- For other uses, see Runes (disambiguation).
In Dragon Age: Inquisition, runes can be applied to weapons that possess a rune slot to improve the effectiveness of the weapon. Runes are applied at the Modify Weapon table in Haven or Skyhold's Undercroft. Runes cannot be applied to armor. Once applied, a rune cannot be removed, only replaced.
Runes can be found or crafted by the Inquisitor once the schematic has been obtained. Runes can be found in the world, purchased from a merchant or rewarded for completing quests or war table operations.
Runes
Rune Schematics
Elemental runes schematics (fire, frost, lightning and spirit) are found by revealing special glyphs with veilfire in different locations throughout Ferelden and Orlais, and they are always found in the order of increasing quality. Looking at the example the Fire Rune, the first glyph revealed will grant the basic rune schematic (that is, the Fire Rune schematic). The second glyph will grant the Master Fire Rune schematic and the third glyph will grant the Superb Fire Rune schematic. One cannot find the Superb schematic before the other two.
Conversely, non-elemental runes (cleansing, corrupting, demon-slaying and dragon-slaying) can be found in any order. The Superb Cleansing Rune schematic, for example, can always be found at the Suledin Keep merchant regardless of whether the Cleansing Rune or the Master Cleansing Rune has been found.
Refer to the Schematics page for a full list of rune schematics.
Notes
The spirit runes are restricted to staff only, whereas fire, frost and lightning runes are restricted to non-staff weapon types. Other runes are applicable to all weapons.
The spirit runes require 9 pieces of a specific essence to craft, whereas other runes require 6.
