RUNES · 0.5 RUNES OF ALDUR · LIVE PRICES

Every rune, compared

What each rune family actually does in a weapon vs in armour (exact effect text, verified against poe2db and the wiki) and what every tier trades for right now. Runes are the bread and butter of Remnant rewards: when one drops, the reward picker tells you whether to take it. Prices live from POE2 Scout, snapshot 2026-06-16.

Aldur's Legacy
All Equipment: When socketed into a Unique Kalguuran or Ezomyte item, destroys the item to create a Rune imbued with that item's power
Base: 66.0k ex
Astrid's Creativity
All Equipment: Can have 1 additional Crafted Modifiers
Base: 2656 ex
Cadigan's Epiphany
Gloves: Destroys all Augment Sockets on the item to create a Jewel Socket
Base: 1502 ex
Masterwork Rune
All Equipment: Upgrades a socketed Rune
Base: 81.3 ex
Iron Rune
Martial Weapon: 14% increased Physical Damage
Wand or Staff: 20% increased Spell Damage
Armour: 14% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Effect text from Lesser Iron Rune; higher tiers scale the numbers (see each tier's page).
Lesser: 0.443 ex · Greater: 1.33 ex · Base: 3.74 ex · Perfect: 150 ex
Serle's Triumph
All Equipment: +1 Suffix Modifier allowed
Base: 324 ex
Kolr's Hunt
NOT APPLICABLE - verified on poe2db: this rune is Socket-bound to Gloves only ("Place into an empty Augment Socket in a pair of Gloves to apply its effect to that item. Once socketed it cannot be retrieved or replaced."). It cannot be socketed in martial weapons and has no martial weapon effect.
Gloves: Can roll Marksman modifiers | Bonded: Gloves: 20% increased Projectile Damage
Base: 297 ex
Rune of Leadership
Minions gain 10% of their Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
Minions take 10% of Physical Damage as Lightning Damage
Greater: 112 ex
Farrul's Rune of the Chase
N/A: not socketable in weapons. This rune sockets ONLY into Boots: "Place into an empty Augment Socket in a pair of Boots to apply its effect to that item." poe2db lists no Martial Weapon effect.
Boots: 5% increased Movement Speed (Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate). No effect listed for other armour slots: Boots only. Requires: Level 50, Limited to: 1, Stack Size: 1 / 10.
Base: 18.8 ex
Robust Rune
All Equipment: +12 to Strength; Bonded: Martial Weapon: Adds 6 to 10 Physical Damage to Attacks, Adds 6 to 10 Fire damage to Attacks
All Equipment: +12 to Strength; Bonded: Wand or Staff: +100 to Armour
All Equipment: +12 to Strength; Bonded: Armour: +20 to maximum Life, +20 to maximum Mana
Effect text from Greater Robust Rune; higher tiers scale the numbers (see each tier's page).
Greater: 0.479 ex · Base: 16.0 ex · Lesser: 16.0 ex · Perfect: 221 ex
Storm Rune
Adds 1 to 30 Lightning Damage
Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
+18% to Lightning Resistance
Effect text from Greater Storm Rune; higher tiers scale the numbers (see each tier's page).
Greater: 0.231 ex · Lesser: 2.40 ex · Base: 6.91 ex · Perfect: 151 ex
Saqawal's Rune of the Sky
Martial Weapon: Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements (Bonded: Martial Weapon: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge)
Wand or Staff: Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements (Bonded: Wand or Staff: 12% chance when collecting an Elemental Infusion to gain an additional Elemental Infusion of the same type)
Base: 14.4 ex
Hedgewitch Assandra's Rune of Wisdom
Effects not yet verified; see the tier pages for live prices.
Base: 22.6 ex
Inspiration Rune
Martial Weapon: Gain 30 Mana per enemy killed
Wand or Staff: 30% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Armour: 18% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Effect text from Greater Inspiration Rune; higher tiers scale the numbers (see each tier's page).
Greater: 0.935 ex · Base: 1.00 ex · Lesser: 41.7 ex · Perfect: 131 ex

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