Guardians of the Rift Calculator
Games, reward searches and pearls to your Runecraft goal
1 · Your goal
Example: level 77 to 99, 4 + 4 points a game
About 1,126 games
About 188 hours at 6 games an hour. 8,333 XP a game at 77, 10,833 near 99.
4,504reward searches
~8,686abyssal pearls (average)
1.1MCrafting XP on the side
571KMining XP on the sideFull Raiments of the Eye: around game 175 (about 29 hours). With normal luck, games 155 to 199.
2 · Points per game 4 searches a game · 4,504 total
Each search takes one elemental and one catalytic point. Even points waste none.
Estimate. The Wiki strategy guides aim for 8 to 10 points a game in total; solo games with a colossal pouch can reach 10 or more.
3 · Settings
Your plan now77 to 99 · 4 + 4 points a game · 1,126 games, 4,504 searches. Full Raiments of the Eye: around game 175 (about 29 hours).
Estimate. A game lasts about 10 minutes, so about 6 an hour. This changes hours, not the game count.
Empty: Wiki XP-per-hour rates ÷ 6 games, rising with your level.
When you can buy each pearl reward
Average 1.93 pearls a search. With normal luck, all 1,350 pearls take 617 to 795 searches: games 155 to 199 at 4 searches a game.
Boots of the Eye250 pearls · 250 in total game 33
Robe top of the Eye350 pearls · 600 in total game 78
Robe bottoms of the Eye350 pearls · 950 in total game 124
Hat of the Eye400 pearls · 1,350 in total game 175
Each track runs from game 0 to game 1,126, your goal.
Chance of each rare reward in your searches
Over 4,504 searches. Rolled on their own, alongside the normal reward.
Atlax's diary1 in 20, once only 99%+
Catalytic talisman1 in 200 · about 23 expected 99%+
Abyssal needle1 in 300, once only 99%+
Abyssal lantern1 in 700 · about 6 expected 99%+
Abyssal dye (any colour)1 in 400 · about 11 expected 99%+
Abyssal protector (pet)1 in 4,000 68%
Chance of at least one. The Abyssal needle and Atlax's diary roll only until you have one, and the needle is also 750 pearls in the shop.
What the rune rewards are worth
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Altars you can use at level 77
AirWeak cell
MindWeak cell
WaterMedium cell
EarthStrong cell
FireOvercharged cell
BodyWeak cell
Cosmicneeds Lost City
ChaosMedium cell
NatureStrong cell
Lawneeds Troll Stronghold
Deathneeds Mourning's End Part II
Bloodneeds Sins of the Father
12 of 12 by level. Cosmic, Law, Death and Blood also need a quest. A level can't show whether you have done it, so we don't assume.
What this plan does not count
- XP per game is the Wiki hourly rate divided by 6 games, an average for an efficient player. Mass worlds, solo games and your pouch change it. Enter your own XP per game for your speed.
- Points per game and games an hour are estimates you set above, not your record.
- Pearls and rare rewards are averages and chances, not a promise. Lanterns and dyes traded to Apprentice Felix for pearls (100 and 50) are not counted.
- Pearl searches (25 pearls for one search) and the Big-search option change nothing here: Big-search is five normal searches.
- Rune quantities for runes above your level follow a Wiki editor's note, not a Jagex statement.
How this is worked out
- Games: XP to your goal, one level at a time, ÷ Runecraft XP a game at that level, rounded up. XP a game = the Wiki XP-per-hour rate for your level (25,000 at level 40 up to 70,000 at 99) ÷ 6 games an hour. The rates are the ones the Runecraft calculator uses (OSRS Wiki Pay-to-play Runecraft training table; Crafting and Mining XP from the same table).
- End of game: 45 × your Runecraft level, when you made at least 300 energy (OSRS Wiki Guardians of the Rift, revision 15351348). It is part of the hourly rate, so under 3 points a game removes it.
- Searches = the smaller of (saved + per game × games) elemental and catalytic points. Each 100 energy of a type is one point, at most 10 a type a game.
- Pearls: 14 to 16 on a 18-in-140 roll, or 18 in 125 once you own every pouch (OSRS Wiki Rewards Guardian, revision 15381413, checked 2026-10-25). The range is the middle 80% of outcomes.
- Shop prices from Temple Supplies (revision 15318800): the needle and lantern became buyable on 19 August 2026.
- Rune value: each rune's instant-sell price and its own last trade time, from OSRS Wiki real-time GE prices through our own copy. An item with no trade in 48 hours withholds the value.
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About Guardians of the Rift
Guardians of the Rift is a Runecraft minigame in the Temple of the Eye, under the Wizards' Tower. You need the Temple of the Eye quest and level 27 Runecraft. In each game you mine guardian fragments, craft runes at the active altars and power up the Great Guardian with elemental and catalytic guardian stones. A closed rift gives Runecraft XP and points; one elemental and one catalytic point buy a search of the Rewards Guardian, which gives runes, abyssal pearls, essence pouches and rare rewards. Pearls buy the Raiments of the Eye, the Abyssal needle for the colossal pouch and the other Temple Supplies. See the Runecraft calculator to compare Guardians of the Rift with other training methods.
Guardians of the Rift FAQ
How many Guardians of the Rift games does it take to get 99 Runecraft?
About 1,350 games from level 27, or about 1,130 from level 77, using the OSRS Wiki experience rates at about 6 games an hour. Faster games, team play or a lower level change the count, so enter your own level and pace above.
How much XP does one Guardians of the Rift game give?
At the end of a game you get 45 times your Runecraft level (4,455 at level 99), as long as you made at least 300 energy. You also get XP during the game for crafting runes and powering the Great Guardian. The Wiki hourly rates work out to about 8,300 XP a game at level 77 and 11,700 at level 99.
How many searches for the full Raiments of the Eye?
The four pieces cost 1,350 abyssal pearls. Pearls come in rolls of 14 to 16, so a search averages 1.93 pearls, or 2.16 once you own every essence pouch or the colossal pouch. That is about 700 searches (625 with every pouch), or about 175 games at 4 searches a game. Luck moves this by roughly a hundred searches either way.
How do elemental and catalytic points turn into reward searches?
Each search costs one elemental and one catalytic point. Every 100 energy of a type gives one point, up to 10 of a type in a game. Points of one type without a partner stay saved for later games, so an even split gives the most searches. You can also search for 25 abyssal pearls.
What are the odds of the Abyssal protector pet?
1 in 4,000 per search. After 4,504 searches, the count for level 77 to 99 at 4 a game, the chance of having had it is about 68%. Imbuing essence during the game does not roll the Rift guardian skilling pet.
Do the Raiments of the Eye give extra Runecraft XP?
No. Each piece gives 10% more runes when you craft, and the full set gives 60%. The extra runes give no XP, so this calculator does not change the game count for them.
Game data from the Old School RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). Example plan: 1,126 games from level 77 to 99.
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