Runes
Runes are obtainable items in The Forge which, when found, can be placed inside of equipment sockets called Rune Slots. Rune Slots are usually unlocked by Enhancing your equipment to +3.
However, in some cases—specifically when it comes to Pickaxes—some equipment comes with Rune Slots already unlocked.
Overview
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Slotting your equipment with Runes has the following effects:
- Increased Stats or extra Traits:
- Visuals:
- Some of the Runes, when applied to a piece of equipment, can alter its visual appearance. For example, slotting a Flame Spark Rune onto a Weapon will grant it a fiery appearance.
Note: Unwanted Runes can be sold for $ by talking to the Greedy Cey NPC.
Acquiring Runes
Note: If you still haven’t unlocked all of the enemies in the Enemy tab of the Index, you can check out which enemy drops what by heading over to our Enemies page.
Runes are primarily dropped by enemies when defeated. By opening up your Index, and going to the Enemies tab, you can see which Enemies drop Runes, and what are their drop Chances.
Attaching Runes
Note: In order to attach or slot Runes onto a piece of equipment, you’ll first need to Enhance it up to +3 to unlock the first Rune Slot.
To Attach a Rune, players will need to visit the Runemaker NPC, which can be found at his shop in Stonewake’s Cross, or in the Forgotten Kingdom.
The process of Attaching Runes will require the player pay $, in exchange for the Runemaker’s services.
Interacting with the Runemaker NPC will open up the “Equipment Selection” screen. After selecting a piece of Equipment, players can choose which Rune they would like to Attach. Selecting it, and clicking the “Attach” button will bind the Rune to your Equipment.
List Of Runes And Traits
Runes
Note: With the most recent Christmas Update, players will now be able to obtain Tier 2 Runes by defeating the Golem Boss.
Below you’ll find a list of all the Runes currently available in The Forge.
| Rune | Effects |
|---|---|
 [Chill Dust] (New!) | • Snow: Freezes enemies on hit, for a short period of time. Has an 18 second cooldown. |
 [Frost Speck] (New!) | • Ice: Freezes enemies on hit, for a short period of time. Has an 18 second cooldown. |
 [Blast Chip] | • Explosion: Creates a small explosion when hitting an enemy, dealing [20%-40%] weapon damage as AOE, with a [8%-20%] chance on-hit. |
 [Venom Crumb] | • Poison: Deals [4-7%] weapon damage per second for [3-6] seconds with a [25%-35%] chance on-hit. |
 [Miner Shard] | • Yield: [3%-10%] chance to drop 1 extra Ore(s) when mining. • Luck: [+5-16%] increased Luck. • Mine Power: [+8-15%] mining damage. • Swift Mining: [+4-12%] faster mining. |
 [Flame Spark] | • Burn I: Deals [5%-10%] weapon damage as Fire damage for a [1-2 seconds] with a [15%-25%] chance on-hit. |
 [Drain Edge] | • Life Steal I: Heal [5%-13%] of physical damage dealt on hit. |
 [Briar Notch] | • Thorns I: Reflect [2-10%] damage. Maximum damage dealt limits at [5%] of Players Max Health. (0.05 seconds cooldown.) |
 [Ward Patch] | •Shield I: Has a [5-15%] chance to reduce incoming physical damage by [6%-14%]. |
 [Rage Mark] | • Berserk: Activates when the player is below [35% health]. Increases physical damage dealt and movement speed by [12-26%] for [4-7 seconds]. |
Traits
Below you’ll find a list of all the possible secondary traits applied on Runes currently available in The Forge.
| Trait | Effect |
|---|---|
| [Endurance] | • Increases the overall Stamina of your character by [4%-10%]. |
| [Stride] | • Increases Dash Distance by [4%-15%]. |
| [Swiftness] | • Increases the overall Movement Speed of your character [4%-10%]. |
| [Vitality] | • Increases the overall Health of your character by [5%-10%]. |
| [Critical Chance] | • Increases the critical strike chance of your weapon by [+6%-15%]. |
| [Phase] | • Increases the duration of iFrames (temporary invincibility) when your character performs a Dash by [4%-11%]. |
| [Critical Damage] | • Increases the critical damage of your weapon by [+5%-15%]. |
| [Fracture] | • Increases the stun chances of your weapon by [+5%-20%], allowing you to stun your enemies more frequently. |
| [Lethality] | • Increases the physical damage of your weapon by by [+5%-15%]. |
| [Attack Speed] | • Increases the attack speed of your weapon by [+5%-18%]. |
| [Surge] | • Reduces the global cooldown of your characters Dash by [3%-11%]. |
Comments
52 commentsI have a question, Do someone know if the attack speed have a limit? i mean in theory mi weapon have 0.341s of attack speed but it doesn't look like that
My chill dust II applies 26% attack speed and slow enemy's and it says 51% chance on hit does it mean the 26% attack speed is permanent or what (I don't really understand what it means cuz English is my second language)
yes
Como faz para obter uma runa nivel 2? Todas as runas tem nivel 2?
BOSS
Acabo de revisar y Frost Speck tiene 10%-20% de probabilidad de efecto por 1 a 2 segundos y tiene un cooldawn de 15-20 segundos.
Lo ideal es 20 probabilidad por 2 segundo y cooldawn de 15
Add the chill dust rune to this and tier 2 runes also
como e pego o briar notch? não aparece aparece no índice
how do i get ward patch rune i dont find the mob for it in my index
You get it during tutorial
which mob drops miner shard?
Miner Shard II can be dropped by the golem boss and can have 2 traits
Bomber and zombie miner (bomber better)
blast chance does not stackable with rune trait, but its stackable with magmite ore
But Blast DMG does
I attach 2 blast chip 16% chance each , my weapon just have 16% chance explode on hit,why?
Well the chance does not add each of the runes have to roll the chance of an explosion individually
Does blast chip's chance to explode when hit stack?
No it rolls it's chance individually
yes
Does same stat runes stack? like ex : 10% ATK speed in slot 1 and 13% ATK speed in slot 2 equal 23% ATK speed bonus? it doesnt capped by the default capped stack in each rune right?
they can stack
does swiftness increase attack speed too?
No
Where to get the ward patch rune?
During tutorial
Can runes be replace if it already in place?
you just pay money to detach
Yahhh it can, but you must remove old runes first.
Is it possible to have 2 traits on miner shard?
Actually yes, but only from the golem boss
nope:p at least its according to my knowledge
can you list what the max amount of buff you can get? or is that information not released yet?
Idk the max but i got a rune that gives 18% attack speed and its my only 18%
if im not wrong i think its 16% but i think this is just for luck trait
Can i stack the passive of runes?
Да можно например на кирку я поставил 3 руны удачи
To the guy below me (@UnchangedLlama) Yeah obviously? You can't increase the base dmg, its a modifier you add.
Bro u can just tap reply to him
If someone wants to use [mine shard] with {mine power} to upgrade the pickaxe and mine more durable ores, just know that it DOESN'T WORK, it adds dmg, but not increase the base dmg... learned it the hard way :C
percentages are random as are the boosts so you should add a range rather than base number miner shard can contain luck boosts and swift mining too
Yoo can one mine shard have 2 passive?
i apologize for the lack of comma and periods but the website aint letting me write correctly
should make the chances a range rather than base number like blank%-blank%
Definitely do that
^to show what the known range the rune can range from, rather than just putting one value since they can change rather variedly
yall know how to get rot stitch??
That is not a real rune
Any1 know where to get runes?
enemy drops
If I attach the Rage Mark rune to all three types of armor (shirt, pants, and helmet), what will happen when my health drops to 35% and I activate it (will it stack the stats of all three) or (will it only activate one of the three)?