Rune

Runes

Rune

  Runes are shards dropped by monsters, bosses, and chests all over Albion, especially in dungeons. Along with souls and relics, they are used to enchant items, meld artifacts, and transmute items. Runes can be crafted from Siphoned Energies.

Tier of runes dropped is limited by the tier of the monster killed. Only rare bosses can drop higher tier runes (to confirm)

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Usage

It to possible to use runes to enchant items, meld artifacts, and transmute runes at the Artifact Foundry. An artifact foundry can be found in all cities around the royal continent, including Caerleon.

Enchant

Runes can be used to enchant normal item (flat) into uncommon (.1) items at the Artifact Foundry.

• 48 runes for shoes, heads, Off-Hand, and capes
• 96 runes for chests and bags
• 144 runes for one-handed weapons
• 192 runes for two-handed weapons

Meld

Runes can be melded at the Artifact Foundry in Cities (image) into Artifacts used for crafting rare items. This is usually known as rolling artifacts.

• Pay 50 runes and choose between rolling a Warrior, Mage, or Hunter artifact
• Pay 36 runes and roll within all 3 categories

The following artifacts can be obtained by melting runes;

• Warrior
  • Ancient Hammer Head (Tombhammer)
  • Lost Crossbow Mechanism (Weeping Repeater)
  • Runed Rock (Bedrock Mace)
  • Bloodforged Blade (Clarent Blade)
  • Morgana Halberd Head (Carrioncaller)
  • Ancient Chain Rings (Graveguard Armor)
  • Ancient Padding (Graveguard Helmet)
  • Ancient Bindings (Graveguard Boots)
  • Ancient Shield Core (Sarcophagus)
• Mage
  • Lost Arcane Crystal (Witchwork Staff)
  • Lost Cursed Crystal (Lifecurse Staff)
  • Wildfire Orb (Wildfire Staff)
  • Hoarfrost Orb (Hoarfrost Staff)
  • Possessed Scroll (Lifetouch Staff)
  • Druidic Feathers (Druid Robe)
  • Druidic Preserved Beak (Druid Cowl)
  • Druidic Bindings (Druid Sandals)
  • Alluring Crystal (Eye of Secrets)
• Hunter
  • Keeper Spearhead (Heron Spear)
  • Hardened Debole (Bloodletter)
  • Ghastly Arrows (Whispering Bow)
  • Reinforced Morgana Role (Black Monk Stave)
  • Druidic Inscriptions (Druidic Staff)
  • Imbued Leather Folds (Stalker Jacket)
  • Imbued Visor (Stalker Hood)
  • Imbued Soles (Stalker Shoes)
  • Runed Horn (Mistcaller)

Transmute

Transmute is used to upgrade the Rune to the next tier or transform Rune into souls.

• Pay 5 Rune of an inferior tier to craft 1 Rune. (Ex. 5×   Rune =   Rune)
• Pay 20 Rune to craft 1 Soul of the same tier. (Ex. 20×   Rune =   Soul)

List of Runes

•   Adept's Rune (T4)
•   Expert's Rune (T5)
•   Master's Rune (T6)
•   Grandmaster's Rune (T7)
•   Elder's Rune (T8)

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 1.14.379.138841	20 March 2019	Oberon Update - Oberon Update Hotfix #1, #2, and #3	Runes, Souls & Relics Drop chances for runes, souls and relics have been changed: Every mob can now drop every Tier (T4 up to T8) Ratio between Tiers is now 324/162/54/6/1 (T4/T5/T6/T7/T8) Ratio between Types was changed from 100/10/1 to 9/3/1 (runes/souls/relics) Artifact drops from Bosses Ratio between artifact levels have been changed from 100/10/1 to 9/3/1
Version 1.13.369.131654	5 December 2018	Nimue Patch #2	Mob Faction Crests can now be salvaged as intended
Version 1.0.34.184.105727	6 December 2017	Kay Update	Level 3 Artifact Weapons Level 3 artifact weapons can now be crafted, filling out the full selection of artifact weapons The artifacts themselves drop from the same places lower-level artifacts can be found Relics will also drop from the same places as Souls and Runes, and can be used to meld into level 3 artifacts Relics can be transmuted in the usual way
Version 1.0.327.96272	6 September 2017	Launch Patch #5	Increased the drop rate of Runes and Souls from mob chests by ~5x