Air rune

Air rune is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 3 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Air rune is to buy it: Betty's Magic Emporium in Port Sarim sells it for 17 coins, and 5 other shops stock it too.

“One of the four basic elemental runes. Used in Magic (1).”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 3 gp

Updated 9 October 2026. Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

At least 9 monsters drop it. The easiest is Giant spider (level 2, 3/128); the best rate is Ancient mage (level 103), at 5/128, about 9.8 per kill. You can also make it yourself: it takes 1 Runecrafting and gives 5 Runecrafting XP, using Rune essence. There are 2 other recipes below. Other sources include Eclectic impling, Essence impling, Essence impling jar and Eclectic impling jar, plus 4 more listed below. Making ten takes 10 × Rune essence and gives 50 Runecrafting XP. 45 recipes use Air rune, including Accursed urn (empty), Air orb and Amulet of defence. Air rune is available on free-to-play worlds too. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 3 coins, which is 14 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.

At a glance

Members: No (free-to-play)
Tradeable: Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch: 3 coins
Monster drops: 9
Shops: 6
Recipes: 3
Used in: 45 recipes

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Ancient mage	103	250	5/128
Blood reaver	108	250	5/128
Infernal Mage (elite)	77	25	5/40
Air wizard	16	5–10	19/20
Saradomin wizard	98	189	2/128
Zamorak wizard	70	189	2/128
Giant spiderEasiest	2	2–7	3/128
Goblin	2	2–7	3/128
Goblin (Lumbridge)	2	2–7	3/128