The Forge Runes Guide

Discover everything you need to know about runes, their abilities, secondary traits, and how to enhance your equipment in The Forge.

RUNES

Runes are items that can be obtained from the forge and can be embedded into the rune slots on equipment once found. Rune slots typically require the equipment to be enhanced to +3 for unlocking. They can be used to add special attributes (for example, increasing mining speed) to weapons and armor, and the effects and consumption of different runes vary; some runes are stronger or more expensive than others.

Some runes may have secondary traits that grant extra buffs. These traits can appear on weapons or armor and stack with the rune's main effect.

WEAPON SECONDARY TRAITS

SECONDARY TRAITABILITY
Attack SpeedIncreases the attack speed of your weapon by +%.
LethalityIncreases the physical damage of your weapon by +%.
Critical ChanceIncreases the critical strike chance of your weapon by +%.
Critical DamageIncreases the critical damage of your weapon by +%.
FractureIncreases the stun chances of your weapon by +%, allowing you to stun your enemies more frequently.

ARMOR SECONDARY TRAITS

SECONDARY TRAITABILITY
EnduranceIncreases the overall Stamina of your character.
SurgeReduces the global cooldown of your characters Dash.
VitalityIncreases the overall Health of your character.
PhaseIncreases the duration of iFrames (temporary invincibility) when your character performs a Dash.

LIST OF RUNES

RUNEAPPEARANCEABILITYRARITYOBTAINMENT
Frost Speck
Frost Speck
Ice: Enemies are frozen for a short duration.
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Venom Crumb
Venom Crumb
Poison: Deals % based weapon damage as Poison damage for a short duration.
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Blast Chip
Blast Chip
Explosion: Creates a small explosion when hitting an enemy, dealing % based weapon damage as AOE.
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Miner Shard
Miner Shard
Yield I: 5% chance to drop 1 extra Ore(s) when mining.
RareDelver Zombie Bomber
Flame Spark
Flame Spark
Burn I: Deals % based weapon damage as Fire damage for a short duration.
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Drain Edge
Drain Edge
Life Steal I: Heal 12% of physical damage dealt on hit.
Lethality I: Increase physical damage by 15%.
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Briar Notch
Briar Notch
Thorn I: Reflect ?% physical damage taken. Maximum damage given limits at ?% max health of user. ? seconds cooldown.
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Ward Patch
Ward Patch
Shield I: Has a 14% chance to reduce incoming physical damage by 13%.
Stride I: 11% Longer dash distance.
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Rot Stitch
Rot Stitch
Toxic Veins: Deals 9% poison damage around the character for 8 seconds. Has a 35 seconds cooldown. Activates when Health is below 35%.
Stride I: 11% Longer dash distance.
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Chill Dust
Chill Dust
Snow: Slows enemy movement and attack speed.
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Rage Mark
Rage Mark
Berserk: Activates when the player is below 35% health. Increases physical damage dealt and attack speed.
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