All the Runes (and What They Do)

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Ritual runes generate offerings to activate invocation runes – balance offerings for optimal effect.
Combining Ritual and Invocation Runes creates Runewords with specific effects in Diablo 4.
The Vessel of Hatred expansion added new runes and updated existing ones, shaking up the Season 7 meta.

There are many new mechanics added Diablo 4 With the first extension, vessel of hatredand content from The Hatred Rising Season 6. Included in the new and returning features like Mercenaries, The Dark Citadel Raid, and the new Spiritborn class is the return of the runes and runewords system. When you combine a ritual rune and an invocation rune on a piece of gear with two sockets, it will create a runeword.

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The trigger and effect for this Runeword depends on the Ritual Rune and Invocation Rune used to create it. Pay careful attention to the offerings generated and required by these Runes, as they influence how reliably you can trigger. Diablo 4 Runeword effect. A ritual rune that only generates 5x offerings doesn't do much to empower an invocation rune that requires 1000x.

Updated January 23, 2025 by Abigail Angel: The official start of Season of Witchcraft has added three new Runewords to Diablo 4 – Nagu, Igni, and Chac. It also includes balance changes for the 15 Runewords launched with Vessel of Hatred. These balance changes and new content, as expected after adding such an influential mechanic, change the meta in Season 7.

All ritual runes in Diablo 4

Each D4 ritual rune generates triggers and offers

in Diablo 4all Ritual runes essentially function as trigger runes. These are the Runes burning yellow Engraving and point above Indicating that they should be placed on your list top A slot for a two-socket piece of your gear.

When you perform the action listed in each ritual rune, it will happen Generate a certain amount of offerswhich contributes to the effect of bound summoning runes. When you perform the actions listed for each Ritual Rune to reach the required resolutions for your Summoning Rune, the Summoning Rune effect will be triggered.

Rune name	cry trigger	Generate an offer	Rarity
Ah	Lucky Hit: Increased to 100% chance against wounded enemies	10x Proposals	legendary
Back	Travel 5 min	50x Proposals	legendary
Cem	Cast Evade	75x Proposals	the magic
sir	Cast the same non-channel skill 3x in a row	50x Proposals	the magic
Feo	Get injured during crowd control	1000x Proposals	rare
Igni	Shoppers make offers every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-basic skill to receive a stored offering. (up to 500 offers).	25x Proposals	legendary
Kaa	Lose 1% of your maximum life	2x Proposals	rare
Lith	Hold still for 0.3 seconds	25x Proposals	legendary
Moni	Cast 2 Mobility or Macabre skills	100x Proposals	the magic
nagu	Maintain at least 1 active summon for 5 seconds, receiving an offer for up to 6 summons each.	100x Proposals	legendary
took	Deal damage after taking none within 2 seconds	200x Proposals	rare
No	Control crowds that don't slow down or chill	10x Proposals	rare
Poc	Spend 5% of your maximum primary resources	5x Proposals	rare
copper	Cast a non-channel core skill	25x Proposals	legendary
Ur	Your minion or friend kills an enemy or dies	10x Proposals	the magic
Xol	Generate a skill from another class	150x Proposals	legendary
yaks	Drink a healing potion	200x Proposals	the magic
Yule	Cast a skill with a cooldown	50x Proposals	legendary
Zan	Cast an ultimate skill	150x Proposals	the magic

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All Summon Runes in Diablo 4

Each D4 invocation rune requires effects, overflows, and offerings

all Invocation Runes in Diablo 4 Essentially functions as effect or ability runes. These are the Runes purple Engraving and Point below Indicating that they should be placed on your list below A slot for a two-socket piece of your gear.

When sufficient offerings arise with your ritual rune Reach the necessary offers Of your invocation rune, listed effect or grant merit The Invocation Rune will activate. If you generate more offerings than necessary for certain invocation runes, Diablo 4 Players will boost the listed effect. It is called one overflow effect.

Most summon runes can trigger no more than once per second, while some take two or six seconds to recharge, such as runes that grant another class of skill. Look at the purple buff in your buff bar to see how many offers are needed to activate the listed effect.

Rune name	The cry effect	The overflow effect	An offer is required	Rarity
seh	Summons a Spirit Wolf to attack enemies for 8 seconds	Summon more wolves	100x Proposals	the magic
Chalk	Summons druid lightning bolts, striking nearby enemies.	Spawn more Lightning Bolts	20x Proposals	rare
eom	Reduce your active cooldowns by 0.25 seconds	More low cooldowns	100x Proposals	legendary
gar	Gain 2.5% crit chance for 5 seconds, up to 25%	Get multiple stacks of Crit Chance	25x Proposals	the magic
Jah	Replace your next Evade with Sorcerer's Teleport, add more blinks, deal damage, and grant Unstoppable.	Store additional offers	250x Proposals	legendary
Cree	Evoke a vortex of Spiritborn, dealing damage and pulling enemies	Increased vortex size	500x Proposals	rare
million	Evoke a Barbarian Challenging Shout, reducing damage	increased duration	800x Proposals	rare
loom	Restore 1 of your primary sources	Increased resource recovery	5x Proposals	the magic
found	You leave the Necromancer's Cursed Field behind you for 3 seconds, dealing damage to enemies within.	increased duration	100x Proposals	the magic
mot	Gain Shadow from Dark Shroud of Disease, reducing damage taken per Shadow	Get multiple shades	150x Proposals	rare
Ner	Rogue's countering is gaining concealment, dodge chance, movement speed, unstoppable, and stealth	increased duration	700x Proposals	rare
omg	Evoke the Barbarian's Enhanced War Cry, increasing your movement speed and damage output.	increased duration	500x Proposals	legendary
Ono	Evoke the druid's dancing bolts that seek out enemies	Raised bolts are generated	25x Proposals	the magic
Cax	Your next non-basic skill cast spends all of your primary resources, dealing 100% increased damage.	increased damage	400x Proposals	rare
Qua	Evade Restores charge and gains 10% speed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 50%	increased duration	400x Proposals	the magic
Que	Evoke the Druid's Marthen Bulwark, barricade yourself	increased duration	800x Proposals	rare
lake	Awaken pestilential hordes of Spiritborn, wreaking havoc on enemies	Raised herds spawned	30x Proposals	the magic
Tab	Awaken the abominable Iron Maiden of the Necromancer, knock back enemies and heal you when they die.	Increase damage by 1% per offer	100x Proposals	the magic
Tec	Awaken the barbarian's earthquake, dealing damage to enemies within	increased size	50x Proposals	the magic
Thul	Evoke the mage's mystical Frost Nova, freezing and weakening enemies.	increased size	400x Proposals	rare
tons	Fire the wizard's meteors, damaging enemies in their area	Enlarging meteorites are produced	20x Proposals	the magic
Tun	Rogue's stun grenades, stunning and damaging enemies	Explosive grenades spread	25x Proposals	the magic
Tzic	Evoke the Spiritborn's Concussive Stomp, dealing damage and knocking enemies away	Damage increased by 1% per offer	200x Proposals	rare
Vex	Gain +1 to all skills for 7 seconds	Increased skill category (up to 3)	150x Proposals	legendary
watt	Reducing the necromancer's horror, slowing and reducing enemy damage, and letting you execute them	increased duration	100x Proposals	rare
Xal	Gain 20% max life for 6 seconds	Get more maximum life	300x Proposals	rare
Xan	Your next skill cast will be a guaranteed overpower and critical hit	Additional 1% damage per 10x offers	700x Proposals	legendary
Yom	Petrify the druid, stunning enemies and increasing your critical hit damage against them.	Increase the stun duration	500x Proposals	legendary
Zec	Reduce the cooldown of your active Ultimate by 1 second	Low cooldown	100x Proposals	rare