Repeatedly clear areas in the game where the average number of rune drops per time spent is high (e.g.Run character after character after character to the hell mode Hell Forge.

Run Hell Countess over and over and cube her drops as high as possible.

Trade with some lucky bastards who already have the runes you want.

How does one legitimately get hold of some decent runes? But if you want to check it for yourself, feel free. You can see all the calculations on the appropriate tabs. It is, because I don’t hide anything from you at all. Why is this guide the definitive source for rune drop information? Revision 2.0 came to be after Thrugg steered me over to a post by Jarulf, in which Jarulf writes about how objects drop items with references to relevant snippets of actual game code. Then I did a lot of testing with modded files to confirm certain drop behaviors from objects as well as “counting” tests in order to determine the average number of rune drops per area “clear”. In addition, a kindred rune-fanatic named Uzziah held a Rune Race which truly got me started on working out some drop chance numbers on my own… and it just kept growing and growing.Įventually, I worked out the math for every rune-dropping source in the game.

I’m sure that many of you have felt the same frustration especially after patch 1.10 was released and introduced all those uber new runewords. To be perfectly honest, I was motivated to create a Diablo 2 Rune Finder Guide out of frustration in trying to find accurate sources for rune drop information. The purpose of this Diablo 2 Rune Finder Guide is very simply to help your characters be more effective in their rune finding efforts.

13 Quest Chests (pseudo-Type I Ordinary Object).

10 A somewhat cheesy but effective tactic.9.0.1 Table C – chance for Object Traps or Being Locked in each Area.9 Objects that use un-deciphered Functions.7 Best Areas to Find Specific Top 10 Runes.6 Best Single Sources to Find Specific Top 10 Runes.5 Thieving the Sparkly and Special Chests.4 How does one legitimately get hold of some decent runes?.3 Why is this guide the definitive source for rune drop information?.

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