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Rune and gem upgrade recipes

Combine three gems of the same type and grade, or the required runes and gem, to make the next grade in the Horadric Cube.

El through Ort require three identical runes without a gem. Thul and above require the specified gem. Starting at Pul, use two identical runes. Zod is the highest rune and has no further upgrade recipe.

All 32 rune upgrade recipes
Input runesAdditional gemResult
3 × El RuneNone1 × Eld Rune
3 × Eld RuneNone1 × Tir Rune
3 × Tir RuneNone1 × Nef Rune
3 × Nef RuneNone1 × Eth Rune
3 × Eth RuneNone1 × Ith Rune
3 × Ith RuneNone1 × Tal Rune
3 × Tal RuneNone1 × Ral Rune
3 × Ral RuneNone1 × Ort Rune
3 × Ort RuneNone1 × Thul Rune
3 × Thul Rune1 × Chipped Topaz1 × Amn Rune
3 × Amn Rune1 × Chipped Amethyst1 × Sol Rune
3 × Sol Rune1 × Chipped Sapphire1 × Shael Rune
3 × Shael Rune1 × Chipped Ruby1 × Dol Rune
3 × Dol Rune1 × Chipped Emerald1 × Hel Rune
3 × Hel Rune1 × Chipped Diamond1 × Io Rune
3 × Io Rune1 × Flawed Topaz1 × Lum Rune
3 × Lum Rune1 × Flawed Amethyst1 × Ko Rune
3 × Ko Rune1 × Flawed Sapphire1 × Fal Rune
3 × Fal Rune1 × Flawed Ruby1 × Lem Rune
3 × Lem Rune1 × Flawed Emerald1 × Pul Rune
2 × Pul Rune1 × Flawed Diamond1 × Um Rune
2 × Um Rune1 × Topaz1 × Mal Rune
2 × Mal Rune1 × Amethyst1 × Ist Rune
2 × Ist Rune1 × Sapphire1 × Gul Rune
2 × Gul Rune1 × Ruby1 × Vex Rune
2 × Vex Rune1 × Emerald1 × Ohm Rune
2 × Ohm Rune1 × Diamond1 × Lo Rune
2 × Lo Rune1 × Flawless Topaz1 × Sur Rune
2 × Sur Rune1 × Flawless Amethyst1 × Ber Rune
2 × Ber Rune1 × Flawless Sapphire1 × Jah Rune
2 × Jah Rune1 × Flawless Ruby1 × Cham Rune
2 × Cham Rune1 × Flawless Emerald1 × Zod Rune

Where a gem is listed, use one of that gem. A gem without a grade prefix means normal grade. Flawless and Perfect are different grades.

Upgrading gems

Combine three gems of the same type and grade to make one gem of the next grade: Chipped → Flawed → Normal → Flawless → Perfect.

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