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.
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 |
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Blood | 1 | Weapons | COMMON | Create a blood splatter effect | ||
Snow | 2 | Weapons | COMMON | Explosion of snow particles | ||
Lava | 3 | Bows | COMMON | Lava drop particles | ||
Gem | 4 | Bows | COMMON | Green star particles | ||
Zap | 5 | Boots | UNCOMMON | Yellow dust particles | ||
Slimy | 5 | Bows | COMMON | Slime particles | Rain Slime and Emerald Slime | |
White Spiral | 6 | Bows | UNCOMMON | Firework particle spiral | ||
Smokey | 7 | Bows | COMMON | Smoke particles | Wither Skeletons and Sneaky Creepers | |
Hot | 8 | Boots | UNCOMMON | Lava drop particles | ||
Redstone | 9 | Boots | RARE | Redstone particles | Redstone Pigmen | |
Hearts | 10 | Weapons | RARE | Splatter of heart particles | ||
Sparkling | 11 | Boots | RARE | Firework trail particles | ||
Magical | 12 | Bows | RARE | Witch particles | Mining Ender Nodes | |
Fire Spiral | 13 | Bows | RARE | Flame particle spiral | Blazes and Magma Cubes | |
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 | 15 | Weapons | EPIC | Music note particles and a note plays | Great Catch from Fishing Rare chance from Dusk Garden visitor | |
Clouds | 16 | Boots | EPIC | White Smoke particles | ||
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 | 19 | Weapons | LEGENDARY | Lightning strikes where the enemy dies | ||
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. |
Image | Name | Level | Category | Rarity | Description of the effect | How to Obtain | Odds |
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Pestilence | 10 | Weapons | RARE | Void particles | Revenant Horror (Tier II +)Unlocked: Zombie Slayer LVL 2 |
Rare(5%) | |
Snake | 21 | Boots | LEGENDARY | Zig-zag trail of green star particles | Revenant Horror (Tier IV +)Unlocked: Zombie Slayer LVL 6 |
Pray RNGesus(<1%) | |
Bite | 15 | Bows | EPIC | Two trails of Green Star and Lava Drop particles | Tarantula Broodfather (Tier II +)Unlocked: Spider Slayer LVL 1 |
Rare(5%) | |
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 |
Rare(5%) | |
Couture | 24 | Boots | LEGENDARY | Infrequent spiral of flame and critical hit particles | Sven Packmaster (Tier IV )Unlocked: Wolf Slayer LVL 6 |
Pray RNGesus(<1%) | |
Endersnake | 23 | Boots | LEGENDARY | Zig-zag trail of Witch particles | Voidgloom Seraph (Tier III )
|
Rare(5%) | |
End | 1 | Bows | EPIC | Trail of Black Smoke and Witch particles | Voidgloom Seraph (Tier IV )Unlocked: Enderman Slayer LVL 5 |
Extraordinary(1%) | |
Enchant | 25 | Chestplates | LEGENDARY | Enchanting particles move towards the wearer | Voidgloom Seraph (Tier IV )Unlocked: Enderman Slayer LVL 7 |
Pray RNGesus(<1%) | |
Lavatears | 25 | Bows | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Inferno Demonlord (Tier III +)
|
Rare(5%) | |
Fiery Burst | 25 | Hoes | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Inferno Demonlord (Tier IV )Unlocked : Blaze Slayer LVL 5 |
Pray RNGesus(<1%) | |
Soultwist | 10 | Weapons | EPIC | Witch particles accompanied by Smoke particles travel to wearer's location | Riftstalker Bloodfiend (Tier II +)Unlocked : Vampire Slayer LVL 2 |
Occasional(20%) |
Image | Name | Level | Category | Rarity | Description of the effects | How to Obtain | Drop Rate |
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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 | 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 | 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% |
Image | Name | Level | Category | Rarity | Description of the effects | How to Obtain |
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Grand Searing | 0 | 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 | 0 | Chestplates | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Fire Sale | |
Spellbound | 0 | Helmets | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Fire Sale | |
Primal Fear | 0 | Chestplates | LEGENDARY | Aura of Firework Trail and Witch particles around the wearer | Fire Sale | |
Ice Skates | 0 | Boots | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Taylor Winter 2023 Seasonal Bundle | |
Bark Tunes | 0 | Weapons | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Fire Sale | |
Meow Music | 0 | Weapons | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Fire Sale | |
Golden Carpet | 0 | Boots | LEGENDARY | Two trails of flame particles | Fire Sale | |
Smitten | 0 | Helmet | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Taylor Valentines 2024 Seasonal Bundle | |
Rainy Day | 0 | Helmet | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Taylor Summer 2024 Seasonal Bundle | |
Super Pumpkin | 0 | Chestplates | LEGENDARY | [More Info Needed] | Taylor Fall 2024 Seasonal Bundle |
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 |
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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.
C(n) the cost in runes on the nth attempt is
Therefore, we can represent E(n), the expected number of runes during fusing as E(n) = ∑ F(n) * C(n)
To calculate the expected runes to acquire
, we can represent the cost C(n) in terms of the cost of T2, or
Therefore, the cost of T3 rune is
Alternatively, where
is the level of the rune desired:
Trivia[]
- When Runic Mobs stack with Corrupted Mobs, they can have 12x the original ❤ Health and 4x the original ❁ Damage.
History[]
Alpha Hypixel Network | ||
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Mar 21, 2022 | Added Fiery Burst Rune. | |
Added Lavatears Rune. | ||
Oct 27, 2022 | Added Slimy Rune. | |
Added Wet Rune. | ||
Added Darkness Within Rune. | ||
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. |
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. |
Dec 12, 2023 | 0.19.9 | Added Ice Skates Rune. |