Rune

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Modifiers Cube Socket Ethereal Prices Required Durability Repairs Stack Size Replenish Indestructible Treasure Item code Item type Affix Crafted Set Unique Gem Rune Word Consumable Low El Eld Tir Nef Eth Ith Tal Ral Ort Thul Amn Medium Sol Shael Dol Hel Io Lum Ko Fal Lem Pul Um High Mal Ist Gul Vex Ohm Lo Sur Ber Jah Cham Zod Runes are small stones inscribed with runic characters which can be placed in any socket of an item to add modifiers to that item in Expansion games. The modifier(s) added can vary depending on whether a rune is placed in a socket in a weapon, helm and body armor, or shield: Rune Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield El Rune r01 11 +50 Attack Rating, +1 Light Radius +15 Defense, +1 Light Radius +15 Defense, +1 Light Radius Eld Rune r02 11 +75% Damage +50 AR v Undead 15% Slower Stamina Drain 7% Increased Chance of Blocking Tir Rune r03 13 +2 Mana After Each Kill +2 Mana After Each Kill +2 Mana After Each Kill Nef Rune r04 13 Knockback +30 Defense vs Missile +30 Defense vs Missile Eth Rune r05 15 -25% Target Defense Regenerate Mana 15% Regenerate Mana 15% Ith Rune r06 15 +9 Maximum Damage 15% Damage Taken Goes to Mana 15% Damage Taken Goes to Mana Tal Rune r07 17 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds Poison Resist +30% Poison Resist +35% Ral Rune r08 19 5-30 Fire Damage Fire Resist +30% Fire Resist +35% Ort Rune r09 21 1-50 Lightning Damage Lightning Resist +30% Lightning Resist +35% Thul Rune r10 23 3-14 Cold Damage (3 Seconds) Cold Resist +30% Cold Resist +35% Amn Rune r11 25 7% Life Stolen per hit Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Sol Rune r12 27 +9 Minimum Damage Damage Reduced by 7 Damage Reduced by 7 Shael Rune r13 29 20 Increased Attack Speed 20 Faster Hit Recovery 20 Faster Block Rate Dol Rune r14 31 Hit Causes Monster to Flee 25% Replenish Life +7 Replenish Life +7 Hel Rune r15 None Requirements -20% Requirements -15% Requirements -15% Io Rune r16 35 +10 Vitality +10 Vitality +10 Vitality Lum Rune r17 37 +10 Energy +10 Energy +10 Energy Ko Rune r18 39 +10 Dexterity +10 Dexterity +10 Dexterity Fal Rune r19 41 +10 Strength +10 Strength +10 Strength Lem Rune r20 43 75% Extra Gold From Monsters 50% Extra Gold From Monsters 50% Extra Gold From Monsters Pul Rune r21 45 +75% Damage +100 AR v Demons 30% Enhanced Defense 30% Enhanced Defense Um Rune r22 47 25% Chance of Open Wounds All Resistances +15 All Resistances +22 Mal Rune r23 49 Prevent Monster Heal Magic Damage Reduced by 7 Magic Damage Reduced by 7 Ist Rune r24 51 30% Better Chance of Magic Items 25% Better Chance of Magic Items 25% Better Chance of Magic Items Gul Rune r25 53 20% Bonus to Attack Rating +5% Maximum Poison Resist +5% Maximum Poison Resist Vex Rune r26 55 7% Mana Stolen per hit +5% Maximum Fire Resist +5% Maximum Fire Resist Ohm Rune r27 57 50% Enhanced Damage +5% Maximum Cold Resist +5% Maximum Cold Resist Lo Rune r28 59 20% Deadly Strike +5% Maximum Lightning Resist +5% Maximum Lightning Resist Sur Rune r29 61 Hit Blinds Target +1 Increase Maximum Mana 5% +50 Mana Ber Rune r30 63 20% Chance of Crushing Blow Damage Reduced by 8% Damage Reduced by 8% Jah Rune r31 65 Ignore Target's Defense Increase Maximum Life 5% +50 Life Cham Rune r32 67 Freezes Target +3 Cannot be Frozen Cannot be Frozen Zod Rune r33 69 Indestructible Indestructible Indestructible Runes can also be used in combination to make Rune Words, as well as being required to make crafted items and make or manipulate other items using the Horadric Cube (including upgrading lower runes to higher runes). They can normally only be dropped by monsters, and their required level normally reflects their rarity (becoming rarer as rlvl increases). Monsters spawned in games with more players are normally less likely to have no drop and thus more likely to drop items (including runes), but Better Chance of Getting Magic Items has no effect on the quantity or quality of runes dropped. Each rune fills one inventory space and they cannot be stacked. The division between runes of low, medium and high rarity is convenient rather than exact: for example, The Countess has a much higher chance of dropping runes than similar Unique or Super Unique monsters (up to an Ist Rune in Hell), while the reward for destroying Mephisto's Soulstone on the Hellforge is a much higher chance of a medium or high rune (1/11 chance each of a Mal Rune, Ist Rune or Gul Rune in Hell). Runes cannot be bought from vendors in town unless another player sells them and at least one player remains in town afterwards to prevent the inventory being reset. If runes are sold to a vendor, they are displayed under the Misc tab of the inventory if there is sufficient space for them. The gold cost of selling and buying back runes in Hell is as follows: Rune El Eld Tir Nef Eth Ith Tal Ral Ort Thul Amn Sell 280 280 630 630 1,120 1,120 1,750 2,520 3,430 4,480 5,670 Buy back 525 472 1,063 1,063 1,890 1,890 2,954 4,254 5,790 7,563 9,572 Rune Sol Shael Dol Hel Io Lum Ko Fal Lem Pul Um Sell 7,000 8,470 10,080 857 13,720 15,750 17,920 20,230 22,680 25,270 28,000 Buy back 11,817 14,299 17,017 1,446 23,162 26,589 30,253 34,152 38,289 42,661 47,270 Rune Mal Ist Gul Vex Ohm Lo Sur Ber Jah Cham Zod Sell 30,870 33,792 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 Buy back 52,115 57,048 61,774 67,306 72,838 79,292 84,824 92,200 97,732 106,030 112,484 However, selling runes (particularly those rare enough to sell for maximum 35,000 gold in Hell) is not recommended as they are not as plentiful as gold. Reference Runes (Arreat Summit)