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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

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Resurrected
Reign of the Warlock


{{#switch: |Template = |}} Rune Words can be made in Expansion games by placing runes1 in the sockets of an item (helm, body armor, weapon or shield), but only when all the following conditions are met:

  • Low, normal or superior quality socketed item (excluding Wirt's Leg)
  • Correct item type (or a subtype, unless excluded by a specific rune word)
  • Exact number of sockets
  • Enabled patch (Single Player and Other Multiplayer) and game mode (some are Ladder only)
  • Correct runes
  • Runes placed in correct order

Since runes cannot be recovered once they have been placed in sockets, proceed with caution.

1Technically other socket fillers can be used as well (which is used in some D2 mods), although in the original game runewords are made solely of runes.

Six failed attempts to make an Insight polearm (from left to right, top to bottom): incorrect item quality; incorrect item type; too many sockets; not made in a Ladder game; incorrect rune; incorrect order.


Rune Words can benefit from the modifiers of up to 6 runes, and can have up to 7 modifiers of their own, which can make them extremely powerful (particularly when made in Elite armor and weapons). It is best to repair an item before using it to make a Rune Word, since the cost can increase significantly once rune and Rune Word modifiers have been added (particularly if the item is superior, or has its own skill bonuses).


Rune Words can also be made in ethereal items for increased base defense or damage and decreased requirements and durability, although they cannot be repaired or recharged. This is only recommended when they are to be used by a mercenary (since it will not lose durability), or they are Indestructible (Breath of the Dying, Death, Eternity or Oath weapon) or Repair Durability (Exile auric shield or Prudence body armor).


In LoD, ethereal normal-quality armor socketed using the Horadric Cube applies the ethereal defense bonus a second time: for example, normal Sacred Armor has (487-600) base defense so ethereal Sacred Armor has (730-900), but after socketing it will have (1,095-1,350). This can be (ab)used to create Rune Word armor with extremely high defense: for example, a Prudence body armor's (140-170)% Enhanced Defense would result in (2,628-3,645) defense when made in the socketed ethereal Sacred Armor. In D2R, this bug has been fixed.


Since Rune Words can have variable modifiers, in the event of an unfavorable roll the Horadric Cube can also be used to remove the Rune Word for another attempt. Although the runes will be destroyed, they can sometimes be much more easily replaced than the armor or weapon: for example, the runes needed for the Spirit Rune Word are very common but a Sacred Targe (Paladin Only) with All Resistances +45 is much rarer.


All 78 enabled LoD, 15 D2R and 5 Reign of the Warlock Rune Words are listed alphabetically in the table below, although they can also be sorted by number of sockets, patch, Ladder and minimum required level.

  • Those enabled for Battle.net in 1.07 were not enabled for Single Player and other Multiplayer until 1.09.
  • Duress, Prudence, Splendor and Wind were enabled for Battle.net in 1.10, but were not enabled for SP and other MP until 1.11.
  • Ladder Rune Words are only enabled for Ladder realm games on closed Battle.net: they are not enabled for SP and other MP unless the Rune Word Mod has been downloaded and correctly installed. Once a season ends, any Ladder Rune Words made during that season can still be used (and traded) by non-ladder realm characters.
  • Minimum required level is normally the highest rlvl of any rune used, although final rlvl is the highest rlvl of the base item and any rune used. Holy Thunder has minimum rlvl 24 due to its +3 Holy Shock (Paladin Only) skill bonus (Holy Shock has rlvl 24). [1]
  • Armor Upgrade Defense Calculator or Weapon Upgrade Damage Calculator can be used to view completed Rune Word armor or weapon stats (excluding durability).
  • All 78 LoD rune words are available in all Expansion game modes in Resurrected, ladder and non-ladder.
  • Item types marked in red below only work in D2R and RotW, but not in LoD.


Rune Word Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Socket 1 2 3 4 5 6 Patch LoD Ladder D2R Ladder Rlvl
Ancients' Pledge Shield 3 Ral Ort Tal 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 21
Beast Axe Hammer Scepter 5 Ber Tir Um Mal Lum 1.10 No No 63
Black Club Hammer Mace 3 Thul Io Nef 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 35
Bone Body 3 Sol Um Um 1.11 No No 47
Bramble Body 4 Ral Ohm Sur Eth 1.10 No No 61
Brand Missile 4 Jah Lo Mal Gul 1.10 Yes No 65
Breath of the Dying Weapon 6 Vex Hel El Eld Zod Eth 1.10 No No 69
Call to Arms Weapon 5 Amn Ral Mal Ist Ohm 1.10 No No 57
Chains of Honor Body 4 Dol Um Ber Ist 1.10 No No 63
Chaos Claw 3 Fal Ohm Um 1.10 No No 57
Crescent Moon Axe Polearm Sword 3 Shael Um Tir 1.10 No No 47
Death Axe Sword 5 Hel El Vex Ort Gul 1.10 Yes No 55
Delirium Helm 3 Lem Ist Io 1.10 No No 51
Destruction Polearm Sword 5 Vex Lo Ber Jah Ko 1.10 Yes No 65
Doom Axe Hammer Polearm 5 Hel Ohm Um Lo Cham 1.10 No No 67
Dragon Body Shield 3 Sur Lo Sol 1.10 Yes No 61
Dream Helm Shield 3 Io Jah Pul 1.10 Yes No 65
Duress Body 3 Shael Um Thul 1.10 (1.11 SP) No No 47
Edge Missile 3 Tir Tal Amn 1.10 Yes No 25
Enigma Body 3 Jah Ith Ber 1.10 No No 65
Enlightenment Body 3 Pul Ral Sol 1.11 No No 45
Eternity Melee 5 Amn Ber Ist Sol Sur 1.10 No No 63
Exile Auric 4 Vex Ohm Ist Dol 1.10 No No 57
Faith Missile 4 Ohm Jah Lem Eld 1.10 Yes No 65
Famine Axe Hammer 4 Fal Ohm Ort Jah 1.10 No No 65
Fortitude Body Weapon 4 El Sol Dol Lo 1.10 Yes No 59
Fury Melee 3 Jah Gul Eth 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 65
Gloom Body 3 Fal Um Pul 1.10 No No 47
Grief Axe Sword 5 Eth Tir Lo Mal Ral 1.10 Yes No 59
Hand of Justice Weapon 4 Sur Cham Amn Lo 1.10 No No 67
Harmony Missile 4 Tir Ith Sol Ko 1.10 Yes No 39
Heart of the Oak Mace Staff 4 Ko Vex Pul Thul 1.10 No No 55
Holy Thunder Scepter 4 Eth Ral Ort Tal 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 24
Honor Melee 5 Amn El Ith Tir Sol 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 27
Ice Missile 4 Amn Shael Jah Lo 1.10 Yes No 65
Infinity Polearm Spear 4 Ber Mal Ber Ist 1.10 Yes No 63
Insight Polearm Staff Missile 4 Ral Tir Tal Sol 1.10 Yes No 27
King's Grace Scepter Sword 3 Amn Ral Thul 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 25
Kingslayer Axe Sword 4 Mal Um Gul Fal 1.10 No No 53
Last Wish Axe Hammer Sword 6 Jah Mal Jah Sur Jah Ber 1.10 Yes No 65
Lawbringer Hammer Scepter Sword 3 Amn Lem Ko 1.10 Yes No 43
Leaf Staff 2 Tir Ral 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 19
Lionheart Body 3 Hel Lum Fal 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 41
Lore Helm 2 Ort Sol 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 27
Malice Melee 3 Ith El Eth 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 15
Melody Missile 3 Shael Ko Nef 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 39
Memory Staff 4 Lum Io Sol Eth 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 37
Myth Body 3 Hel Amn Nef 1.11 No No 25
Nadir Helm 2 Nef Tir 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 13
Oath Axe Mace Sword 4 Shael Pul Mal Lum 1.10 Yes No 49
Obedience Polearm Spear 5 Hel Ko Thul Eth Fal 1.10 Yes No 41
Passion Weapon 4 Dol Ort Eld Lem 1.10 No No 43
Peace Body 3 Shael Thul Amn 1.11 No No 29
Phoenix Weapon Shield 4 Vex Vex Lo Jah 1.10 Yes No 65
Pride Polearm Spear 4 Cham Sur Io Lo 1.10 Yes No 67
Principle Body 3 Ral Gul Eld 1.11 No No 53
Prudence Body 2 Mal Tir 1.10 (1.11 SP) No No 49
Radiance Helm 3 Nef Sol Ith 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 27
Rain Body 3 Ort Mal Ith 1.11 No No 49
Rhyme Shield 2 Shael Eth 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 29
Rift Polearm Scepter 4 Hel Ko Lem Gul 1.10 Yes No 53
Sanctuary Shield 3 Ko Ko Mal 1.10 No No 49
Silence Weapon 6 Dol Eld Hel Ist Tir Vex 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 55
Smoke Body 2 Nef Lum 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 37
Spirit Sword Shield 4 Tal Thul Ort Amn 1.10 Yes No 25
Splendor Shield 2 Eth Lum 1.10 (1.11 SP) No No 37
Stealth Body 2 Tal Eth 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 17
Steel Axe Mace Sword 2 Tir El 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 13
Stone Body 4 Shael Um Pul Lum 1.10 No No 47
Strength Melee 2 Amn Tir 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 25
Treachery Body 3 Shael Thul Lem 1.11 No No 43
Venom Weapon 3 Tal Dol Mal 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 49
Voice of Reason Mace Sword 4 Lem Ko El Eld 1.10 Yes No 43
Wealth Body 3 Lem Ko Tir 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 43
White Wand 2 Dol Io 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 35
Wind Melee 2 Sur El 1.10 (1.11 SP) No No 61
Wrath Missile 4 Pul Lum Ber Mal 1.10 Yes No 63
Zephyr Missile 2 Ort Eth 1.07 (1.09 SP) No No 21
Flickering Flame Helm 3 Nef Pul Vex 2.4 n.a. No 55
Mist Missile 5 Cham Shael Gul Thul Ith 2.4 n.a. No 67
Obsession Staff 6 Zod Ist Lem Lum Io Nef 2.4 n.a. No 69
Pattern Claw 3 Tal Ort Thul 2.4 n.a. No 23
Plague Sword Claw Dagger 3 Cham Shael Um 2.4 n.a. No 67
Unbending Will Sword 6 Fal Io Ith Eld El Hel 2.4 n.a. No 41
Wisdom Helm 3 Pul Ith Eld 2.4 n.a. No 45
Bulwark Helm 3 Shael Io Sol 2.6 n.a. Yes 35
Cure Helm 3 Shael Io Tal 2.6 n.a. Yes 35
Ground Helm 3 Shael Io Ort 2.6 n.a. Yes 35
Hearth Helm 3 Shael Io Thul 2.6 n.a. Yes 35
Hysteria Body 3 Shael Ko Eld 3.0 n.a. Yes 39
Mania Weapon 3 Shael Ko Eld 3.0 n.a. Yes 39
Metamorphosis Helm 3 Io Cham Fal 2.6 n.a. Yes 67
Mosaic Claw 3 Mal Gul Amn 2.6 n.a. offline and non-ladder only [2] 53
Temper Helm 3 Shael Io Ral 2.6 n.a. Yes 35
Authority Body Armor 3 Hel Shael Ral 3.0 n.a. No 29
Coven Helm 3 Ist Ral Io 3.0 n.a. No 51
Ritual Dagger 3 Amn Shael Ohm 3.0 n.a. No 57
Vigilance Shield 2 Dol Gul 3.0 n.a. No 53
Void Dagger 3 Thul Zod Ist 3.0 n.a. No 69


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