Users can upgrade runes to higher runes using the Horadric Cube. El through Ort can all be upgraded similarly to gems by placing three of the same type in the cube and receiving one of a higher grade in return.
'High Rune' or 'HR' for short is a term used by gamers on Battle.net to refer to the highly valued runes. Higher valued runes are the runes from Mal to Zod. Once the Diablo II was released, Lord of Destruction, HRs came to replace the SoJ The Stone of Jordan Ring as the accepted currency among Battle.net players. As a ladder season progresses and the economy stabilizes, the value of HRs reduces significantly due to inflation, eventually reaching a point where each high rune shares a common value. That makes it plenty easier to acquire expensive runes you may need to create high valued Rune Words.
There are 33 runes in total, the lowest valued of which can be encountered as early as Act 1 Normal and the last of which can only be found in Act 5 Hell.
Since players intend to find the most number of higher quality runes, the best strategy to find the highest runes is on the highest level monsters that your character can safely and quickly kill. The ability to use magic find is to strike a balance between killing speed and monster level. Players intending to secure higher runes should avoid trying to kill very high-level monster since they have a .000001% better chance of dropping a Cham; it is not a wise way to spend one's time or energy.
Experts suggest that it's best to kill fast where your character is most capable of killing fast. The best way to secure the maximum number of high levels runes is to use a lot of monsters, just to increase the total item drops. Suggested places to find the most runes like the Secret Cow Level, the Flayer Jungle, or the surface areas of Act One (with their teeming Fallen camps) are popular due to the high density of fairly weak monsters.
How to secure runes in Diablo II
There are some legitimate ways to find the runes one wants -
1. Trade with some lucky player who already has the runes you are playing for.
2. Run Hell Countess several times over and cube her drops as high as possible.
3. Run characters repeatedly to the hell mode to gain a rune reward from the Hell Forge Quest.
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