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The three types of Runestone: Potency, Essence, and Aspect

This is a list of the various Runestones that can be found in the game. There are three kinds of Runestones: Potency Runes, Essence Runes, and Aspect Runes. The type of runestone can be readily determined by its shape and color. Potency Runes are blue and square, Essence Runes are yellow/green and hexagonal, and Aspect Runes are red and circular.

Runestones are used to craft Glyphs, which can in turn be used to enchant armor, weapons, or jewelry. Each Glyph must contain one of each type.

You can get runestones from runestone nodes, by extracting them from Glyphs, or by receiving them from your hireling. The potency runes that can be extracted are determined by character level, or Champion Points above level 50, and Potency Improvement skill level. Essence runes and Aspect runes are random, and the highest quality Aspect runes may be found even at low levels.

A Runestone node

Potency RunesEdit

The Potency of the rune determines the level of items the Glyph may be applied to. At each Potency level, there are two types of rune, "Additive" and "Subtractive". A different Glyph will be made depending on whether an Additive or Subtractive Potency rune is used. Tip: the easiest way to tell the difference between an Additive or Subtractive rune (assuming you haven't translated it yet) is that all Additive runes will have the "ra" syllable in the name while the Subtractive ones will not. (Subtractive ones all have the "de" syllable, but this is not fool-proof, as a few Additive ones do as well.)

Changing the type of Potency rune from Additive to Subtractive will change the type of items the resulting Glyph may be applied to. Generally, Subtractive glyphs can only be applied to weapons and jewelry, while Additive glyphs can also be applied to armor.

Potency Runes are now available (v2.4?) from the Enchanter merchants found near most Enchanting Stations. The costs for Additive & Subtractive runes of the same level are the same cost.

Additive PotencyEdit

Name Potency Gear Level Translation Glyph Cost
  Jora 1 1 "Develop" Trifling 000000003030  
  Porade 1+ 5 "Add" Inferior 000000004242  
  Jera 2 10 "Increase" Petty 000000005151  
  Jejora 2+ 15 "Raise" Slight 000000005454  
  Odra 3 20 "Gain" Minor 000000006060  
  Pojora 3+ 25 "Supplement" Lesser 000000006666  
  Edora 4 30 "Boost" Moderate 000000007272  
  Jaera 4+ 35 "Advance" Average 000000007878  
  Pora 5 40 "Augment" Strong 000000008484  
  Denara 5+  10 "Strengthen" Major 000000008787  
  Rera 6  30 "Exaggerate" Greater 000000009393  
  Derado 7  50 "Empower" Grand 000000009696  
  Rekura 8  70 "Magnify" Splendid 000000009999  
  Kura 9  100 "Intensify" Monumental 000000105105  
  Rejera 10  150 "Amplify" Superb 000000111111  
  Repora 10+  160 "Reinforce" Truly Superb 000025082508  

Subtractive PotencyEdit

Name Potency Gear Level Translation Glyph Cost
  Jode 1 1 "Reduce" Trifling 000000003030  
  Notade 1+ 5 "Subtract" Inferior 000000004242  
  Ode 2 10 "Shrink" Petty 000000005151  
  Tade 2+ 15 "Decrease" Slight 000000005454  
  Jayde 3 20 "Deduct" Minor 000000006060  
  Edode 3+ 25 "Lower" Lesser 000000006666  
  Pojode 4 30 "Diminish" Moderate 000000007272  
  Rekude 4+ 35 "Weaken" Average 000000007878  
  Hade 5 40 "Lessen" Strong 000000008484  
  Idode 5+  10 "Impair" Major 000000008787  
  Pode 6  30 "Remove" Greater 000000009393  
  Kedeko 7  50 "Drain" Grand 000000009696  
  Rede 8  70 "Deprive" Splendid 000000009999  
  Kude 9  100 "Negate" Monumental 000000105105  
  Jehade 10  150 "Divest" Superb 000000111111  
  Itade 10+  160 "Plunder" Truly Superb 000025082508  

Essence RunesEdit

The Essence Rune determines what the Glyph actually does. It may have a different effect depending on whether you use it with an Additive or Subtractive Potency Rune, but the two options will be related. For example, a Dekeipa Rune ("Frost") with an Additive Potency will cause Frost Damage when applied to a weapon, but with Subtractive Potency, it will provide Frost Resistance when applied to jewelry. The amount of damage or resistance is determined by the Aspect Rune as well as the potency of the Potency Rune.

Name Translation Potency Item Type Glyph Effect
  Dekeipa "Frost" Additive Weapon   Glyph of Frost Deals X Frost Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Frost Resist Adds X Frost Resistance
  Deni "Stamina" Additive Armor   Glyph of Stamina Adds X Max Stamina
Subtractive Weapon   Glyph of Absorb Stamina Deals X Magic Damage and recovers Y Stamina
  Denima "Stamina Regen" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Stamina Recovery Adds X Stamina Recovery
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Reduce Feat Cost Reduce Stamina cost of abilities by X
  Deteri "Armor" Additive Weapon   Glyph of Hardening Grants a X point Damage Shield for Y seconds
Subtractive Weapon   Glyph of Crushing Reduce targets Armor by X for Y seconds
  Hakeijo "Prism" Additive Armor   Glyph of Prismatic Defense Adds X Max Health/Magicka/Stamina
Subtractive Weapon   Glyph of Prismatic Onslaught Deals X Magic Damage and restores Y Health and Z Magicka and Stamina
  Haoko "Disease" Additive Weapon   Glyph of Foulness Deals X Disease Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Disease Resist Adds X Disease Resistance
  Indeko "Prismatic Regen" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Prismatic Recovery Adds X Health/Magicka/Stamina Recovery
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Reduce Skill Cost Reduce Health/Magicka/Stamina cost of abilities by X
  Kaderi "Shield" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Bashing Increase bash damage by X
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Bracing Reduce cost of Blocking by X
  Kuoko "Poison" Additive Weapon   Glyph of Poison Deals X Poison Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Poison Resist Adds X Poison Resistance
  Makderi "Spell Harm" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Increase Magical Harm Adds X Spell Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Decrease Spell Harm Adds X Spell Resistance
  Makko "Magicka" Additive Armor   Glyph of Magicka Adds X Max Magicka
Subtractive Weapon   Glyph of Absorb Magicka Deals X Magic Damage and recovers Y Magicka
  Makkoma "Magicka Regen" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Magicka Recovery Adds X Magicka Recovery
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Reduce Spell Cost Reduce Magicka cost of Spells by X
  Meip "Shock" Additive Weapon   Glyph of Shock Deals X Shock Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Shock Resist Adds X Shock Resistance
  Oko "Health" Additive Armor   Glyph of Health Adds X Max Health
Subtractive Weapon   Glyph of Absorb Health Deals X Magic Damage and recovers Y Health
  Okoma "Health Regen" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Health Recovery Adds X Health Recovery
Subtractive Weapon   Glyph of Decrease Health Deals X unresistable damage
  Okori "Power" Additive Weapon   Glyph of Weapon Damage Increase your Weapon and Spell damage by X for Y seconds
Subtractive Weapon   Glyph of Weakening Reduce target Weapon and Spell damage by X for Y seconds
  Oru "Alchemist" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Potion Boost Increase Potion effect by X
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Potion Speed Reduce the cooldown of Potions below this item's level by X seconds
  Rakeipa "Fire" Additive Weapon   Glyph of Flame Deals X Fire Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Flame Resist Adds X Fire Resistance
  Taderi "Physical Harm" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Increase Physical Harm Adds X Weapon Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Decrease Physical Harm Adds X Armor
Unlike other essence runes, Hakeijo cannot be randomly found or be brought by hirelings. It is a rare drop in the Imperial City or can be bought for 5000 Tel Var Stones at the alliance bases in the sewers. It is also available occasionally through events. Psijic portals will also rarely have it.
Acquired through the Antiquities system  .

In addition to creating glyphs, Rakeipa runes are also used to craft many Lighting Furnishing items.

Removed RunesEdit

These two bugged runes could originally be received from hireling mail before it was fixed in Patch 1.2.3. However, they still exist in-game and can be traded. The icons pictured here are those used at release. On live, Jaedi now uses the Okoma icon and Lire uses the Oko icon. The effects have been replaced by the Kaderi and Taderi runes, respectively.

Name Translation Potency Item Type Glyph Effect
  Jaedi "Gain" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Bashing Increase bash damage by X
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Bracing Reduce cost of blocking by X
  Lire "Physical Harm" Additive Jewelry   Glyph of Increase Physical Harm Adds X Weapon Damage
Subtractive Jewelry   Glyph of Decrease Physical Harm Adds X Armor

Aspect RunesEdit

The Aspect Rune determines the overall quality of the Glyph. A low-Potency Glyph on a low-level item with a high Aspect Glyph may be more powerful than a higher-Potency Glyph with a low Aspect.

Name Lvl Translation Effect
  Ta 1 "Base" Produces Base quality items
  Jejota 1 "Fine" Produces Fine quality items
  Denata 2 "Superior" Produces Superior quality items
  Rekuta 3 "Artifact" Produces Epic quality items
  Kuta 4 "Legendary" Produces Legendary quality items

In addition to creating glyphs, Aspect Runes are also used to craft Furnishings in the Enchanting profession. Specifically (there are no Base quality enchanting praxes):

  • Fine praxes require 9 Jejota
  • Superior praxes require 6 Denata
  • Epic praxes require 3 Rekuta
  • Legendary praxes require 1 Kuta.

Future RunesEdit

  Some or all of the information on this page was created prior to the official release of the content.
Please verify that the information is current, then remove the {{Pre-Release}} tag.

Files mined from the game data hint at possible future additions of 4 more Potency and 1 more Essence rune. The names are a best guess based on the strokes seen in each rune. It is unknown what effect these runes will have, though it's most likely that the Potency runes are intended for a future increase in the level cap. The Essence rune appears to be an alternate version of Hakeijo, splitting it into 4 strokes, "Ha-ke-i-jo" instead of the 3 for "Ha-kei-jo".

NotesEdit

  • Before Update 10, there were three types of runestone nodes, which yielded only one type of runestone depending on the color of the node's flame. Potency runes dropped from nodes with a blue flame, Essence runes from nodes with a yellow flame, and Aspect runes from nodes with a red flame. Now there is only one type of node, with a red flame, which yields a number of runes and frequently provides runes of all three types. The only place the Potency and Essence runestone nodes can now be seen is during the Enchanter Certification quest.
  • As of Update 16, Enchanter Writs state that they require Ta. Prior to this update, correctly named enchantments could be created that did not complete the quest.
Likely Name
  Nokude
  Hajaede