick 1 × Magic stone 5,000 × Blood rune 5,000 × Soul rune 1 × Arceuus signet
Dragonstone bolts (e) × 10	68	78	10 × Dragonstone bolts 15 × Earth rune 1 × Soul rune 1 × Cosmic rune
Dragonstone dragon bolts (e) × 10	68	78	10 × Dragonstone dragon bolts 15 × Earth rune 1 × Cosmic rune 1 × Soul rune
Elidinis' ward (f)	90 90	260 260	1 × Elidinis' ward 1 × Arcane sigil 10,000 × Soul rune
Fancy rejuvenation pool (Total)	85	4,406	5 × Limestone brick 5 × Bucket of water 1,000 × Soul rune 1,000 × Body rune 10 × Stamina potion(4) 10 × Prayer potion(4) 2 × Marble block 10 × Super restore(4)
Fenkenstrain's castle teleport (tablet)	48	50	1 × Law rune 1 × Soul rune 1 × Earth rune 1 × Dark essence block
Harmony island teleport (tablet)	65	74	1 × Law rune 1 × Soul rune 1 × Nature rune 1 × Dark essence block
Necklace of anguish	93	110	1 × Zenyte necklace 1 × Cosmic rune 20 × Soul rune 20 × Blood rune
Occult altar (Total)	90	3,445	10 × Limestone brick 1 × Magic stone 1 × Pharaoh's sceptre (uncharged) 5,000 × Blood rune 5,000 × Soul rune 10,000 × Astral rune 1 × Ancient signet 1 × Arceuus signet 1 × Lunar signet
Occult altar (Upgrade - Ancient altar)	90	3,445	1 × Ancient altar 5,000 × Blood rune 5,000 × Soul rune 10,000 × Astral rune 1 × Arceuus signet 1 × Lunar signet
Occult altar (Upgrade - Lunar altar)	90	3,445	1 × Lunar altar 1 × Pharaoh's sceptre (uncharged) 5,000 × Blood rune 5,000 × Soul rune 1 × Ancient signet 1 × Arceuus signet
Ornate rejuvenation pool (Total)	90	7,513	5 × Limestone brick 5 × Bucket of water 1,000 × Soul rune 1,000 × Body rune 10 × Stamina potion(4) 10 × Prayer potion(4) 2 × Marble block 10 × Super restore(4) 5 × Gold leaf 10 × Anti-venom(4) 1,000 × Blood rune
Rejuvenation pool (Total)	80	2,456	5 × Limestone brick 5 × Bucket of water 1,000 × Soul rune 1,000 × Body rune 10 × Stamina potion(4) 10 × Prayer potion(4)
Restoration pool	65	706	5 × Limestone brick 5 × Bucket of water 1,000 × Soul rune 1,000 × Body rune
Revitalisation pool (Total)	70	1,556	5 × Limestone brick 5 × Bucket of water 1,000 × Soul rune 1,000 × Body rune 10 × Stamina potion(4)
Ring of suffering	93	110	1 × Zenyte ring 1 × Cosmic rune 20 × Soul rune 20 × Blood rune
Rune case (High catalytic)	41 90	247 25	2 × Teak plank 2 × Molten glass 1 × Blood rune 1 × Death rune 1 × Law rune 1 × Soul rune
Salve graveyard teleport (tablet)	40	30	1 × Law rune 2 × Soul rune 1 × Dark essence block
Senntisten teleport (tablet)	60	70	2 × Law rune 1 × Soul rune 1 × Soft clay
Tormented bracelet	93	110	1 × Zenyte bracelet 1 × Cosmic rune 20 × Soul rune 20 × Blood rune
West ardougne teleport (tablet)	61	68	2 × Law rune 2 × Soul rune 1 × Dark essence block

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Mithril dragon	304	10	5/128
Dust devil Regular	93; 110	15	4/128
Dust devil Regular	93; 110	50	1/128
Dust devil Wilderness Slayer Cave	93	20	4/126
Dust devil Wilderness Slayer Cave	93	50	1/126
Skeletal Wyvern	140	20	1/128
Steel dragon Standard	246; 274	5	5/128
Iron dragon Standard	189; 215	3	5/128
Essence impling	42; 52	11	1/100
Spiritual mage Zaros	182	25	3/128
Essence impling jar	N/A	11	1/100
Kraken	291	50	7/128
Callisto	470	450	5/126
Smoke devil	160	10	4/128
Thermonuclear smoke devil	301	100	8/107
Nex	1001	86–592	Common
Reward casket (elite)	N/A	50–75	1/32.3
Professor Imblewyn	N/A	5–11	23/1,152
Tormented Demon	450	50–75	2/51
Corporeal Beast	785	250	32/512
Professor Onglewip	N/A	5–11	23/1,152
Cerberus	318	100	6/130
Abyssal Sire	350	225–275	5/139
Brutal black dragon	318	50	8/128
Greater Nechryael Regular	200	25	5/128
Greater Nechryael Wilderness Slayer Cave	200	25	5/112
Mutated Bloodveld	123	10	7/128
Skotizo	321	450	7/100
Reward casket (master)	N/A	100–200	1/30.3
Choke devil	264	20	3 × 4/128
Choke devil	264	50	3 × 1/128
Nechryarch Greater	300	25	3 × 5/128
Insatiable mutated Bloodveld	278	4	3 × 7/128
Nuclear smoke devil	280	10	3 × 4/128
Zamorak crafter	19	3	2/70
Spitting Wyvern	139	10	1/123
Taloned Wyvern	147	10	1/123
Long-tailed Wyvern	152	10	1/123
Grotesque Guardians		20–40	2 × 1/142
Wyrm	97	15–20	5/76
Yama	1238	500	2/95.11
Yama	1238	1,000	2/95.11
Zalcano	336	47–392	1/36
Sarachnis	318	80–100	5/100
Temple Spider	75	5	1/100
The Nightmare	814	8–132	4/100
Phosani's Nightmare	1024	110–228	4/100
Coffin (Hallowed Sepulchre) High	66	150–250	1/10
Grand Hallowed Coffin	84	150–250	1/10
Shadow Wyrm	259	15–20	3 × 5/76
Hallowed sack	N/A	150–250	2 × 1/10
Vardorvis	572; 784; 1136	400; 600	2/100
Ancient chest	N/A	1–6,553	2 × 1/33
Araxyte Level 96	96	9–12	5/127
Araxyte Level 146	146	18–24	5/127
Gold Chest (red)	N/A	10–29	6/143.91
Gold Chest (crimson)	N/A	10–29	6/144.08
Gold Chest (brown)	N/A	10–29	6/143.99
Gold Chest (black)	N/A	10–29	6/144.18
Gold Chest (purple)	N/A	10–29	6/144.28
Intricate pouch	N/A	150–200	5/45
Cache of runes	N/A	500–1,000	6/30
Cache of runes	N/A	1,000–1,500	3/30
Cache of runes	N/A	3,000	1/30
Chest (Tombs of Amascut)	N/A	28–1,282	3 × 1/27
Duke Sucellus	538; 758; 1099	666; 1,000	2/100
The Whisperer	587; 791; 1146	933; 1,400	2/100
The Leviathan	593; 798; 1157	600; 900	2/100
Phantom Muspah	741	380	2 × 10/235
Artio	320	150	5/128
Chest (Ancient Vault) Shadow quartz	N/A	500	1/5
Mutated Terrorbird	178	10–15	3 × 3/64
Warped Terrorbird	96; 138	10–15	3/64
Dreadborn Araxyte	281	18–24	3 × 5/127
Amoxliatl Post-quest		30–45	2 × 4/58
Eldric the Ice King	350	100–150	2 × 2/56
Branda the Fire Queen	350	100–150	2 × 2/55

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per
Magic Guild Store (Runes and Staves)	Wizards' Guild	250	6s	300	180	0.1%
Baba Yaga's Magic Shop. (post-quest)	Lunar Isle	250	6s	300	165	0.1%
Baba Yaga's Magic Shop.	Lunar Isle	250	6s	300	165	0.1%
Ali's Discount Wares. (Catalytic runes)	Al Kharid	100	30s	375	150	0.0%
Regath's Wares	Arceuus	50	18s	420	120	1.0%

Rewards Guardian (Mage Training Arena)

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

Item	Telekinetic	Alchemist	Enchantment	Graveyard
Soul rune	2	2	25	2

Changes

Date	Changes
14 September 2020 – 14 November 2022	The item's Grand Exchange buy limit was increased from 10,000 to 25,000.
13 June 2005 (Update)	The item's value was increased from 70 to 300. The item was graphically updated for a second time.
1 June 2005	The item was graphically updated.
29 March 2005 (Update)	The item's value was decreased from 1,250 to 70.

Gallery (historical)



29 March 2004 – 1 June 2005	1 June 2005 – 13 June 2005	13 June 2005 – present

Trivia

There is currently no official comment on what the symbol on the rune is. The most popular guess is angel wings, but many also interpret it as devil horns.