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Impure essence

Impure essence

Impure essence is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 6 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Impure essence is to buy it: Thalmund's Wares in City of Um sells it for 100 coins.

“An uncharged rune stone imbued with necrotic energy. Used in Runecrafting for training and production.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 6 gp

Updated . 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

You can also make it yourself: it takes 24 Necromancy and gives 310 Necromancy XP, using 200 × Pure essence, 2 × Elemental I, 2 × Change I and 4 × Basic ritual candle. There are 2 other recipes below. Other sources include Chest (Rasial's Citadel). Where the materials come from: Pure essence (sold by Azur's Scrap Stone for 4 coins); Elemental I (made with 1 Necromancy); Change I (made with 20 Necromancy). Making ten takes 2,000 × Pure essence, 20 × Elemental I, 20 × Change I and 40 × Basic ritual candle and gives 3,100 Necromancy XP. Reaching level 24 Necromancy takes 7,028 XP in total; the Necromancy calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Necromancy guide has the Ironman training route. 5 recipes use Impure essence, including Bone rune, Flesh rune and Miasma rune. Impure essence 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 6 coins, which is 94 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
6 coins
Monster drops
None
Shops
1
Recipes
3
Used in
5 recipes

Make it yourself

Getting the materials as an Ironman

Shops

Other sources

Minigames, reward chests, clues, skilling and other non-combat sources.

Where it fits for an Ironman

Minigames and places

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