Whats up with Eld Runes?!

[GodandRock]

Hey guys. Today in the Trade Channels I saw that a 2-3 people were trading SOJ for Eld Runes. One guy said "SOJ for most Eld Runes offered". The other guy said "Soj for 30 Eld Runes." I think they were 2 different guys because their "/w *" was 2 different accounts. Whats up with this? Is there something new related to Elds I don't know? Maybe someone found something to do with SOH's lol. Well wtf is up?

[PoTatoes]

hmm interesting..maybe they were making ebot or something..or a runeword with the ending word of el possibly. i dont think their was anything discovered or hack

[Joshy]

Probably two friends just being idiots.

[In[F]ec[T]eD]

theyre still shit

[holyNITE]

maybe because elds are considered crap, they hoped to get a crapload of them, use the cube and eventually work their way up to a legit zod rune or something.

[mjf595]

considering it how much it would take to make the zod, id rule that out

id just say they were being idiots and trying to get a laugh

[Bloodangel26]

maybe because elds are considered crap, they hoped to get a crapload of them, use the cube and eventually work their way up to a legit zod rune or something.

i once did the math, and i dont remember the number, but its like over a couple billion els to make a zod.

[UberMF]

i once did the math, and i dont remember the number, but its like over a couple billion els to make a zod.

you can cube runes?

[DiGiTaLiS]

i once did the math, and i dont remember the number, but its like over a couple billion els to make a zod.

it's in the trillions

[Bloodangel26]

so then when i said over a couple billion i was correct

[A.D.]

Perhaps it was someone just trying to reroll for a good runeword (you know, unsoc and resoc)

Or could be a trade site stocking up, offering off duped SoJ's...

[crimson-tide]

maybe for rerolling ammys and stuff by using the runes?

[jedimaster86]

it's in the trillions

I made this chart thingy below (attached; Excel); it may be (and in fact is i believe) off in some areas cause I didn't feel like rechecking, but at least the El column is correct I believe, and that's all that matters I guess. The total came to 14,281,868,906,496 El runes needed to make a Zod.

[A.D.]

Probably not counting all the gems you'll eventually have to come up with.

[DiGiTaLiS]

so then when i said over a couple billion i was correct

a couple trillion is a lot more than 'over a couple billion'

[UberMF]

If you can cube Runes? whats the formula? or am i missing something?

[A.D.]

(from The Arreat Summit - News)

3 Runes of the Same Type (Runes 1-9) = 1 Higher Level Rune
[INDENT]3 El Runes -> 1 Eld Rune
3 Eld Runes -> 1 Tir Rune
3 Tir Runes -> 1 Nef Rune
3 Nef Runes -> 1 Eth Rune
3 Eth Runes -> 1 Ith Rune
3 Ith Runes -> 1 Tal Rune
3 Tal Runes -> 1 Ral Rune
3 Ral Runes -> 1 Ort Rune
3 Ort Runes -> 1 Thul Rune
[/INDENT]
This only works for Runes El-Ort and not on any higher Runes.

Diablo II 1.10 Transmuting Formulae

3 Thul Runes + 1 Chipped Topaz = Amn Rune
3 Amn Runes + 1 Chipped Amethyst = Sol Rune
3 Sol Runes + 1 Chipped Sapphire = Shael Rune
3 Shael Runes + 1 Chipped Ruby = Dol Rune
The following Rune upgrade formulae will only work for Single-Player, Open, or Ladder Characters. They will not work for Normal Characters on the Realms. 3 Dol Runes + 1 Chipped Emerald = Hel Rune
3 Hel Runes + 1 Chipped Diamond = Io Rune
3 Io Runes + 1 Flawed Topaz = Lum Rune
3 Lum Runes + 1 Flawed Amethyst = Ko Rune
3 Ko Runes + 1 Flawed Sapphire = Fal Rune
3 Fal Runes + 1 Flawed Ruby = Lem Rune
3 Lem Runes + 1 Flawed Emerald = Pul Rune
2 Pul Runes + 1 Flawed Diamond = Um Rune
2 Um Runes + 1 Topaz = Mal Rune
2 Mal Runes + 1 Amethyst = Ist Rune
2 Ist Runes + 1 Sapphire = Gul Rune
2 Gul Runes + 1 Ruby = Vex Rune
2 Vex Runes + 1 Emerald = Ohm Rune
2 Ohm Runes + 1 Diamond = Lo Rune
2 Lo Runes + 1 Flawless Topaz = Sur Rune
2 Sur Runes + 1 Flawless Amethyst = Ber Rune
2 Ber Runes + 1 Flawless Sapphire = Jah Rune
2 Jah Runes + 1 Flawless Ruby = Cham Rune
2 Cham Runes + 1 Flawless Emerald = Zod Rune

[Tap]

i once did the math, and i dont remember the number, but its like over a couple billion els to make a zod.

uh he said he didnt remember, he just gave an estimate

[Bloodangel26]

a couple trillion is a lot more than 'over a couple billion'

its still more, so i am still right