It sounds from the post like you are seeking solutions for an ironman.
Have you tried:
-Doing barrows just for the runes? (enhanced with row(i) and mory diaries)
-Killing Revenants, Vyres, Kraken, and other endgame bosses for large amounts of runes?
-Getting a staff of light, staff of the dead, or a combination elemental staff to save on rune costs?
-Buying a tome of fire and buying some pages?
Vet'ion drops 900 chaos runes at a high rate of 1/17. He is the easiest of the 3 wildy bosses to kill and is a good source for a dragon pickaxe too. Just 1-item with a crush weapon and some monk robes or better.
I'm not expressing support or lack of support. I'm just trying to help by providing solutions I used on my ironman and GIM to procure early runes.
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