Diablo 2 Resurrected came out in August 2021 to the excitement of hardcore fans of the series. Given that Diablo 3 still struggles with adding new content, plenty of people were eager to return to the world of one of the most successful hack-and-slash games ever.
Patch notes
Alongside these new rune words, Blizzard has announced that plenty of other content will be added to the game. But most of these changes are still a secret, so we will have to wait until it launches on January 31. There will be a Public Test run starting on January 24 if you want to test out some of this new content. You can join this PTR by selecting the PTR: Diablo 2 Resurrected branch in your Battle.net app.
New rune words
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, runes are a big part of the Diablo 2 item system. They are socketable items that give various bonuses, depending on the item they are placed in. Runewords are an advanced variant of this. By combining specific runes together in an item, you will create a Unique variant of that item that gives a ton of bonuses. So here are the Runewords that will be added with content patch 2.6 :
Rune Word | Rune Order | Allowed Items | Character Level Required | Final Stats |
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Bulwark | Shael + Io + Sol | Helm | 35 |
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Cure | Shael + lo + Tal | Helm | 35 |
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Ground | Shael + Io + Ort | Helm | 35 |
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Hearth | Shael + Io + Thul | Helm | 35 |
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Temper | Shael + Io + Ral | Helm | 35 |
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Hustle | Shael + Ko + Eld | Any weapon or armor item | 39 |
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Mosaic | Mal + Gul + Thul | Claw | 53 |
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Metamorphosis | Io + Cham + Fal | Helm | 67 |
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Players who like playing Druid or Assassin will be excited by the prospect of rune words catered explicitly to those classes. Most of the other rune words are lower level ones, but they’re still excellent additions when leveling a character. The Cure rune word especially will help deal with pesky mobs that inflict poison.
It’s great to see that Blizzard is still bringing updates to Diablo 2 Resurrected. Since Diablo 4 is still half a year away, this new content is an excellent opportunity to get back into the swing of things if you’ve been away from the series for a while.