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For the runes that come with cosmetic items, see Inscribed Gem.

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 Runes grant heroes a variety of buffs and effects for a short period of time.

General Information

Rune spawn locations
Yellow circles: Bounty Runes
Red circles: Power Runes

Spawning

• Bounty Rune
  • Initially at the 0:00 minute mark, all rune spots spawn Bounty Runes, including the rune spots in the river.
  • After this, Bounty Runes spawn every 3rd minute mark (3:00, 6:00, 9:00, etc.) at the dedicated rune spots within the jungles of each team.
  • Bounty Runes never despawn. If they are not picked up before the next ones spawn, the new runes spawn next to the old ones.
  • Trusty Shovel may dig up a Bounty Rune as one of its rewards.
  • Pirate Hat spawns a Bounty Rune after its channel time.
• Water Rune
  • Water runes spawn at the 2:00 and the 4:00 minute mark at both rune spots in the river. They do not spawn after this anymore.
  • If Water Runes are not picked up before the next runes spawn, they disappear.
• Power Runes
  • Power runes start spawning at the 6:00 minute mark, and then every 2 minutes (8:00, 10:00, 12:00, etc.)
  • They spawn at one of the rune spots within the river, which is randomly chosen.
  • If a Power Rune is not picked up before the next one spawns, it disappears.
  • The same Power Rune cannot spawn twice in a row.

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.
• Storing a rune refills the Bottle to 2 charges if it was a Bounty Rune or Water Rune (unless the Bottle already had more than 2 charges), or to 3 charges (to full) if it was another rune.
• 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 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.
Icon / Emoticon		: 40 : 36	Notes: Rune activation, including activation from Regenerate, has an instant cast time. Grants reliable gold to each hero of the team that activates the Rune. A small golden particle effect briefly bursts from the player, visible to everyone, while an ally-only overhead text displays the amount of granted gold. Besides the initially spawned runes, Bounty Runes grant EXPR 36 + 9 per 5mins per hero. Activating a Stored Bounty Rune grants gold based on the time at which it is activated. Bounty Rune replenishes 2 Regenerate charges, unless it already had more than 2 Regenerate charges. In Turbo Mode, the granted gold is doubled, despite the notification message showing standard values.
Model
Bottle
▶️ Activation Sound

Water Rune

Water		Instantly restores 40 Health and 80 Mana.
Icon / Emoticon		: 40 : 80	Notes: Rune activation, including activation from Regenerate, has an instant cast time. Water Rune replenishes 2 Regenerate charges, unless it already had more than 2 Regenerate charges.
Model
Bottle
▶️ Activation Sound

Power Runes

Arcane

Arcane		Reduces cooldowns by 25% and mana costs by 30%.
Icon / Emoticon		: 25% : 30% : 50	Notes: Rune activation, including activation from Regenerate, has an instant cast time. Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of percentage-based cooldown reductions. Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of mana loss reduction. Fully affects invulnerable and hidden units. Successive buffs of multiple Arcane Runes do not stack but refresh the duration instead.
Model
Bottle
▶️ Activation Sound

Double Damage

Double Damage		No results
Icon / Emoticon	File:Double Damage Rune emoticon.gif	: :	Notes: No results
Model
Bottle
Activation Sound

Haste

Haste		Increases movement speed to maximum.
Icon / Emoticon		: 550 : 22	Notes: Rune activation, including activation from Regenerate, has an instant cast time. Grants haste movement, meaning they cannot be slowed below the hasted value. Fully affects to invulnerable and hidden units. Successive buffs of multiple Haste Runes do not stack but refresh the duration instead.
Model
Bottle
▶️ Activation Sound

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.
Icon / Emoticon		: 0.1 : 2 : : : :	Notes: Rune activation, including activation from Regenerate, has an instant cast time. Applies a basic dispel on the caster and disjoints projectiles upon cast. Also provides a 0.1-second 1000 radius ground vision upon cast. The caster is invulnerable, hidden and spell immune during the 0.1-second split time. After the split time, the caster reappears with their illusions. The reappear locations are based on the caster's position upon cast, with one appearing at the cast location, and the others north, east, south, or west from that point. The distance in between each created illusion is 108-distance if the caster's collision size is 27, and 72-distance if its collision size is 18. Though the formation is always the same, the caster and their illusions take a random position in the formation and have all the same facing angle. The illusions have a EXPR 2 × IllusionLVL bounty. Orders the caster to stop after the split time, canceling all queued orders, and orders given during the split time. Also stops all ongoing targeted orders of other units that have been issued before the rune activation. Successive rune activations do not replace the illusions from the previous cast.
Model
Bottle
▶️ Activation Sound

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.
Icon / Emoticon		: 2 : 45	Notes: Rune activation, including activation from Regenerate, has an instant cast time. During the fade time, the hero can cast abilities, use items and perform attacks without breaking the invisibility. Invisibility is broken upon reaching the cast point of abilities or items, or upon successfully landing an attack. The invisible hero can pick up or drop items without breaking the invisibility. However, attacking them breaks it. Does not grant phased movement. Fully affects to invulnerable and hidden units. Successive buffs of multiple Invisibility Runes do not stack but refresh the duration instead.
Model
Bottle
▶️ Activation Sound

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.
Icon / Emoticon		: 6% : 6% : 1%	Notes: Rune activation, including activation from Regenerate, has an instant cast time. Can regenerate up to 180% of a unit's max health and max mana over its full duration. If continuously taking player damage, can regenerate up to 30% of a unit's max health and mana. Can fully regenerate a unit's health and mana within 16.67 seconds. The buff disappears once the hero is at full health and mana. Damage greater than 0 from any player (including allies and self) or Roshan reduces the regeneration to 1% for 3 seconds. Does not get reduced by damage flagged as HP Removal. Fully affects invulnerable and hidden units. Successive buffs of multiple Regeneration Runes do not stack but refresh the duration instead.
Model
Bottle
▶️ Activation Sound

Gallery

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  Arcane Rune
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  Bounty Rune
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  Double Damage Rune
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  Haste Rune
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  Illusion Rune
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  Invisibility Rune
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  Regeneration Rune
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  Water Rune

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  Top river Power rune spawn point
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  Bottom river Power rune spawn point
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  Radiant secondary jungle Bounty rune spawn point
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  Dire secondary jungle Bounty rune spawn point

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  Old single-player Bounty Rune

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