Diablo 2 Runewords Recipes: For Items, Rune Order & Stats

Hey, I’m Zathong and this guide about Runewords Leaderboards in Diablo 2. Runewords in Diablo 2 cover the different Rune combinations that can be socketed into equipment. Let’s just get into the details below!

Diablo 2 Runeword Recipes

Runewords by categories, such as best armor rune words, best weapon rune words, as well as early game Rune words and Runewords by level.

Runewords Name	Rune Order	Req Lvl	Allowed Items
Ancient’s Pledge	Ral + Ort + Tal	21	3 Socket Shields
Beast	Ber + Tir + Um + Mal + Lum	63	5 Socket Axes/ 5 Socket Scepters/ 5 Socket Hammers
Black	Thul + Io + Nef	35	3 Socket Clubs/ 3 Socket Hammers/ 3 Socket Maces
Bone	Sol + Um + Um	47	3 Socket Chest Armor
Bramble	Ral + Ohm + Sur + Eth	61	4 Socket Chest Armor
Brand	Jah + Lo + Mal + Gul	65	4 Socket Missile Weapons
Breath of the Dying	Vex + Hel + El + Eld + Zod + Eth	69	6 Socket Weapons
Call to Arms	Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist + Ohm	57	5 Socket Weapons
Chains of Honor	Dol + Um + Ber + Ist	63	4 Socket Chest Armor
Chaos	Fal + Ohm + Um	57	3 Socket Claws
Crescent Moon	Shael + Um + Tir	47	3 Socket Axes/ 3 Socket Swords/ 3 Socket Polearms
Death	Hel + El + Vex + Ort + Gul	55	5 Socket Swords/ 5 Socket Axes
Delirium	Lem + Ist + Io	51	3 Socket Helm
Destruction	Vex + Lo + Ber + Jah + Ko	65	5 Socket Polearms/ 5 Socket Swords
Doom	Hel + Ohm + Um + Lo + Cham	67	5 Socket Axes/ 5 Socket Polearms/ 5 Socket Hammers
Dragon	Sur + Lo + Sol	61	3 Socket Chest Armor/ 3 Socket Shields
Dream	Io + Jah + Pul	65	3 Socket Helms/ 3 Socket Shields
Duress	Shael + Um + Thul	47	3 Socket Chest Armor
Edge	Tir + Tal + Amn	25	3 Socket Missile Weapons
Enigma	Jah + Ith + Ber	65	3 Socket Chest Armor
Enlightenment	Pul + Ral + Sol	45	3 Socket Chest Armor
Eternity	Amn + Ber + Ist + Sol + Sur	63	5 Socket Melee Weapons
Exile	Vex + Ohm + Ist + Dol	57	4 Socket Paladin Shields
Faith	Ohm + Jah + Lem + Eld	65	4 Socket Missile Weapons
Famine	Fal + Ohm + Ort + Jah	65	4 Socket Axes/ 4 Socket Hammers
Flickering Flame (Added in Patch 2.4)	Nef + Pul + Vex	55	3 Socket Helms
Fortitude	El + Sol + Dol + Lo	59	4 Socket Weapons/ 4 Socket Chest Armor
Fury	Jah + Gul + Eth	65	3 Socket Melee Weapons
Gloom	Fal + Um + Pul	47	3 Socket Chest Armor
Grief	Eth + Tir + Lo + Mal + Ral	59	5 Socket Swords/ 5 Socket Axes
Hand of Justice	Sur + Cham + Amn + Lo	67	4 Socket Weapons
Harmony	Tir + Ith + Sol + Ko	39	4 Socket Missile Weapons
Heart of the Oak	Ko + Vex + Pul + Thul	55	4 Socket Staves/ 4 Socket Maces (Flails)
Holy Thunder	Eth + Ral + Ort + Tal	21	4 Socket Scepters
Honor	Amn + El + Ith + Tir + Sol	27	5 Socket Melee Weapons
Ice	Amn + Shael + Jah + Lo	65	4 Socket Missile Weapons
Infinity	Ber + Mal + Ber + Ist	63	4 Socket Polearms/ 4 Socket Spears (Spears added in Patch 2.4)
Insight	Ral + Tir + Tal + Sol	27	4 Socket Polearms/ 4 Socket Staves
King’s Grace	Amn + Ral + Thul	25	3 Socket Swords/ 3 Socket Scepters
Kingslayer	Mal + Um + Gul + Fal	53	4 Socket Swords/ 4 Socket Axes
Last Wish	Jah + Mal + Jah + Sur + Jah + Ber	65	6 Socket Swords/ 6 Socket Hammers/ 6 Socket Axes
Lawbringer	Amn + Lem + Ko	43	3 Socket Swords/ 3 Socket Hammers/ 3 Socket Scepters
Leaf	Tir + Ral	19	2 Socket Staves
Lionheart	Hel + Lum + Fal	41	3 Socket Chest Armor
Lore	Ort + Sol	27	2 Socket Helms
Malice	Ith + El + Eth	15	3 Socket Melee Weapons
Melody	Shael + Ko + Nef	39	3 Socket Missile Weapons
Memory	Lum + Io + Sol + Eth	37	4 Socket Staves
Mist (Added in Patch 2.4)	Cham + Shael + Gul + Thul + Ith	67	4 Socket Missile Weapons
Myth	Hel + Amn + Nef	25	3 Socket Chest Armor
Nadir	Nef + Tir	13	2 Socket Helms
Oath	Shael + Pul + Mal + Lum	49	4 Socket Swords/ 4 Socket Axes/ 4 Socket Maces
Obedience	Hel + Ko + Thul + Eth + Fal	41	5 Socket Polearms/ 5 Socket Spears (Spears added in Patch 2.4)
Obsession (Added in Patch 2.4)	Zod + Ist + Lem + Lum + Io + Nef	69	6 Socket Staves
Passion	Dol + Ort + Eld + Lem	43	4 Socket Weapons
Pattern (Added in Patch 2.4)	Tal + Ort + Thul	23	3 Socket Claws
Peace	Shael + Thul + Amn	29	3 Socket Chest Armor
Phoenix	Vex + Vex + Lo + Jah	65	4 Socket Weapons/ 4 Socket Shields
Plague (Added in Patch 2.4)	Cham + Shael + Um	67	3 Socket Swords/ 3 Socket Claws/ 3 Socket Daggers
Pride	Cham + Sur + Io + Lo	67	4 Socket Polearms/ 4 Socket Spears (Spears added in Patch 2.4)
Principle	Ral + Gul + Eld	53	3 Socket Chest Armor
Prudence	Mal + Tir	49	2 Socket Chest Armor
Radiance	Nef + Sol + Ith	27	3 Socket Helms
Rain	Ort + Mal + Ith	49	3 Socket Chest Armor
Rhyme	Shael + Eth	29	2 Socket Shields
Rift	Hel + Ko + Lem + Gul	53	4 Socket Polearms/ 4 Socket Scepters
Sanctuary	Ko + Ko + Mal	49	3 Socket Shields
Silence	Dol + Eld + Hel + Ist + Tir + Vex	55	6 Socket Weapons
Smoke	Nef + Lum	37	2 Socket Chest Armor
Spirit	Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn	25	4 Socket Swords 4 Socket Shields
Splendor	Eth + Lum	37	2 Socket Shields
Stealth	Tal + Eth	17	2 Socket Chest Armor
Steel	Tir + El	13	2 Socket Swords/ 2 Socket Axes/ 2 Socket Maces
Stone	Shael + Um + Pul + Lum	47	4 Socket Chest Armor
Strength	Amn + Tir	25	2 Socket Melee Weapons
Treachery	Shael + Thul + Lem	43	3 Socket Chest Armor
Unbending Will (Added in Patch 2.4)	Fal + Io + Ith + Eld + El + Hel	41	6 Socket Swords
Venom	Tal + Dol + Mal	49	3 Socket Weapons
Voice of Reason	Lem + Ko + El + Eld	43	4 Socket Swords/ 4 Socket Maces
Wealth	Lem + Ko + Tir	43	3 Socket Chest Armor
White	Dol + Io	35	2 Socket Wand
Wind	Sur + El	61	2 Socket Melee Weapons
Wisdom (Added in Patch 2.4)	Pul + Ith + Eld	45	3 Socket Helms
Wrath	Pul + Lum + Ber + Mal	63	4 Socket Missile Weapons
Zephyr	Ort + Eth	21	2 Socket Missile Weapons