A Cursor in RuneScape, if turned on in the Graphics options menu, are by default a simple silver-coloured mouse pointer. However, when hovering certain options (such as eating food) in the game, a "bubble" appears over the cursor, inside which is an image that shows what action will be performed if the user were to click on that option.
Cursors
| Cursor | Action |
|---|---|
| Attack | |
| Balance on, Break in, Cross, Climb, Climb-across, Climb over, Climb-over, Climb-up, Disarm, Get sea legs, Jump-down, Jump-onto, Merge with, Jump-over, Leap across, Leap through, Run-across, Run-up, Scale, Shimmy across, Slide down, Swing-across, Swing-on, Swing-to, Walk, Walk-across, Walk-on, Teeth-grip, Traverse, Leave-it-to-Ozan, Vault | |
| Buy plank, Deploy, Repair, Tune | |
| Use, Chop, Deploy, Stew, Cook at | |
| Cook at, Slice | |
| Craft, Fire, Make Leather, Pick (only the ones in Gnome Stronghold), Spin, Use, Form, Fill, Play, Tan hide, Weave, deploy | |
| Harvest, Give memory strands, Convert cores, Convert memories, Weave | |
| Consume, Interact | |
| Forage, Put egg in | |
| Bundle, Deploy | |
| Add-logs, Burn, Cleanse, Fire up, Light, Melt, Pedal, Make-fire, Make-fire-here, Deploy | |
| Aid, Bait, Cage, Catch, Harpoon, Net, Fish, Fish-near, Use-rod, Lure | |
| Cleanse, Deploy, Squish | |
| Target option on Gleaelg, Tranart, Slithtils. Check, Dismantle, Lay, Reset | |
| Charge, Enter, Teleport urn, Unlock | |
| Mine | |
| Bury, Cleanse, Pray, Pray-at, Scatter, Worship | |
| Craft-rune, Force, Imbue, Sacrifice at | |
| Finish option on Lowerniel Drakan | |
| Mend, Deploy, Pull, Sing glass, Smelt, Smith, Turn | |
| Bang, Throwing a Firecracker or Confetti. | |
| Strike | |
| Chop down, Chop-down, Chop, Cut-Wood, Collect-root | |
| Default cursor | |
| Link cursor for hovering over links | |
| Activate, Use, Cast, Rub, Select | |
| Other actions such as closing a door or following another player. | |
| Cursor shows when trying to do an impossible action or when you don't have met the requirements to do that action. | |
| Appears when the item selected can be used on another object. | |
| Pick, Pick up, Pick-up, Remove, Take Take Silverlight from, Get blood from, Take heart from, Take rotten tomato from, Take shield from | |
| Speak-with, Talk-to, Talk-To, Talk to | |
| Enter, Exit, Squeeze-past, Climb-into, Leave, Leave Tomb, Pass, Pass through, Pass-through, Quick Teleport, Squeeze-through, Teleport, Teleport to Surface | |
| Eat, Nibble, Spiritualise Food | |
| Drink | |
| Look at, Read, Open, Translate, Study | |
| Search, Open party interface | |
| Climb up, Climb-up | |
| Climb down, Climb-down | |
| Climb | |
| Access, Open | |
| Hold, Wear, Wield | |
| Shearing a Sheep. | |
| Operating a Winch during The Blood Pact, Rotating a mirror in Plague's End, Rotate TzHaar emblem from The Brink of Extinction. | |
| Untying Ilona during The Blood Pact and Zanik during Another Slice of H.A.M. | |
| Clearing rubble during Do No Evil, some skill plots in a Clan Citadel, the buried treasure Treasure Hunter promo. | |
| Info, Inspect, Setup, Purchase (Mannequins) | |
| Building via a Clan Citadel's customization interface. | |
| Examining the areas of a Clan Citadel via its map. | |
| Teleporting via a Clan Citadel's map. | |
| Pelt (Water balloon) | |
| Pelt (Snowball) | |
| Jump (Pit Traps in Tirannwn) | |
| Moving an interface in RuneScape 3. | |
| Rotating your character. | |
| Resizing the interfaces in RuneScape 3. | |
| Resizing your Friend list | |
| Unlocking Dawn from her cage during the Death of Chivalry quest, Crack | |
| Treasure Hunter | |
| Only used on Zemouregal when hovering over the Listen to option. | |
| Using the Push option on a Pitch bucket or the Push option on a specific button. | |
| Activate, Manufacture, Search, Talk to, Trade, Tutorial | |
| Discover |
Minigame cursors
Mobilising Armies
Conquest
Spell cursors
Elemental Spells
Other Combat Spells
Skilling Spells
Ancient Magicks
Lunar spells
Previous cursors
The following cursors aren't in-game anymore. These include removed spells and event-only actions.
| Cursor | Action |
|---|---|
| Deposit an item to a tool leprechaun. | |
| Adding a spider web to a piece of furniture in the 2009 Hallowe'en event. | |
| Casting the Energy Transfer spell using the magic skill with the Lunar Spellbook. | |
| Casting the crumble undead spell using the magic skill. | |
| Casting the Iban Blast spell using the magic skill. | |
| Casting the God spells using the magic skill. | |
| Casting the Miasmic spells using the magic skill. |
Trivia
- Previously, the Twirl emote was called Spin, and hovering a mouse over it caused the crafting cursor to appear, due to the similarity of name to Spinning wool in crafting. Because of this, Jagex renamed the emote Twirl.
- When picking a noted item from ground, the cursor will show "Misc" icon. However, when picking an unnoted item from ground it shows its own icon. This might be a glitch.

- In a hidden update on 2 November 2010, the Woodcutting, Mining, Smithing, Crafting, Beacon/Pot Boiler (Fire), and Churning (Cooking) cursors received graphical updates.
- The new firemaking cursor is missing a pixel at its tip, making it seem more rounded than the other cursors.
- The Wind Rush spell does not have a cursor, unlike other combat spells.

- The cursor was changed when the new surface graphics were released (i.e., the more metallic borders on the minimap) to a metallic silver colour.
- The Charge Earth Orb cursor also appears when you kick the Large gnomeball.







