Runes

The stone remembers.

Fifty runes across ten families — every one cut from ore you mined yourself, socketed into steel forever. No drops, no luck: if you want power in the stone, you go down and get the stone.

Edge Rune VEmber Rune VFang Rune VGrace Rune VMight Rune VMind Rune VRime Rune VStorm Rune VVigor Rune VWard Rune V
The loop

Ore in, power out

Greenstone
1 · Mine the stone

Ore from the veins, catalysts from the beasts that guard them.

Might Rune III
2 · Cut the rune

The Quarrymaster cuts ore + catalyst into a rune. Higher tiers ask for rarer stone and a higher Mining level.

Rune Chisel
3 · Chisel a socket

A Rune Chisel cuts ONE socket into finished steel — 50% to bite true. On a miss only the chisel is lost.

Vigor Rune V
4 · Socket it

At the Rune Station (Quarrymaster → Socket). Permanent: never removed, only overwritten.

The families

Ten runes, five tiers each

Main-stat runes grant flat points that always show up on your Character sheet. Elemental runes grant flat resistance. Every value below is read from the live game data.

Edge Rune IEdge Rune IIEdge Rune IIIEdge Rune IVEdge Rune V
Edge Rune
Attack Power — fits weapons
Attack Powerfits weapons⛏ L1 → L38

I +2 · II +4 · III +6 · IV +8 · V +10

Bites deeper than the steel it is cut into.

Ember Rune IEmber Rune IIEmber Rune IIIEmber Rune IVEmber Rune V
Ember Rune
Fire Resist — fits armour
Fire Resistfits armour⛏ L1 → L38

I +3 · II +5 · III +6 · IV +8 · V +10

Quenched in the heat it was meant to turn aside.

Fang Rune IFang Rune IIFang Rune IIIFang Rune IVFang Rune V
Fang Rune
Critical — fits weapons
Criticalfits weapons⛏ L1 → L38

I +0.3% · II +0.5% · III +0.7% · IV +0.9% · V +1.1%

The stone remembers every throat the blade has found.

Grace Rune IGrace Rune IIGrace Rune IIIGrace Rune IVGrace Rune V
Grace Rune
DEX — fits rings, earrings & pendants
DEXfits rings, earrings & pendants⛏ L1 → L38

I +2 · II +4 · III +6 · IV +8 · V +10

The hand moves before the eye finishes deciding.

Might Rune IMight Rune IIMight Rune IIIMight Rune IVMight Rune V
Might Rune
STR — fits rings, earrings & pendants
STRfits rings, earrings & pendants⛏ L1 → L38

I +2 · II +4 · III +6 · IV +8 · V +10

Weight you carry rather than lift.

Mind Rune IMind Rune IIMind Rune IIIMind Rune IVMind Rune V
Mind Rune
MAG — fits rings, earrings & pendants
MAGfits rings, earrings & pendants⛏ L1 → L38

I +0.3% · II +0.5% · III +0.7% · IV +0.9% · V +1.1%

Thought, pressed into a shape that holds it.

Rime Rune IRime Rune IIRime Rune IIIRime Rune IVRime Rune V
Rime Rune
Ice Resist — fits armour
Ice Resistfits armour⛏ L1 → L38

I +3 · II +5 · III +6 · IV +8 · V +10

Cut in the cold, and it never fully thawed.

Storm Rune IStorm Rune IIStorm Rune IIIStorm Rune IVStorm Rune V
Storm Rune
Lightning Resist — fits armour
Lightning Resistfits armour⛏ L1 → L38

I +3 · II +5 · III +6 · IV +8 · V +10

It hums faintly before a storm, and louder during one.

Vigor Rune IVigor Rune IIVigor Rune IIIVigor Rune IVVigor Rune V
Vigor Rune
Max HP — fits armour
Max HPfits armour⛏ L1 → L38

I +4 · II +8 · III +12 · IV +16 · V +20

Stone does not tire, and neither will you.

Ward Rune IWard Rune IIWard Rune IIIWard Rune IVWard Rune V
Ward Rune
Armour — fits armour
Armourfits armour⛏ L1 → L38

I +2 · II +4 · III +6 · IV +8 · V +10

Old miners carved this one before every descent.

The chisel

One socket, cut by hand

Rune Chisel
Rune Chisel
Mining level 12 · crafted at the Quarrymaster

A miner's chisel ground fine enough to open a socket in finished steel. It bites true 50% of the time — on a miss only the chisel is lost, your gear is NEVER damaged. And it only ever cuts the first socket: one piece of gear, one rune.

Cutting recipes

Two axes, fifty recipes

Every recipe is the same shape: the TIER decides which ore, the FAMILY decides which catalyst — an essence or a monster part. Combine the two tables and you can read all fifty recipes.

Ore by tier

Tier IGreenstone Greenstone ×6
Tier IIDuneshard Duneshard ×8
Tier IIISporestone Sporestone ×10
Tier IVFrostvein Frostvein ×12
Tier VEmberite Emberite ×14

Catalyst by family

Critter Essence Critter EssenceEdge Rune
Ember Essence Ember EssenceEmber Rune
Bone Shard Bone ShardFang Rune
Grave Dust Grave DustGrace Rune
Valor Emblem Valor EmblemMight Rune
Abyssal Ichor Abyssal IchorMind Rune
Rime Essence Rime EssenceRime Rune
Storm Essence Storm EssenceStorm Rune
Spore Cap Spore CapVigor Rune
Goblin Hide Goblin HideWard Rune
Questions

The rules of the stone

Can I remove a rune?

No — socketing is permanent. You can only overwrite it with another rune, which destroys the old one.

How many sockets can a piece of gear have?

One. A chisel only ever cuts the FIRST socket.

Where do runes drop?

They don't — every rune is CUT at the Quarrymaster from ore you mined and catalysts that drop from monsters.

Does a broken item still get its rune bonus?

No. Zero durability silences the gear's stats AND its rune until you repair it.

What happens when the chisel fails?

Only the chisel is lost. Your gear is never damaged — cut another and try again.