
Many cube recipes work only if you have the required amount of Crafting Points on your equipped items. Median XL overhauls its function from a cute gimmick to an important tool of war. The table below will rank the runes from most common to rare and also show which boss has the highest dropchance on a given rune.The Horadric Cube is an underused aspect of Diablo II. There are 33 runes in total, the lowest which can be found as early as Act 1 Normal and the last which can only be obtained in Act 5 Hell. This makes it much easier to aquire expensive runes you may need to create high valued Rune Words.

As a ladder season progresses and the economy stabilizes, the value of HRs drop substantially due to inflation, eventually reaching a point where each high rune shares a common value. With the release of the D2 expansion Lord of Destruction, HRs replaced the SoJ The Stone of Jordan Ring as the accepted currency among players. The term 'High Rune'('HR' for short) is a term used by players on to refer to the most valuable runes. Upgrading to runes higher than Dol can only be done on closed B.Net with ladder characters, or by a single player character. Higher levels of runes can also be upgraded, but require an additional gem as well. El through Ort can all be upgraded similarly to gems by placing three of the same type in the cube and receiving one of a higher grade in return. Runes can be upgraded to higher runes through the Horadric Cube.


Runes can also form runewords, powerful combinations of runes, if certain conditions are met: A rune in Diablo II is a small item which can be placed inside socketed items for bonuses to a wide array of different stats and abilities.
