Runic Dust

The Affix Warding UI

Runic Dust is a material used in Crafting and Runecrafting, in particular Affix Warding. There are 5 types of Runic Dust available:

• Basic Runic Dust
• Unusual Runic Dust
• Singular Runic Dust
• Prime Runic Dust
• Mythical Runic Dust

Acquisition

Runic Dust can be bought in the Marketplace, found inside Dungeon Caches, obtained by Researching items, or acquired through Crafting and/or Combat.

Combat

• Basic Runic Dust can drop from:

	Source	Quantity	Rarity	Leagues
	Corpse Eater	1	1%	All
	Eye of the Storm	20–80	20%	All
	Dark Fortress	20–60	20%	All
	Obsidian Research Facility	10–20	20%	All
	Black Knight	1	1%	All
	Wild Boar	1	1%	All
	The Pit	10–20	20%	All
	Corroded Battlefield	10–20	20%	All
	Chaotic Rift	10–20	20%	All
	Deadly Spider	1	1%	All
	Hobgoblin	1	1%	All
	Abandoned Academy Base	20–30	20%	All
	Royal Encampment	10–20	20%	All
	The Maelstrom	20–100	20%	All
	Elder Ruins	20–100	20%	All
	Ancient Barrows	20–60	20%	All
	Militia Crossbowman	1	1%	All
	Goblin Kitchen	10–20	20%	All
	Giant's Keep	20–100	20%	All
	Deadly Red Spider	1	1%	All
	Overgrown Castle	20–80	20%	All
	Guard	1	1%	All
	Stormier Seas	10–20	20%	All
	Chicken	1	1%	All
	Dark Vault	20–60	20%	All
	Sacred Grove	10–20	20%	All
	Dwarven Research Station	20–30	20%	All
	Palace of Flame	20–60	20%	All
	Cow	1	1%	All
	Greater Imp	1	1%	All
	Goblin Settlement	20–40	20%	All
	Fallen Wizard Tower	10–20	20%	All
	Living Armory	10–20	20%	All
	Nox Woods	10–20	20%	All
	Rat	1	1%	All
	Ot_to's Farm	10–20	20%	All
	Nature Atheneum	20–30	20%	All
	Giant's Hills	10–20	20%	All
	Goblin	1	1%	All

• Unusual Runic Dust can drop from:

	Source	Quantity	Rarity	Leagues
	Eye of the Storm	10–40	15%	All
	Dark Fortress	10–30	15%	All
	Obsidian Research Facility	5–10	15%	All
	Stormier Seas	5–10	15%	All
	Ot_to's Prized Hen	1	1%	All
	Chocolate Cow	1	1%	All
	The Pit	5–10	15%	All
	Ot_to's Farm	5–10	15%	All
	Chaotic Rift	5–10	15%	All
	Reanimated Bones	1	1%	All
	Abandoned Academy Base	10–15	15%	All
	Big Gobbo	1	1%	All
	Marshall the Town Rat 2	1	1%	All
	Royal Encampment	5–10	15%	All
	Nox Wolf	1	10%	All
	The Maelstrom	10–50	15%	All
	Imbued Black Knight	1	15%	All
	Ancient Barrows	10–40	15%	All
	Sacred Grove	5–10	15%	All
	Marshall the Town Rat	1	1%	All
	Elven Hunter	1	5%	All
	Overgrown Castle	10–40	15%	All
	Dark Mage	1	1%	All
	Giant's Keep	10–50	15%	All
	Wolf	1	1%	All
	Elder Ruins	10–50	15%	All
	Dwarven Research Station	10–15	15%	All
	Palace of Flame	10–40	15%	All
	Giant's Hills	5–10	15%	All
	Blood Spider	1	1%	All
	Goblin Settlement	10–20	15%	All
	Fallen Wizard Tower	5–10	15%	All
	Living Armory	5–10	15%	All
	Nox Woods	5–10	15%	All
	Dark Vault	10–30	15%	All
	Swordfish	1	1%	All
	Nature Atheneum	10–15	15%	All
	Goblin Kitchen	5–10	15%	All
	Corroded Battlefield	5–10	15%	All

• Singular Runic Dust can drop from:

	Source	Quantity	Rarity	Leagues
	Desiccated Priest	1	0.5%	All
	Greater Demon	1	1%	All
	Dark Fortress	5–20	10%	All
	Obsidian Research Facility	2–6	10%	All
	Goblin Chef	1	5%	All
	Stormier Seas	2–6	10%	All
	Spriggan	1	0.5%	All
	Corrupted Titan	1	20%	All
	Black Knight Titan	1	20%	All
	Elven Warrior	1	0.5%	All
	Ot_to's Farm	2–6	10%	All
	Chaotic Rift	2–6	10%	All
	Fire Giant	1	1%	All
	Bone Giant	1	1%	All
	Royal Encampment	2–6	10%	All
	Cursed Naga	1	0.5%	All
	Ember Demon	1	1%	All
	Elder Ruins	5–40	10%	All
	Corrupted Tree	1	0.5%	All
	Ancient Barrows	5–30	10%	All
	Lesser Demon	1	1%	All
	Sacred Grove	2–6	10%	All
	The Maelstrom	5–40	10%	All
	Overgrown Castle	5–30	10%	All
	Giant's Keep	5–40	10%	All
	Abandoned Academy Base	5–8	10%	All
	Elven Mage	1	0.5%	All
	Corroded Battlefield	2–6	10%	All
	Eye of the Storm	5–30	10%	All
	The Pit	2–6	10%	All
	Dwarven Research Station	5–8	10%	All
	Palace of Flame	5–30	10%	All
	Ascended	1	0.5%	All
	Goblin Kitchen	2–6	10%	All
	Goblin Settlement	5–10	10%	All
	Fallen Wizard Tower	2–6	10%	All
	Living Armory	2–6	10%	All
	Nox Woods	2–6	10%	All
	Dark Vault	5–20	10%	All
	Giant's Hills	2–6	10%	All
	Nature Atheneum	5–8	10%	All
	Possessed Mage	1	20%	All
	Pactbound Sorcerer	1	20%	All

• Prime Runic Dust can drop from:

	Source	Quantity	Rarity	Leagues
	Eye of the Storm	1–16	5%	All
	Corrupted Naga	1	5%	All
	Ancient Dwarven Golem	1	10%	All
	Dark Fortress	1–10	5%	All
	Royal Elven Warrior	1	3%	All
	Royal Elven Hunter	1	3%	All
	Corrupted Elder Tree	1	5%	All
	Stormier Seas	1–3	5%	All
	Just a Chicken	1	10%	All
	Chaos Giant	1	0.2%	All
	The Pit	1–3	5%	All
	Exiled Preceptor	1	3%	All
	Flame Demon	1	1%	All
	Ot_to's Farm	1–3	5%	All
	Vassal Demon	1	1%	All
	Chaotic Abomination	1	0.2%	All
	Abandoned Academy Base	1–3	5%	All
	Swordfish Champion	1	1%	All
	Obsidian Research Facility	1–3	5%	All
	Overgrown Castle	1–15	5%	All
	ANGY WOLF	1	10%	All
	Royal Encampment	1–3	5%	All
	ANGY BOAR	1	10%	All
	The Maelstrom	1–20	5%	All
	Obsidian Mage	1	3%	All
	Sacred Grove	1–3	5%	All
	Water Elemental	1	10%	All
	Ancient Barrows	1–15	5%	All
	Master Chicken's Kitchen	1	10%	All
	Goblin Kitchen	1–3	5%	All
	Corroded Battlefield	1–3	5%	All
	Glass Ranger	1	0.2%	All
	Royal Elven Rider	1	3%	All
	Giant's Keep	1–20	5%	All
	Ice Giant	1	0.2%	All
	Moss Giant	1	0.2%	All
	Ancient Ascended	1	1%	All
	Elder Ruins	1–20	5%	All
	Obsidian Knight	1	3%	All
	Dwarven Research Station	1–3	5%	All
	Palace of Flame	1–15	5%	All
	Glass Mage	1	0.2%	All
	Limpe K. Limpe	1	10%	All
	Goblin Settlement	1–5	5%	All
	Fallen Wizard Tower	1–3	5%	All
	Living Armory	1–3	5%	All
	Nox Woods	1–3	5%	All
	Giant's Hills	1–3	5%	All
	Chaotic Rift	1–3	5%	All
	Nature Atheneum	1–3	5%	All
	Glass Knight	1	0.2%	All
	Dark Vault	1–10	5%	All

• Mythical Runic Dust can drop from:

	Source	Quantity	Rarity	Leagues
	Glacial Giant	1	2%	All
	Ghastly Giant	1	2%	All
	Obsidian Ranger	1	1%	All
	The Shrimp God - Phase 2	1	10%	All
	Obsidian Research Facility	1–2	2.5%	All
	Royal Elven Mage	1	1%	All
	Stormier Seas	1–2	2.5%	All
	Voidtouched Giant	1	2%	All
	The Pit	1–2	2.5%	All
	The Shrimp God - Phase 1	1	10%	All
	Ot_to's Farm	1–2	2.5%	All
	Perennial Giant	1	2%	All
	Giant's Keep	1–10	2.5%	All
	Giant King	1	10%	All
	The Regent	1	10%	All
	Abandoned Academy Base	1	2.5%	All
	Elder Spriggan	1	1%	All
	Chaotic Rift	1–2	2.5%	All
	Dark Fortress	1–5	2.5%	All
	Royal Encampment	1–2	2.5%	All
	Phoenix	1	1%	All
	The Maelstrom	1–10	2.5%	All
	Elder Ruins	1–10	2.5%	All
	Giant King 2	1	10%	All
	Giant's Hills	1–2	2.5%	All
	Ancient Barrows	1–8	2.5%	All
	Volcanic Giant	1	2%	All
	Goblin Kitchen	1–2	2.5%	All
	Inferno Demon	1	1%	All
	The Advisor	1	10%	All
	Storm Watcher	1	10%	All
	Phoenix 2	1	1%	All
	Elven King	1	10%	All
	Inferno Giant	1	2%	All
	Overgrown Castle	1–8	2.5%	All
	Phoenix 4	1	10%	All
	Phoenix 3	1	1%	All
	Dwarven Research Station	1	2.5%	All
	Palace of Flame	1–8	2.5%	All
	Living Wood Wolf	1	10%	All
	Eye of the Storm	1–8	2.5%	All
	Goblin Settlement	1–3	2.5%	All
	Fallen Wizard Tower	1–2	2.5%	All
	Living Armory	1–2	2.5%	All
	Nox Woods	1–2	2.5%	All
	Dark Vault	1–5	2.5%	All
	Sacred Grove	1–2	2.5%	All
	Nature Atheneum	1	2.5%	All
	Overseer Demon	1	1%	All
	Corroded Battlefield	1–2	2.5%	All

Note: these lists are non-exhaustive

Research

Researching items will typically produce runic dust until the research fails, a gear scrap (or transformation item) is produced and the item is consumed.

• Basic Runic Dust can be obtained from researching items with Common rarity.
• Unusual Runic Dust can be obtained from researching items with Uncommon rarity.
• Singular Runic Dust can be obtained from researching items with Rare rarity.
• Prime Runic Dustcan be obtained from researching items with Epic rarity.
• Mythical Runic Dust can be obtained from researching items with Legendary rarity.

Crafting

There are several Crafting recipes for each tier of Runic Dust. They are found under the Runecrafting tab.

Icon	Name	Skill: Level	Experience	Recipe
	Basic Runic Dust	Crafting (Runecrafting): 1	40	x8
				x16
				x4, x16
				x2
	Unusual Runic Dust	Crafting (Runecrafting): 20	200	x8, x8
				x16, x16
				x16, x4
				x10
				x2
	Singular Runic Dust	Crafting (Runecrafting): 40	760	x8, x8
				x16, x16
				x16, x4, x4
				x10
				x2
	Prime Runic Dust	Crafting (Runecrafting): 60	1,800	x8, x8
				x4, x8
				x16, x16
				x4, x16
				x10
				x2
	Mythical Runic Dust	Crafting (Runecrafting): 80	4,000	x8, x8
				x16, x16
				x16, x4
				x10

Uses

Runic Dust can be used to craft other types of runic dust as seen in the crafting recipe table listed above. However the main purpose of runic dust is to apply powerful Affixes to equipment (possessing affix slots) corresponding to their rarity.

• Basic Runic Dust can only apply affixes to Common items.

• Unusual Runic Dust can only apply affixes to Uncommon items.

• Singular Runic Dust can only apply affixes to Rare items.

• Prime Runic Dust can only apply affixes to Epic items.

• Mythical Runic Dust can only apply affixes to Legendary items.

Conversely Runic Dust is used to clear or reroll affixes on equipment with existing affix enchantments.

• Basic Runic Dust is used with Common Gear Scraps to remove or reroll affixes from Common items.

• Unusual Runic Dust is used with Uncommon Gear Scraps to remove or reroll affixes from Uncommon items.

• Singular Runic Dust is used with Rare Gear Scraps to remove or reroll affixes from Rare items.

• Prime Runic Dust is used with Epic Gear Scraps to remove or reroll affixes from Epic items.

• Mythical Runic Dust is used with Legendary Gear Scraps to remove or reroll affixes from Legendary items.

See Also

• Affixes
• Combat
• Crafting
• Researching
• Ward Affixing