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The three types of Runestone: Potency, Essence, and Aspect

This is a list of the various Runestones that can be found in the game. There are three kinds of Runestones: Potency Runes, Essence Runes, and Aspect Runes. The type of runestone can be readily determined by its shape and color. Potency Runes are blue and square, Essence Runes are yellow/green and hexagonal, and Aspect Runes are red and circular.

Runestones are used to craft Glyphs, which can in turn be used to enchant armor, weapons, or jewelry. Each Glyph must contain one of each type.

You can get runestones from runestone nodes, by extracting them from Glyphs, or by receiving them from your hireling. The potency runes that can be extracted are determined by character level, or Champion Points above level 50, and Potency Improvement skill level. Essence runes and Aspect runes are random, and the highest quality Aspect runes may be found even at low levels.

A Runestone node

Potency Runes

The Potency of the rune determines the level of items the Glyph may be applied to. At each Potency level, there are two types of rune, "Additive" and "Subtractive". A different Glyph will be made depending on whether an Additive or Subtractive Potency rune is used. Tip: the easiest way to tell the difference between an Additive or Subtractive rune (assuming you haven't translated it yet) is that all Additive runes will have the "ra" syllable in the name while the Subtractive ones will not. (Subtractive ones all have the "de" syllable, but this is not fool-proof, as a few Additive ones do as well.)

Changing the type of Potency rune from Additive to Subtractive will change the type of items the resulting Glyph may be applied to. Generally, Subtractive glyphs can only be applied to weapons and jewelry, while Additive glyphs can also be applied to armor.

Potency Runes are now available (v2.4?) from the Enchanter merchants found near most Enchanting Stations. The costs for Additive & Subtractive runes of the same level are the same cost.

Additive Potency Name Potency Gear Level Translation Glyph Cost Jora 1 1 "Develop" Trifling 000000003030  Porade 1+ 5 "Add" Inferior 000000004242  Jera 2 10 "Increase" Petty 000000005151  Jejora 2+ 15 "Raise" Slight 000000005454  Odra 3 20 "Gain" Minor 000000006060  Pojora 3+ 25 "Supplement" Lesser 000000006666  Edora 4 30 "Boost" Moderate 000000007272  Jaera 4+ 35 "Advance" Average 000000007878  Pora 5 40 "Augment" Strong 000000008484  Denara 5+ 10 "Strengthen" Major 000000008787  Rera 6 30 "Exaggerate" Greater 000000009393  Derado 7 50 "Empower" Grand 000000009696  Rekura 8 70 "Magnify" Splendid 000000009999  Kura 9 100 "Intensify" Monumental 000000105105  Rejera 10 150 "Amplify" Superb 000000111111  Repora 10+ 160 "Reinforce" Truly Superb 000025082508

Subtractive Potency Name Potency Gear Level Translation Glyph Cost Jode 1 1 "Reduce" Trifling 000000003030  Notade 1+ 5 "Subtract" Inferior 000000004242  Ode 2 10 "Shrink" Petty 000000005151  Tade 2+ 15 "Decrease" Slight 000000005454  Jayde 3 20 "Deduct" Minor 000000006060  Edode 3+ 25 "Lower" Lesser 000000006666  Pojode 4 30 "Diminish" Moderate 000000007272  Rekude 4+ 35 "Weaken" Average 000000007878  Hade 5 40 "Lessen" Strong 000000008484  Idode 5+ 10 "Impair" Major 000000008787  Pode 6 30 "Remove" Greater 000000009393  Kedeko 7 50 "Drain" Grand 000000009696  Rede 8 70 "Deprive" Splendid 000000009999  Kude 9 100 "Negate" Monumental 000000105105  Jehade 10 150 "Divest" Superb 000000111111  Itade 10+ 160 "Plunder" Truly Superb 000025082508

Essence Runes

The Essence Rune determines what the Glyph actually does. It may have a different effect depending on whether you use it with an Additive or Subtractive Potency Rune, but the two options will be related. For example, a Dekeipa Rune ("Frost") with an Additive Potency will cause Frost Damage when applied to a weapon, but with Subtractive Potency, it will provide Frost Resistance when applied to jewelry. The amount of damage or resistance is determined by the Aspect Rune as well as the potency of the Potency Rune.

	Name	Translation	Potency	Item Type		Glyph	Effect
	Dekeipa	"Frost"	Additive	Weapon		Glyph of Frost	Deals X Frost Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Frost Resist	Adds X Frost Resistance
	Deni	"Stamina"	Additive	Armor		Glyph of Stamina	Adds X Max Stamina
			Subtractive	Weapon		Glyph of Absorb Stamina	Deals X Magic Damage and recovers Y Stamina
	Denima	"Stamina Regen"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Stamina Recovery	Adds X Stamina Recovery
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Reduce Feat Cost	Reduce Stamina cost of abilities by X
	Deteri	"Armor"	Additive	Weapon		Glyph of Hardening	Grants a X point Damage Shield for Y seconds
			Subtractive	Weapon		Glyph of Crushing	Reduce targets Armor by X for Y seconds
	Hakeijo	"Prism"	Additive	Armor		Glyph of Prismatic Defense	Adds X Max Health/Magicka/Stamina
			Subtractive	Weapon		Glyph of Prismatic Onslaught	Deals X Magic Damage and restores Y Health and Z Magicka and Stamina
	Haoko	"Disease"	Additive	Weapon		Glyph of Foulness	Deals X Disease Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Disease Resist	Adds X Disease Resistance
	Indeko	"Prismatic Regen"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Prismatic Recovery	Adds X Health/Magicka/Stamina Recovery
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Reduce Skill Cost	Reduce Health/Magicka/Stamina cost of abilities by X
	Kaderi	"Shield"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Bashing	Increase bash damage by X
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Bracing	Reduce cost of Blocking by X
	Kuoko	"Poison"	Additive	Weapon		Glyph of Poison	Deals X Poison Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Poison Resist	Adds X Poison Resistance
	Makderi	"Spell Harm"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Increase Magical Harm	Adds X Spell Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Decrease Spell Harm	Adds X Spell Resistance
	Makko	"Magicka"	Additive	Armor		Glyph of Magicka	Adds X Max Magicka
			Subtractive	Weapon		Glyph of Absorb Magicka	Deals X Magic Damage and recovers Y Magicka
	Makkoma	"Magicka Regen"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Magicka Recovery	Adds X Magicka Recovery
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Reduce Spell Cost	Reduce Magicka cost of Spells by X
	Meip	"Shock"	Additive	Weapon		Glyph of Shock	Deals X Shock Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Shock Resist	Adds X Shock Resistance
	Oko	"Health"	Additive	Armor		Glyph of Health	Adds X Max Health
			Subtractive	Weapon		Glyph of Absorb Health	Deals X Magic Damage and recovers Y Health
	Okoma	"Health Regen"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Health Recovery	Adds X Health Recovery
			Subtractive	Weapon		Glyph of Decrease Health	Deals X unresistable damage
	Okori	"Power"	Additive	Weapon		Glyph of Weapon Damage	Increase your Weapon and Spell damage by X for Y seconds
			Subtractive	Weapon		Glyph of Weakening	Reduce target Weapon and Spell damage by X for Y seconds
	Oru	"Alchemist"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Potion Boost	Increase Potion effect by X
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Potion Speed	Reduce the cooldown of Potions below this item's level by X seconds
	Rakeipa	"Fire"	Additive	Weapon		Glyph of Flame	Deals X Fire Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Flame Resist	Adds X Fire Resistance
	Taderi	"Physical Harm"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Increase Physical Harm	Adds X Weapon Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Decrease Physical Harm	Adds X Armor

†Unlike other essence runes, Hakeijo cannot be randomly found or be brought by hirelings. It is a rare drop in the Imperial City or can be bought for 5000 Tel Var Stones at the alliance bases in the sewers. It is also available occasionally through events. Psijic portals will also rarely have it.

‡Acquired through the Antiquities system .

In addition to creating glyphs, Rakeipa runes are also used to craft many Lighting Furnishing items.

Removed Runes

These two bugged runes could originally be received from hireling mail before it was fixed in Patch 1.2.3. However, they still exist in-game and can be traded. The icons pictured here are those used at release. On live, Jaedi now uses the Okoma icon and Lire uses the Oko icon. The effects have been replaced by the Kaderi and Taderi runes, respectively.

	Name	Translation	Potency	Item Type		Glyph	Effect
	Jaedi	"Gain"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Bashing	Increase bash damage by X
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Bracing	Reduce cost of blocking by X
	Lire	"Physical Harm"	Additive	Jewelry		Glyph of Increase Physical Harm	Adds X Weapon Damage
			Subtractive	Jewelry		Glyph of Decrease Physical Harm	Adds X Armor

Aspect Runes

The Aspect Rune determines the overall quality of the Glyph. A low-Potency Glyph on a low-level item with a high Aspect Glyph may be more powerful than a higher-Potency Glyph with a low Aspect.

	Name	Lvl	Translation	Effect
	Ta	1	"Base"	Produces Base quality items
	Jejota	1	"Fine"	Produces Fine quality items
	Denata	2	"Superior"	Produces Superior quality items
	Rekuta	3	"Artifact"	Produces Epic quality items
	Kuta	4	"Legendary"	Produces Legendary quality items

In addition to creating glyphs, Aspect Runes are also used to craft Furnishings in the Enchanting profession. Specifically (there are no Base quality enchanting praxes):

• Fine praxes require 9 Jejota
• Superior praxes require 6 Denata
• Epic praxes require 3 Rekuta
• Legendary praxes require 1 Kuta.

Future Runes

Some or all of the information on this page was created before the official release of the content. Please verify that the information is current, then remove the {{Pre-Release}} tag.

Files mined from the game data hint at possible future additions of 4 more Potency and 1 more Essence rune. The names are a best guess based on the strokes seen in each rune. It is unknown what effect these runes will have, though it's most likely that the Potency runes are intended for a future increase in the level cap. The Essence rune appears to be an alternate version of Hakeijo, splitting it into 4 strokes, "Ha-ke-i-jo" instead of the 3 for "Ha-kei-jo".

Notes

• Before Update 10, there were three types of runestone nodes, which yielded only one type of runestone depending on the color of the node's flame. Potency runes dropped from nodes with a blue flame, Essence runes from nodes with a yellow flame, and Aspect runes from nodes with a red flame. Now there is only one type of node, with a red flame, which yields a number of runes and frequently provides runes of all three types. The only place the Potency and Essence runestone nodes can now be seen is during the Enchanter Certification quest.

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  A Potency runestone node

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  An Essence runestone node

• As of Update 16, Enchanter Writs state that they require Ta. Prior to this update, correctly named enchantments could be created that did not complete the quest.

	Likely Name
	Nokude
	Hajaede