Runebound Realms

Quickstart

1. Run /rr:starter once to claim an adventurer’s kit: an Emberblade, a full Wanderer armor set, and a Runebound Quest Tome. New players start with 250 Rune Coins.
2. Use the Quest Tome, or enter /rr:menu, to open the RPG menu. Check your character, abilities, quest progress, land claims, shops, and Auction House there.
3. Fight hostile creatures to earn XP and Rune Coins. Equip the starter armor and try the Emberblade; use the Abilities screen as you level up.
4. To protect your current 16×16 chunk, use /rr:claim. A claim costs 100 Rune Coins, and you can own up to five chunks.

Overview

Runebound Realms combines character progression, fantasy weapons and relics, armor-set bonuses, quests, shops, land protection, and new dimensions. Your level, kills, quest progress, and coin balance are shown on the HUD.

Open the main interface with /rr:menu or by using the Runebound Quest Tome. Most RPG features are accessed through its menus.

What It Adds

Weapons and armor

The custom weapon collection includes:

• Blades and swords: Emberblade, Frostbite Saber, Voidreaver, Sunforged Greatsword, Dragonscale Sword, Starfall Katana, and Runic Mace
• Other weapons: Stormcleaver, Thornwhisper, Moonpiercer, Stonebreaker Maul, Serpentfang Daggers, Tempest Halberd, Crystal Wand, Dawnbringer Rapier, Bloodmoon Axe, Glacial Scythe, Ironroot Club, Phoenix Lance, and Shadowsting

Armor includes the Wanderer set and ten themed sets: Runic Sentinel, Frostguard, Emberlord, Verdant Warden, Voidstalker, Starforged, Abyssal Tide, Wildheart, Stormglass, and Dawnforge. Each set has a helmet, chestplate, leggings, and boots. The Admin Regalia is a separate special set.

Relics and charms

Usable relics include the Ember Orb, Frost Orb, Storm Charm, Healing Totem, Haste Rune, Guardian Seal, Blink Shard, Cleansing Vial, Night Vision Amulet, Luck Coin, Vitality Crystal, Focus Crystal, Thorns Idol, Wind Feather, Earthheart, Mana Pearl, Phoenix Ash, Moonwater Flask, Sunstone, Echo Shell, Beast-Bane Charm, Miner’s Sigil, Warding Bell, Spirit Lantern, and Rune Compass.

Creatures and realms

Custom creatures include Runebound Sentinels, Rune Wraiths, Ember Wisps, Crystal Stalkers, Ash Revenants, Dusk Stalkers, Rune Skeletons, Verdant Golems, Abyssal Lurkers, Ember Sprites, Mire Witches, Ashbound Phantoms, Crystal Mimics, Bog Slimes, Sable Raiders, Rune Ravagers, Thornback Hoglins, Mossback Turtles, Frosthorn Goats, Moonlit Foxes, Starwing Bats, Glacial Wolves, Rune Sprites, Tidal Oracles, Cinder Wardens, Dusk Mantas, Glimmer Moths, Basalt Colossi, Thorned Hares, Mirefangs, Frost Elks, Storm Crows, Ashfen Howlers, Tideglass Jellies, Moonstone Guardians, Emberhorn Brutes, Hollow Oracles, Runic Burrowers, Crystal Mantises, Sunscale Salamanders, Starfall Screechers, Verdant Bulwarks, Glacial Carapaces, and Shadowbound Knights.

Spawn eggs for custom creatures are available in Creative inventory. The mod also has two custom realms: the Verdant Reach and Emberfall.

How To Use

RPG menu

The main menu links to:

• Character: view level, XP, and kill totals.
• Abilities: use level-unlocked powers.
• Quest Journal: track and claim kill-quest rewards.
• Land Claims: claim or release your current chunk and review your claims.
• Shops: browse weapons, relics, and armor, or sell selected materials.
• Auction House: browse player listings or list the item you are holding.
• Vitality Hearts: toggle the extra-hearts option.

Use /rr:reach or /rr:emberfall to open the travel menu for a realm. Choose the option to enter; while there, use its return option to go back to the Overworld.

Claims and other commands

Claims protect your chunk from actions by other adventurers. Stand in the chunk you want to manage before using its command.

Crafting And Obtaining

The one-time kit from /rr:starter is a quick way to begin. The Quest Tome can also be crafted at a crafting table:

The Tome opens the RPG menu when used. Other gear can be purchased in the shops or earned as quest rewards. The Admin Regalia is not craftable.

Abilities And Mechanics

Hostile kills grant 15 XP and 15 Rune Coins. Level-ups require progressively more XP; the Character screen shows your current progress. The Abilities menu offers:

Abilities recharge after use. Runebound weapons also have special effects triggered in combat, while relics activate when used and have individual cooldowns. For example, the Ember Orb grants Fire Resistance, the Healing Totem grants Regeneration, and the Cleansing Vial removes several negative effects.

Wearing matching armor pieces grants set bonuses:

The full Admin Regalia grants its combined powers and 50 hearts.

Progression And Strategy

The recurring Slay the Threat quest counts hostile kills in groups of ten. Claim each completed reward in the Quest Journal: it grants 75 Rune Coins and a rotating Runebound item. Hostile kills also help you level and build the balance used for shopping, engraving, and land claims.

Custom weapon engravings can add up to three runes to a Runebound weapon. Options include Cinder Edge (ignite weakness), Rimebite (slow), Venom Script (poison), Soul Siphon (regeneration after a strike), Stormstep (a speed surge), Warding Rune (brief resistance), Fortune Sigil (bonus coins from a kill), and Mending Glyph (repair on hit). Engravings cost 60–120 Rune Coins; open the engraving menu while holding a Runebound weapon.