Runes

Description

Runes are items that can be used to give other items a bonus, or used one time to activate their effect.

There are 65 different rune effects in Wurm, using combinations of 13 different metals and 5 possible gods available.

Creation

Runes are crafted by using different materials found at rifts (rift crystal, rift stone shard, and rift wood) combined with a lump of metal. The different combinations will create different rune types, each type giving a different effect.

When crafting a rift resource with a lump of metal, you are given the option of 5 different rune types:

• Fo
• Magranon
• Vynora
• Libila
• Jackal

Depending on the type of rune created, the skills used will be jewelry smithing, stonecutting, or fine carpentry.

Each god and metal combination creates a rune of a different effect; that is, a brass rune of Libila will not have the same effect as a brass rune of Magranon. Some may be similar in effect, with different strengths.

Effects

The combination of metal type and god type will determine the effect of a rune.

The rift resource used will determine what the rune can be attached to or used on.

• Rift wood runes - can be used on wooden items, and use fine carpentry skill to create.
• Rift crystal runes - can be used on metal items, and use jewelry smithing skill to create.
• Rift stone runes - can be used on stone, pottery, cloth and leather items, and use stonecutting skill to create.

Combinations

Rune Combination List
Metal	Fo	Jackal	Libila	Magranon	Vynora	The Scavenger**
Adamantine	5% Enchant Power, 5% Enchant Success	1x Random color on item	10% Less enchant decay	10% Vehicle Speed	7.5% Vehicle Speed, 5% Less decay	10% enchant success, 10% less decay
Brass	5% More quality when imped, 5% higher gathering QL	"Decent" Glow	"Okay" Glow, 5% higher gather QL	10% more quality when imped	"Slight" Glow, 7.5% more quality when imped	10% less damage taken, 10% less weight
Bronze	10% Wind Speed	1x Goat Shape (Spell)	10% higher gather QL	5% higher gather QL, 5% less enchant decay	7.5% Wind Speed, 5% Vehicle Speed	10% more quality when imped, 10% less enchant decay
Copper	1x Charm Animal (Spell)	5% Higher improve chance, 5% Less Decay on contents	1x Locate Soul (Spell)	5% Higher improve chance, 5% Increased rarity chance	7.5% Higher improve chance	10% Higher improve chance, 10% less QL loss from repairing
Electrum	1x Reduce creature's age *	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	?
Glimmersteel	10% skill level bonus	5% skill level bonus, 5% more quality when imped	10% usage speed	5% usage speed, 5% skill level bonus	5% usage speed, 5% more quality when imped	10% usage speed, 10% shatter resistance
Gold	10% raking/harvesting	10% reduced size	5% raking/harvesting, 5% less weight (any item)	5% reduced size, 5% less weight	1x reveal creatures (Spell)	10% less QL loss from repairing, 10% less damage taken
Iron	10% less fuel usage	5% raking/harvesting, 5% less decay (any item)	1x light token (Spell)	1x sunder (spell)	5% less fuel usage, 5% less decay	10% reduced size, 10% less enchant decay
Lead	5% less QL loss from repairing, 5% usage speed	10% less volume	5% reduced volume, 5% usage speed	10% less QL lost when repaired	5% less QL lost when repaired, 5% increased volume	10% reduced volume, 10% usage speed
Seryll	10% enchant success	5% enchant success, 5% less QL loss from repairing	5% shatter resistance, 5% less QL loss from repairing	10% shatter resistance	5% shatter resistance, 5% enchant success	10% enchant success, 10% shatter resistance
Silver	"Okay glow", 5% skill level bonus	"Okay glow", 7.5% increased volume	5% increased volume, 5% less decay on contents	10% increased volume	10% less decay on contents	10% increased volume, 10% less decay on contents
Steel	5% less decay, 5% less damage taken	10% less decay	5% less damage taken, 5% wind speed (any item)	5% reduced decay, 5% more wind speed (any item)	10% less damage taken	10% less damage taken, 10% less decay
Tin	5% increased rarity chance, 5% less damage taken	1x refresh (Spell)	5% increased rarity chance, 5% higher improve chance	1x mole senses (Spell)	10% increased rarity chance	10% increased rarity chance, 10% higher improve chance
Zinc	1x morning fog (Spell)	5% less weight, 5% vehicle speed (any item)	10% less weight	5% increased size, 5% vehicle speed (any item)	1x mend (Spell)	10% less weight , 10% increased size

• * Reduces age by a percentage of the current age. Creatures cannot be pregnant when the rune is used. The minimum age this can be used on is Aged (12 months)
• ** Runes of The Scavenger can be found on items recovered through Restoration, and cannot be created or attached to existing items.
• *** "Skill level bonus" reduces the distance of the skill's value from 100 by the percentage given, but only for the purpose of random skill checks. For example, a pickaxe with this rune would harvest slightly higher quality ore on average, but will not increase the maximum quality possible.

Attaching

• Application of runes can only be done by the owner.
• Chance to successfully attach a rune depends on Soul Depth and the Quality of the rune.
• On-deed, the player doing the attaching must have improve/repair and pickup permissions.
• Can only attach them to completed items.
• Only one rune can be attached to an item.
  • Attaching a new rune will replace the previous rune.
  • If replacing the color change rune (Adamantine, Jackal), the color will remain on the item.

Notes

• Creation success will consume 0.2kg of the material, failure consumes 0.01kg.
• Runes decay dramatically fast outside of inventory.
• Runes are removed by a priest's dispel casting.
  • Runes can also be replaced by attaching a new rune.
• Runes with the Glow effect cannot be applied to items that can be lit, such as forges or smelters.
• Runes that increase volume will allow the affected container to hold more of items that already fit.
• Runes that increase size will allow the affected container to hold bigger items.
• Any runes on weapon heads or spear heads will transfer over to the completed item when combined.

See also

• Rift