Runes in The Forge are special upgrade items that enhance your weapons, armor, and tools with powerful effects. Each rune adds a unique combat or utility bonus, letting you customize your playstyle for mining, fighting mobs, or tackling bosses.

As you progress through tougher zones, runes become essential for boosting damage, survivability, and efficiency.

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Understanding which runes are worth using—and how to obtain them—can drastically improve your performance across the entire game.

List of all Runes in the Forge

Here is a list of all the runes in the Forge:

Miner Shard

  • Tier: S
  • Uses: Increases mining efficiency — boosts luck, increases extra-ore chances, and improves mining speed and power.
  • How to get: Dropped by Delver-type and Bomber-type enemies.

Blast Chip

  • Tier: S
  • Uses: Adds an Explosion on hit, creating an AoE blast that deals heavy damage — excellent for clearing groups of enemies.
  • How to get: Dropped by Bomber enemies and other mid-tier mobs.

Flame Spark

  • Tier: A
  • Uses: Applies Burn — deals fire damage over time based on a percentage of your weapon’s damage. Strong for bosses and tanky enemies.
  • How to get: Dropped by Deathaxe Skeletons, Reapers, Blazing Slimes, and similar fire-affiliated enemies.

Venom Crumb

  • Tier: A
  • Uses: Applies Poison — steady damage-over-time based on weapon damage. Great for long fights.
  • How to get: Dropped by general combat-area enemies.

Chill Dust

  • Tier: A
  • Uses: Applies Snow/Slow — reduces enemy movement and attack speed; great for crowd control.
  • How to get: Obtained from frost-aligned enemies as combat loot.

Drain Edge

  • Tier: A
  • Uses: Life-steal — restores HP based on a percentage of physical damage dealt; may also increase physical damage. Excellent sustain rune.
  • How to get: Dropped by Reapers, Brute Zombies, and boss-tier enemies.

Frost Speck

  • Tier: B
  • Uses: Ice/Freeze — chance to freeze enemies briefly; strong crowd control and interruption tool.
  • How to get: Dropped by various frost or general enemies.

Rage Mark

  • Tier: B
  • Uses: Berserk buff — at low HP (around 35%), boosts physical damage and attack speed.
  • How to get: Dropped by elite skeletal units, Brute Zombies, and similar high-tier mobs.

Briar Notch

  • Tier: B
  • Uses: Thorns — reflects a portion of damage taken back at attackers. Good defensive rune for melee builds.
  • How to get: Dropped by skeleton-type and other mid-tier enemies.

Ward Patch

  • Tier: B
  • Uses: Reduces incoming physical damage; may also increase mobility depending on variations.
  • How to get: Dropped from mid-tier combat enemies.

Rot Stitch

  • Tier: C
  • Uses: Toxic Veins — when low on HP, emits a poison AoE that damages nearby enemies; sometimes increases dash distance.
  • How to get: Dropped by low-tier toxic enemies.

Mastering runes is one of the most important parts of succeeding in The Forge. Whether you want faster mining, stronger attacks, or better survival tools, choosing the right runes transforms your gameplay.

Experiment with different combinations, upgrade your gear, and keep hunting for rare drops—you’ll feel the difference immediately.