Runeword & Equipment Type

Recipe

Special Effect & Recommended Builds

Ancient’s Pledge – Focus, Shield, Totem

Ral + Ort + Tal

35% All Damage multiplier, strong elemental resistances and 35% Damage Reduction. Great defensive off-hand for compatible caster, Druid, or shield builds.

Call to Arms – One-handed weapons / off-hands

Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist + Ohm

While affected by a Shout, gain +5 All Skills, Maximum Life and Maximum Resource. Excellent for Barbarian and Shout-based builds.

Edge – Ranged / two-handed weapons

Tir + Tal + Amn

Attack Speed, All Stats, Poison Lucky Hit and extra Purveyor of Curiosities item chance. Useful for leveling and farming-focused builds.

Enigma – Chest Armor

Jah + Ith + Ber

+2 All Skills, 45% Movement Speed, Maximum Life and Damage Reduction. Changes Evade into Sorcerer Teleport at a resource cost. Excellent for virtually every class.

Grief – One-handed Sword / Axe

Eth + Tir + Lo + Mal + Ral

Huge Weapon Damage, Attack Speed, and Deadly Strike; direct damage also applies an additional 40% Poisoning damage over time. Best for fast melee damage builds.

Holy Thunder – Flail / Mace

Eth + Ral + Ort + Tal

Emits Crackling Energy; affected enemies take increased Holy, Fire, Lightning and Physical damage. Strong for elemental or physical melee builds.

Infinity – Two-handed weapons

Ber + Mal + Ber + Ist

Nearby enemies become Vulnerable and take 62.5% more damage from you; also triggers Chain Lightning and grants Cyclone Armor passive benefits. Powerful endgame offensive option.

Insight – Bow / Crossbow / Staff and other two-handers

Ral + Tir + Tal + Sol

Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, Weapon Damage, All Stats and 100% Critical Strike Damage multiplier. Excellent for crit-focused DPS builds.

King’s Grace – Flail, Mace, Sword

Amn + Ral + Thul

75% All Damage multiplier, high Lucky Hit Chance, Life on Hit and bonuses against Demons and Undead. Strong early-to-midgame melee weapon.

Leaf – Staff

Tir + Ral

Resource on kill, Resource Generation and Cold Resistance. Simple but useful leveling option for resource-hungry staff users.

Lore – Helm

Ort + Sol

+2 All Skills, Maximum Resource, Damage Reduction and Armor. One of the most flexible early-game Runewords for any class.

Pattern – Dagger

Tal + Ort + Thul

50% All Damage multiplier, All Stats, Critical Strike Chance, resistances and Lucky Hit Poisoning. Good for dagger-based crit or poison setups.

Phoenix – One-handed weapons / off-hands

Vex + Vex + Lo + Jah

20% Deadly Strike, 50% All Damage multiplier and Fire-based Lucky Hit effects, including Fire Spear. Best for offensive Fire or Lucky Hit builds.

Prudence – Chest Armor

Mal + Tir

Massive All Resistance, Damage Reduction, Total Armor and Dodge Chance. Excellent for Hardcore or survival-focused builds.

Rain – Chest Armor

Ort + Mal + Ith

+5 Nature Magic Skills, Maximum Resource and defensive stats; can trigger Druid Tornado and Cyclone Armor. Primarily designed for Druid Nature Magic builds.

Spirit – One-handed weapons / off-hands

Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn

+5 All Skills, 25–35% Attack Speed, 50% All Damage multiplier and Maximum Resource. One of the strongest general-purpose progression Runewords.

Stealth – Chest Armor

Tal + Eth

Maximum Life, 25% Attack Speed, 15% Resource Generation, 25% Movement Speed and 15% Damage Reduction. Excellent early leveling armor for all classes.

Strength – One-handed weapons / off-hands

Amn + Tir

Crushing Blow chance, 50% All Damage multiplier, Strength, Maximum Life and Life on Hit. Strong for melee and Strength-oriented builds.

Zephyr – Bow / Crossbow

Ort + Eth

Dodge, Attack Speed, Movement Speed, 62.5% All Damage multiplier and Lightning Lucky Hit; Dodging creates a Dust Devil. Best suited to ranged weapon builds such as Rogue.