Flawless gems now begin dropping in Act 4 Normal, and Perfect gems can now drop in Hell. It is not to be confused with the troublesomely-named 'HR' unit of currency, which can be used with any sufficiently-valuable item rather than just high runes.įlawless and Perfect gems are now stackable. The term 'high rune' refers to any rune that cannot drop from the Hellforge quest, which is Vex or higher. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe. Runes begin dropping in their stacked form at the end of Act 2 in Normal difficulty where players should have access to the Horadric Cube.įor rune effects that have been changed, changes are shown in blue with the original effects shown in gray. Runes can be switched between their stacked and non-stacked forms with cube recipes or shortcuts, and can only be placed in items when in their non-stacked form. When applied to a weapon the Rune of Ice inflicts an additional 1d6 cold damage to anyone struck by the. It adds cold damage by 20 of the weapons base damage which its applied to. Depends how much Magic Find you want to run vs. This page lists PD2 changes for socketables (runes, gems, jewels) relative to the vanilla game.Īll runes are now stackable. The Rune of Ice is a weapon or armor enhancing rune. Rune of Frost is a weapon rune in Dragon Age II. Weapon: The Oculus socketed with Ist Rune, or Deaths Fathom socketed with Ist Rune The Oculus has more Magic Find, Deaths Fathom has more damage.

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