Looking for a guide on how to get every single weapon rune in Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor? Then you've come to the right place.
Cheat Code Central has provided a guide as to how to get every weapon rune in the game as well as what each rune does:
Normal weapon runes
Weapon runes are dropped by Captains and Warchiefs. Talion can upgrade each weapon to hold a maximum of four weapon runes. The effectiveness of normal runes are determined by the level of Captain or Warchief that dropped the particular rune. The following is a list of normal weapon runes and their effect:
Bow
Aura Of Dismay: Talion has a chance of making Uruks flee near a headshot.
Broken Mind: Talion has a chance to recover 4 Elf-shots from a Drain or Brand.
Holwing Storm: All weapon damage increased while riding a mount.
Keen Eyed: Bow stealth kills grants Talion Focus.
River Of Arrows: Talion has a chance of recovering Elf-Shot by bow kills.
Sylvan Arrow: Headshot kills has a chance to give Talion +30 Focus.
Unbreakable Bond: Using Pin in Place and Talion may recover Focus.
Dagger
Bare As Bones: Talion has a chance of executing a Critical Hit on the first hit of a Hit Streak.
Breath Of Light: Recovers health with a stealth kill.
Chill Soul: Talion recovers 50 Focus with a head explosion kill.
Choking Horror: Talion has a chance to terrify more than two Uruks with a Brutalize kill.
Favor Of The Lady: Talion recovers HP with Drain or Brand.
Harbinger Of Doom: Talion recovers his HP with Drain and Brand from above.
Rule Through Fear: Talion recovers Focus with each stealth kill.
Sylvan Doom: Brutalize kills lets Talion recover five Elf-Shots.
To The Death: Grab kills allows Talion focus boost.
Worm's Tooth: Head explosion kills gives Talion extra health.
Sword
Betrayer: Hitting an enemy from the back will increase all sword damage.
Blade Master: When the Hit Streak reaches 30, Talion can recover HP.
For Vengeance: When the Hit Streak reaches 30, Talion gets increased melee damage.
Grim Resolve: Talion has increased defense against ranged attacks.
Know No Pain: Talion has a chance of recovering +5 HP with each kill.
Power Of Earth: Ground Executions gets Talion additional Focus Boost.
Quick To Anger: Talion recovers HP with each Critical Strike.
Savage Onslaught: Between a 15 to 29 Hit Streak, Talion will start recovering HP.
Smite: Flurry Kills will give Talion Focus Boost.
Strength From Courage: Flurry Kills will give Talion HP recovery.
Epic weapon runes
Epic runes are rarely dropped by high level Uruk Warchiefs and Uruk Captains. The effectiveness of epic runes are static and do not depend on the level of the enemy that dropped them. The following is a list of epic weapon runes and their effect:
Bow
Ascendant: Decreases the Focus depletion rate by 50%.
Bow Master: 50% chance of increased bow damage.
Explosive Demise: Talion has 20% to blast an area with a charged headshot.
Fell-Handed: Recover Flame of Azkar twice as fast with headshot kills.
Knight Of Eregion: Shadow Strike kills will get +1 Elf-Shot.
Stand Fast: Damage output of all bows increases by 100% when Talion's HP is below 25%.
Wrath Of The Eldar: Increases the duration of Flame of Azkar by ten seconds.
Dagger
Bane Of Mordor: Increases the duration of the Shadow of Acharn by ten seconds.
Balefire: Head explosion kills get +2 Elf-Shot.
Fell Voices: Talion recovers complete HP and Focus when killing Captains and Warchiefs.
Forge Of War: Drain or Brand will get Talion +2 Elf-Shot.
Heart Of The Mearas: Talion receives Doubles Elven Swiftness speed burst duration.
Lure Of Power: Talion has a 33% chance of branding an enemy standing near a target that is stealth branded.
Oathbreaker: Shadow of Acharn will recover twice as fast with stealth kills.
One With Nature: Talion is immune to poison.
Sword
Bones Of The Earth: Recover +3 Elf-Shot by a flurry kill.
Burning Pitch: 15% chance of igniting enemies by countering.
Elven Grace: 50% chance of reducing incoming melee damage to half.
Evenstar: Talion will recover complete Focus every time a hit streak is charged.
Foe Hammer: Combat execution will get +2 Elf-Shot.
Mighty Rage: Increases the stun and knockdown time of the melee attacks.
Ruination: Increases the Storm of Urfael duration by ten seconds.
Stand And Fight: When below 25% health, Talion deals double damage with his sword.
Storm Of Battle: Increases the damage of all swords by 50%.
The End Comes: Talion blasts enemies' heads with Wraith Blast.
The Undying: Recover all Focus and Elf-Shot on any Last Chance.
Tower Of Defense: Increases the combo reset time by ten seconds.
Wraith And Ruin: Increases the stun and knockdown duration of Wraith Flash.
Special
Orc Hunter: Obtained from linking your WB ID to your in-game account. Enemies get terrorized by brutalized stealth kills.
Stinging Blade: Obtained from PlayStation exclusive mission reward. Talion gets 50 HP with each stealth kill.
Hidden Blade: Obtained from Gamestop pre-order. Captains and Warchiefs receive more damage with stealth kills and ground executions.
Deadly Archer: Obtained from Amazon pre-order. Captains and Warchiefs will receive more damage with ranged attacks.
Flame Of Anor: Obtained from Best Buy pre-order. Talion's weapon will catch fire after a long combo.
Gravewalker: Obtained from linking the Palantir iOS app to your account. Take out a Captain and all nearby enemies will run away.
Orc Slayer: Obtained from Steam pre-order. Captains and Warchiefs receive more damage from finishers.
