Diablo 2 Runeword Encyclopedia Detailed introduction to Runeword

Diablo 2, a game released by Blizzard in 2000, was once popular all over the world. The "dark" arpg style he pioneered has also become the target of imitation by many games.

Now that the game has spanned 22 years, its charm and popularity remain undiminished. Blizzard also released a remake in 2021, which made many players chant "Ye Qing is back", and also caused many players who had not experienced this masterpiece to choose to join the game.

However, because Diablo 2 is an old game, it does not do a good job in guiding newcomers. Many new players feel headaches when faced with various professional terms, strange information, and "encrypted" chats by veteran players. Next, I will briefly introduce one of the most important systems in Diablo 2: Runeword equipment. This introduction is completely for beginners, so that newcomers can understand it, so the content involved will not be too deep, and it is not suitable for players with certain gaming experience.

The main story begins below!

1. What are runes?

When it comes to the Rune Language system, we must first know what runes are. I believe that many players may have picked up a golden name during the game, perhaps by kicking open a jar on the side of the road, perhaps by killing a BOSS, or perhaps by beating a mob to death. runes, and these runes have their own names, such as "El", "Ed", "Ter", etc. Their functions are the same as the daily dropped gems, and the effects of embedding them into different equipment will be displayed above. . Because these names are so weird, we usually call the runes by numbers. For example, "El" is called the No. 1 rune in the table below, "Ed" is the No. 2 rune, and so on. Since such runes are not numbered in the game, if you want to know the number of the rune you picked up, you usually need to consult the table below, or use some mods to determine its serial number.

2. What is Rune Language equipment?

As the name suggests, Rune Language equipment is powerful equipment made from runes. These equipment are usually much stronger than blue equipment, yellow equipment, green equipment, and even stronger than some dark gold equipment.

So how do we build this type of equipment?

The answer is simple. In addition to the descriptive effects of runes, when they are embedded into equipment in a specific order , they will transform it into powerful rune language equipment .

As shown in the picture above, the shield is an ordinary white piece of equipment, with nothing special except for having 4 grooves. However, when we inlay the four runes "7, 9, 10, 11" in the specific order of "7, 10, 9, 11" (drag the runes directly into them, just like inlaying gems, As long as it is put in the correct order), this ordinary white shield will become a powerful "spiritual" shield, which is the Runeword equipment.

3. What equipment can be transformed into Rune Language equipment?

It should be noted that not all equipment can be transformed into Runeword equipment. To create powerful Rune Language equipment, the following two conditions usually need to be met. We also habitually refer to equipment that meets these two conditions as "base material"

1. The equipment name must be white/grey. That is to say, the equipment itself cannot be blue, yellow, dark gold, green, etc., and does not have any magical effects. It is what we often call whiteboard equipment.

2. Equipment needs to have specific grooves. To give a simple example, for example, to build a "spiritual shield", you need to embed 4 runes into the equipment, but the equipment you get only has 3 or 2 grooves, or even no grooves. It is a pity that this equipment cannot Directly create a mental shield . It should be noted that if the base equipment has too many grooves, it cannot be made into rune equipment . Let’s take the spiritual shield as an example. Your shield has 5 grooves, and to build a spiritual shield, you only need to inlay 4 runes. Then inlaying After completion, there will be an empty slot. In this case, it cannot be made into rune equipment.

4. What if I have a piece of base equipment but there are no grooves?

In this case, we can "punch" the equipment in two ways:

1. Use our powerful Horadric Cube to punch holes

Put the equipment you want to drill holes into the block together with the specified materials and synthesize them to complete the hole drilling work. This method can not only punch holes in the substrate, but can also punch holes in equipment of other colors. The specific punching materials are as follows:

1 Ral(8#) 1 Amn(11#) 1 Perfect Purple Gem Poreless Weapon = Same type of holed weapon

1 Tal(7#) 1 Thul(10#) 1 perfect topaz non-porous clothes = same type of clothes with holes

1 Tal (7#) 1 Amn (11#) 1 perfect ruby ​​non-hole shield = the same type of shield with holes

1 Ral(8#) 1 Thul(10#) 1 perfect sapphire non-hole helmet = the same type of helmet with holes

But here we need to note that punching holes in this way is random. Let’s take the shield just now as an example. If you get a ruler’s large shield without grooves, then when we use blocks to drill holes, you may make 4 holes, or you may make 3, 2, or 1 hole. .

2. Make holes with the help of tasks

When we complete the task given by the blacksmith Rasuk in Chapter 5, he will give us a hole-punching reward. This reward can be obtained once in normal, nightmare, and regional difficulty. Different from using blocks to drill holes, mission drilling will fix the maximum number of holes that the equipment can drill.

Yes, as mentioned above, each piece of equipment has its own maximum number of holes. This data is also hidden in the game and requires us to look it up in the table. If you finally get a piece of base material and need 4 holes to create rune equipment, but you end up drilling 5 holes directly in Rasuk's drilling task, this not only wastes a piece of base material, but more importantly, it is a waste A precious drilling task.

The specific hole checking website is: https://ttbn.cn/data/sock.html

It is important to note that if your equipment already has holes, no matter method 1 or method 2, you cannot drill holes again. For example, you obtain a 2-hole shield, and look up the table and find out that the maximum number of holes in the shield is 4. Unfortunately, neither method can change the number of holes in this piece of equipment, even for drilling tasks.

5. Is the same Rune Language equipment stronger or weaker?

The answer is yes. The strength of Rune Language equipment mainly depends on two points.

1. The strength of the substrate

There are three types of substrates, ordinary, extended, and elite.

Take weapon damage as an example, normal＜expanded＜elite. This will also cause the rune equipment we create to have different damage. Therefore, when building rune weapons, try to choose elite equipment.

2. Random attributes generated by runes

Still taking the mental shield above as an example, we can see that its casting speed is 33%. This value is not static. The maximum value is 35%. Every time a mental shield is built, this value fluctuates .

Some friends said that I am unlucky and the attributes of the rune equipment I created have bottomed out. What should I do?

This can also be changed. Put "the equipment you want to clean + Rune 15 + Town Return Scroll" into the box, and click to combine to clean the rune equipment.

Something to note! Cleaning does not mean refreshing your attributes again, but it will erase all the runes that have been embedded and turn the equipment into a blank slate again. You need to insert the runes into it again.