Runes in No Rest For The Wicked are abilities that allow the player to execute different types of unique offensive attacks from the Weapons that they wield. Skills can often be changed when the player equips a different weapon, though there are some requirements that players might need to be able to wield a specific weapon. Runes can be extracted from the Weapon that they are automatically attached to, and then re-attached to a different weapon altogether, allowing players to have a variety of different move sets. This page provides players with a list of all the Runes in the game as well as which Weapons they can be found on.
No Rest For The Wicked All Runes
What are Runes in No Rest For the Wicked
Runes in the game are both items and special moves that can be granted to a Weapon. Most Weapons will have at least one Rune automatically slotted that is appropriate for that Weapon type. White or Common items will have four Rune slots, allowing you to pool all the best Runes into one Weapon should you wish to. However, higher rarity items will only have two Rune slots, trading flexibility for better passive bonuses.
Where to Get Runes in No Rest For the Wicked
Runes can be acquired through the following methods:
- Equipped with your Weapon of choice upon picking it up
- Bought from Eleanor's shop in Sacrament
- Extracted from a Weapon using Eleanor's services
Eleanor's shop can be upgraded through Danos a couple of times, which results in actual visual upgrades of her shop, as well as more wares. This includes more Runes to buy that you can then slot into your Weapons. The feature to extract Runes from Weapons will be available without upgrading her shop. However, keep in mind that extracting a Rune from a Weapon will destroy that Weapon permanently.
All Runes in No Rest For the Wicked
Quick Search of All Runes
Rune |
Description |
Compatible Weapon Type |
Where to Find |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Dodge | Dodge through the air and thrust your weapon onto the target | TBC | TBC |
| Arrow | Shoot arrow attacks or charge a strong arrow attack | Bows | TBC |
| Balance Smash | Swing your weapon down into the ground after using it to flip through the air | TBC | TBC |
| Berserk Flurry | Strike four times with your weapon before finishing the combo with a slash downward | TBC | TBC |
| Berserker Strike | Swing your weapon forward after charging for a short period of time | TBC | TBC |
| Blink | Travel a short distance instantaneously | TBC | TBC |
| Chain Lightning | Shoot a bolt of lightning that travels through multiple targets | TBC | TBC |
| Channel | Restore some focus at the cost of a portion of your health | TBC | |
| Charge Strike | Charge forward while striking with your weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Circular | Swing your weapon around you twice | TBC | TBC |
| Cold Enchantment | Enchant your weapon with the frost element | All Weapon types | |
| Cone Shot | Shoot multiple arrows in a cone in front of you | Bows | TBC |
| Crush | Spin once to gather momentum before smashing your weapon onto the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Crushing Dash | Leap a short distance into the air before smashing your weapon onto the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Crushing Dodge | Yell out before lifting your weapon a few steps forward and then slamming it into the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Crushing Flurry | Unleash a six-strike flurry that ends with a strong thrust of your weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Crushing Quad | Swing your weapon around you thrice before finishing with a slam to the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Crushing Triple | Unleash three slow but powerful weapon swings in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Crushing Uppercut | Swing your weapon in front of you in a heavy uppercut | TBC | TBC |
| Damage Surge | Kneel down in fervency to increase your damage for a period of time | All Weapon types | |
| Dashing Stab | Perform a quick dash before stabbing your weapons an indefinite amount of times in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Dodge Slamdown | Dodge into the air and slam your weapon down in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Double Crush | Slam your weapon in front of you two consecutive times using the momentum from spinning | TBC | TBC |
| Double Spin | Swing your weapon in front of you and continue into a second spinning slash in quick succession | TBC | TBC |
| Dual Breaker | Perform a powerful stab forward after stepping back and charging for a short amount of time | TBC | TBC |
| Dual Flurry | Stab your weapons in front of you an indefinite amount of times | TBC | TBC |
| Dual Slash | Flip onto the air before landing with a strong slash with your weapons | TBC | TBC |
| Electric Enchantment | Enchant your weapon with the lightning element | All Weapon types | |
| Eruption | Leap into the air before slamming your weapon into the ground, to create a small circle of massive flames around you that last for a short amount of time | TBC | TBC |
| Evasive Combo | Swing your weapon forward twice in a spinning arc before connecting to a backward swing as you move back | TBC | TBC |
| Evasive Pierce | Swing your weapon while moving backward | TBC | TBC |
| Evasive Shot | Shoot an arrow while leaping a short distance backward | Bows | TBC |
| Evasive Strike | Swing your weapon to the side with frost damage while moving forward, resulting in a change in orientation | TBC | TBC |
| Evasive Swing | Swing your weapon right before sliding to the left | TBC | TBC |
| Fierce Dash | Dash forward a considerable distance while stabbing your weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Arrow | Shoot fire arrow attacks or charge a strong fire arrow attack | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Dash | Dash forward a considerable distance while swinging your burning weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Flurry | Perform a six-hit flurry while enchanted with the fire element | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Nova | Slam your weapon into the ground to create a circle of burning ground around you that stays for a certain period of time | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Slam | Leap into the air and stab your weapon into the ground to make small flames burst up in a circle around you | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Swipe | Swing your burning weapon in a large arc around you | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Throw | Throw your burning weapon a short distance in front of you and have it return to your hand, damaging targets on the way back as well | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Weave | Throw five fireballs in an arc in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Whirl | Spin six times while swinging your burning weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Fire Whirlwind | Spin six times while heavily swinging your burning weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Fireball | Throw a fireball in one direction | TBC | TBC |
| Flame Sweep | Quickly swing your burning weapon in an arc in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Focus Halo | Kneel down in fervency to increase your maximum Focus | All Weapon types | |
| Frost Dash | Dash forward a considerable distance while swinging your frosted weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Frost Nova | Slam your weapon into the ground to create icicles that jut out in a circle around you that stay for a certain period of time | TBC | TBC |
| Frost Strike | Swing your frosted weapon forward before quickly moving back | TBC | TBC |
| Glacial Spike | Leap into the air and then stab your weapon into the ground to create icicles that cover a large area | TBC | TBC |
| Ground Slam | Swing your weapon around you once before leaping into the air and slamming it into the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Hail | Shoot five bolts of ice in an arc in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Heal Aura | Use up a certain amount of Stamina and Focus to replenish a certain amount of Health | TBC | |
| Heat Enchantment | Enchant your weapon with the fire element | All Weapon types | |
| Hellfire | Create a flaming circle a short distance away from you before leaping into the air and slamming your weapon into the ground to create great flames in a larger circle around the flaming circle | TBC | TBC |
| Ice Arrow | Shoot ice arrow attacks or charge a strong ice arrow attack | TBC | TBC |
| Ice Bolt | Shoot a bolt of ice in one direction | TBC | TBC |
| Ice Ram | Thrust your frosted weapon a short distance forward | TBC | TBC |
| Ice Sweep | Swing your frosted weapon in an arc in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Ice Throw | Throw your frosted weapon a short distance in front of you and have it return to your hand, damaging targets on the way back as well | TBC | TBC |
| Ice Whirl | Spin six times while swinging your frosted weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Juggle Strike | Perform a heavy swing upward with your weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Jump Cut | Leap up before slicing down heavily with your weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Kick Slash | Stab your weapon into the ground and use it to kick around you and then use the momentum to slash around you | TBC | TBC |
| Knockdown Swirl | Twirl your weapon in the air before swinging it in front of you to knock down your targets | TBC | TBC |
| Knockout Shot | Let loose an incredibly powerful shot after a short wind up | Bows | TBC |
| Leap | Jump a considerable distance before slamming your weapon to the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Lightning Arrow | Shoot lightning arrow attacks or charge a strong lightning arrow attack | TBC | TBC |
| Lightning Assault | Charge forward while swinging your electric weapon up | TBC | TBC |
| Lightning Claw | Dash forward while swinging upward with your weapon and then stabbing down with another | Double Daggers | TBC |
| Lightning Dash | Dash a short distance forward while thrusting your electric weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Lightning Flurry | Unleash a 4-hit flurry with your electric weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Lightning Spin | Twirl your electric weapon before swinging it in a spinning arc | TBC | TBC |
| Lightning Sweep | Swing our electric weapon in a sweeping arc | TBC | TBC |
| Lightning Throw | Throw your electric weapon a short distance in front of you and have it return to your hand, damaging targets on the way back as well | TBC | TBC |
| Limit Break | Assume a battle-ready stance before unleashing a sweeping combo entailing leaping and spinning with your weapon in mid-air | TBC | TBC |
| Multi Shot | Shoot three arrow attacks in quick succession | Bows | TBC |
| Multi Spin | Spin around six times while heavily swinging your weapon in wide arcs | TBC | TBC |
| Pestilence | Leap into the air before stabbing your weapon into the ground to unleash a blast of pestilence from the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Piercing Dash | Dash forward before doing a quick stab with your weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Piercing Dodge | Dodge backward before stabbing your weapon forward and then upward | TBC | TBC |
| Piercing Flurry | Step forward to stab multiple times with your weapon in quick succession | TBC | TBC |
| Piercing Spin | Deploy a large swing that makes your weapon hit twice in an arc in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Arrow | Throw your electric weapon a short distance in front of you and have it return to your hand, damaging targets on the way back as well | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Breath | Shoot plagued arrow attacks or charge a strong plagued arrow attack | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Crush | Swing your weapon backhand-heavy upwards while cloaked with plague | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Enchantment | Enchant your weapon with Pestilence | All Weapon types | |
| Plague Nova | Slam your weapon into the ground to create a circle of plague that stays for a period of time | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Strike | Swing your weapon backhand-heavy in front of you while cloaked with plague | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Sweep | Sweep your plagued weapon in front of you in a wide arc | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Swirl | Swing your plagued weapon forward to spin twice in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Throw | Throw your plagued weapon a short distance in front of you and have it return to your hand, damaging targets on the way back as well | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Wave | Shoot five bolts of pestilence in an arc in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Plague Whirl | Spin around six times while heavily swinging your plagued weapon in wide arcs | TBC | TBC |
| Poise Shield | Kneel down in fervency to enhance your Poise for a certain period of time | All Weapon types | |
| Pole Flurry | Swing your pole three times in wide arcs in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Proud Charge | Charge forward while thrusting your weapon forward | TBC | TBC |
| Pulse of Health | Kneel in fervency to enhance your health regeneration for period of time | All Weapon types | |
| Reap | Swing your weapon twice in front of you before slamming it into the ground | TBC | TBC |
| Repair | Kneel in fervency to repair your equipment | All Weapon types | |
| Return | Transport yourself back to the last Whisper you interacted with | All | |
| Scream | Scream to send out a shockwave in a large area around you | All | TBC |
| Shock Nova | Slam your weapon into the ground to create a small circle of electric damage | TBC | TBC |
| Shock Strike | Swing your lightning weapon twice before stepping backward | TBC | TBC |
| Slamdown | Swing your weapon downward after slightly rising up in the air | TBC | TBC |
| Slashing Dash | Heave your weapon as you dash forward and then swing upward | TBC | TBC |
| Slashing Dodge | Dodge backwards before swinging forward with your weapon | TBC | TBC |
| Slashing Flurry | Deploy a six-hit flurry that finishes with a powerful stab | TBC | TBC |
| Slashing Pirouette | Swing forward and let the momentum carry you into a twirl for a second swing | TBC | TBC |
| Slashing Spin | Heave your weapon in a heavy arc forward | TBC | TBC |
| Spark | Throw five bolts of lightning in an arc in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Spin | Swing twice while spinning your weapon toward one direction | TBC | TBC |
| Spin Crush | Swing forward and then slam your weapon into the ground in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Stamina Wellspring | Kneel in fervency to instantly replenish your stamina | All Weapon types | |
| Surge Slash | Leap forward and then swing your weapon as you land | TBC | TBC |
| Taunt Strike | Taunt your target before quickly stepping back and then swinging your weapon forward | TBC | TBC |
| Thorns | Kneel in fervency to surround yourself with thorns of energy that will deal damage to any enemies that hit you | All Weapon types | TBC |
| Throw | Throw your weapon a short distance in front of you and have it return to your hand, damaging targets on the way back as well | TBC | TBC |
| Thrust | Thrust your weapon forward | TBC | TBC |
| Thunderstrike | Gather lightning energy as you leap into the air and then slam your weapon forward into the ground to strike the area in front of you with lightning | TBC | TBC |
| Tornado Spin | Twirl your weapons in quick succession as you move forward | Double Daggers | TBC |
| Triple Barrage | Pound your weapon forward with three swings | TBC | TBC |
| Triple Swipe | Throw a big swing forward with your weapon and then swing twice more after a quick second | TBC | TBC |
| Twirl Dash | Twirl forward while suspended in the air to slash around you | TBC | TBC |
| Twirl Spin | Twirl your weapon above you and then carry the momentum as you slash in front of you | TBC | TBC |
| Wallbreaker | Drag your weapon heavily forward in a powerful thrust | TBC | TBC |
| Whirl | Spin your weapon six times in equidistant circles as you move forward | TBC | TBC |
| Whirlstep Strike | Step forward as you swing your weapon forward | TBC | TBC |
| Whirlwind | Swing your weapon heavily as you spin five times forward | TBC | TBC |
| Wild Rush | Perform a three-hit flurry of slashes that hit in random vertical levels | TBC | TBC |
No Rest For the Wicked Runes Guide
How to Extract or Add Runes in No Rest For the Wicked
The feature of Rune modification will be available as soon as you reach Sacrament and complete the story quest, Sacrament (Quest). Simply head to Eleanor and choose the 'Rune' option from her menu. From there, you'll be able to choose one of your Weapons to add Runes to. As mentioned previously, you can also extract a Rune from a Weapon but this will destroy that Weapon permanently and you will not be able to use it at all. Adding or Extracting Runes does not have any other cost.
It's important to note that not all Runes can be added to all Weapons. Upon examining the Rune from your inventory you'll be able to see what type of Weapon it can be equipped to. Most Runes that add an elemental damage or passive elemental or plague effect to a Weapon can be added to any Weapon. The rest however may be specific to whether you can wield a Weapon with just one hand or you have to use both hands. Either that or the Rune is specific to Staves or Bows. This is actually incredibly realistic and at least we're not limited to each type of Weapon. You can extract Runes from a sledgehammer and possibly use it on a Greatsword for example.
How to Test Out Runes in No Rest For the Wicked
Contrary to popular belief, you can actually try out the special attack that a Rune enables a Weapon to do even if you don't meet the stat requirements for the original Weapon it comes with before you permanently equip it to your Weapon of choice. To do this, you first have to extract that Rune from the Weapon. Afterward, simply add that Rune to a Weapon that you do meet the stat requirements for that the Rune is allowed to be added to. Naturally, you'll want to do this on a throwaway Weapon or a Weapon you don't mind getting permanently destroyed. If you do end up liking the unique ability, you can just extract the Rune, destroying the throwaway Weapon permanently, and then add it to your Weapon of choice. If you don't end up liking it for now, you can just store that Weapon for when you find a suitable Weapon to add the Rune to.
