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The Witcher[]

Permanent runes are branded onto blades to produce silver swords of a higher quality than the base weapon; they can not be used on steel swords. The permanent rune stones are combined in three's.

There are also temporary runes, which Geralt can apply himself. These have blade-enhancing effects similar to oils, and cannot be used at the same time as an oil on a given blade. Temporary runes can be applied to either steel or silver swords and provide a temporary upgrade to the weapon, similar to weapon oil in duration. The enhancement depends on the rune stone used, but all last for a period of 24 hours.

Permanent runes: Temporary runes:
earth rune Earth rune Perun rune stone Perun
moon rune Moon rune Svarog rune stone Svarog
sun rune Sun rune Vodon rune stone Vodon

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[]

Runes are placed in the rune slots for swords to enhance their base statistics.

Weapon enchantments Magical glyphs
earth rune Earth rune animal rune Animal rune
fire rune Fire rune death rune Art rune
moon rune Moon rune sky rune Sky rune
sun rune Sun rune time rune Time rune
ysgith rune Ysgith rune

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[]

Runestones can be applied to empty upgrade slots on weapons.

Lesser Rune Image Rune Image Greater Rune Image
Lesser Dazhbog runestone

2% Chance to cause burning

Tw3 runestone dazhbog
Dazhbog runestone

3% Chance to cause burning

Tw3 runestone dazhbog
Greater Dazhbog runestone

5% Chance to cause burning

Tw3 runestone dazhbog greater
Lesser Chernobog runestone

2% Attack Power

Tw3 runestone chernobog
Chernobog runestone

3% Attack Power

Tw3 runestone chernobog
Greater Chernobog runestone

5% Attack Power

Tw3 runestone chernobog greater
Lesser Stribog runestone

2% Chance to stagger

Tw3 runestone stribog lesser
Stribog runestone

3% Chance to stagger

Tw3 runestone stribog lesser
Greater Stribog runestone

5% Chance to stagger

Tw3 runestone stribog greater
Lesser Svarog runestone

+10 Armor piercing

Tw3 runestone svarog
Svarog runestone

+20 Armor piercing

Tw3 runestone svarog
Greater Svarog runestone

+30 Armor piercing

Tw3 runestone svarog greater
Lesser Triglav runestone

2% Chance to stun

Tw3 runestone triglav lesser
Triglav runestone

3% Chance to stun

Tw3 runestone triglav lesser

Greater Triglav runestone 5% Chance to stun

Tw3 runestone triglav greater
Lesser Perun runestone

2% Adrenaline point gain

Tw3 runestone perun lesser
Perun runestone

3% Adrenaline point gain

Tw3 runestone perun lesser
Greater Perun runestone

5% Adrenaline point gain

Tw3 runestone perun greater
Lesser Veles runestone

2% Sign intensity

Tw3 runestone veles
Veles runestone

3% Sign intensity

Tw3 runestone veles
Greater Veles runestone

5% Sign intensity

Tw3 runestone veles greater
Lesser Morana runestone

2% Chance to poison

Tw3 runestone morana lesser
Morana runestone

3% Chance to poison

Tw3 runestone morana lesser
Greater Morana runestone

5% Chance to poison

Tw3 runestone morana greater
Lesser Zoria runestone

2% Chance to freeze

Tw3 runestone zoria lesser

Zoria runestone

3% Chance to freeze

Tw3 runestone zoria lesser
Greater Zoria runestone

5% Chance to freeze

Tw3 runestone zoria greater
Lesser Devana runestone

2% Chance to cause bleeding

Tw3 runestone devana lesser
Devana runestone

3% Chance to cause bleeding

Tw3 runestone devana lesser
Greater Devana runestone

5% Chance to cause bleeding

Tw3 runestone devana greater

Hearts of Stone expansion[]

Along with runewords and glyphwords, Hearts of Stone adds two new runestones which are only needed to craft the Dumplings runeword. Unlike base game runestones, both of them must be crafted and the diagrams for them are found in specific locations.

Notes[]

  • An additional runestone called "Quentin" (in all three variations) has been cut during the development of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game files still contain a few remnants from it, but the only thing known about it is that it would've had the same base value and weight as the Morana runestone.

See also[]

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