Runes

Runes are cosmetics that can be applied to items to give them particle effects upon use.

Runic Mobs[]

Runes are obtained from Runic Mobs. Runic Mobs are normal SkyBlock Mobs, but with 4x higher ❤ Health, and deal double ❁ Damage. They have a purple name tag, and a much lower chance to spawn. When killed, they are guaranteed to drop a Rune, and they also have a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance to drop a Runebook.

All mobs can be Runic except Ender Dragon, Crimson Isle Mini-bosses, Slayer Boss/Miniboss, Dungeon Boss or Dungeon Boss Minion.

Certain runes are also obtained from Slayer or as special rewards.

Runic Pedestal[]

Runes can be fused on the Runic Pedestal found behind the Blacksmith and owned by Dusk.

Fusing two runes will have a chance of upgrading the rune to the next level, up to the maximum level of 3. Upon success or failure, the second rune is consumed. If this process does not succeed, the remaining rune will not gain a level. The chance of success can be seen in the Runic Pedestal while hovering over the apply trigger. Regardless of the outcome, the player will gain Runecrafting experience. More experience is awarded upon success.

Runes can be fused to Swords, Bows, Chestplates, and Boots, depending on the type of rune. The player's Runecrafting level must be greater than or equal to that of the rune, or they won't be able to fuse it. This only applies when fusing runes to items; the player can still fuse runes whose level is above their Runecrafting level. Fusing runes onto items will also grant Runecrafting experience.

List of Runes[]

Image	Name	Level	Category	Rarity	Description of the effects	Unique Ways To Obtain^{[note-obtain 1]}
Blood Rune I	Blood	1	Weapons	COMMON	Creates a blood spatter effect
Snow Rune I	Snow	2	Weapons	COMMON	Explosion of snow particles
Lava Rune I	Lava	3	Bows	COMMON	Lava drop particles
Fading White Rune I	Fading White	3	Axes	COMMON	White smoke particles	Tree Gifts
Gem Rune I	Gem	4	Bows	COMMON	Green star particles
Zap Rune I	Zap	5	Boots	UNCOMMON	Yellow dust particles
	Slimy	5	Bows	COMMON	Slime particles	Rain Slime and Emerald Slime
Fading Green Rune I	Fading Green	5	Axes	UNCOMMON	Green smoke particles	Tree Gifts
White Spiral Rune I	White Spiral	6	Bows	UNCOMMON	Firework particle spiral
Smokey Rune I	Smokey	7	Bows	COMMON	Smoke particles	Wither Skeletons and Sneaky Creepers
Hot Rune I	Hot	8	Boots	UNCOMMON	Lava drop particles
Redstone Rune I	Redstone	9	Boots	RARE	Redstone particles	Redstone Pigmen
Hearts Rune I	Hearts	10	Weapons	RARE	Splatter of heart particles
Sparkling Rune I	Sparkling	11	Boots	RARE	Firework trail particles
Magical Rune I	Magical	12	Bows	RARE	Witch particles	Mining Ender Nodes
Fire Spiral Rune I	Fire Spiral	13	Bows	RARE	Flame particle spiral	Blazes and Magma Cubes
Golden Rune I	Golden	14	Bows	EPIC	Yellow smoke and Gold Ingots, Golden Carrots, Golden Apples, Blocks of Gold and Golden Nuggets drop from behind the arrow
Music Rune I	Music	15	Weapons	EPIC	Music note particles and a note plays	Dusk (Garden Visitor)
Clouds Rune I	Clouds	16	Boots	EPIC	White Smoke particles
Wake Rune I	Wake	18	Bows	LEGENDARY	Water drop particles splatter from behind the arrow	Sea Walkers, Night Squids, Sea Guardians, Sea Witches, Sea Archers, and Monsters of the Deep
Lightning Rune I	Lightning	19	Weapons	LEGENDARY	Lightning strikes where the enemy dies
Rainbow Rune I	Rainbow	20	Boots	LEGENDARY	Potion particles of various colors
	Empty Rune			UNCOMMON	N/A	Could be obtained while patch 0.7 was being rolled out. It would drop in extremely large quantities from mobs, causing the player's game to crash. Now the only way to obtain is through trading with other players.

↑ All standard runes except Magical Rune and Tidal Rune can also be obtained from Dusk when they visit the player's Garden.

Image	Name	Level	Category	Rarity	Description of the effect	How to Obtain	Odds
Pestilence Rune I	Pestilence	10	Weapons	RARE	Void particles	Revenant Horror (Tier `II`+) Unlocked: Zombie Slayer LVL 2	5Rare^(5%)
Snake Rune I	Snake	21	Boots	LEGENDARY	Zig-zag trail of green star particles	Revenant Horror (Tier `IV`+) Unlocked: Zombie Slayer LVL 6	9Pray RNGesus^(<1%)
Bite Rune I	Bite	15	Bows	EPIC	Two trails of Green Star and Lava Drop particles	Tarantula Broodfather (Tier `II`+) Unlocked: Spider Slayer LVL 1	5Rare^(5%)
Spirit Rune I	Spirit	12	Weapons	RARE	Rising trail of enchanting particles on top of which are aqua potion particles	Sven Packmaster (Tier `II`+) Unlocked: Wolf Slayer LVL 2	5Rare^(5%)
Couture Rune I	Couture	24	Boots	LEGENDARY	Infrequent spiral of flame and critical hit particles	Sven Packmaster (Tier `IV`) Unlocked: Wolf Slayer LVL 6	9Pray RNGesus^(<1%)
Endersnake Rune I	Endersnake	23	Boots	LEGENDARY	Zig-zag trail of Witch particles	Voidgloom Seraph (Tier `III`)	5Rare^(5%)
End Rune I	End	1	Bows	EPIC	Trail of Black Smoke and Witch particles	Voidgloom Seraph (Tier `IV`) Unlocked: Enderman Slayer LVL 5	7Extraordinary^(1%)
Enchant Rune I	Enchant	25	Chestplates	LEGENDARY	Enchanting particles move towards the wearer	Voidgloom Seraph (Tier `IV`) Unlocked: Enderman Slayer LVL 7	9Pray RNGesus^(<1%)
Lavatears Rune I	Lavatears	25	Bows	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Inferno Demonlord (Tier `III`+)	5Rare^(5%)
Fiery Burst Rune I	Fiery Burst	25	Hoes	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Inferno Demonlord (Tier `IV`) Unlocked : Blaze Slayer LVL 5	9Pray RNGesus^(<1%)
Soultwist Rune I	Soultwist	10	Weapons	EPIC	Witch particles accompanied by Smoke particles travel to wearer's location	Riftstalker Bloodfiend (Tier `II`+) Unlocked : Vampire Slayer LVL 2	3Occasional^(20%)

The drop rate of the 3 runes above with "Pray RNGesus" is approximately 0.32%(1/309).

Image	Name	Level	Category	Rarity	Description of the effects	How to Obtain	Drop Rate
Ice Rune I	Ice	8	Bows	RARE	White Smoke particles splatter from behind the arrow	White Gift	5.95%
						Green Gift	6.05%
						Red Gift	10.03%
Tidal Rune I	Tidal	20	Boots	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Nightmare	^{[More Info Needed]}
						Werewolf	^{[More Info Needed]}
						Phantom Fisher	^{[More Info Needed]}
						Grim Reaper	^{[More Info Needed]}
Jerry Rune III	Jerry	4	Weapons	COMMON	Creates a villager spawn egg splatter effect	Green Jerry Box	0.44%
						Blue Jerry Box	0.44%
						Purple Jerry Box	0.43%
						Golden Jerry Box	0.81%

Name	Category	Rarity	Description of the effects	How to Obtain
Grand Searing	Chestplates	LEGENDARY	Flame spiral around wearer's legs, that gets more intense on ⏣ Crimson Isle From other players' perspective Smoke particles are also shown.	Fire Sale
Grand Freezing	Chestplates	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Fire Sale
Spellbound	Helmets	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Fire Sale
Primal Fear	Chestplates	LEGENDARY	Aura of Firework Trail and Witch particles around the wearer	Fire Sale
Ice Skates	Boots	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Winter 2023 Seasonal Bundle
Bark Tunes	Weapons	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Fire Sale
Meow Music	Weapons	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Fire Sale
Golden Carpet	Boots	LEGENDARY	Two trails of flame particles	Fire Sale
Smitten	Helmet	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Valentines 2024 Seasonal Bundle
Rainy Day	Helmet	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Summer 2024 Seasonal Bundle
Super Pumpkin	Chestplates	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Fall 2024 Seasonal Bundle
Ornamental	Chestplates	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Fire Sale
Heartsplosion	Weapons	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Valentine 2025 Seasonal Bundle
Blooming	Chestplates	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Spring 2025 Seasonal Bundle
Flowery Carpet	Boots	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Spring 2025 Seasonal Bundle
Grand Leaf-ing	Chestplate	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Taylor Fall 2025 Seasonal Bundle
Soul Slice	Axes	LEGENDARY	^{[More Info Needed]}	Fire Sale

Rates[]

Different rune rarities grant differing amounts of experience and have different success rates when fusing.

Rarity	Experience	Merge Chance	Expected Runes to Acquire T2	Expected Runes to Acquire T3
COMMON	10	25%	5	25
UNCOMMON	15	35%	3.86	14.88
RARE	25	40%	3.5	12.25
EPIC	30	45%	3.22	10.38
LEGENDARY	35	50%	3	9

F(n), the probability of successfully fusing on the nth attempt is represented as a function of P(n), the probability of merging on a given attempt. This distribution is binomial.

$F(n) = P(n) * (1 - P(n))^{n-1}$

C(n) the cost in runes on the nth attempt is

$C(n) = 1 + n$

Therefore, we can represent E(n), the expected number of runes during fusing as E(n) = ∑ F(n) * C(n)

$E(n) = \sum P(n) * (1-P(n))^{n-1} * (1+n)$ To calculate the expected runes to acquire

$T_3$ , we can represent the cost C(n) in terms of the cost of T2, or

$C_3(n) = E(n) + E(n)*n$

Therefore, the cost of T3 rune is

$E_3(n) = \sum P(n) * (1-P(n))^{n-1} * (1+n) + n * \sum P(n) * (1-P(n))^{n-1} * (1+n)$ $= E(n) ^ 2$ Alternatively, where

$L$ is the level of the rune desired:

$E_L(n) = (P(n)^{-1} + 1)^{L - 1}$

Trivia[]

When Runic Mobs stack with Corrupted Mobs, they can have 12x the original ❤ Health and 4x the original ❁ Damage.

History[]

Alpha Hypixel Network
Mar 21, 2022		Added Fiery Burst Rune.
Mar 21, 2022		Added Lavatears Rune.
Oct 27, 2022		Added Slimy Rune.
		Added Wet Rune.
		Added Darkness Within Rune.
Mar 18, 2025	0.22	Removed Music Rune from Water Fishing loot pool.
Aug 28, 2025		Added Fading White Rune to loot pool.
Aug 28, 2025		Added Fading Green Rune to loot pool.
SkyBlock Prototype
Aug 2, 2019	0.7	Added Runecrafting.
Oct 11, 2019	0.7.2	Added Slayer Runes.
Dec 18, 2019	0.7.5	Added Ice Rune.
Nov 2, 2020	0.9.10	Added Tidal Rune.
Jan 11, 2021		Added Jerry Rune.
May 31, 2021	0.11.5	Added End Rune.
		Added Endersnake Rune.
		Added Enchant Rune.
Aug 13, 2021		Runes can now be sold to Merchants.
Apr 20, 2022	0.13	Added Fiery Burst Rune.
Apr 20, 2022	0.13	Added Lavatears Rune.
Aug 5, 2022		Added Grand Searing Rune.
Mar 28, 2023	0.18.2	Added Slimy Rune.
June 20, 2023	0.19	Added Soultwist Rune.
Aug 5, 2023		Added Grand Freezing Rune.
Dec 12, 2023	0.19.9	Added Ice Skates Rune.
Feb 6, 2025		Added Runebook as a drop from runic mobs.
Mar 18, 2025	0.22	Removed Music Rune from Water Fishing loot pool.
Sep 2, 2025	0.23.4	Added Fading White Rune.
Sep 2, 2025	0.23.4	Added Fading Green Rune.
Unknown Date		Changed Grand Searing Rune and Grand Freezing Rune texture.
Sep 25, 2025		Added Soul Slice Rune.

[1] All standard runes except Magical Rune and Tidal Rune can also be obtained from Dusk when they visit the player's Garden.

[note-obtain 1]