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Telekinetic Grab

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Telekinetic Grab
Released24 May 2001 (Update)
MembersNo
LevelMagic 33
SpellbookStandard
TypeUtility
Experience43
Runes1Air 1Law
Casting speed3 ticks
DescriptionTake an item you can see but can't reach
Animation
Sound effect

Telekinetic Grab (also known as telegrab) is a utility spell available in the standard spellbook. It requires level 33 Magic to cast, and grants 43 Magic experience per cast.

The spell can be used to pick up an item (or a pile of a stackable item) up to 10 tiles away, including over or through obstacles such as fences, gates, and rivers. It is useful when picking up item spawns that are guarded by dangerous monsters, such as the wine of Zamorak in the Chaos Temple, and is also sometimes required for quests in order to pick up items that are guarded by NPCs or otherwise unreachable. For repeated casting, it is recommended to have a staff of air equipped to negate the need for air runes, and to have a way of restoring Magic level if grabbing wine of Zamorak outside of the Deep Wilderness Dungeon.

Telekinetic Grab can also be used to loot lost crates and Sailing monster corpses from a distance, which is helpful if the player is in a multicombat area and does not wish to aggro nearby monsters by getting closer to the corpse. This also skips the net throwing animation that normally plays. It can also be used to lure Wyrmscraig goats when goat hunting.

There are only a few items, such as Ahab's beer, raw pheasant, Trouble Brewing flowers, dragon tokens and equipable reward items from achievement diaries, which cannot be picked up with Telekinetic Grab.

Cost

Spell cost
InputCost
1 1 128
Combo runes
1 1 130
1 1 188
1 1 210
Main-hands
1 Alt122

Uses

Some notable areas where Telekinetic Grab can be used:

Quests

Changes

Date Changes
6 May 2026
(Update)
  • Casting Telekinetic Grab on defeated seaborne creatures now lets you collect their loot while remaining engaged to the cannon, or to similar facilities.
  • The Telekinetic Grab spell now works on lost crates too, provided you have the required Sailing level and some space for the crates' contents.
18 March 2026
(Update)

You can now use Telekinetic Grab to instantly loot a sea monster corpse with no net animation. Previously, there was a delay in place, which could cause the player to automatically Telekinetic Grab the corpse a second time while it was already moving towards the ship.

8 May 2024
(Update | poll)

Casting Telekinetic Grab will no longer stall the player. Additionally the projectile travel time no longer varies by distance.[1]

14 May 2015
(Update)

You can now cast telegrab around Seers' courthouse.

17 July 2014
(Update)

You can no longer telegrab members objects in F2P worlds, however you can still telegrab untrimmed skill capes.

Trivia

  • If you move to a different level while you are casting Telekinetic Grab, you will use the runes but not receive the item. You will receive the message Your telegrab fizzles as you move too far away.
  • If the target item of Telekinetic Grab disappears due to it either despawning or being picked up by another player, you will receive the message Too late - it's gone!
  • It is not possible to cast Telekinetic Grab close to the Tower of Life. You will receive the message That nearby tower seems to be interfering with the spell.
  • If you cast Telekinetic Grab on an item, and then start to interact with a farming patch immediately after casting, the spell will be cast, but you will not receive the item. Instead, you will receive the message You're too busy to take that item right now.

References

  1. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 29 October 2024. Archived from the original on 7 April 2026. Mod Ash: "[Does the casting speed of Telekinetic Grab depend on distance? It doesn't seem like it does based on testing, but according to the Wiki it does.] No. Though before the update in May, the projectile's travel time was based on the distance, which may well have given that impression. Since May it's been using a static projectile travel time."

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