D2R Upgrade a rune using the Horadric Cube

Icon Achievement Name Description Points
Rus Do Fah So La Te Do! Upgrade a rune using the Horadric Cube 15

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This trophy requires you to upgrade a rune using the cube.

Note – This trophy is missable as the game tells you NOTHING about how to craft ANYTHING outside of a quiver of bolts and a quiver of arrows and 1 socketed sword in the cube. Without a guide, It is a literal experimentation method that helps figure it out.

Below is a list of the low runes that require no added items to create the next rune in the list.

Runes Transmute Outcome
3 El Runes —> 1 Eld Rune
3 Eld Runes —> 1 Tir Rune
3 Tir —> 1 Nef Rune
3 Nef —> 1 Eth Rune
3 Eth —> 1 Ith Rune
3 Ith —> 1 Tal Rune
3 Tal —> 1 Ral Rune
3 Ral —> 1 Ort Rune
3 Ort —> 1 Thul Rune

After the ort rune is where things start having you include certain gems below is the last of the list of runes you can upgrade by using gems to get to the next highest tier.

Runes Gems Transmute Outcome
3 Dol Runes 1 Chipped Emerald —> 1 Hel Rune
3 Hel Runes 1 Chipped Diamon —> 1 Io rune
3 Io Runes 1 Flawed Topaz —> 1 Lum rune
3 Lum Runes 1 Flawed Amethyst —> 1 Ko Rune
3 Ko Runes 1 Flawed Sapphire —> 1 Fal Rune
3 Fal Runes 1 Flawed Ruby —> 1 Lem Rune
3 Lem Runes 1 Flawed Emerald —> 1 Pul Rune
2 Pul Runes 1 Flawed Diamond —> 1 Um Rune
2 Um Runes 1 Topaz —> 1 Rune
2 Mal Runes 1 Amethyst —> 1 Ist Rune
2 Ist Runes 1 Sapphire —> 1 Gul Rune
2 Gul Runes 1 Ruby —> 1 Vex Rune
2 Vex Runes 1 Emerald —> 1 Ohm Rune
2 Ohm runes 1 Diamond —> 1 Lo Rune
2 Lo Runes 1 Flawless Topaz —> 1 Sur Rune
2 Sur Runes 1 Flawless Amethyst —> 1 Ber Rune
2 Ber Runes 1 Flawless Sapphire —> 1 Jah Rune
2 Jah Runes 1 Flawless Ruby —> 1 Cham Rune
2 Cham Runes 1 Flawless Emerald —> 1 Zod Rune

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