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( Level requirement: 23 )
Pattern Runewords
Modifiers
Complete Stats:
- +30% Faster Block Rate
- +40-80% Enhanced Damage (varies)
- 10% Bonus to Attack Rating
- Adds 12-32 Fire Damage
- Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage
- Adds 3-14 Cold Damage
- +75 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds
- +6 to Strength
- +6 to Dexterity
- All Resistances +15
How to create
Rune Order: Tal + Ort + Thul
 Tal |  Ort |  Thul |
Can be used in
Allowed Items:
- 3 Socket Claws
Other Runewords
Runewords convert Armor or Weapons in Unique Equipment once the required amount of Runes is placed in the correct order, granting said item a fixed set of properties.
| Runewords | Rune Order |
| Ancient’s Pledge | Ral + Ort + Tal |
| Beast | Ber + Tir + Um + Mal + Lum |
| Black | Thul + Io + Nef |
| Bone | Sol + Um + Um |
| Bramble | Ral + Ohm + Sur + Eth |
| Brand | Jah + Lo + Mal + Gul |
| Breath of the Dying | Vex + Hel + El + Eld + Zod + Eth |
| Call to Arms | Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist + Ohm |
| Chains of Honor | Dol + Um + Ber + Ist |
| Chaos | Fal + Ohm + Um |
| Crescent Moon | Shael + Um + Tir |
| Death | Hel + El + Vex + Ort + Gul |
| Delirium | Lem + Ist + Io |
| Destruction | Vex + Lo + Ber + Jah + Ko |
| Doom | Hel + Ohm + Um + Lo + Cham |
| Dragon | Sur + Lo + Sol |
| Dream | Io + Jah + Pul |
| Duress | Shael + Um + Thul |
| Edge | Tir + Tal + Amn |
| Enigma | Jah + Ith + Ber |
| Enlightenment | Pul + Ral + Sol |
| Eternity | Amn + Ber + Ist + Sol + Sur |
| Exile | Vex + Ohm + Ist + Dol |
| Faith | Ohm + Jah + Lem + Eld |
| Famine | Fal + Ohm + Ort + Jah |
| Flickering Flame (Added in Patch 2.4) | Nef + Pul + Vex |
| Fortitude | El + Sol + Dol + Lo |
| Fury | Jah + Gul + Eth |
| Gloom | Fal + Um + Pul |
| Grief | Eth + Tir + Lo + Mal + Ral |
| Hand of Justice | Sur + Cham + Amn + Lo |
| Harmony | Tir + Ith + Sol + Ko |
| Heart of the Oak | Ko + Vex + Pul + Thul |
| Holy Thunder | Eth + Ral + Ort + Tal |
| Honor | Amn + El + Ith + Tir + Sol |
| Ice | Amn + Shael + Jah + Lo |
| Infinity | Ber + Mal + Ber + Ist |
| Insight | Ral + Tir + Tal + Sol |
| King’s Grace | Amn + Ral + Thul |
| Kingslayer | Mal + Um + Gul + Fal |
| Last Wish | Jah + Mal + Jah + Sur + Jah + Ber |
| Lawbringer | Amn + Lem + Ko |
| Leaf | Tir + Ral |
| Lionheart | Hel + Lum + Fal |
| Lore | Ort + Sol |
| Malice | Ith + El + Eth |
| Melody | Shael + Ko + Nef |
| Memory | Lum + Io + Sol + Eth |
| Mist (Added in Patch 2.4) | Cham + Shael + Gul + Thul + Ith |
| Myth | Hel + Amn + Nef |
| Nadir | Nef + Tir |
| Oath | Shael + Pul + Mal + Lum |
| Obedience | Hel + Ko + Thul + Eth + Fal |
| Obsession (Added in Patch 2.4) | Zod + Ist + Lem + Lum + Io + Nef |
| Passion | Dol + Ort + Eld + Lem |
| Pattern (Added in Patch 2.4) | Tal + Ort + Thul |
| Peace | Shael + Thul + Amn |
| Phoenix | Vex + Vex + Lo + Jah |
| Plague (Added in Patch 2.4) | Cham + Shael + Um |
| Pride | Cham + Sur + Io + Lo |
| Principle | Ral + Gul + Eld |
| Prudence | Mal + Tir |
| Radiance | Nef + Sol + Ith |
| Rain | Ort + Mal + Ith |
| Rhyme | Shael + Eth |
| Rift | Hel + Ko + Lem + Gul |
| Sanctuary | Ko + Ko + Mal |
| Silence | Dol + Eld + Hel + Ist + Tir + Vex |
| Smoke | Nef + Lum |
| Spirit | Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn |
| Splendor | Eth + Lum |
| Stealth | Tal + Eth |
| Steel | Tir + El |
| Stone | Shael + Um + Pul + Lum |
| Strength | Amn + Tir |
| Treachery | Shael + Thul + Lem |
| Unbending Will (Added in Patch 2.4) | Fal + Io + Ith + Eld + El + Hel |
| Venom | Tal + Dol + Mal |
| Voice of Reason | Lem + Ko + El + Eld |
| Wealth | Lem + Ko + Tir |
| White | Dol + Io |
| Wind | Sur + El |
| Wisdom (Added in Patch 2.4) | Pul + Ith + Eld |
| Wrath | Pul + Lum + Ber + Mal |
| Zephyr | Ort + Eth |
Runewords categorized into early game, level, and top weapon and armor runeword lists are only a few examples.
Not every Runeword is compatible with every kind of equipment. To make a Runewords, there are some “rules” that must be followed. To avoid wasting your hard-earned Runes, it’s crucial to learn them before making Runewords.