Talk:Rune Word

Added stuff about runeword basics...

level requirements

how to make a runeword

use of ethereal items/mercs

bugged or eth glitched runewords

Skie of Marduke 22:56, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Mmm ... it does look quite a bit better, now that it's all organized with the runewords in there. Great job! :) Also adding in stuff about ethereal effects in weapons/armors... Skie of Marduke 23:10, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Reign of the Warlock

SHall we use another colour for RotW runewords? If so, which colour and how to easiest apply? Naturelover (talk) 15:51, 12 February 2026 (EST)

Do you mean in this page, or rather to make a new template and use it instead of Ub (maybe for all RotW features, not only RWs; and if so, then we should have one for "vanilla D2R" as well)? Anyway, if we decide so, the archetypical Warlock's violet seems to be the best choice. Trang Oul (talk) 03:11, 13 February 2026 (EST)

I was originally thinking only about this page.

Agreed, Warlock-violet seems appropriate. :) Naturelover (talk) 14:59, 13 February 2026 (EST)

Speaking of a general indicator of expansion-(or ladder-)only content, we could put an icon next to the item/skill/whatever name, like it's done here with WoW expansions. A small icon is non-intrusive, yet easily recognisable. But first we'd need to have a consistent set of such icons, covering all game modes, for D2 and D2R. :Ь Trang Oul (talk) 17:28, 14 February 2026 (EST)

Based on a YouTube video, Rune Word text still displays the same in Reign of the Warlock so I don't think an alternative to Ub is needed.

Icons would be ideal, but in a pinch you could try creating templates using coloured text or acronyms, like Warlock or RotW, and possibly replace them with icons later. Onderduiker (talk) 12:05, 18 February 2026 (EST)

I can create templates like those on WoW wiki, but D2R has banner-like icons for Classic and Expansion (LoD), but not for RotW - because it's the default mode. Similarly, there is an icon for LD, but not NLD, and for HC, but not SC. For D2 we could just use game icons. And for missing game modes we could have short texts, like "RotW", at least until there is a dedicated icon.

Having icons for game modes would help us solve the issue with "Ladder" column for items which differ between game versions:

Insight polearm/staff (D2LoD)(LD) / (D2RLoD)(D2RRotW)(NLD) - I know, looks horrible now, but should look better with icons instead of text.

However, there are still corner cases:

How to indicate a feature present in D2R LoD and RotW? Both icons? D2RLoD+ (meaning "D2RLoD and later")? A majority of D2R LoD features will be present in RotW, so seems an overkill. WoW wiki assumes that "expansion X" means "expansion X and beyond", and since features are rarely removed (if ever), we can do the same for simplicity.

If we agree on the above, how to indicate the removal of a feature? For example AFAIK Mosaic is going to be NLD-only (the first such an item!), but does it mean NLD-only in both eras, or only in RotW (to appease the D2R neo-purists?)? If the latter, we'd need to mark it as (D2RLoD ONLY)(LD) / (D2RRotW)(NLD), in order to "override" D2RLoD meaning "D2RLoD an beyond".

... am I overthinking this? :D Trang Oul (talk) 15:13, 18 February 2026 (EST)

Test of inline icons - original size: Trang Oul (talk) 16:04, 18 February 2026 (EST)

Test of inline icons - all 32px high (= banners 25px wide): Trang Oul - is it only me, or the resized ones are not displayed? (talk) 16:07, 18 February 2026 (EST)

My question was stupidly dumb. Never mind it. Don't know hwat I was thinking.

Reg Mosaic: Let's see how things play out and then we can decide what to do. One option would be "non-ladder only" instead of "yes" or "no". Naturelover (talk) 15:39, 18 February 2026 (EST)