Runes

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Eivor blowing a horn marked with runes

Runes are a collection of early letters commonly used among a number of Germanic languages before being largely replaced by the Latin alphabet.

History

Runes were the favored writing system among the Vikings, and they used them to record noteworthy events as well as for decoration. Inscribing a rune upon a weapon was believed to enhance its abilities. Sometimes Vikings also tattooed runes upon themselves, as was the case with Valdis.

List of runes

Round runes

Armor runes

Image	Name	Stat Boosted	Value
			Minor	Standard	Greater
	Aegis Rune	Elite Resistance	1.4	1.8	2.3
	Antidote Rune	Poison Damage Resistance	1.0	1.5	2.0
	Assassin Rune	Assassination Damage	2.0	2.7	3.3
	Bulwark Rune	Heavy Resistance	2.0	2.7	3.3
	Evasion Rune	Evasion	1.0	1.5	2.0
	Evasion and Feather Rune	Evasion Weight		1.5 -1.0
	Feather Rune	Weight	-1.0	-1.3	-1.5
	Hunter Rune	Ranged Damage	1.4	??	??
	Remedy Rune	Poison Buildup Resistance	1.0	1.5	2.0
	Rune of Life	Health	11.0	14.9	18.9
	Life and Shell Rune	Health Armor	??	11.0 4.0	??
	Rune of Protection	Light Resistance	2.0	2.7	3.3
	Rune of Rain	Fire Damage Resistance	1.0	1.5	2.0
	Safeguard Rune	Range Resistance	1.5	2.0	2.5
	Shadow Rune	Stealth Damage	1.4	??	2.3
	Shell Rune	Armor	3.0	4.0	5.0
	Shield Rune	Melee Resistance	2.1	2.8	3.5
	Warrior Rune	Melee Damage	1.0	1.5	2.0
	Warrior and Safeguard Rune	Melee Damage Range resistance	??	1.5 1.5	??
	Water Rune	Fire Buildup Resistance	1.0	1.5	2.0

Weapon runes

Image	Name	Stat Boosted	Value
			Minor	Standard	Greater
	Assassin Rune	Assassination Damage	2.0	2.7	3.3
	Blunt Rune	Stun	3.0	4.0	5.0
	Burst Rune	Fire Buildup	2.0	2.7	3.3
	Combustion Rune	Fire Damage	2.0	2.7	3.3
	Drengiligr Rune	Elite Damage	3.0	4.0	5.0
	Flanking Rune	Back Damage	6.0	8.0	10.0
	Headhunter Rune	Headshot Damage	1.4	1.9	2.3
	Light Rune	Weight	-1.0	-1.3	-1.5
	Rune of Agility	Light Damage	3.0	4.0	5.0
	Rune of Finesse	Critical Chance	6.0	??	10.0
	Rune of Force	Heavy Damage	3.0	4.0	5.0
	Rune of Haste	Speed	1.0	1.3	1.7
	Rune of Haste and Finesse	Speed Critical Chance	??	1.3 6.0	??
	Rune of Perfection	Critical Damage	4.9	6.5	8.0
	Rune of Rage	Attack	2.4	3.2	4.0
	Rune of Reinforcement	Block	3.0	4.0	5.0
	Rune of Tactics	Ability Damage	5.0	6.0	7.0
	Shadow Rune	Stealth	5.0	6.0	7.0
	Shadow and Assassin Rune	Stealth Assassination Damage	??	5.6 2.0	??
	Toxin Rune	Poison Buildup	2.0	2.7	3.3
	Venom Rune	Poison Damage	2.0	2.7	3.3

Diamond runes

Armor runes

Image	Name	Perk
	Bellatores Rune	Killing a target causes witnesses to back away in terror
	Brigandine Rune	Increase Speed when surrounded by more than 2 enemies.
	Hidden One Rune	Increase Back Damage when crouched and undetected for 10s
	Huntsman Rune	Increase Range Resistance when hitting enemies further than 20m away
	Magister Rune	Increase Evasion at night
	Mentor Rune	Increase Evasion after each hit
	Raven Rune	Increase Ranged Damage the lower your Health is
	Reaper Rune	Restore some health after a successful assassination
	Thegn Rune	Increase to Speed after parrying
	Thor's Rune	Increase Armor when stunning an enemy
	Vinland Rune	Increase Assassination Damage when close to Full Health

Weapon runes

Image	Name	Perk
	Block Fury Rune	Increase Attack after a Shield Block
	Blunt Joint Rune	Increase Stun when hitting Weak Points
	Chain Finisher Fury Rune	Increase Attack after a combo finisher (up to 5 times)
	Chained Blunt Rune	Increase Stun after each hit (up to 10 times)
	Chained Deft Rune	Increase Critical Chance after each hit (up to 10 times)
	Chained Fury Rune	Increase Attack after each hit (up to 10 times)
	Chained Perfection Rune	Increase Critical Damage after each hit (up to 10 times)
	Chained Swiftness Rune	Increase Speed after each hit (up to 10 times)
	Critical Knockdown Rune	Heavy Critical Hits knock enemies on the ground
	Critical Spark Rune	Ignite your weapon after critical hits
	Curative Block Rune	Restore some Health after blocking 5 times
	Curative Guard Rune	Restore some Health on parry
	Curative Joint Rune	Weak Point hits restore some Health
	Curative Perfection Rune	Restore a low amount of Health for each Critical Hit
	Dash Fury Rune	Increase Melee Damage after a Dodge
	Damaged Fury Rune	Increase Attack after taking a hit
	Death Smoke Rune	Deploy a Smoke Bomb on Kill when outnumbered
	Deft Dash Rune	Increase Critical Chance when dodging
	Deft Joint Rune	Increase Critical Chance when hitting Weak Points
	Desperate Deft Rune	Increase Critical Chance when low Health
	Desperate Perfection Rune	Increase Critical Damage when low Health
	Desperate Swiftness Rune	Increase Speed when low Health
	Desperate Tactics Rune	Increase Ability Damage when low Health
	Emergency Smoke Rune	Throw a Smoke Bomb after a Close Range Shot
	Expert Range Rune	Increase Attack the further you are from your enemy
	Fire Execution Rune	Heavy hits set fallen enemies on fire
	Fire Guard Rune	Parrying has a chance to create a small fire around you
	Flanking Dash Rune	Increase Back Damage when dodging
	Forceful Block Rune	Increase Heavy Damage when blocking
	Forceful Dash Rune	Increase Heavy Damage when dodging
	Heavy Fury Rune	Increase Ranged Damage the heavier you are
	Light Deft Rune	Increase Critical Chance the lighter you are
	Light Momentum Rune	Increase Light Damage after a Heavy Finisher
	Melee Block Rune	Increase Melee Damage when blocking
	Momentum Rune	Increase Heavy Damage after each ligh hit (up to 6 times)
	Momentum Fury Rune	Increase Attack after a Heavy Finisher
	Overwhelmed Deft Rune	Increase Critical Chance when surrounded by more than 3 enemies
	Overwhelmed Fury Rune	Increase Attack when surrounded by more than 3 enemies
	Overwhelmed Perfection Rune	Increase Critical Damage when surrounded by more than 3 enemies
	Poison Execution Rune	Heavy Hits on fallen enemies poison them
	Poison Guard Rune	Chance of Poison Cloud on parry
	Ranged Block Rune	Increase Ranged Damage when blocking a ranged attack
	Sleep Block Rune	Detonate a Sleep Bomb after blocking 5 times
	Spark Guard Rune	Chance to ignite your weapon on parry
	Stalwart Deft Rune	Increase Critical Chance when at 85% Health or higher
	Stalwart Flanking Rune	Increase Ranged Damage when close to full Health
	Stalwart Fury Rune	Increase Attack when close to full Health
	Stalwart Perfection Rune	Increase Critical Damage when close to full Health
	Stalwart Swiftness Rune	Increase Speed when close to full Health
	Stealth Sleep Rune	Stealth Headshot creates a Sleep Cloud around the body
	Strong Chain Finisher Rune	Increase Heavy Damage after a Heavy Finisher (up to 5 times)
	Strong Guard Rune	Increase Heavy Damage when parrying
	Swift Block Rune	Increase Speed when blocking (up to 5 times)
	Swift Dash Rune	Increase Speed when dodging
	Swift Joint Rune	Increase Speed when hitting Weak Points
	Tactical Block Rune	Increase Heavy Damage based on how long you maintain the block stance
	Trap Shot Rune	Stealth Headshot Kill automatically spawn a trap
	Venom Guard Rune	Chance to poison your enemy on parry
	Venom Momentum Rune	Heavy Combo Finisher Hits have a chance to drop a Poison Cloud

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first appearance)
  • Mastery Challenge
  • Dawn of Ragnarök
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga
• Discovery Tour: Viking Age
• Echoes of History (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Codename Hexe