Runes are special boosters that spawn on the game map. They come in two categories. Bounty Runes can be picked up for extra gold, while Power-up Runes grant heroes a variety of buffs and effects for a short period of time.
General Information
Spawning
- Bounty Runes spawn at 0:00 on the game clock, and every five minutes after that.
- Power-up Runes spawn at 4:00 on the game clock, and every two minutes after that.
- Bounty Runes spawn at four locations on the map, one on each of the secondary jungles of both factions, and two in the river which are contested.
- Power-up Runes spawn randomly at one of the two locations in the river.
- The same Power-up Rune cannot spawn twice in a row.
- Unused runes will be replaced by a new rune at the next spawn time.
- When having Aghanim's Scepter, Arc Warden is able to create his own runes with Rune Forge, spawning one of the available runes in front of him.
- A Trusty Shovel may dig up a Bounty Rune as one of its rewards.
Bottling
- Runes can be stored inside a Bottle.
- Heroes with a Bottle in their inventory automatically store the rune inside the Bottle when they pick it up.
- A stored rune can be used later by activating the Bottle.
- Using a stored rune refills 3 Bottle charges (to full).
- Runes can be stored in the Bottle for up to 0.016666666666667 minutes, after which they are automatically activated.
- Stored runes persist through death, but the automatic activation timer does not pause.
- If the owner is dead when the timer runs out, the rune is destroyed and grants no bonuses.
- When the Bottle is filled with a rune, picking up a second rune consumes/activates the new rune right away. It does not replace the existing rune in the Bottle.
- Bottles containing runes cannot be dropped or shared.
Other
- Power-up Runes are only visible when they are in vision. All runes are visible in spectator mode.
- When runes spawn in the fog of war, their icons appear on the minimap. These icons will remain until the rune spot is confirmed to be empty.
- Runes can be destroyed by normal attacks, using a forced attack command.
- Since runes do not count as units, destroying one does not count as a last hit (or deny).
- Runes do not interact with abilities, with the exception Meat Hook, which can pull runes, and Toss, which can toss units towards targeted runes.
- Runes have selection boxes with higher priority over units, meaning that if a unit is standing over a rune, the mouse cursor highlights and selects the rune first.
- This only applies to actions that can target runes, such as moving or attacking. Actions that cannot target runes still target the unit first.
- To collect a rune, the hero must be within 150 range of it, but they do not need to be facing the rune to activate it.
List
Click on a rune's name to view more detailed information.
Bounty Rune
Bounty | Grants bonus Gold. | ||
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Powerup Runes
Arcane
Arcane | Reduces cooldowns by 25% and mana costs by 30%. | ||
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Double Damage
Double Damage | No results | ||
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Haste
Haste | Increases movement speed to maximum. | ||
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Illusion
Illusion | Conjures 2 illusions of your hero which deal 35% damage. Melee illusions take 200% damage. Ranged illusions take 300% damage. Illusions last 75 seconds. | ||
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Invisibility
Invisibility | Becomes invisible for 45 seconds. This invisibility is broken by attacking or by using an ability or item. Grants 25% damage reduction while invisible +5% for each Invisibility rune that has spawned. | ||
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Regeneration
Regeneration | Regenerates health and mana to maximum. If taking damage from an enemy hero, the regeneration rate is lowered to 1% HP/MP per second. | ||
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