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Astral Altar
Altar
Released24 July 2006 (Update)
MembersYes
QuestLunar Diplomacy
LocationSouth-east side of Lunar Isle
League regionFremennik Fremennik✓
OptionsCraft-rune, Pray
ExamineA mysterious power emanates from this shrine.
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Object ID34771
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The Astral Altar is one of several runic altars located throughout Gielinor. It is situated on the south-east side of Lunar Isle.

The altar can be used to craft astral runes, granting 8.7 Runecraft experience per pure essence or 13 experience per daeyalt essence. Crafting astral runes requires 40 Runecraft and completion of Lunar Diplomacy.

Players who have completed Lunar Diplomacy may also pray at the altar to change to the Lunar spellbook from any other spellbook. Praying at the altar while on the Lunar spellbook will switch the player to the standard spellbook, regardless of which spellbook was previously active. The messages Lunar spells activated!, and Lunar spells deactivated! are displayed when switching to and from the Lunar spellbook, respectively. Despite the name of the interaction, praying at the altar does not restore prayer points.

The Astral Altar is a convenient place to train Runecraft or swap to the lunar or standard spellbooks due to its proximity to a bank and quick teleports.

Like the other runic altars, it was created long ago by V and the Moon Clan. According to Moon Clan tradition, the Astral Temple was the first created.[1] The clan concentrated their will upon a large dolmen constructed out of rune essence until it became "something which it was not".[2]

Transportation

The Astral Altar is located in the south-east of Lunar Isle. Caution is advised when traveling to or from the altar as players will encounter a several aggressive suqah in a multicombat area.

Common methods of reaching the altar include:

Access

Unlike most other runic altars, the Astral Altar is located directly on Gielinor's surface rather than within an extra-planar temple. It is accessed directly rather than via mysterious ruins, and thus does not require a talisman or tiara to access. It is also not accessible from the Abyss or Guardians of the Rift.

Players who have not completed Dream Mentor or the elite Fremennik Diary must wear a seal of passage when banking or interacting with NPCs on Lunar Isle to avoid getting kicked off the island, but can still use the altar without it.

Products

ProductMembersFacilitySkillsXPMaterials
1 × Astral rune
Members
  • Astral Altar
  • Runecraft 40
  • Runecraft 8.7
1 × Astral rune
Members
  • Astral Altar
  • Runecraft 40
  • Runecraft 13
61 × Astral rune
Members
  • Astral Altar
  • Runecraft 60
  • Runecraft 8.7

Changes

Date Changes
23 March 2022
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The pre-existing delay after using Essence on Runecraft Altars has been removed.

  • The Astral Altar.

Trivia

  • The Astral Altar is one of three runic altars that cannot be reached via the Abyss, the others being the Wrath Altar and Ourania Altar.
  • The Astral Altar is one of the only runic altars does not have a corresponding talisman or tiara.

References

  1. ^ "Moonclan manual". Old School RuneScape. "And so was created the Astral Temple. This was the first, and to this day we honour those who walked before us on the Astral Path, and prevent it falling into the ruin that this dimension has caused to its counterparts."
  2. ^ "Moonclan manual". Old School RuneScape. "By regular concentrated effort of will upon a large dolmen of essence, by a number of people simultaneously, the dolmen was finally convinced that it had become something which it was not."
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