Navigation menu Namespaces Page Discussion. Example For example, the Rune Word Ancient's Pledge requires a 3 socketed shield and will not work on any other item even if there are more than 3 sockets.ĭefinitions of Item Types As Rune Words only work in certain item categories, it's helpful to know exactly what each one means. Please head to the community portal to discuss whether this wiki should merge with Fandom's Diablo community.įrom Diablo Wiki. Gamepedia and Fandom have joined forces and our combined teams would like to encourage all Diablo fans to unite and work together as well. Listed below are the different categories of items used in Rune Words. As Rune Words only work in certain item categories, it's helpful to know exactly what each one means. Rune Words will not work with Wirt's Leg.
Any other character, even non-ladder characters, will not be able to create them.īe careful when using Rune Words formula with the runes I o and L o, as it's easy to confuse the two at a glance. Ladder rune words only work on ladder characters on B. The runes will only confer their regular bonuses, and not the Rune Word bonuses. You cannot insert a Rune Word into magical, rare, set or unique item. Rune Words only work in non-magical items. Otherwise, you will only get the effects of the individual runes without the bonus. The Runes socketed must also be arranged in the correct order. The player cannot have an [Ancient's Pledge Bardiche even if they have all 3 runes and a 3-socketed Bardiche, since Ancient's Pledge is a shield-only Rune Word. They also fail to work when the item they are socketed to is not valid. Despite popular belief, Rune Words do not work if the required number of sockets is not equal to the number present on the item.Įnigma will only work if the body armor has exactly three sockets. If the runes are inserted incorrectly, only the inherent bonuses of the three runes will be applied. Inserted in the correct order and in the proper item will grant the shield the following bonuses. The Runes must be inserted in the proper order. Extensive Horadric Cube Tutorial - Diablo 2įor example, the Rune Word Ancient's Pledge requires a 3 socketed shield and will not work on any other item even if there are more than 3 sockets. Several of these rune words are ladder only, meaning they can only be created on the closed Battle. The most powerful rune words were almost exclusively added in the 1.
In addition, some rune words were added to the game after the expansion in either Patch 1. Rune words were introduced in the expansion, Lord of Destructionand can not be created in classic Diablo II. The bonuses that each individual rune confers will still be applied to the item, but the added rune word bonuses will not. If these conditions are not met, the rune word will not be created and the player has potentially wasted the runes in question on a useless item. The socketed item must also have the exact number of sockets required by the rune word. When the rune word is completed, it looks much like a unique item with the only notable difference that the runes show if the the player moves the mouse over the inventory image. If you don't mind answering the questions bellow, it would help me greatly.Rune Words are a type of item created when specific combinations of runes are inserted into socketed items. But on the other hand, population on NonLadder seems too low. For tests, I created a character on ladder and the number of rooms available was unbelievable.īeen used to prices at NonLadder, checking the same at Ladder only makes me think that it will be semi-impossible to fully gear up a character before the end of this ladder.
This time around was different though.Īfter downloading the game last week and re-starting from scratch I noticed that for both US East and West (NonLadder) there are so few games created that I don't even have to scroll through the list to see them all. I've never had issues with server population, finding runs to level or to gear up a character. I have been playing Diablo on and off (more off than on) since I was 15 (I'm now 27), always on Softcore Non Ladder.