Diablo 2 LoD runewords: every runeword, its runes, bases and level

Diablo II: Resurrected has 98 runewords. Lord of Destruction brought 78 of them, Blizzard added 15 to Resurrected in patches 2.4 (seven) and 2.6 (eight), and the Reign of the Warlock expansion added five more in February 2026. The table below lists every one with its runes in the order you socket them, the number of sockets the item needs, the item types it works in and the character level you need to use it. Click a column heading to sort by it.

How does a Diablo 2 runeword work?

You put the runes, in the listed order, into an item of the right type that has exactly as many sockets as the runeword has runes. Maxroll and the Fextralife wiki both give the same rules: the item has to be a socketed normal or superior item (magic, rare, set and unique items can't become runewords), the socket count has to match exactly, and the runes only turn into the runeword in the right order. In the wrong order you just keep the runes' own stats. Maxroll adds that ethereal and superior items work too.

"Level" in the table is the required character level of the finished runeword. "Added in" is the version that brought it: LoD for the runewords that were in Lord of Destruction before patch 1.10, LoD 1.10 and 1.11 for the ones those patches added, D2R 2.4 and 2.6 for Resurrected's patches, and RotW for Reign of the Warlock.

Every runeword: runes, sockets, bases and level

* Eternity: Blizzard's patch 3.4 notes, for the update rolling out on 9 November 2026, change Eternity from "5 Socket Melee Weapons" to "5 Socket Melee and Missile Weapons", and raise its damage. Blizzard says the change applies to Reign of the Warlock in online ladder and offline play only, not to Classic or Lord of Destruction.

† Vigilance: Blizzard's Reign of the Warlock post lists it as a 2-socket shield runeword. diablo2.io and d2runewizard also list the Warlock's grimoires as a base.

‡ Maxroll gives a different figure here. See where the sources disagree, below.

What about Hustle, Hysteria and Mania?

Hustle came in patch 2.6 as one runeword with two forms: Shael + Ko + Eld in "any weapon or armor item", level 39, with different stats in a weapon and in body armour. In Reign of the Warlock games the two forms have their own names. Blizzard's patch 3.3 notes list "Mania" and "Hysteria" among the items now available outside ladder, and its 3.1.1 notes fixed "Mania runeword improperly appearing in the Chronicle as Hustle". diablo2.io and d2runewizard both list Hysteria as the body armour form and Mania as the weapon form, each Shael + Ko + Eld, 3 sockets, level 39. They're the same recipe as Hustle, so the table counts them once.

Which runewords did Reign of the Warlock add?

Blizzard's launch post for Reign of the Warlock, on 11 February 2026, lists five new runewords with their sockets, bases and runes:

Runeword	Runes, in order	Base (Blizzard)	Level
Authority	Hel + Shael + Ral	3-socket body armour	29
Coven	Ist + Ral + Io	3-socket helm	51
Void	Thul + Zod + Ist	3-socket dagger	69
Vigilance	Dol + Gul	2-socket shield	53
Ritual	Amn + Shael + Ohm	3-socket dagger	57

Blizzard's post doesn't give a required level, so the levels come from diablo2.io and d2runewizard, which agree on all five. Blizzard spells the shield runeword "Vigilence" in that post; both references spell it Vigilance. These runewords are part of Reign of the Warlock, which is a paid expansion for Resurrected.

Where do the sources disagree?

For every runeword, diablo2.io and d2runewizard give the same runes, rune order, socket count and level, and the table uses those. Maxroll's list, last updated on 2 June 2026, differs on ten entries, and the Fextralife wiki on one recipe:

Runeword	diablo2.io and d2runewizard	Maxroll
Fortitude (body armour)	level 59	level 47 (59 in its weapon entry)
Holy Thunder	level 21	level 23
Leaf	2 sockets	3 sockets
Myth	level 25	level 41
Oath	level 49	level 59
Phoenix (weapon)	level 65	level 47 (65 in its shield entry)
Principle	level 53	level 55
Rift	level 53	level 43
Stone	4 sockets	3 sockets
White	level 35	level 47

The Fextralife wiki agrees with diablo2.io and d2runewizard on all of these, so the table keeps their figure. Fextralife's runewords list gives Vigilance as Sol + Dol, but Blizzard's own post says Dol + Gul, as do diablo2.io and d2runewizard, so the table uses Dol + Gul. Maxroll's list doesn't include the Reign of the Warlock runewords.

Runeword guides

• Cure: the helm runeword from patch 2.6 (Shael + Io + Tal, level 35).
• Mosaic: the Assassin claw runeword from patch 2.6 (Mal + Gul + Amn, level 53).

How we checked

We read every runeword in diablo2.io's runeword database and d2runewizard's runeword list, and compared the runes, order, sockets, item types and level of each one. They agree on all 98, so those are the figures in the table. We then checked them against Maxroll's runeword guide and the Fextralife wiki and list every difference above. For the runewords Blizzard added after release, we also checked its own posts: the patch 2.4 notes (seven runewords, and Infinity, Obedience and Pride on spears, Insight on bows), the patch 2.6 notes (eight runewords with their levels), the Reign of the Warlock launch post (five runewords) and the 3.1.1, 3.3 and 3.4 notes. All were read on 7 November 2026. We don't use the old Arreat Summit pages or archived copies of them.