Summary
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Ritual runes generate offerings to activate invocation runes: they balance offerings for optimal effect.
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Combining ritual and invocation runes creates rune words with specific effects in Diablo 4.
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The Vessel of Hatred expansion added new runewords and updated existing ones, shaking up the Season 7 meta.
Many new mechanics have been added Diablo 4 with the first expansion, Vessel of Hateand the contents of the sixth season of Hatred Rising. New and returning features such as Mercenaries, the Dark Citadel raid, and the new Spiritborn class include the return of the Runes and Runewords system. When you combine a Ritual Rune and an Invocation Rune on a piece of equipment with two sockets, it will create a Runeword.

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The activation and effect of this runeword depends on the ritual rune and invocation rune used to create it. Pay close attention to the Offerings generated and requested by these Runes, as they affect how reliably you can activate yours Diablo 4 Runic word effect. After all, a ritual rune that only generates 5x bids won't do much to boost an invocation rune that requires 1000x.
Updated January 23, 2025 by Abigail Angell: The official start of the Season of Sorcery added three new runewords to Diablo 4: Nagu, Igni, and Chac. Also includes balance changes to 15 of the Runewords launched with Vessel of Hatred. These balance changes and new content, while expected after the addition of such an impactful mechanic, fundamentally change the meta in Season 7.
All ritual runes in Diablo 4
Each ritual rune D4: triggers and offerings generated
In Diablo 4All Ritual runes essentially function as activation runes. These runes have a bright yellow engraving e point upwards in your inventory, indicating that they should be placed in the Superior slot of your two-socket device.
When you perform the action listed on each ritual rune, it will generate a certain amount of Offerwhich contributes to the effect of a linked Invocation Rune. When you perform the action listed for each ritual rune enough times to reach the required offerings for your invocation rune, the invocation rune's effect will activate.
Name of the rune |
Runic activator |
Offer generated |
Rarity |
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Ah |
Lucky Strike: Chance increased by up to 100% against wounded enemies |
10x Offers |
Legendary |
Bac |
Travels 5 m |
50x Offers |
Legendary |
Cem |
Launch Evasion |
75x Offers |
Magic |
Cir |
Cast the same unchanneled ability 3 times in a row |
50x Offers |
Magic |
Feo |
Get injured while the crowd is controlled |
1000x Offers |
Rare |
Igni |
Stores that offer every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-basic ability to gain the stored offering. (Up to 500 offers). |
25x Offers |
Legendary |
Kaa |
You lose 1% of your maximum life |
2x Offers |
Rare |
Lith |
Hold still for 0.3 seconds |
25x Offers |
Legendary |
Moni |
Cast 2 mobility or ghoulish abilities |
100x Offers |
Magic |
Nagu |
Keep at least 1 Summon active for 5 seconds, gaining an Offering for each, up to 6 Summons. |
100x Offers |
Legendary |
Neo |
Deal damage if you don't take any damage within 2 seconds |
200x Offers |
Rare |
Noc |
Inflict crowd control that isn't slow or cold |
10x Offers |
Rare |
Little |
Spend 5% of your maximum primary resource |
5x Offers |
Rare |
Tam |
Cast an unchanneled core ability |
25x Offers |
Legendary |
Ur |
Your minion or companion kills an enemy or dies |
10x Offers |
Magic |
Xol |
Summons an ability from another class |
150x Offers |
Legendary |
Yax |
Drink a healing potion |
200x Offers |
Magic |
Yul |
Cast an ability with a cooldown |
50x Offers |
Legendary |
Zan |
Cast an ultimate ability |
150x Offers |
Magic |

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All invocation runes in Diablo 4
Each D4 invocation rune: effects, overflows and required offerings
All Invocation runes inside Diablo 4 they essentially function as effect or skill runes. These runes have a viola engraving e point downwards in your inventory, indicating that they should be placed in the Put the bottom to slot of your two-socket device.
When enough offerings are generated with your ritual rune for reach the requested Offers of your Invocation Rune, the Effect listed or the Ability granted on the Invocation Rune will activate. If you generate more Offerings than required for some Invocation Runes, Diablo 4 players will enhance the listed effect. This is called a Overflow Effect.
Most invocation runes cannot activate more than once per second, while some take two or even six seconds to recharge, such as runes that grant another class ability. Look at the purple buff on the buff bar to see how many offerings are needed to activate the listed effect.
Name of the rune |
Rune effect |
Overflow effect |
Offer requested |
Rarity |
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Yep |
Summons a Wolf Spirit to attack enemies for 8 seconds |
Summon more wolves |
100x Offers |
Magic |
Chac |
Summons Druid Lightning Bolts, striking a nearby enemy. |
Generates more lightning |
20x Offers |
Rare |
Eom |
Reduce active cooldowns by 0.25 seconds |
Recovery times further reduced |
100x Offers |
Legendary |
Gar |
Gain 2.5% Critical Chance for 5 seconds, up to 25% |
Get more critical chance stacks |
25x Offers |
Magic |
Yes |
Replace your next dodge with the warlock's teleport, which further flashes, deals damage, and grants unstoppable |
Store excess supply |
250x Offers |
Legendary |
Kry |
Summons the Spirit Vortex, dealing damage and attracting enemies |
Increased vortex size |
500x Offers |
Rare |
Lake |
Summons the Barbarian's Defiant Shout, reducing damage taken |
Increased duration |
800x Offers |
Rare |
Lum |
Restore 1 of your primary resources |
Greater resource recovery |
5x Offers |
Magic |
Encountered |
You leave the Necromancer's Desecrated Ground behind for 3 seconds, dealing damage to enemies within |
Increased duration |
100x Offers |
Magic |
Mot |
Gain a shadow from the Thief's Dark Cloak, reducing damage taken for each shadow |
Get more shadows |
150x Offers |
Rare |
Black |
Summons the Rogue's counter cloak, gaining dodge, movement speed, unstoppable, and stealth |
Increased duration |
700x Offers |
Rare |
Ohm |
Summons the Barbarian's enhanced war cry, increasing movement speed and damage dealt |
Increased duration |
500x Offers |
Legendary |
Or not |
Summons the Druid's Dancing Bolts, which track down enemies |
More Bolts have been generated |
25x Offers |
Magic |
Qax |
Your next non-basic Ability cast consumes all your primary resources, dealing up to 100% additional damage |
increase in damage |
400x Offers |
Rare |
Here |
Restores an evasion charge and gains 10% movement speed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 50% |
Increased duration |
400x Offers |
Magic |
Que |
Summons the Druid's Earthen Bulwark, granting you a Barrier |
Increased duration |
800x Offers |
Rare |
Tal |
Summons the Spirit Child's Plague Swarm, dealing damage to enemies |
Increased swarms have been generated |
30x Offers |
Magic |
Theb |
Summon the Necromancer's abominable Iron Maiden, counterattacking enemies and healing you when they die |
Increases damage by 1% per offering |
100x Offers |
Magic |
Tech |
Summons Barbarian's Earthquake, dealing damage to enemies inside |
Increased size |
50x Offers |
Magic |
Thul |
Summons the Sorcerer's Mystical Frost Nova, inflicting Freeze and Vulnerability on enemies |
Increased size |
400x Offers |
Rare |
Tonne |
Summons the Sorcerer's Meteorites, dealing damage to enemies in their area |
Increased meteorites spawned |
20x Offers |
Magic |
Tun |
Summons the Rogue's stun grenades, stunning and dealing damage to enemies |
More grenades have been spawned |
25x Offers |
Magic |
Tzic |
Summons the Spiritborn's Stunning Strike, dealing damage and knocking down enemies |
Damage increased by 1% per offer |
200x Offers |
Rare |
Irritating |
Gain +1 to all skills for 7 seconds |
Increased skill ranks (up to 3) |
150x Offers |
Legendary |
Wat |
Summons the Necromancer's Horrific Decrepification, slowing and reducing enemy damage and allowing you to cast them |
Increased duration |
100x Offers |
Rare |
Xal |
Gain 20% Max Life for 6 seconds |
Get more Max Life |
300x Offers |
Rare |
Xan |
Your next skill roll will be a guaranteed overrun and critical hit |
1% additional damage for 10 offers |
700x Offers |
Legendary |
Yom |
Summons the Druid's Petrification, stunning enemies and increasing critical hit damage against them |
Increases stun duration |
500x Offers |
Legendary |
Zec |
Reduce your active ultimate cooldown by 1 second |
Reduced cooldown |
100x Offers |
Rare |

Diablo IV: Vessel of Hate
- Released
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October 8, 2024
- Type
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Action RPG