From spare runes
to Enigma.

Two crafts. One Cube.

You need access to the Horadric Cube from Lord of Hatred. Recover it during Doorways to the Distant Past, then follow The Horadric Cube quest to inspect it in Temis. For an item craft, keep a suitable white base that your class can equip. An Ancestral Common base produces an Ancestral runeword; item power comes from the base.

The hidden recipes are community-documented. This page keeps their sources below, so you can check a recipe against the current game before spending a chase rune.

What to press, step by step

Use this sequence for the upgrade table below. The example makes Ber from two Lo runes and one Grand Topaz.

Find these three parts

The grid: where your runes, gem or white base go.

Transmute: the action below the grid that performs the craft.

The recipe book: the book icon. Hidden recipes on this page are entered through their ingredients.

1. Go to Temis

   Open your map and select the Temis waypoint. Walk to the Horadric Cube. Click the Cube to interact with it and open its crafting window.

2. Start with an empty grid

   Remove ingredients left over from another recipe. Hidden rune recipes are recognised from what you insert, so you do not need to find a “Ber” entry in the recipe book.

3. Add the runes

   From your inventory, move 2 × Lo into the Cube. With a mouse, drag the items into its grid; if the game shows a transfer prompt, you can use that action. Check the quantity in the Cube, not just the number owned.

4. Add the exact gem

   Move 1 × Grand Topaz into the grid. Read the full gem name: a Chipped or Flawless Topaz is a different ingredient. Do not add a base item for this rune upgrade.

5. Check, then click Transmute

   Compare the contents with the recipe. A hidden recipe may show ???; that alone does not mean it is wrong. Once the ingredients are correct and the action is available, click Transmute.

6. Take the result

   Move the resulting Ber into your inventory. Start the next recipe with only its listed ingredients. For an item such as Enigma, add its white base as well as the runes before clicking Transmute.

Ber: exactly what belongs in the Cube

2 × Lo+1 × Grand TopazTransmuteBer

Controller: highlight the Cube and use the displayed Interact prompt. Move focus to your inventory, select each ingredient, then use the displayed move-to-Cube action. Highlight Transmute and use its on-screen button prompt. Button icons depend on your platform and bindings; follow the labels shown in your game.

Which runes make the rarer ones?

Each row is a separate transmutation. “3 ×” means three copies of that exact rune. Gems are consumed too. On a phone, swipe across the table to see the result.

Lower chain · Tir to Sol · each row makes one rune

Runes to put in	Gem to add	You receive
3 × Tir	No gem needed	Eth
3 × Eth	No gem needed	Ith
3 × Ith	No gem needed	Tal
3 × Tal	No gem needed	Ral
3 × Ral	No gem needed	Ort
3 × Ort	No gem needed	Thul
3 × Thul	1 × Chipped Topaz	Amn
3 × Amn	1 × Chipped Amethyst	Sol

Upper chain · Mal to Jah · each row makes one rune

Runes to put in	Gem to add	You receive
2 × Mal	1 × Flawless Amethyst	Ist
2 × Ist	1 × Flawless Ruby	Vex
2 × Vex	1 × Flawless Emerald	Ohm
2 × Ohm	1 × Flawless Diamond	Lo
2 × Lo	1 × Grand Topaz	Ber
2 × Ber	1 × Grand Sapphire	Jah

Keep any runes your final item needs before upgrading your remaining copies. “Rarer” here describes the chase ingredients; it is not a claim that every rune in this table belongs to the game’s yellow Rare tier.

Keep one Ber. Turn two more into Jah.

The final craft is 1 Common chest armour + 1 Jah + 1 Ith + 1 Ber. Enigma changes Evade to Sorcerer’s Teleport at a cost of 33 Primary Resource. Choose your base carefully before spending the runes.

A · Make three Ber

6 × Lo3 × Ber

Run the Lo-to-Ber recipe three times, using 3 Grand Topazes in total.

B · Make one Jah

2 × BerJah

Combine two of those Ber with 1 Grand Sapphire. Put the third Ber aside for Enigma.

C · Craft the chest

JahIthBer

Add one Common chest armour and these three runes to the empty Cube. Click Transmute.

Ancestral describes the base’s quality; it still needs to be Common/white. A Legendary chest is not a substitute. You do not need a three-socket chest to perform this Cube recipe.

All 19 documented runeword recipes

Use one Common/white base of an allowed type plus one of every rune pictured. Repeated pictures mean repeated ingredients: Infinity needs two Ber; Phoenix needs two Vex. Check that your character can equip the chosen base.

Base item + the pictured runes, then Transmute

Makes	Runes required	Common base item
Enigma	JahIthBer	Chest armour
Stealth	TalEth	Chest armour
Prudence	MalTir	Chest armour
Rain	OrtMalIth	Chest armour
Lore	OrtSol	Helm
Pattern	TalOrtThul	Dagger
Zephyr	OrtEth	Bow or crossbow
Leaf	TirRal	Staff
Ancient’s Pledge	RalOrtTal	Shield, focus or totem
Spirit	TalThulOrtAmn	Axe, dagger, flail, mace, scythe, sword or wand; also focus or totem; also shield
Strength	AmnTir	Axe, dagger, flail, mace, scythe, sword or wand; also focus or totem
Holy Thunder	EthRalOrtTal	One-handed mace or flail
King’s Grace	AmnRalThul	One-handed mace, flail or sword
Insight	RalTirTalSol	Staff, bow, crossbow, glaive, polearm, quarterstaff or two-handed scythe
Edge	TirTalAmn	Two-handed axe, mace, sword or scythe; polearm, glaive, quarterstaff, staff, bow or crossbow
Grief	EthTirLoMalRal	One-handed sword (Phase Blade) or axe (Berserker Axe)
Call to Arms	AmnRalMalIstOhm	Axe, dagger, flail, mace, scythe, sword or wand; also focus or totem
Infinity	BerMalBerIst	Two-handed axe, mace, sword or scythe; polearm, glaive, quarterstaff, staff, bow or crossbow
Phoenix	VexVexLoJah	Axe, dagger, flail, mace, scythe, sword or wand; also focus or totem; also shield

Weapon names in the last column are base types, not permission for every class to equip them. The result follows the base you supply. These are documented Season 15 recipes, including game-data references; do not assume every Diablo II runeword exists in Diablo IV.

Check these before spending your runes