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Runes are consumable materials that players can use to directly change craftable gear inLast Epoch. Instead of simply modifying outcomes like Glyphs or adding new affixes like Shards, these affect your items in more significant ways.
As with all the other things related toLast Epoch’scrafting system, players will need to do a fair bit of farming if they want to stock up on Runes. If you plan on sitting down for a big crafting session to make your builds work, here’s a guide on how to get Runes, including an overview of what each of them does.
How to Farm Runes in Last Epoch
Runes drop randomly from almost every loot source in the game, though they tend to drop more frequently from the following:
If you joinedthe Circle of Fortune, you can find and complete Prophecies that reward Runes.
As you play through the campaign, you’ll find a decent number of Runes throughout your romp through time. However, if you want to target-farm Runes, you can do so by entering the Monolith of Fates andsearching for Echoes with Rune rewards.
Monoliths each contain a vast web of Echoes (maps) with guaranteed rewards. Not only that, but maps also have a good chance of containing tons of elites, champions, andNemesis spawn points. Defeat as many of these enemies as you fly through a map, and you should get a few Runes for your trouble.
Last Epoch: All Runes (& What They Do)
As mentioned earlier, Runes can affect item crafting in serious ways. This isn’t necessarily a good thing, however, as most Runes can either upgrade or ruin your items if you’re unlucky. Here’s what these Runes can do:
Effect
Rune of Shattering
Gain a random number of Affix Shards based on what an item has.Destroys the item in the process.
Rune of Removal
Removes a random affix from an item. You receive an equal amount of Shards for that removed Affix.
Rune of Refinement
Rerolls all affixes on your item. Keep in mind that affix stat ranges are determined by their tier.
Rune of Discovery
Adds random tier 1 affixes to all empty affix slots, with a higher chance of rolling a rare affix. This does not cost Forging Potential, but it cannot be used on items with no Forging Potential.
Rerolls the implicit stats on an item.
Rune of Ascendance
Completely transforms an item into a Unique or Set Item of the same type. This Rune cannot transform items into Uniques or Set Items that are exclusive, like the ones that drop only from bosses.
Rune of Creation
Create another copy of an item. Forging Potential of both the original and duplicate items are set to zero.
Rune of Havoc
Shuffles the tiers of non-sealed affixes on an Exalted item that has at least four affixes. This does not increase or decrease the tiers of affixes.
Rune of Redemption
Changes the Exalted affix on an item to a random one. This does not affect the tier of the affix.
Rune of Weaving
Uses the remaining amount of Weaver’s Will or Weaver’s Touch on an item to upgrade the item’s affixes.
