Did your Mage just got some sweet epic items? Then you must rune them! Runes are consumable items that get attached to your items. Runing your items can be a bigger upgrade than getting a tier 2 raid item.
For example Lustrous Insightfull Rune will provide you with an additional 55 Intelligence. Or what about boosting your spellpower by 172 from 4x Lustrous Recondite Runeshard?
Some item slots do not have Mage specific runes. In this case we fall back to Cleric runes, for example Lustrous Sagacious Rune provides Wisdom.
These lustrous runes are expensive but remember that you can transfer them to new gear with a Rune Unsocketing Apparatus….
- Lustrous Runes are worth +- 330 platinum
- Sometimes Runes can be found cheaper on Auction (due to loot chests)
- Almost all of these runes have cheap Auroral versions costing you only 10-20 platinum!
- Rune Unsocketing Apparatus can retrieve your rune from items
- Rune Unsocketing Apparatus can be bought in the Rift store>Services for credits
- Players sell Rune Unsocketing Apparatus for platinum
- Crafting dailies are a great way to gain reputation with the factions (600-1600/quest)
- Endurance increases the maximum amount healed with Radiant Spores
If you want the Mage Best in Slot Runes, then get these items:
| Helmet | Lustrous Sagacious Rune |
| Shoulders | Lustrous Insightfull Rune |
| Cape | Qaijiri Rune of Intelligence |
| Chest | Lustrous Dominating Rune |
| Gloves* | Lustrous Unwavering Rune |
| Belt | Caretaker’s Rune of Intelligence |
| Legs | Lustrous Unblurring Rune |
| Feet | Lustrous Intrepid Rune |
| Main Hand | Lustrous Recondite Runeshard |
| Offhand | Lustrous Recondite Runeshard |
| Two hander | Lustrous Recondite Rune |
| Ranged | Lustrous Recondite Runeshard |
| Neck | Survivor’s Rune of Intelligence |
| Trinket | Empyreal Rune of Intelligence |
| Rings | Achyati Rune of Intelligence |
| Seal | Hailol Mind Expansion Rune |
*Or use Lustrous Resolute Rune for healing
Some of them can be crafted, others require reputation. Since not everyone has the required reputation I have provided a list of craftable, honored and glorified runes for your convenience!
All crafted runes require 3 dreaming stars (240p), 3 empyreal planar dust (6p), 2 brancing star (2p) and 1 ethereal shard (80p). Total cost therefore are about 330 platinum. Buy them on the Auction House or look for players that can craft them.
| Helmet | Lustrous Sagacious Rune |
| Shoulders | Lustrous Insightfull Rune |
| Chest | Lustrous Dominating Rune |
| Gloves* | Lustrous Unwavering Rune |
| Legs | Lustrous Unblurring Rune |
| Feet | Lustrous Intrepid Rune |
| Main Hand | Lustrous Recondite Runeshard |
| Offhand | Lustrous Recondite Runeshard |
| Two hander | Lustrous Recondite Rune |
| Ranged | Lustrous Recondite Runeshard |
| Seal** | Lustrous Recondite Runeshard |
*Or use Lustrous Resolute Rune for healing.
**Glorified Reputation one is superior
These runes require honored reputation with Qaijiri, Caretekers, Achyati, Eternal Cit Survivors, or the Empyreal Alliance. Buy them from the Rift store>Equipment>Runes.
These runes require glorified reputation with Qaijiri, Caretekers, Achyati, Eternal City Survivors, or the Empyreal Alliance. Buy them from the Rift store>Equipment>Runes.
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