Horadric Cube
Rune upgrade recipes
This page covers Horadric Cube recipes that upgrade runes. Three of the same low rune from El through Thul make the next rune; from Amn upward a gem is also required, and from Pul upward only two runes are used. Upgrades from Dol to Hel and above are marked because they were originally single-player and ladder only.
| Put in the cube | Result | Notes | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 El Rune | 1 Eld Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Eld Rune | 1 Tir Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Tir Rune | 1 Nef Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Nef Rune | 1 Eth Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Eth Rune | 1 Ith Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Ith Rune | 1 Tal Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Tal Rune | 1 Ral Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Ral Rune | 1 Ort Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Ort Rune | 1 Thul Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Thul Rune + 1 Chipped Topaz | 1 Amn Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Amn Rune + 1 Chipped Amethyst | 1 Sol Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Sol Rune + 1 Chipped Sapphire | 1 Shael Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Shael Rune + 1 Chipped Ruby | 1 Dol Rune | 1.09 | |
| 3 Dol Rune + 1 Chipped Emerald | 1 Hel RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 3 Hel Rune + 1 Chipped Diamond | 1 Io RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 3 Io Rune + 1 Flawed Topaz | 1 Lum RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 3 Lum Rune + 1 Flawed Amethyst | 1 Ko RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 3 Ko Rune + 1 Flawed Sapphire | 1 Fal RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 3 Fal Rune + 1 Flawed Ruby | 1 Lem RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 3 Lem Rune + 1 Flawed Emerald | 1 Pul RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Pul Rune + 1 Flawed Diamond | 1 Um RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Um Rune + 1 Topaz | Mal RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Mal Rune + 1 Amethyst | Ist RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Ist Rune + 1 Sapphire | Gul RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Gul Rune + 1 Ruby | Vex RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Vex Rune + 1 Emerald | Ohm RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Ohm Rune + 1 Diamond | Lo RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Lo Rune + 1 Flawless Topaz | Sur RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Sur Rune + 1 Flawless Amethyst | Ber RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Ber Rune + 1 Flawless Sapphire | Jah RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Jah Rune + 1 Flawless Ruby | Cham RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
| 2 Cham Rune + 1 Flawless Emerald | Zod RuneLadder / SP | Single-player, open Battle.net and ladder characters only. | 1.09 |
Recipe lines compiled from the Diablo Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0) and checked against Blizzard's Arreat Summit; see data/SOURCES.md. Last verified patch 3.3, 2026-09-12.