Guild Wars 2

So I noticed that some of the items that I loot have a rune thingy on them. Like they’ll say “Minor Rune of Rata Sum (0/2)” when you hover over the item, and then below that it’ll have like extra things you can add the armor to make it better (like more precision, etc.). How do I add the runes?

I bought two from the black lion trading because I thought I could add them but then something came up and I’m not sure what to do.

You got the message because the item you were going to put the rune on already had a rune on it. The message tells you the original rune will be lost. If the rune says 0/2, that means you can equip 2 of them, on different items, to get the full effect of the rune. So, if you have 1 rune, you’ll get only the #1 stat boost. If you have both runes, you’ll get the #1 and the #2 stat boosts. You can only equip a rune on the correct level of gear. So if your rune is level 30, but your toon is only level 20, you can’t use it. As runes levels increase, you can get larger sets. For example, a level 80 rune should give you 0/6 states. So you can buy 6 of the runes and put one on each piece of your armor. As you add each one, you’ll get increased stats. You can get different runes, but you only get the stats for however many you have. You should do a search on the wiki. There’s lots of info there! Good luck

Oh ya, some of these “rune thingies” are very expensive (like superior rune of the traveller at about 8g each). They’re way cheaper at lower levels, like minor and major runes. You can buy them on the TP if you are looking for a specific set, although some, like Monk’s, can only be gotten through running dungeons.

Ahhh, thank you!

Equipping runes is based on the level of gear and not the level of the char so you might have to update your gear before you can equip new runes. Also runes can be equipped at lvl1/30/60 for minor/major/superior respectively. The message is letting you know that the current rune will rlace the existing rune in that armor piece and also that masterwork or better armor becomes soul bound when you equip it, apply runes/sigils/upgrades to it, or apply a weapon armor skin to it. Unless you’re dealing with superior runes, you have nothing to worry about as far as experimentation is concerned b/c the runes/sigils are cheap and NOTHING really matters until level 80;anyway. Just use whatever drops you get until then and sell or salvage the rest. Level 1-59/79 are for exploration and mean very little.