Rúnagaldr (rune magic)
Weapons, shields, body armour and helms can carry sockets. Set the right runes, in the right order, in gear with exactly that many sockets, and they wake rune magic: a Rúnagaldr. Each rune keeps its own power, and the galdr adds its own on top.
Runes drop from enemies, more often from bosses. The Runesmith in town sets them for free, takes them out for a fee, and can add sockets to gear with no runes in it. Helms hold up to four sockets; weapons, shields and body armour up to six.
2 runes
Hail of Ullr
weapon
- Hagalaz
- Eihwaz
+15% Chance to chill, +5% Attack speed
Huginn
helm
- Ansuz
- Raidho
+15 Mana, +5% Movement
Linden Shield
shield
- Isa
- Algiz
+15 Health, +15% Defense
Muspel's Breath
weapon
- Kenaz
- Sowilo
+10 Fire damage, +1 to all Skald skills
Tyr's Oath
weapon
- Tiwaz
- Algiz
+20% Damage, +1 to all Drengr skills
3 runes
Freyr's Sword
weapon
- Fehu
- Ingwaz
- Sowilo
+15% Coins found, +25% Damage
Mimir's Well
helm
- Ansuz
- Laguz
- Perthro
+10% Experience, +20% Better drops, +25% Mana regen
Odin's Eye
any socketed gear
- Ansuz
- Perthro
- Othala
+25% Better drops, +1 to all skills
Shield-Wall
body armour or shield
- Algiz
- Isa
- Uruz
+30 Health, +30% Defense
Wolf-Coat
body armour
- Uruz
- Naudiz
- Ehwaz
+4% Life steal, +8% Attack speed
4 runes
Bifröst
weapon
- Ansuz
- Hagalaz
- Kenaz
- Raidho
+12 Fire damage, +10% Chance to chill, +10% Chance to shock, +2 to the Elements path (Skyti)
Gandr
weapon
- Ansuz
- Naudiz
- Laguz
- Othala
+3% Mana steal, +20% Mana, +2 to the Seiðr path (Skald)
Helm of Awe
helm
- Algiz
- Isa
- Ansuz
- Mannaz
+25% Defense, +20% Mana, +1 to all skills
Sleipnir
body armour
- Raidho
- Ehwaz
- Uruz
- Wunjo
+10% Movement, +5% Attack speed, +25% Health regen
Surtalogi
weapon
- Kenaz
- Thurisaz
- Sowilo
- Uruz
+20 Fire damage, +15% Damage, +2 to the Runeblade path (Drengr)
Ullr's Yew
weapon
- Eihwaz
- Raidho
- Hagalaz
- Laguz
+6% Attack speed, +25% Damage, +1 to all Skyti skills
Valhalla
weapon
- Tiwaz
- Uruz
- Othala
- Dagaz
+25% Damage, +2 to all skills
Yggdrasil
body armour
- Berkano
- Jera
- Laguz
- Ingwaz
+15% Health, +15% Mana, +25% Health regen, +25% Mana regen
5 runes
Fimbulwinter
body armour
- Isa
- Hagalaz
- Naudiz
- Jera
- Algiz
+25% Chance to chill, +40% Defense, +15% Health. Whoever strikes you is chilled
Gungnir
weapon
- Ansuz
- Tiwaz
- Eihwaz
- Sowilo
- Gebo
+15% Chance to shock, +30% Damage, +2 to all Skyti skills. Hits may strike again, for half
Mjolnir
weapon
- Thurisaz
- Sowilo
- Hagalaz
- Uruz
- Tiwaz
+20% Chance to shock, +35% Damage, +2 to all Drengr skills. Hits may hurl lightning at two enemies nearby
Seidr
weapon
- Ansuz
- Kenaz
- Laguz
- Mannaz
- Sowilo
+3% Mana steal, +30% Mana, +2 to all Skald skills. Hits may curse the enemy to deal less damage
6 runes
Gleipnir
body armour
- Naudiz
- Isa
- Ehwaz
- Laguz
- Ingwaz
- Dagaz
+4% Life steal, +3% Mana steal, +25% Health, +25% Mana, +30% Health regen, +30% Mana regen. Hits may bind the enemy where it stands
Ragnarok
weapon
- Thurisaz
- Kenaz
- Hagalaz
- Naudiz
- Dagaz
- Othala
+30 Fire damage, +6% Life steal, +40% Damage, +2 to all skills. Each kill bursts into flame around the fallen
Svalinn
shield
- Algiz
- Sowilo
- Isa
- Ehwaz
- Ingwaz
- Othala
+50% Defense, +20% Health, +1 to all skills. Turns part of every blow back on the one who struck