Runes are Destruction spells that are cast on the ground and act as a trap when walked over. There are three types of runes: Fire (red), Frost (white) and Shock (purple). When cast, the spell take about a second to charge up, then it can be "thrown" on either the ground or a wall, creating a circle with magic symbols. They can be shot at with a projectile spell to manually trigger them. The Destruction perk, "Rune Master", allows the caster to throw runes farther.

Runes are particularly useful in dealing with hibernating or entombed draugr or other enemies behind sealed doors or barriers. If a draugr is sleeping or dormant but still alive, casting a rune next to it will cause the rune to explode, heavily damaging or killing the draugr. Runes cast as close as possible to sealed coffins or sarcophagi will also explode if the draugr inside is alive, not only hurting it but possibly triggering a premature emergence. Draugr and other undesirables behind sealed doors can also be injured this way, or even killed if they are trapped with no way they can release the doors.

Contents 1 Fire Rune 2 Frost Rune 3 Lightning Rune 4 Ash Rune 5 Poison Rune 6 Frenzy Rune 7 Spell Tome locations 8 Bugs 9 Appearances

Fire RuneEdit

Fire Rune is an Apprentice-level Destruction spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Casting it causes blobs of fire to shoot from the hands and stick to surfaces. When a target steps on or passes too closely to a Fire Rune, it explodes, causing 50 points of fire damage. Enemies caught on fire from the spell take additional damage. Additionally, the perk "Augmented Flames" increases the damage done by Fire Rune by 25% on the first perk and 50% on the second.

Frost RuneEdit

Frost Rune is an Apprentice-level Destruction spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Casting it causes blobs of ice to shoot from the hands and stick to surfaces. When a target steps on or passes too closely to a Frost Rune, it explodes, causing 50 points of frost damage. Frozen enemies have hindered speed. Additionally, the perk "Augmented Frost" increases the damage done by Frost Rune by 25% on the first perk and 50% on the second.

Lightning RuneEdit

Lightning Rune is an Apprentice-level Destruction spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Casting it causes sparks of lightning to shoot from the hands and stick to surfaces. When a target steps on or passes too closely to a Shock Rune, it explodes, causing 50 points of shock damage. "Shocked" enemies have hindered magicka. Additionally, the perk "Augmented Shock" increases the damage done by Shock Rune by 25% on the first perk and 50% on the second.

Ash RuneEdit

Ash Rune is an Expert-level Alteration spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn. It causes ash to shoot out of the caster's hands and cling to the nearest surface. When enemies come into contact with it, it explodes, imobilizing all in a small burst for 30 seconds.

Poison RuneEdit

Poison Rune is an Adept-level Restoration spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn.

Frenzy RuneEdit

Frenzy Rune is an Adept-level Illusion spell in The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn.

Spell Tome locationsEdit

• Faralda at The College of Winterhold sells all 3 spells once the Dragonborn reaches a Destruction skill of 25 (Apprentice-level).
• Farengar Secret-Fire in Dragonsreach also sells these spells.
• Sybille Stentor, the Court Wizard of Solitude sells these spells at The Blue Palace.
• Magic Rune spell tomes can be found as loot in chests (uncommon), on the corpses of magic-users (rare) or Draugr (rare) level 25 or higher.

BugsEdit

•  PS3   When two rune spells are cast at the same time, one of the rune spell's symbol will be permanently engraved on the surface.
•  PS3   Enemy rune spells ignore elemental resistance. This, coupled with the increased damage of enemy spells on master difficulty, make fire rune spells an auto death for anyone on master with less than 400 health.
•  360   Charging any rune and placing it as close as possible to a draugr coffin will activate the slumbering draugr, even if the draugr only come to life via an event (e.g. only after pulling a certain lever or taking the required item in a dungeon). This makes it a lot easier taking on each draugr one by one rather than the whole group that would come to life together.

AppearancesEdit

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)

Destruction Spells
Arniel's Convection • Blizzard • Chain Lightning • Fire Storm • Fireball • Firebolt • Fire Rune • Flame Cloak • Flames • Frost Cloak • Frostbite • Frost Rune • Ice Spike • Ice Storm • Incinerate • Icy Spear • Lightning Bolt • Lightning Cloak • Lightning Rune • Lightning Storm • Sparks • Thunderbolt • Wall of Flames • Wall of Frost • Wall of Storms • Vampiric Drain
Schools of Magic
Alteration • Conjuration • Destruction • Illusion • Restoration
Related topics
Destruction Ritual Spell • Magicka • Perks • Magic • The College of Winterhold • Destruction trainers • Runes • Disintegrate

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