Life rune

The life rune was a magic rune developed for use in RuneScape Classic, but was never implemented into the game. It was a counterpart to the death rune, and was intended for use in early Summoning, also called Necromancy, which at the time was intended to be part of Magic, but was never released in RuneScape Classic due to the limits of the game engine.

The life rune was a source of much debate among the RuneScape community for some time due to it only being in early versions in the game. However, many of the rumours surrounding it were dispelled in the Development Diary of November 2007, in which Jagex explained its use.

Before the announcement of Summoning, the life rune was asked about by a player, who accurately described it, in the June 2007 Postbag from the Hedge. However, the response given by Historian Minas implied that the player had only heard false rumours.