What do you need for Warding Off Danger?

Requirements: Rune Mysteries. Items: 13 stones; 9 rune essences.

Where is Warding Off Danger in RuneScape: Dragonwilds?

Start: Speak to the Wise Old Man, located north-east of the Bramblemead Valley ruins. Key locations: Wise Old Man. The marker location table lists every named place with map coordinates.

When was Warding Off Danger added?

Release date not recorded. Patch 1.0.1.2 · Last reviewed 2026-10-30.

Warding Off Danger

primary

The Wise Old Man wants to teach you about Lifewards and how to recharge them.

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Walkthrough

The Wise Old Man explains lifewards and how to recharge them. You build a rune altar, craft a small wardstone and show it to him.

Numbered pins match the steps below (2 of 4 steps located). Click a step to focus the map — coordinates from our own map data.

Tips

Across both builds you need 13 stone and 9 rune essence in total.
Craft spare wardstones, and a higher-tier one if you can, ready for the Dragon Slayer quest.

Warding Off Danger — marker locations and coordinates

Every named landmark, NPC and item location in Warding Off Danger, with the guide step it belongs to and map coordinates from our own Ashenfall map data.