
The item must have the exact amount of Runewords – no more, no less.

Low-Quality, Superior, and Ethereal can be used, but not Magic, Rare, Set, Crafted, or Uniques. They must also be Grey Text Items – Normal, Exceptional, Elite. They must be the correct item type, for example. While Runewords can be equipped on any character, the items have restrictions. Below we’ll cover the Runeword Name, the Item(s) Needed, Runes Required, and the Effects they grant. On that same note, Uber Diablo and Pandemonium Events are also available in Diablo 2: Resurrected. So Ladder, Non-ladder, and Single-player characters can enjoy the Runeword collections. It’s been revealed that all Diablo 2 Runewords are going to be available. A fun example is granting the power of turning into a Werebear. They do some incredible things, even granting access to powers your class doesn’t have – unless specified otherwise on the item. In total, there are 78 Runewords in Diablo 2. In Diablo 2: Resurrected, like in the original, there are Runewords, and there are also easier Runeword recipes! The Recipes are combinations of Runes and items that you put into your Horardric Cube and combine them.

The deeper you go into the game (and the difficulty) has a cap of what kind of rune it can hold: Forgotten Tower, The Hellforge (Act 4), and Rescue on Mount Arreat (Act Five) have Rune rewards.

As far as guaranteed Rune drops, a trio of quests will reward Runes. It’s also said that enemies that can’t drop armor or weapons have a better chance to drop runes – since they have to drop something. The Forgotten Tower boss (Act One, Black Marsh), The Countess is the only monster in the game that has a higher chance to drop runes, so this is a place worth farming. The Secret Cow Level, Flayer Jungle, and most of the Act One Overworld work for this. So you want to head to areas with high amounts of enemies to defeat. If Runes are your only goal, then feel free to just put on your best Killing Gear, and head into the world. However, Magic Find does help you find Unique/Set items, so I wouldn’t just throw that gear out. The “Magic Find” stat also doesn’t help! So don’t stress about that. The more party members you have, the more drops the enemies have, but the harder the game is. So the best way to assure you’re getting Runes is to get lots of items drops! One tip that worked in the original Diablo 2, and it is a command that shows up in Diablo 2: Resurrected! You can hit “/players X” and change the number of players the game recognizes.

From Normal to Hell difficulty, enemies can drop them for killing them. Runes can drop off of anything in Diablo 2.
