Plagiarizing the format of https://www.reddit.com/r/slashdiablo/co ... une_worth/, but things obviously are not quite the same.
The key thing to understand is that runes don't always trade at cube ratio (but getting closer to it over time, with the exceptions of Lo/ Sur and Jah/ Cham). Cubing 2 x Gul to Vex and 2 x Cham to Zod is fine, 2x Sur to Ber is popular and possibly one of the best ways to get a Ber.
Don't let the number intimate you, think all HRs in Ist's. In D2 trading world an Ist is like a dollar.
Expand to see original launch prices
Pul = 2 Lem = 1/6 Ist
Um = 2 Pul = 1/3 Ist
Mal = Um + Pul = 1/2 Ist
Ist (base currency)
Gul = 1/2 Vex = 1.75 Ist
Vex = 2 Gul = 3 Ist + Mal = 3.5 Ist
Ohm = 2 Vex = 7 Ist
Lo = 2 Ohm = 14 Ist
Sur = Lo + 3 Ist = 17 Ist
Ber = 2 Sur = 34 Ist
Jah = Ber - Vex = 30.5 Ist
Cham = 4 Ist
Zod = 2 Cham = 8 Ist
Your mileage will vary, but a fair trade should not deviate too far off these numbers unless you are making a conscious choice. Generally, people seek a healthy profit when they are not in a hurry (no longer the case as HRs are recently in higher demand), but multiple Ist's profits particularly targeted at obvious new players are just predatory.Necrarch wrote: 1 year agoThis one ^ being completely out of date, here is an update on the runes value on Non ladder, SC, PC, with high runes being super cheap now (June 12 2023):
For ladder, prices fluctuate a lot at start (wity typically Ber / Lo / Ohm / Vex being expensive) then converge to NL prices towards end of season.
Pul - 2 x Lem
Um - Pul + Lem
Mal - Um + Pul
Ist - Mal + Um - Ist is the "unit"
Gul - Ist + Mal
Vex - 3 Ist
Ohm - 4-5 Ist
Lo - 5-6 Ist
Sur - 7-8 Ist
Ber - 10-11 Ist
Jah - 15-20 Ist
Cham - about same as Vex to Ohm
Zod - about same as Lo to Sur
Do remember that the prices fluctuate : click on each rune to check its latest trades for current value.
Occasionally you'll run into sick people when trading HRs on BN who ask you to Ctrl+Click on the rune (which is a short cut for drop item on the Ground). Those are the lowest form scammers who sell runes on eBay and never do what they told you to!
Finding an HR from the monster drop is like winning a mini lottery, so don't fall for those complicated packages that are designed to trick you!
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