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I am trying to make the rhyme runeword and it uses a 2 socketed shield with shael(13)+eth(5) and its not making the runeword at all. shael goes first and then eth, the socketed shield is a normal boneshield so i really dont think i am doing anything wrong. Did the rhyme runeword change or something? I really need this runeword and for some reason its not working. Can anyone help?
Rayven
Thorales
10-09-2004, 02:36
:scratch: Ok, to clarify. You're using a grey text Boneshield? It has 2 sockets, and only 2. And your shield is in your inventory? Not in your stash or cube? And you're trying to use Shael, and Eth runes in that order? The character making the "Rhyme" is of high enough level to use all items in recipe?
If all of these are true, then I am baffled. I know in the past some of the above have messed me up. I'm still kinda noob, so I know how frustrating it can be. I'm sure someone else might have more insight. Good Luck!! :yep:
yup its a grey text normal boneshield with only 2 sockets. my clvl is like 50 so and shael is only #13 and eth is only #5 so i can use them both. shael then eth in that order. shield is in my inventory not in stash or cube and i have no idea why this isnt working. and it kinda sux cause i am really wanting that runeword. kinda got me bummed.
Anthraquinone
10-09-2004, 02:40
Mmh, sounds weird. A couple of questions:
1) Are you sure that it's a non-magical, non-rare, non-unique shield? It's color must be grey
2) You got the right runes? Eth not an Eld?
3) Does the shield have exactly 2 sockets?
from your post it seems that points 1 - 3 are ok. Last question:
4) Do you have a clean installation, i.e. no mods installed
other than that, I wouldn't know.
-AnQ
yea 1-3 are right. i dont have any mods or anything like that. i bougth the battlechest from store and it is patched up to 1.10 thats it.
the only thing i can think of is that looking at the runeword from a picture on this site it says shae+eth and not shael. well shael is what i found but shae and shael are the same right? from what ive read shae is the rune in the runeword but when i looked at them alphabetically ordered there is no shae there is only a shael and they both have the same pictures so i dont know.
can anyone clarify the difference between the shae and shael runes? if they are the same or not. because the picture of the runeword on this site says shae on it, but i have the shael rune but they seem to be the same. can anyone help me with this?
Dodgydave
10-09-2004, 06:03
Shae and shael are the same thing it's just a typo. Other than that I can't help, not sure why your runeword isn't working.
hmm this is weird. i will probably get a screen shot or something to show u guys cause i have no idea what is wrong.
here is a link to the screen shot i took. i couldnt get it to be loaded with this msg so i just gotta put in the link for it.
http://www.geocities.com/classicharrypotter/untitled
can anyone see anything wrong?
dthseeker
10-09-2004, 08:43
yes, its a magical 2 socket item
the item must have grey text at the top (where the "mecanical blah blah blah" is)
When the item drops from a monster it will be gray, which means its socketed or ethreal.
When you buy from the vendor you have to buy a "gray item" to make runewords work.
Yes. That's not a non-magical (grey) shield but a magical (blue) shield with prefix "mechanic's" which grants two sockets. You need a non-magical one for runewords.
Lomar4976
10-09-2004, 08:51
Alternatively, you can get a white item and use the socketing quest/recipie... but thats just an added point (for 2 socket stuff, its usually easier finding it)
But yeah... just to re-iterate whats been said above... you can only make runewords out of standard items... i.e. non magical (blue) rare (yellow) or unique (gold)
Even if a modifier / stat of the item gives the non standard items a number of sockets, these cannot be used for runewords.
ahh ok i dont think i noticed that before. i knew i needed gray but i think i forgot about the mechanic magic property. i think i just assumed it to be gray cause it had sockets...i just tried it an of course it worked. thanks to all that helped. its been one of those days :-)
helllads
10-09-2004, 10:17
http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/runewords.shtml
Bnets website for the rune words. It correcty shows the Shael+Eth combo. It also covers all areas and reasons rune word will or will not work.
WickedFrog25
10-09-2004, 12:34
Just for the record Shae was the original name for the Shael rune. They are exactly the same, but a long time ago blizzard slightly changed the names of some runes.
Krushedice
10-09-2004, 17:16
While on this subject -- I have a q:
I am running a zon and want to take one of those nice high lvl socketed bows and turn them into either zephyr or melody. The problem/question is this:
They are what I assume to be normal socketed (grey-- no mechanics or any type of pre/suffix), but they have +1/+2 to bow attributes. Does this make them magical? I thought about trying to roll it in the cube with three chipped gems to see if it would change, indicating that it's magical, but don't want to waste this bow -- has the right # of sockets and I don't do enough games anymore to find them that often.
It doesn't count as magical. Class spesific items can get bonuses while they still remain normal items.
Diabolico x64
15-09-2004, 08:37
Just look at the item's name. In the case of that screenshot, it says "Mechanic's Spiked Shield" in blue. That means that it's magical.
Blue = Magical
Gold = Unique
Yellow = Rare
Orange = Crafted
Grey = Socketed or Ethereal (both can be used for runewords; if it's ethereal and has no sockets, you have to make sockets first)
White = can be socketed to form a grey item (see above)
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