Runes are critical for the Magic skill in Old School RuneScape, so much so, that they are actually in the name of the game. With Runecraft being one of the most dreaded and most loved skills in the game, it is just obvious that runes are gonna be a huge inspiration for many players who ultimately decided to get OSRS runes tattoos.
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Middle finger death rune tattoo
This tattoo showcases a RuneScape death rune inked on the finger, a placement that is both discreet and playful. It’s done in a simple blackwork style, using solid black ink to create the outline and fill of the iconic emoticon, which is popular within the game’s community. The choice to place it on the finger makes it easily concealable, yet it can be a fun reveal during personal interactions. The minimalist approach emphasizes the straightforward design, making it immediately recognizable to those familiar with RuneScape, symbolizing a light-hearted aspect of the gaming experience.
Rune Trio Tattoos
Teleport to Varrock runes tattoo
This tattoo showcases three OSRS-inspired runes in a pixelated, grayscale style, that makes use of negative space for the rune symbols on each of the runes. The black and gray ink enhances the vintage look and keeps the design understated. Positioned on the upper thigh, the tattoo follows a horizontal layout, allowing each rune to stand alone while maintaining a cohesive, unified row across the skin.
Varrock teleport runes tattoo
This vibrant tattoo features a collection of iconic OSRS rune symbols, including the law, fire and air runes, inked on the upper arm, a popular spot for larger, detailed designs. Each rune is depicted in a colorful, cartoonish style with bold outlines and bright fills that stand out against the skin, bringing a playful and vivid portrayal of the game’s elements. The technique showcases solid color work and smooth gradients, with each symbol cleanly separated by skin breaks to enhance their individuality. The arrangement of the runes in a close cluster makes the tattoo a compact yet comprehensive teleport to Varrock spell from the standard spellbook. Near the runes there’s a dragon dagger, and here are some more dragon dagger tattoos.
Watercolor teleport to house runes tattoo
This vivid tattoo on the forearm features a creative rendition of OSRS runes, using a watercolor style that merges vibrant splashes of blue and pink around a central rune design. The central focus is a the teleport to house spell runes: law air and earth represented in a clean, geometric fashion, contrasting sharply with the fluid, abstract background. The use of watercolor technique, with its flowing and overlapping hues, gives the tattoo a dynamic and ethereal quality, emphasizing the magical and powerful nature of the rune. Its placement on the forearm allows for easy visibility and makes it a striking statement piece. The merging of crisp linework with the soft watercolor effects creates a modern and artistic interpretation of the game’s elements.
Black teleport to house runes tattoo
This tattoo showcases three OSRS runes: Law, Air, and Earth, the runes necessary for the teleport to house spell, arranged vertically along the wrist, a popular placement for its visibility and symbolism of power flowing through the arm. Executed in a bold blackwork style, each rune is represented in a crisp, minimalist design that emphasizes clarity and precision with stark, black geometric shapes against the skin. The simplicity of the style highlights the iconic nature of these symbols, making them instantly recognizable to players of the game. The vertical arrangement enhances the aesthetic appeal, allowing each rune symbol to be individually appreciated while contributing to a cohesive overall look.
Colourful teleport to house rune symbols tattoo
This tattoo presents a series of OSRS rune symbols: Law, Air, and Earth runes, the runes used for the teleport to house spell from the standard spellbook, inked vertically down the inner forearm, a place that lends itself well to the linear arrangement. Each icon is done in a minimalist style, featuring solid black for the earth rune, black, white, and grey for the air rune and a vibrant blue for the law rune, emphasizing their individual meanings and game functions. The simple, clean lines and limited color palette highlight the precise geometric shapes of each rune, making them distinct and easily recognizable to fans of the game.
Black runes tattoo
This tattoo features three iconic symbols from OSRS arranged in a line on the forearm: the astral rune, the cosmic rune and the body rune. Each symbol is inked in a bold blackwork style, utilizing solid black fills to create a strong visual impact against the skin. The crisp, clean edges of each design enhance their distinct shapes, conveying clarity and precision. The choice of placement on the forearm allows for each symbol to be displayed prominently, making them easily visible. This tattoo setup is simple yet striking, celebrating the game’s elements in a minimalist but recognizable way.
Black teleport to house spell runes tattoo
This tattoo features a sequence of three stylized OSRS rune symbols inked on the forearm. Each symbol is done in a bold blackwork style, characterized by solid black fills and crisp, sharp edges, giving it a striking and minimalist aesthetic. The runes are the combination used for the teleport to house spell, adding another layer of meaning to the tattoo.
Colourful teleport to house runes tattoo
This tattoo features a series of OSRS runes: law, earth, and air (the teleport to house spell), arranged vertically down the upper arm. The technique involves solid color fills, precise outlines, and subtle gradients within the hexagons for depth. This placement on the upper arm offers ample space for each symbol to be detailed and distinct, making it a prominent and artistic tribute to the game. The vertical line of runes also subtly accentuates the arm’s shape.
Death – Blood – Water rune combo tattoo
This tattoo features a pixel-art style inspired by the runes from Old School RuneScape. The design uses bold, blocky lines and simple shapes to mimic the game’s 8-bit graphics, creating a retro gaming aesthetic. The tattoo contains a death, blood, and water rune. The colors and shading are flat, adding to the minimalist look, while the numbers below each rune are inked in green and represent the amount of each type of rune.
Varrock teleport spell runes tattoo
This tattoo features a set of four OSRS runes: law, air and fire, as well as the numeric value that indicate they are meant as the Varrock teleport spell along the forearm. Each rune is distinct, rendered in a crisp, circular design with solid black outlines filled with specific colors to match their in-game representation: blue for law, gray for air, and red for fire. The simple yet bold style emphasizes clarity and the symbolic meanings of each rune. The choice of placement on the forearm makes these icons easily visible, turning the arm into a showcase of the player’s connection to various elements of the game. This layout not only highlights each rune but also aligns them in an easily readable row, enhancing their collective impact.
Rune Collection Tattoos
Multi runes tattoo
This rune-inspired tattoo features bold, geometric shapes representing various rune symbols in black ink. Each rune is created with thick, solid lines, giving a clear and defined appearance. The tattoo uses minimal shading, relying instead on simple shapes and negative space to create each rune. This design emphasizes simplicity and clarity, with each rune standing out due to the consistent line thickness and dark fill.
Leg runes tattoo
This visually captivating tattoo features a collection of various OSRS runes and symbols arranged in a circular pattern along the calf. Each rune is individually encased within a circle and rendered in a realistic style, showcasing a range of colors that correspond to their in-game representations. The technique used includes fine shading and color blending to give depth to each symbol, making them stand out against the skin.
Spine runes tattoo
This stunning tattoo features a series of OSRS rune symbols aligned vertically down the spine. Each rune is intricately detailed and colored to represent different magical properties, from combat to teleportation spells. The style is realistic with each rune icon clearly defined and vibrant, standing out against the skin with rich, deep colors and precise outlines. This placement along the spine not only emphasizes the tattoo’s symmetry and order but also signifies the spine’s role as a central pillar, much like the central role of runes for Magic and Runecraft in OSRS. The technique showcases skilled color blending and shading, enhancing the visual impact of each rune and a stunning full tattoo!
Magic skill icon and runes tattoo
This tattoo on the upper arm showcases a vibrant collection of OSRS rune symbols around the Magic skill icon, so it could be considered a skilling tattoo. The use of bright colors and distinct outlines gives each symbol a lively and eye-catching appearance. The wizard’s hat, prominently displayed, acts as the central piece, with smaller symbols artistically placed around it to create a magical and adventurous theme. The choice of placement on the upper arm provides a broad canvas that allows each element to be appreciated both individually and as part of the overall ensemble. This setup captures the essence of magic and adventure found in OSRS.
Elemental runes tattoo
This tattoo, located on the inner forearm, displays a vertical sequence of four OSRS elemental runes: Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, each set within a distinct rune circle. The design employs a minimalist approach with thick black outlines and vibrant, solid fills that correspond to the elements each rune represents: brown for Earth, white for Air, blue for Water, and red for Fire. The tattoo uses clean, simple lines and color blocking to enhance visibility and recognition. The choice of placement on the inner forearm allows each rune to be prominently displayed, serving as a personal homage to the elemental powers within the game, just in time for the elemental weakness update in OSRS.
Rune fingers tattoos
This is a series of four tattoos that resemble the symbols of four types of runes from OSRS. The tattoos are made using coloured ink and are placed on the fingers: a water rune on the pinky, a chaos rune on the ring finger, a blood rune on the middle finger, and a death rune on the pointer.
Fingers runes tattoos
This tattoo showcases a striking collection of OSRS runes together with the Zaros symbol inked across the knuckles. Each tattoo: water rune, death rune, zaros symbol, and blood rune is detailed with a simple, bold outline filled with corresponding colors to enhance their symbolic meanings, as well as dots for shading representing the dot style. The placement on the knuckles makes each symbol highly conspicuous, turning the hands into a vivid display of the wearer’s dedication to different aspects of the game. This choice of location also reflects a personal statement of identity and allegiance within the OSRS community.
Fingers elemental runes tattoo
There are 4 elemental runes in OSRS, not counting the combination runes. This scaper got all four of them on their fingers: an air rune on the pointer, fire on the middle finger, earth on the ring finger, and water on the pinky.
Moon phases runes tattoo
This is a unique blackwork style tattoo inspired both by the phases of the moon and three Old School RuneScape runes. Even though there are 8 phases of the moon the tattoo only has 7 circles, and three of them are beautifully disguised as runes, with the symbols of an air, law, and fire rune beautifully embedded within the shadows used to design each phase of the moon. The three runes stand for teleport to Varrock, and while most adults would be able to recognize the phases of the moon, only scapers would know it’s a subtle reference to Varrock. This tattoo amazes both through the unique design and combination of elements, style and precision, and through meaning!
Collection of Runes tattoo
This tattoo features a series of colorful symbols inspired by runes from OSRS. The design uses a simple, minimalist style, with clean outlines and flat, solid colors. Each symbol is individually inked with precise, fine-line work and is spaced apart to maintain clarity. The style is straightforward, with a focus on accuracy and alignment, giving each rune a clear, defined appearance.
Rune symbols tattoos
These colourful nails are absolutely fantastic, and I don’t say that very often! The colours, the shape…. oh, tattoos, the nails caught my eyes first, but just as good is the impressive simple rune symbols collection on each of the fingers. All created with the single needle technique, they beautifully decorate each finger!
Black fingers runes tattoo
Fingers are a popular place especially for rune tattoos. This scaper got the symbols of 7 RuneScape runes on their finger in full black ink with a spare finger for a skull, which is a PK tattoo. On one hand they got a water rune, a cosmic rune, a body rune, and an earth rune and on the other a water rune, mind rune, law rune, and the PK skull.
Individual Runes Tattoos
Water rune tattoo
This scaper got a home made tattoo that resembles a water rune. The design reminds of the watercolor technique. The rune features blacks, greys, and blue.
Law rune tattoo
This tattoo contains the simple outlines of three solid OSRS elements: a law rune symbol, a clue scroll, and a gravestone. Certainly one of the most unique juxtaposition of RuneScape elements I’ve seen in over 500 tattoos! The design is minimalistic and simple, it uses solely black ink and it consists of simple lines done in the single needle technique.
Chaos rune tattoo
This tattoo is a inked on the leg and it is a 3D representation of an OSRS chaos rune. The artist used various shades of grey, black, white and orange specific to this rune. Shadows and highlights are beautifully used to create depth and unique details such as cracks on the rune stone.
Nature rune tattoo
This tattoo displays the iconic OSRS nature rune symbol inked on the forearm, a spot that allows for good visibility and detail. The tattoo is done in a bold blackwork style, featuring thick black outlines and solid fills that enhance the nature rune’s symbol silhouette. There is subtle shading within the rune symbol to give it depth and dimension.
Foot earth rune tattoo
This tattoo features the earth rune from OSRS, subtly placed on the side of the ankle. The design is rendered in a minimalist black line style, emphasizing clean, precise outlines. The choice of placement on the ankle is both unique and discreet, allowing the wearer to conceal or reveal it as they wish. This tattoo’s simplicity and small scale require careful technical precision to capture the details of the symbol, making it a modest yet meaningful tribute to the game.
Death rune tattoo
This OSRS death rune tattoo features bold outlines and vibrant colors, highlighting the contrast between the dark gray rune shadows and the white skull symbol on the death rune. The design incorporates thick black shading for depth, while soft gradients add a smoky effect around the rune. The tattoo is placed on the arm, offering visibility and ample space for the design’s details. This style effectively combines solid fills with a minimal use of gradients, creating a balanced, graphic look.
Mind Rune tattoo
This is a colourful mind rune tattoo that’s large in size and matches the candle underneath it in warmth and theme. The colourful tattoo is detailed and textured to bring to life the low level catalytic rune.
Remember you die death rune tattoo
This tattoo features a death rune in a pixelated, minimalist style together with the text memento mori underneath, the Latin for “remember that you die” . The design showcases simple, block-like shading within a gray, circular frame to mimic retro game graphics. The skull and crossbones are colored with white and black tones, creating a contrast against the background. Below and to the sides, the words “Memento Mori” are inked in a bold, hand-drawn font, giving the text a rough, slightly jagged look.
