Magic

For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Magic skill, see Magic/Level up table.

For the Magic training guide, see Magic training.

Magic

Released

17 June 2025 (Update)

Description

Defeat enemies with magic to level this skill.

Magic is one of the skills in Runescape: Dragonwilds and was released in Update 0.8. Magic is one of the three combat styles players can use. Combat spells can be cast to efficiently fight monsters from a distance, whereas utility spells have numerous uses.

In addition, players can gain experience from Magic Skill Tomes and special reward tomes like the Tome of the Dragon Slayer.

Equipment

Weapons

Magic weapons currently consist of staffs and more recently wands, of which there are several varieties. Staffs provide a passive rune damage multiplier to provide additional damage. Staffs are a two-handed weapon; thus, players cannot equip shields while wielding staffs. Wands however, can be used in tandem with a shield.

Armour

Players can earn set bonuses when wearing armour of the same combat type (i.e., melee, ranged, magic) and can mix and match within that type. For example, a player wearing a ranger hat (ranged), dragonkin mage robes (magic), and necromancer's robe bottom (magic) will get the second tier of magic set bonuses and the first tier of ranged set bonuses. The magic armour set bonuses are:

1/3 -50% stamina regen delay
2/3 +17.5% magic attack speed
3/3 +15% magic crit chance

Runes

Runes are used when casting spells. Currently, only air runes, water runes and fire runes can be used for combat magic. Players can select which elemental rune they want to autocast by going to the second tab of the inventory and right-clicking on the desired rune.

Rune	Base Damage	Passive	"Arcane Expertise" Combo Description
Air	13-22	Knockdown	Casts a wind tunnel AoE in front of the player, which knocks down enemies in its path.
Earth^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A	N/A
Water	7-13	Slowness	Casts a tsunami effect and a small splash for healing the caster and filling up their thirst meter.
Fire	6-10	Burn	Casts a circular fire shower AoE on the ground for several seconds, which burns enemies who walk through it.

↑ Combat mechanics are scheduled to release in future updates.

Consumables

Magical Focus is a craftable item unlocked at level 39 Magic where players can imbue their equipped staff with a 15% damage multiplier for 10 minutes.

Utility spells

Main article: Spells

Players unlock utility spells by levelling various skills, including but not limited to Magic. Some utility spells can assist with combat, while other spells are strictly used for skilling or gathering materials more quickly.

Players can access the Spell Book menu by pressing the P-button (default).

The left half of the menu shows a list of available/unavailable utility spells. Unavailable spells are greyed out, meaning the player has not met the skill requirement to unlock the spell. Players can hover over the icon for a description of each spell.

The right half of the menu shows the spellbook players can customise with up to 12 utility spells they have unlocked. Players can drag-and-drop or point-and-click the desired utility spells to the spellbook. Players can also cycle between four different spellbooks for added customisation.

Spellbook (wheel)

Players can access their customised spellbooks by pressing the Q-button (default), which will open the wheel whilst still seeing the player's surroundings. Players can cycle between their four spellbook loadouts and point-and-click the desired utility spell, which will automatically exit the interface.

Boosts

Players can consume potions, eat food, or equip trinkets to increase Magic experience received or damage dealt.

Unlike most other skills however, there are no Magic experience potions.

Lesser Magic Potion - Increases the chance of landing critical hits with magic by 25% for 10 minutes (600 seconds)
Sweet veg ball - Grants a 10% XP boost for 5 minutes (300 seconds)
Wild pie - Grants a 10% XP boost for 10 minutes (600 seconds)
Inspiring amulet of Magic - Provides a 5% XP boost to Magic while worn
Glazed pumpkin sandwich - provides 10% XP boost for 10 minutes (600 seconds)
Amulet of Magic - Increases magic damage by 12.5% while worn
Unholy symbol - Increases all damage by 15% while lowering maximum HP by 15 points.
Amulet of glory - Increases critical damage to all combat style

Leveling

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See experience for a table of the experience required to reach each level.

Level	Ability	Type	Description
All	Reduced Magic Stamina	Passive	Reduces the cost of magical stamina drain by 0.5% per level.
1	Air Magic	Passive	Summon the unrelenting force of air! Equip air runes to unleash the power of wind against an enemy, dealing high single target damage and knocking your enemies down!
5	Secondary Attacks	Passive	Charge up and release powerful secondary staff spells.
7	Water Magic	Passive	Conjure the supportive power of water! Equip water runes to damage and slow your enemies while also healing yourself and your allies. Kills with water magic have a chance to spawn water orbs.
11	Surge	Spell	Channel arcane power into your dodges, travelling further and evading longer as a result.
16	Arcane Expertise	Passive	Unlocks an additional powerful magical attack at the end of staff magic combos.
20	Runic Refund	Passive	Your greater understanding of magic gives you a 30% chance to preserve runes when attacking with magic.
21	Fire Magic	Passive	Wield the destructive forces of fire. Equip fire runes to deal medium damage to enemies in a large area and build up Burning on them to reduce them to ash
25	Afterimage	Passive	Distract your enemies by leaving behind an illusionary image for a short time when you use your first Surge charge.
30	Confuse	Spell	Twist the minds of lesser enemies, making them unable to distinguish between friend and foe for a limited time.
34	Magic Potion	Recipe	Unlock the recipe for the magic potion at the brewing cauldron.
39	Magic Focus	Recipe	Allows crafting of magic focus at the crafting table, which can be used to imbue magic staves to increase their damage!
44	Greater Confuse	Passive	The Confuse spell now works on a wider variety of creatures.
61	Enfeeble	Spell	Weakens the attacks of the targeted opponent.
80	Vengenace	Spell	A spell that reflects incoming damage back at the enemies.
99	Magic Skillcape	Unlock	Unlocks the ability to wear and craft the Magic skillcape and its trimmed variant.