Idlescape - Basic Runecrafting Guide

Runecrafting Guide for New Players

Runecrafting

Runecrafting is the art of creating runes using Rune Slates and Essence gathered from doing activities within the game. You can see how to earn certain essences by hovering over each essence, while Rune Slates are primarily gained from Mining. You also gain 1 Runecrafting Shard for every five minutes you spend doing actions.

Every 20 levels you have in Runecrafting will increase the amount of Runes made per action by 1. This is also increased by 1 when you consume a Talisman for the first time.

You have a base rune crafting amount of (value) runes per action, with a (percent) chance to craft an extra.

Each Rune crafted is worth 25 experience. Without any additional Factors, you will earn at least (value) experience per action.

Rune List:

Air Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Earth Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Fire Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Water Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Blood Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Death Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Chaos Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Nature Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Mind Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Cosmic Rune: A slate imbued with magic essence. Often needed to perform magic.
Unknown Rune: It appears to be a rune not created through conventional means. It is no use to you but someone may want it.

Essence and Runes

In order to create runes, one must gather essence. Essence is earned at a base rate of 3 per action, which can be increased to 9 once you find and consume a Talisman. However, some actions have multipliers to the amount of essence they reward, depending on other factors.

Essence List:

Air Essence: Air Essence can be gathered by waiting patiently.
Earth Essence: Earth Essence can be gathered while mining.
Fire Essence: Fire Essence can be gathered while smithing or cooking.
Water Essence: Water Essence can be gathered by fishing.
Blood Essence: Blood Essence can be gathered by dealing damage.
Death Essence: Death Essence can be gathered by killing opponents.
Chaos Essence: Chaos Essence can be gathered by attempting to hit an enemy.
Nature Essence: Nature Essence can be gathered by foraging and farming.
Mind Essence: Mind Essence can be gathered by enchanting and augmenting items or using magic in combat.
Cosmic Essence: Cosmic Essence can be gathered by enchanting or runecrafting.
Winter Essence: Winter essence can be gathered by doing non-combat Christmas event activities.

Talismans

Talisman’s can be found by opening up a Geode, Bird’s Nest, Sunken Treasure, or a Satchel from Combat. The first time you consume a Talisman, you’ll triple your passive essence gained, afterwards, anytime you consume a Talisman, it’ll reward you with a random amount of Essence based on the type of Talisman consumed. Talisman’s can be also crafted with an Unstable Talisman and some Essence, making Essence sellable.

Talisman List:

Air Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to air magic.
Earth Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to earth magic.
Fire Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to fire magic.
Water Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to water magic.
Blood Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to blood magic.
Death Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to death magic.
Chaos Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to chaos magic.
Nature Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to nature magic.
Mind Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to mind magic.
Cosmic Talisman: A magical talisman that can be consumed to strengthen your link to cosmic magic.
Unstable Talisman: An unstable talisman that is brimming with potential. Requires essence in order to condense it into a normal talisman, though some essence may be lost in the conversion process.

Cloth Weaving

Runecrafting can additionally create Imbued Cloth, which requires Aquatic Fibers gathered from Fishing. Cloth Weaving is not affected by standard Runecrafting Enchants, other than Efficiency and Haste. Rarely when weaving cloth, you’ll find Ancient Cloth Fragments, which can be used to craft an Abandoned Academy Scroll. This is a solo Gathering Dungeon that will scale off your Fishing and Runecrafting levels.