The Rune System

Runes are socketed at the GOD ANVIL (/warp anvil) - gear in the left slot, rune page in the right, and it combines the moment the page lands. Three runes per item, no duplicates. Ordinary anvils refuse god gear entirely.

ON HIT runes	Fire when YOU strike something, and the effect lands on the TARGET (poison, slowness, freezing, summons that attack it). They only work socketed into a WEAPON or TOOL - the thing in your hand when you swing.
WORN runes	Passive buffs and damage wards that affect only YOU while the piece is worn. They only work socketed into ARMOR - a worn rune in a sword does nothing.
ACTIVE runes	Right-click while holding the item to trigger them (Blinkstep, Quickstep, Dragon Leap). No cooldown, no soul cost.
Slot enforcement	The God Anvil REFUSES a rune that would be dead in that slot and tells you why, so no rune is ever wasted. Randomly rolled gear follows the same law: runed armor always rolls a WORN rune, runed weapons and tools always roll a hand rune.

Every rune, by where it must be socketed

Rune	Socket into	What it does
Arrow Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR HITS: +1 damage per arrow stuck in the target
Backbiter	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: +35% damage from behind
Bind Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 10%: roots the target in place 1.5s
Black Hole	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 5%: everything nearby is pulled into the target
Bloodlust	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: consecutive hits on the SAME target ramp +8% to +40%
Bush Magic	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 15%: a berry field erupts around the target
Cake On Kill	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON KILL 4%: the fallen leave cake
Chaos Curse	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 20%: a random debuff from the whole pool
Concussion	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 15%: gives the target Nausea + Blindness
Confetti	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 20%: a firework bursts over the target
Cripple	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 25%: gives the target Slowness III
Crouching Web Shot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: sneak-shots web the target
Curse Of Fangs	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 15%: a heavy bleed curse - 2/s for 5s
Death Claw Critical	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	CRITS below 30% HP execute for 1.5x
Decapitation	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR KILLS: players drop their head (+5% double damage)
Deep Freeze	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: heavy freeze buildup on every blow
Dimension Anomaly	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: rift-locks the target 10s - ANY teleport deals 8 dmg, players and mobs alike
Echo Shot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW 20%: the arrow fires again at the same mark
Exploding Chicken	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 5%: a chicken lands on the target and detonates
Falken	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW 10%: a falcon dives at whatever you shot
Fangbleed	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 20%: opens a bleed - 1/s for 5s
Fatalius	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR HITS: 1.6x damage against targets under 30% HP
Fertile Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: crops near the target surge with growth
Fire Blast	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 12%: a fiery blast - explosion, flames, splash damage
Freeze Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 20%: freezes the target solid 6s
Frost	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: gives the target Slowness II
Frost Arrow	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows freeze the target
Giant Snowball	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 15%: hurls the target with massive knockback
Gravechill	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 25%: gives the target Wither + Slowness
Groundbreak Crit	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	CRITS crack the ground - everything close is slowed
Gutlock	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 25%: the target cannot eat or heal for 4s
Headshot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows that strike head-height do +50%
Healthy Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR HITS: 1.25x damage while YOU are at full health
Heart Extractor	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON KILL: kills drop a heart that heals 4 when walked over
High Gravity Critical	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	CRITS slam airborne targets down for +4
Ice Coffin Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 10%: entombs the target in ice for 2s
Immolate	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: sets the target on fire 4s
Keen Edge	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR HITS 15%: the blow lands for 1.35x
Lava Shot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows splash lava on landing
Levitation Shot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW 15%: the target floats helplessly for 2s
Lifedrain	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR HITS heal YOU 20% of the damage dealt
Limpet	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows stick and detonate after 1s
Living Flames	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: your fire relights itself twice after going out
Love Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 8%: charms a mob - it fights for you for 8s
Magma Critical	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	CRITS splash lava fire in a small ring
Mana Spirit	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON YOUR HOTBAR: 40% of your soul casts are free
Marker	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: marks the target - it glows for your whole clan for 10s
Midas Touch	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 3%: the target sheds gold nuggets
Mindfog	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 20%: gives the target Nausea 6s
Molotov	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows leave a burning pool
Mounted Damage	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: +25% while riding anything
Panda Pal	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 2%: a panda wanders in to help
Rabbit Shot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW 20%: the target bounces helplessly
Railgun	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW ACTIVE (sneak-shoot, 1 soul): the arrow pierces EVERYTHING in a line
Recover Shadow Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 10%: a soul refunds to your pool
Recover Undead Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: striking undead heals you 1
Ricochet	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows bounce to a second target at 60%
Rupture	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR HITS: +2 flat damage, every time
Sage Slayer	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: +30% against AFFIXED mobs
Satan Sweep	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: your sweeps strike in a full circle
Sepsis	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: the target's healing is cut 50% for 6s
Shadeling	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 10%: a shade fights at your side
Slayer Of The Blind	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: +40% against blinded targets
Sluggish	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 25%: gives the target Mining Fatigue III
Sonic Slash	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 8%: a warden beam tears through the target line
Soul Chain	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: damage arcs to one nearby enemy at 50%
Soulbreak	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 25%: jams a player target's spell cooldown
Spectre Shot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows pass through one wall, losing 30%
Spontaneous Combustion	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 10%: a burning target explodes
Squid Storm	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 10%: inks and blinds the target
Starving Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 25%: gives the target Hunger III
Stormbrand	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 8%: lightning strikes the target for +4 dmg
Tornado	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 8%: drags every nearby enemy toward the target
Vampire Strike	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	YOUR HITS heal YOU 15% of the damage dealt
Venom	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 30%: gives the target Poison II
Vexcall	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 8%: a vex hunts your target
Voidstep	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 8%: you teleport behind the target
War Bees	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 12%: an angry bee stings your target
Water Shot	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	BOW: arrows douse fire and hurt blazes hard
Weakpoint	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 25%: gives the target Weakness II
Web Step	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT 15%: webs the target's feet
Withering	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: gives the target Wither
Wolfpack	WEAPON / TOOL (held)	ON HIT: two wolves join you against the target
Angry Hive	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your bees deal +2 and poison
Arcane Affinity	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your spells deal +25%
Arrow Affinity	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your arrows deal +20%
Arrow Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: projectile damage YOU take -30%
Back Claymore	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: a phantom blade parries 50% of attacks from behind
Backstab Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: attacks from behind YOU -30%
Beast Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - a feral shimmer
Bite Back	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: melee attackers take 15% of the damage back
Blindness Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: YOU cannot be blinded
Blood Ground Siphon	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: souls recharge 4s faster on netherrack and crimson ground
Blood Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - a crimson pulse
Blood Walker	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Speed II on netherrack, crimson and redstone
Bottler's Haste	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: 25% a drunk potion is not consumed
Death Absorption	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +2 absorption hearts whenever something dies near you
Deep Sheath	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: carry 8 throwing daggers instead of 5
Dimension Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - portal motes
Dragon Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - a breath of the wyrm
Explosion Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: explosion damage YOU take -50%
Explosive Webbing	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: webs you create detonate when enemies touch them
Fairy Barrier	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: a 2-heart absorb shell that refreshes 8s out of combat
Fall Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: fall damage YOU take -60%
Fatigue Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Mining Fatigue cannot touch you
Featherweight	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Slow Falling
Fire Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - burns with fire's colour
Fire Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: fire and lava damage YOU take -50%
Force Field	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: below 4 hearts, a 3s damage bubble (45s cooldown)
Frostmantle	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: melee attackers take Slowness II for 2s
Ghost Block	ARMOR (worn)	SHIELD: 15% a blocked hit phases through you entirely - no damage, no knockback
Gillheart	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Water Breathing
Grass Nourishment	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Saturation while standing on grass
Gravity Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: levitation and pulls cannot move you
Hallowed	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Absorption, Regeneration and Strength near bone blocks or soul sand
Heightened Senses	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: sneaking players near you glow - only you see it
Hive Crown	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your War Bees send 3 bees, not 1
Homecoming	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: heal 3 on ANY teleport - pearl, portal, warp, blink
Ice Growth	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: ice spreads from where you stand on water
Ice Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - gleams with frost
Increased Summon Damage	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: everything you summon hits +25% harder
Invisible Sneak	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: sneaking turns you invisible; moving fast reveals
Ironroot	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: knockback cannot move you - clean, no side effects
Keen Throw	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: thrown daggers deal +2
Lastwall Font	ARMOR (worn)	SHIELD: every blocked hit heals you 1
Lava Eater	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: sneak at lava to drink it - heals 4, briefly fireproof
Lava Walker	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: lava crusts to magma underfoot
Leaping	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Jump II
Lingering Draught	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: potion effects on you last +50%
Magic Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: magic damage YOU take -40%
Mender's Touch	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: healing you receive +25%
Mirrorhide	ARMOR (worn)	SHIELD: blocking reflects 20% back at the attacker
Nature Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - blooms faintly
Nausea Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: YOU cannot be nauseated
Nightsight	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Night Vision
Orc Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - war-drum dust
Pearlspring	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: a free ender pearl every 30s (holds up to 4)
Photosynthesis	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Saturation in open daylight
Poison Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: poison damage YOU take -60%
Poseidon Block	ARMOR (worn)	SHIELD: blocked melee attackers are blasted with water - 2 dmg + shove
Potent Brews	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your splash potions hit +1 level harder
Proximity Blind	ARMOR (worn)	WORN 20%: enemies pressing within 2 blocks are blinded
Quarrier	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Haste
Quickdraw	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your thrown daggers return to you 50% faster
Rainwell	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Regeneration in open rain
Regrowth	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Regeneration
Rift Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +2 absorption hearts on any teleport (5s cooldown)
Safe Teleport	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: teleports never land you in fire, lava or a fall
Scholar	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: you earn 2x XP
Second Wind	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +2 absorption hearts whenever you have none (10s cycle)
Shadow Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - wisps of ink
Shadowmeld	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: stand still in darkness 2s to turn invisible
Skeleton On Teleport	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your teleports leave YOUR skeleton behind - a rear guard, never hostile to you or your clan (30s)
Slow Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Slowness cannot touch you
Sneak Fortification	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: damage taken while sneaking -25%
Soulwell	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: souls recharge 2s faster
Stability Field	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: immune to knockback and levitation
Stampcharge	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: infinity-block stamps recharge twice as fast
Static Field	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: attackers build static - the third hit discharges lightning on them
Stoneskin	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Resistance
Storm Affinity	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: your lightning deals +50%
Swiftness	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Speed
Titanhide	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: grants you Strength
Undead Soul	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +1 soul capacity - pale soulfire
Untouchable	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: 4% to negate a hit completely
Vanishing Teleport	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: invisibility 3s after any teleport
Water Eater	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: sneak in water to drink it - heals 2
Weakness Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: Weakness cannot touch you
Web Eater	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: webs cannot slow you; walk through them to eat them
Widebrush	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: infinity-block stamps paint radius 7 instead of 5
Wildcast	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: +10% chance any cast is free (stacks with Mana Spirit)
Wither Ward	ARMOR (worn)	WORN: wither damage YOU take -60%
Blinkstep	ACTIVE - held, right-click	ACTIVE (right-click, 1 soul): YOU blink 6 blocks - THROUGH walls
Dragon Leap	ACTIVE - held, right-click	ACTIVE (right-click, 1 soul): YOU leap far, landing soft
Life Swap	ACTIVE - held, right-click	ACTIVE (right-click, 1 soul, 60s cd): swap health PERCENTAGES with your target (30% floor)
Quickstep	ACTIVE - held, right-click	ACTIVE (right-click, 1 soul): YOU burst with Speed III
Riftplant	ACTIVE - held, right-click	ACTIVE (right-click, 1 soul): plants a Dimension Anomaly - teleports near it are torn for 10s
Santa Rage	ACTIVE - held, right-click	ACTIVE (right-click, 1 soul): 12-ball snowball barrage - every ball bursts like TNT
Swap Gate	ACTIVE - held, right-click	ACTIVE (right-click, 1 soul): trade places with what you are looking at (20 blocks)