Diablo 4: All Runes (& What They Do)

Summary

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 Runewords and updated existing ones, shaking up the Season 7 meta.

There are a lot of new mechanics that have been added to Diablo 4 with the first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, and the Hatred Rising season 6 content. Included among 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 close attention to the Offerings generated and required by these Runes, as they affect how reliably you can trigger your Diablo 4 Runeword effect. A Ritual Rune that only generates 5x offerings won't do much to empower an Invocation Rune that requires 1000x, after all.

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

All Ritual Runes in Diablo 4

Every D4 Ritual Rune: Triggers & Offerings Generated

In Diablo 4, all Ritual Runes essentially function as Trigger runes. These Runes have a burning yellow engraving and point upward in your inventory, indicating that they must be placed into the Top slot of your two-Socket piece of gea r.

When you perform the listed action on each Ritual Rune, it will generate a certain amount of Offering, which contributes to the effect of a tied Invocation Rune. When you perform the listed action for every Ritual Rune enough times to reach the required Offerings for your Invocation Rune, the Invocation Rune effect will trigger.

Rune Name	Rune Trigger	Offering Generated	Rarity
Ahu	Lucky Hit: Boosted up to a 100% chance against Injured enemies	10x Offerings	Legendary
Bac	Travel 5m	50x Offerings	Legendary
Cem	Cast Evade	75x Offerings	Magic
Cir	Cast the same non-Channeled skill 3x in a row	50x Offerings	Magic
Feo	Become Injured while Crowd Controlled	1000x Offerings	Rare
Igni	Stores offering every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-Basic Skill to gain the stored offering. (Up to 500 Offering).	25x Offerings	Legendary
Kaa	Lose 1% of your Max Life	2x Offerings	Rare
Lith	Stand still for 0.3 seconds	25x Offerings	Legendary
Moni	Cast 2 Mobility or Macabre Skills	100x Offerings	Magic
Nagu	Maintain at least 1 active Summon for 5 seconds, gaining Offering for each up to 6 Summons.	100x Offerings	Legendary
Neo	Deal damage after not taking any within 2 seconds	200x Offerings	Rare
Noc	Inflict a Crowd Control that isn't Slow or Chill	10x Offerings	Rare
Poc	Spend 5% of your max Primary Resource	5x Offerings	Rare
Tam	Cast a non-Channeled Core Skill	25x Offerings	Legendary
Ur	Your Minion or Companion kills an enemy or dies	10x Offerings	Magic
Xol	Evoke a Skill from another class	150x Offerings	Legendary
Yax	Drink a Healing potion	200x Offerings	Magic
Yul	Cast a Skill with a Cooldown	50x Offerings	Legendary
Zan	Cast an Ultimate Skill	150x Offerings	Magic

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All Invocation Runes in Diablo 4

Every D4 Invocation Rune: Effects, Overflow, & Offerings Required

All Invocation Runes in Diablo 4 essentially function as Effect or Ability runes. These Runes have a purple engraving and point downward in your inventory, indicating that they must be placed into the Bottom slot of your two-Socket piece of gear.

When enough Offerings are generated with your Ritual Rune to reach the required Offerings of your Invocation Rune, the listed Effect or granted Ability on the Invocation Rune will activate. If you generate more Offerings than are required for some Invocation Runes, Diablo 4 players will boost the Effect listed. This is called an Overflow Effect.

Most Invocation Runes cannot trigger more than once every second, while some take two or even as many as six seconds to recharge, like the Runes that grant another class Skill. Watch the purple buff on your buff bar to see how many Offerings are required for the listed Effect to activate.

Rune Name	Rune Effect	Overflow Effect	Offering Required	Rarity
Ceh	Summon a Spirit Wolf to attack enemies for 8 seconds	Summon multiple wolves	100x Offerings	Magic
Chac	Invoke Druid Lightning Bolts, striking a nearby enemy.	Spawn more Lightning Bolts	20x Offerings	Rare
Eom	Reduce your active Cooldowns by 0.25 seconds	Further reduced cooldowns	100x Offerings	Legendary
Gar	Gain 2.5% Crit Chance for 5 seconds, up to 25%	Gain multiple stacks of Crit Chance	25x Offerings	Magic
Jah	Replace your next Evade with the Sorcerer's Teleport, Blinking further, dealing damage, and granting Unstoppable	Store excess offering	250x Offerings	Legendary
Kry	Evoke the Spiritborn's Vortex, dealing damage and pulling in enemies	Increased Vortex Size	500x Offerings	Rare
Lac	Evoke the Barbarian's Challenging Shout, reducing damage taken	Increased Duration	800x Offerings	Rare
Lum	Restore 1 of your Primary Resource	Increased Resource Restoration	5x Offerings	Magic
Met	You leave the Necromancer's Desecrated Ground behind you for 3 seconds, dealing damage to enemies within	Increased Duration	100x Offerings	Magic
Mot	Gain a Shadow from the Rogue's Dark Shroud, reducing damage taken per Shadow	Gain multiple Shadows	150x Offerings	Rare
Ner	Evoke the Rogue's Countering Concealment, gaining Dodge Chance, Movement Speed, Unstoppable, and Stealth	Increased Duration	700x Offerings	Rare
Ohm	Evoke the Barbarian's Enhanced War Cry, increasing your Movement Speed and Damage output	Increased Duration	500x Offerings	Legendary
Ono	Evoke the Druid's Dancing Bolts, which seeks out enemies	Increased Bolts spawned	25x Offerings	Magic
Qax	Your next non-Basic Skill cast spends all of your Primary Resource, dealing up to 100% increased damage	increased Damage	400x Offerings	Rare
Qua	Restore an Evade charge and gain 10% movement speed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 50%	Increased Duration	400x Offerings	Magic
Que	Evoke the Druid's Earthen Bulwark, granting yourself a Barrier	Increased Duration	800x Offerings	Rare
Tal	Evoke the Spiritborn's Pestilent Swarm, dealing damage to enemies	Increased Swarms spawned	30x Offerings	Magic
Teb	Evoke the Necromancer's Abhorrent Iron Maiden, counterattacking enemies and Healing you when they die	Increase Damage by 1% per Offering	100x Offerings	Magic
Tec	Evoke the Barbarian's Earthquake, dealing damage to enemies within	Increased Size	50x Offerings	Magic
Thul	Evoke the Sorcerer's Mystical Frost Nova, inflicting Freeze and Vulnerable onto enemies	Increased Size	400x Offerings	Rare
Ton	Evoke the Sorcerer's Meteorites, dealing damage to enemies in their area	Increased Meteorites spawned	20x Offerings	Magic
Tun	Evoke the Rogue's Stun Grenades, Stunning and dealing damage to enemies	Increased Grenades spawned	25x Offerings	Magic
Tzic	Evoke the Spiritborn's Concussive Stomp, dealing damage and Knocking Down enemies	Increased Damage by 1% per Offering	200x Offerings	Rare
Vex	Gain +1 to all Skills for 7 seconds	Increased Skill Ranks (up to 3)	150x Offerings	Legendary
Wat	Evoke the Necromancer's Horrid Decrepify, Slowing & reducing enemy damage, and letting you Execute them	Increased Duration	100x Offerings	Rare
Xal	Gain 20% Max Life for 6 seconds	Gain more Maximum Life	300x Offerings	Rare
Xan	Your next Skill cast will be a guaranteed Overpowe r and Critical Hit	Additional 1% damage per 10x Offerings	700x Offerings	Legendary
Yom	Evoke the Druid's Petrify, Stunning enemies and increasing your Critical Hit Damage against them	Increase Stun Duration	500x Offerings	Legendary
Zec	Reduce your active Ultimate Cooldown by 1 second	Reduced Cooldown	100x Offerings	Rare