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The Arceuus spellbook is a spellbook that players can immediately access upon speaking to Tyss in Arceuus; with a focus on necromancy, prayer, demon-slaying, and augmenting combat. Like the standard spellbook, it has a variety of combat and utility spells at its disposal, unlike the Lunar spellbook, which is primarily focused on utility spells, and the Ancient Magicks, which is heavily combat-oriented. A larger set of combat and utility spells are accessible to players upon completion of A Kingdom Divided.

Players can only have one type of spellbook at a time. If the player chooses to access the Arceuus spellbook it will replace their current one. You can speak to Tyss to have it lifted at any time.

Making extensive use of blood, nature, and soul runes, this spellbook is notable for its reanimation and offering spells used in Prayer training, and is also known for its vast array of teleportation spells which primarily transport players to destinations associated with death, such as graveyards and dungeons occupied by the undead.

History

The spellbook was likely developed after the discovery of the Dark Altar during the God Wars by refugees who founded Arceuus, where it is primarily used to help free trapped souls by way of reanimation. Occasionally, a soul does not successfully free itself from its physical body upon death, leaving behind a tormented soul trapped in their own corpse.^[1] The magicks of the Dark Altar allows the reanimation of ensouled cadavers, giving them a rudimentary body that can be killed to properly free the soul and pass on to the next world.^[2]^[3]

Additionally, due to Arceuus' low supply of law runes and lack of practical means to access the Law Altar, the study of teleportation magic has always been very limited throughout Great Kourend's history, with Xeric being the only known user of teleportation spells.^[4] However, after establishment of safe trade routes from the mainland,^[5] a steady supply of law runes became available, allowing Arceuus to research and create new teleportation spells.^[6]

After the removal of the Kourend Council from power, Lord Trobin Arceuus and a team of mages searched Xamphur's lair in Molch, who had played a role in the killing of King Kharedst IV decades ago, as well as the death of Thana. Though most of his research was removed from the area, some were left behind and proved to be practical for Arceuus' use, with the more dangerous spells left out.^[7]

Switching spellbooks

Players may speak with Tyss to switch to the Arceuus spellbook without any additional requirements, who can be found near the Dark Altar just north of Arceuus. Players can get to Tyss by using the fairy ring code CIS. Another option is to use the games necklace teleport to the Wintertodt Camp and run south-west until the snowy area exit, then run east afterwards. Another teleport closeby is Arceuus Library Teleport and run north, then east, which can be added as a portal in a player-owned house. If currently on the lunar spellbook, Spellbook Swap can be used to switch to the arceuus spellbook and then use Arceuus Home Teleport, which takes the player directly next to Tyss.

Alternatively, players who have level 80 Construction can build a dark altar within their Achievement Gallery, allowing them to freely switch between the standard and Arceuus spellbooks without having to travel to the real Dark Altar.

Teleportation spells

A player uses a teleport spell from the Arceuus spellbook.

Players are free to use all teleportation spells upon unlocking the Arceuus spellbook; completion of A Kingdom Divided is not required.

Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Notes
Arceuus Home Teleport	1	None	0	Teleports the player to the Dark Altar. It can only be used once every 30 minutes and can be interrupted by combat.
Minigame Teleport	N/A	None	0	Teleports the player to a minigame of their choice. It can only be used once every 20 minutes and can be interrupted by combat.
Arceuus Library Teleport	6	² ¹	9	Teleports the player north of the Arceuus Library.
Draynor Manor Teleport	17	¹ ¹ ¹	16	Teleports the player to Draynor Manor.
Battlefront Teleport	23	¹ ¹ ¹	19	Teleports the player to the Ancient Grave, just beyond the Battlefront.
Mind Altar Teleport	28	¹ ²	22	Teleports the player to the Mind Altar whose entrance is near the Wilderness.
Respawn Teleport	34	¹ ¹	27	Teleports the player to their current respawn point.
Salve Graveyard Teleport	40	¹ ²	30	Teleports the player to the ghoul area by the entrance to Mort Myre Swamp. Requires completion of Priest in Peril.
Fenkenstrain's Castle Teleport	48	¹ ¹ ¹	50	Teleports the player to Fenkenstrain's Castle. Requires completion of Priest in Peril.
West Ardougne Teleport	61	² ²	68	Teleports the player to the West Ardougne graveyard. Requires completion of Biohazard.
Harmony Island Teleport	65	¹ ¹ ¹	74	Teleports the player to Harmony Island. Requires completion of The Great Brain Robbery.
Cemetery Teleport	71	¹ ¹ ¹	82	Teleports the player to The Forgotten Cemetery in the Wilderness.
Barrows Teleport	83	¹ ² ²	90	Teleports the player to the Barrows. Requires completion of Priest in Peril.
Teleport to Target	85	¹ ¹ ¹	45	Teleports the player to their assigned target inside Daimon's Crater. Can only be cast on Bounty Hunter worlds.
Ape Atoll Teleport	90	² ² ²	100	Teleports the player to the Ape Atoll Dungeon. Requires completion of Monkey Madness I.

Combat spells

The combat spells of the Arceuus spellbook possess a mix of offensive and support spells, which includes spells to resurrect thralls, which fight alongside the player for a set amount of time.

With the exception of Ghostly Grasp and Inferior Demonbane, all combat spells in the Arceuus spellbook require completion of the quest A Kingdom Divided.

Autocasting

Offensive Arceuus spells can only be autocast with particular magic weapons:

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Ahrim's staff	12	-1	65	15	0	3	5	2	15	0	68	5%	0	0	2.267
	Blue moon spear	70	62	62	30	0	2	3	1	15	0	71	5%	0	0	3.000
	Kodai wand	0	0	0	28	0	0	3	3	20	0	0	15%	0	0	0.198
	Master wand	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	10%	0	0	0.198
	Purging staff	10	-5	83	37	0	1	1	0	25	0	62	10%	0	0	2.721
	Skull sceptre	0	-1	7	10	0	2	3	1	4	0	3	0%	0	0	1.814
	Skull sceptre (i)	0	-1	7	10	0	2	3	1	4	0	3	0%	0	0	1.814
	Slayer's staff	7	-1	25	12	0	2	3	1	10	0	35	0%	0	0	1.814
	Slayer's staff (e)	7	-1	25	12	0	2	3	1	10	0	35	0%	0	0	1.950
	Staff of the dead	55	70	0	17	0	0	3	3	17	0	72	15%	0	0	1.500
	Toxic staff of the dead	55	70	0	25	0	0	3	3	17	0	72	15%	0	0	1.500

Grasp spells

Grasp spells deal damage and provide a chance to stop the target from moving for a short time. The bind chance is doubled when the caster is under the effect of the Mark of Darkness spell, though the bind duration remains the same. However, if the target is under the effect of the Ward of Arceuus spell, they will only be bound in place for 0.6 seconds if successfully bound by the caster.

Spell	Level	Runes	Coins^{[g 1]}	XP	Base max hit^{[g 2]}	Bind chance	Bind time (seconds)
Ghostly Grasp	35	⁴ ¹	126	22.5	12	10%	1.2
Skeletal Grasp	56	⁸ ¹	225	33	17	25%	1.8
Undead Grasp	79	¹² ¹	434	46.5	24	50%	2.4

^ Price will vary when using combination runes.
^ Maximum hit may be increased by using equipment which increases magic damage, wearing a black mask (i) or Slayer helmet (i) and attacking an on-task enemy, or by other methods. To see how these affect a spell's max hit, consult the magic damage calculator on that spell's page.

Demonbane spells

Demonbane spells deal damage (with a 20% accuracy bonus) much like any other offensive spells, but can only be cast on demonic creatures. They will have an additional 25% damage and 40% accuracy bonus if the caster is under the effect of the Mark of Darkness spell. The damage bonus is applied after any bonus damage from gear.

Spell	Level	Runes	Coins^{[b 1]}	XP	Base max hit^{[b 2]}
Inferior Demonbane	44	³ ¹	121	27	16
Superior Demonbane	62	⁵ ¹	405	36	23
Dark Demonbane	82	⁷ ²	795	43.5	30

^ Price will vary when using combination runes.
^ Maximum hit may be increased by using equipment which increases magic damage, wearing a black mask (i) or Slayer helmet (i) and attacking an on-task enemy, or by other methods. To see how these affect a spell's max hit, consult the magic damage calculator on that spell's page.

Corruption spells

Corruption spells provide a chance to inflict corruption (draining the target's prayer) on the caster's next successful hit. If a player with corruption spells active attacks an opposing player with Ward of Arceuus active, the attacker's corruption spells will remain active until the target's Ward expires, after which the next successful attack post-expiration will roll the chance for corruption.

Players cannot cast corruption spells on a player if they are currently corrupted, nor can they do so while the target is under the effects of the Ward of Arceuus spell. There is no immunity period after corruption wears off on a player.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Corruption chance	Corruption prayer drain
		Lesser Corruption	64	¹ ²	75	50%	1, 2, 3 (6 total)
		Greater Corruption	85	¹ ³	95	50%	2, 4, 6 (12 total)

Resurrection spells

Requires having the book of the dead equipped or in the player's inventory (which is obtained upon completion of A Kingdom Divided). Casting resurrection spells requires prayer points in addition to runes and will summon a thrall that attacks the same target that the player is attacking for a certain amount of time ( seconds). The duration of the thrall is extended an additional 100% if the player has completed the Master Combat Achievements.

Players can only summon one thrall at a time, and it cannot attack other players. Thralls have an attack speed of 4 (attacking every 2.4 seconds), cannot be damaged, and ignore accuracy checks when attacking, making them very powerful in long encounters such as raids and other high-levelled bosses such as Nex.

These spells cannot be used in various locations; the full list of which can be found here.

Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Prayer points cost	Thrall attack style	Thrall max hit
Resurrect Lesser Ghost	38	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	55	2	Magic	1
Resurrect Lesser Skeleton	38	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	55	2	Ranged	1
Resurrect Lesser Zombie	38	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	55	2	Melee	1
Resurrect Superior Ghost	57	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	70	4	Magic	2
Resurrect Superior Skeleton	57	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	70	4	Ranged	2
Resurrect Superior Zombie	57	¹⁰ ¹ ⁵	70	4	Melee	2
Resurrect Greater Ghost	76	¹⁰ ⁵ ¹	88	6	Magic	3
Resurrect Greater Skeleton	76	¹⁰ ⁵ ¹	88	6	Ranged	3
Resurrect Greater Zombie	76	¹⁰ ⁵ ¹	88	6	Melee	3

Other spells

Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Description
Dark Lure	50	¹ ¹	60	Lures monsters to attack players, and stops them from retreating. Can also be cast on implings.
Mark of Darkness	59	¹ ¹	70	Gives various offensive buffs to the caster that last for a set amount of time.
Ward of Arceuus	73	¹ ² ⁴	83	Gives various defensive buffs to the caster that last for a set amount of time.

Utility spells

With the exception of Resurrect Crops and reanimation spells, all utility spells in the Arceuus spellbook require completion of the quest A Kingdom Divided.

Reanimation spells

Reanimation spells will reanimate certain creatures whose heads still contain their souls. Players are awarded Magic experience for casting the spell, and Prayer experience for killing the reanimated creature. A majority of reanimated creatures will have a maximum of 35 Hitpoints.

Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Compatible ensouled heads
Basic Reanimation	16	⁴ ²	32	Goblin, monkey, imp, minotaur, scorpion, bear, unicorn
Adept Reanimation	41	⁴ ³ ¹	80	Dog, chaos druid, ogre, giant, elf, troll, horror
Expert Reanimation	72	¹ ³ ²	138	Kalphite, dagannoth, bloodveld, TzHaar, demon, hellhound
Master Reanimation	90	² ⁴ ⁴	170	Aviansie, abyssal demon, dragon

Offering spells

Offering spells convert up to three sets of remains to prayer points, granting three times the normal experience of burying or scattering remains. They take the same amount of time as offering three remains at an altar in a player-owned house chapel.

Icon	Mobile icon	Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Remains converted
		Demonic Offering	84	¹ ¹	175	Ashes
		Sinister Offering	92	¹ ¹	180	Bones

Other spells

Spell	Level	Runes	XP	Description
Shadow Veil	47	⁵ ⁵ ⁵	58	Grants a 15% chance (36.25% if wearing the dodgy necklace) to avoid being stunned and damaged while pickpocketing NPCs for a set amount of time.
Vile Vigour	66	³ ¹	76	Converts remaining prayer points into run energy at a 1:1 ratio.
Degrime	70	⁴ ²	83	Cleans all grimy herbs in the player's inventory that the player has the Herblore level to clean, giving only half the usual XP for cleaning them.
Resurrect Crops	78	²⁵ ⁸ ¹² ⁸	90	Gives a chance for a dead farming patch to be brought back to life. If the spell fails, the patch is cleared out.
Death Charge	80	¹ ¹ ¹	90	Restores 15% of the player's special attack energy upon killing a monster.

Discontinued spells

The Arceuus spellbook prior to the merging of reanimation spells.

With an update on 28 April 2021, the spellbook was significantly reduced in size to prepare for the release of the quest A Kingdom Divided.

There were formerly reanimation spells for each ensouled head, which were merged into four reanimation spells in the update. In addition, the Lumbridge Graveyard Teleport was replaced with the Arceuus Library Teleport.

Spell	Level	Runes	XP
Reanimate Goblin	3	² ¹	6
Lumbridge Graveyard Teleport	6	² ¹	9
Reanimate Monkey	7	³ ¹	14
Reanimate Imp	12	³ ²	24
Reanimate Minotaur	16	⁴ ²	32
Reanimate Scorpion	19	¹ ¹	38
Reanimate Bear	21	¹ ¹ ¹	42
Reanimate Unicorn	22	² ¹ ¹	44
Reanimate Dog	26	² ² ¹	52
Reanimate Chaos Druid	30	³ ² ¹	60
Reanimate Giant	37	⁴ ² ¹	74
Reanimate Ogre	40	⁴ ³ ¹	80
Reanimate Elf	43	² ² ²	86
Reanimate Troll	46	³ ² ²	92
Reanimate Horror	52	⁴ ² ²	104
Reanimate Kalphite	57	⁴ ³ ²	114
Reanimate Dagannoth	62	⁴ ³ ³	124
Reanimate Bloodveld	65	¹ ² ²	130
Reanimate TzHaar	69	¹ ³ ²	138
Reanimate Demon	72	¹ ⁴ ²	144
Reanimate Aviansie	78	¹ ⁴ ³	156
Reanimate Abyssal Creature	85	¹ ⁴ ⁴	170
Reanimate Dragon	93	² ⁴ ⁴	186

Unused spells

Some spells designs were cut from the Arceuus spellbook rework, although Mod West had still made spell icons for them and can be found within the game cache.

A bone conversion spell resembling bones to bananas/peaches
A teleport spell to the Wilderness
A teleport spell to the Wilderness (mobile)
A resurrection spell
A resurrection spell (mobile)
A corruption spell
A corruption spell (mobile)
A spell resembling Magic Dart
A red demonbane spell (mobile)
A yellow-green demonbane spell (mobile)
A spell resembling Crumble Undead

Changes

Date	Changes
18 March 2026 (Update)	Fixed an issue where Sinister Offering was missing from the Arceuus spellbook when spell filtering was disabled.
22 May 2025 (Update)	All demonbane spells now have reduced Fire Rune costs. From 4/8/12 to 3/5/7.
26 June 2024 (Update)	The Teleport to Target Spell is now accessible via the Arceuus spellbook.
10 January 2024 (Update \| poll)	As Kourend Favour has been removed, accessing the spellbook now requires simply speaking to Tyss.
30 June 2021 (Update)	Demonbane spells now have a 20% accuracy bonus, increasing to 40% for demonic creatures under the effects of the Mark of Darkness spell. An animation will now play when a target is no longer under the effects of the Mark of Darkness spell. Offering spells are now cast instantly, and have a cooldown timer before it can be cast again. Death Charge now restores special attack energy when fighting the Grotesque Guardians.
16 June 2021 (Update \| poll)	New combat spells and utility spells have been added to the spellbook, most of which require completion of A Kingdom Divided to cast. The spellbook icon was graphically updated.
28 April 2021 (Update \| poll)	Reanimation spells were merged into four spells. The Lumbridge Graveyard Teleport spell was replaced with the Arceuus Library Teleport spell. Various teleport spell icons were graphically updated.
10 January 2019 (Update)	The Battlefront Teleport spell was added.
11 October 2018 (Update)	The spellbook icons for reanimation spells were graphically updated.
18 February 2016 (Update)	The spellbook is now referred to as the "Arceuus spellbook" instead of the "Necromancy spellbook".
29 January 2016 (Update)	Teleport spells in the Arceuus spellbook now use combination runes correctly. Casting the Resurrect Crops spell after having used Spellbook Swap will now swap the spellbook back.
28 January 2016 (Update \| poll)	Eleven teleport spells were added to the spellbook. The Resurrect Crops spell has been added.

References

^ Aretha. "Soul journey". Old School RuneScape. "The soul does not always succeed in freeing itself from its flesh-temple at the time of death. Many warriors have found, to their horror, that the soul of their foe remains trapped in the corpse."
^ Lord Trobin Arceuus. Old School RuneScape. "There are many souls that find themselves trapped here after death. My people and I do our best to release them."
^ Aretha. "Soul journey". Old School RuneScape. "Ensouled heads are a sign of a soul in torment; it is therefore our duty to free such souls from their prison with all due speed. The magic of the Dark Altar enables the ensouled head to re-form itself a rudimentary body; this may be slain in order to grant liberty to the soul at last."
^ Amon Ducot. "Transportation incantations". Old School RuneScape. "Unfortunately our supplies of law runes are extremely limited at this time, making the spell of little use. Indeed, the study of teleportation magicks has always been very limited throughout Kourend's history for this reason, aside from whatever sorcery was practiced by Xeric."
^ Commander Fullore. Old School RuneScape. "It was under [the Council] that trade with your lands to the east was established. Without those trade routes, you would have no easy way of getting here."
^ "Devblog 38 - Zeah, Deadman Mode and Jad 2". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original. "Teleportation – the inhabitants of Zeah have never had law runes before and so have not been able to investigate the ability of teleportation. Since your arrival on Zeah new teleports have been researched and discovered using the power of the dark altar."
^ Lord Trobin Arceuus. Old School RuneScape. "...we did manage to search his [Xamphur's] lair in Molch. Most of it had been cleared out before we arrived. There was some research left behind though. Notes on potential new spells. Some are far too dangerous to use, but others we've found to be safe. We're preparing a tome of all the ones that are suitable."

v t e Spellbooks
	Standard Arceuus Ancient Lunar

Combat

Lesser	Ghost Skeleton Zombie
Superior	Ghost Skeleton Zombie
Greater	Ghost Skeleton Zombie

Thralls

Lesser	Ghost Skeleton Zombie
Superior	Ghost Skeleton Zombie
Greater	Ghost Skeleton Zombie

Other spells

Teleport

Utility

Reanimation spells	Basic Adept Expert Master
Offering spells	Demonic Sinister
Other spells	Shadow Veil Dark Lure Vile Vigour Degrime Resurrect Crops Death Charge

Discontinued

	Lumbridge Graveyard Teleport
Basic Reanimation	Goblin Monkey Imp Minotaur Scorpion Bear Unicorn
Adept Reanimation	Dog Chaos Druid Giant Ogre Elf Troll Horror
Expert Reanimation	Kalphite Dagannoth Bloodveld TzHaar Demon
Master Reanimation	Aviansie Abyssal Creature Dragon

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