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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 Villager Sprite Blacksmith and owned by Dusk Sprite 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
◆ Blood Rune I Blood 1 Weapons COMMON Create a blood splatter effect
◆ Snow Rune I Snow 2 Weapons COMMON Explosion of snow particles
◆ Lava Rune I Lava 3 Bows COMMON Lava drop particles
◆ Gem Rune I Gem 4 Bows COMMON Green star particles
◆ Zap Rune I Zap 5 Boots UNCOMMON Yellow dust particles
◆ Slimy Rune I Slimy 5 Bows COMMON Slime particles Slime Sprite Rain Slime and Slime Sprite Emerald Slime
◆ White Spiral Rune I White Spiral 6 Bows UNCOMMON Firework particle spiral
◆ Smokey Rune I Smokey 7 Bows COMMON Smoke particles Wither Skeleton Sprite Wither Skeletons and Creeper Sprite Sneaky Creepers
◆ Hot Rune I Hot 8 Boots UNCOMMON Lava drop particles
◆ Redstone Rune I Redstone 9 Boots RARE Redstone particles Zombie Pigman Sprite 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 Blaze Sprite Blazes and Magma Cube Sprite 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 Great Catch from Fishing
Rare chance from Dusk Sprite 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 Walker Sprite Sea Walkers, Squid Sprite Night Squids, Sea Guardian Sprite Sea Guardians, Witch Sprite Sea Witches, Skeleton Sprite Sea Archers, and Rider of the Deep Sprite 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 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
◆ Pestilence Rune I Pestilence 10 Weapons RARE Void particles Revenant Horror (Tier II+)
Unlocked: Zombie Slayer LVL 2
Rare(5%)
◆ Snake Rune I Snake 21 Boots LEGENDARY Zig-zag trail of green star particles Revenant Horror (Tier IV+)
Unlocked: Zombie Slayer LVL 6
Pray 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
Rare(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
Rare(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
Pray RNGesus(<1%)
◆ Endersnake Rune I Endersnake 23 Boots LEGENDARY Zig-zag trail of Witch particles Voidgloom Seraph (Tier III) Rare(5%)
◆ End Rune I End 1 Bows EPIC Trail of Black Smoke and Witch particles Voidgloom Seraph (Tier IV)
Unlocked: Enderman Slayer LVL 5
Extraordinary(1%)
◆ Enchant Rune I Enchant 25 Chestplates LEGENDARY Enchanting particles move towards the wearer Voidgloom Seraph (Tier IV)
Unlocked: Enderman Slayer LVL 7
Pray RNGesus(<1%)
◆ Lavatears Rune I Lavatears 25 Bows LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Inferno Demonlord (Tier III+) Rare(5%)
◆ Fiery Burst Rune I Fiery Burst 25 Hoes LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Inferno Demonlord (Tier IV)
Unlocked : Blaze Slayer LVL 5
Pray 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
Occasional(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 White Gift 5.95%
Green Gift Green Gift 6.05%
Red Gift Red Gift 10.03%
◆ Tidal Rune I Tidal 20 Boots LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Nightmare Sprite Nightmare [More Info Needed]
Werewolf Sprite Werewolf [More Info Needed]
Phantom Fisher Sprite Phantom Fisher [More Info Needed]
Grim Reaper Sprite Grim Reaper [More Info Needed]
◆ Jerry Rune III Jerry 4 Weapons COMMON Creates a villager spawn egg splatter effect Green Jerry Box Green Jerry Box 0.44%
Blue Jerry Box Blue Jerry Box 0.44%
Purple Jerry Box Purple Jerry Box 0.43%
Golden Jerry Box Golden Jerry Box 0.81%

Image Name Level Category Rarity Description of the effects How to Obtain
◆ Grand Searing Rune III 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 Rune III Grand Freezing 0 Chestplates LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Fire Sale
◆ Spellbound Rune III Spellbound 0 Helmets LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Fire Sale
◆ Primal Fear Rune III Primal Fear 0 Chestplates LEGENDARY Aura of Firework Trail and Witch particles around the wearer Fire Sale
◆ Ice Skates Rune III Ice Skates 0 Boots LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Taylor Sprite Taylor Winter 2023 Seasonal Bundle
◆ Bark Tunes Rune III Bark Tunes 0 Weapons LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Fire Sale
◆ Meow Music Rune III Meow Music 0 Weapons LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Fire Sale
◆ Golden Carpet Rune III Golden Carpet 0 Boots LEGENDARY Two trails of flame particles Fire Sale
◆ Smitten Rune III Smitten 0 Helmet LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Taylor Sprite Taylor Valentines 2024 Seasonal Bundle
◆ Rainy Day Rune III Rainy Day 0 Helmet LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Taylor Sprite Taylor Summer 2024 Seasonal Bundle
◆ Super Pumpkin Rune III Super Pumpkin 0 Chestplates LEGENDARY [More Info Needed] Taylor Sprite 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
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[]

History[]

Alpha Hypixel Network
Mar 21, 2022Fiery Burst Rune Added Fiery Burst Rune.
Lavatears Rune Added Lavatears Rune.
Oct 27, 2022Slimy Rune Added Slimy Rune.
Added Wet Rune.
Added Darkness Within Rune.
SkyBlock Prototype
Aug 2, 20190.7Blood Rune Added Runecrafting.
Oct 11, 20190.7.2Couture Rune Added Slayer Runes.
Dec 18, 20190.7.5Ice Rune Added Ice Rune.
Nov 2, 20200.9.10Tidal Rune Added Tidal Rune.
Jan 11, 2021Jerry Rune Added Jerry Rune.
May 31, 20210.11.5End Rune Added End Rune.
Endersnake Rune Added Endersnake Rune.
Enchant Rune Added Enchant Rune.
Aug 13, 2021Runes can now be sold to Merchants.
Apr 20, 20220.13Fiery Burst Rune Added Fiery Burst Rune.
Lavatears Rune Added Lavatears Rune.
Aug 5, 2022Grand Searing Rune Added Grand Searing Rune.
Mar 28, 20230.18.2Slimy Rune Added Slimy Rune.
June 20, 20230.19Soultwist Rune Added Soultwist Rune.
Dec 12, 20230.19.9Ice Skates Rune III Added Ice Skates Rune.
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