DragonSword: Awakening Rune Types — All 5 Explained

DragonSword: Awakening has five rune types — Resolve, Guardian, Vitality, Concentration and Amplification — that slot onto your gear to push specific stats. Runes come from Raids, unlock on 4-star and higher gear, and the two worth prioritizing are Resolve and Amplification. Here is how the whole system works.

The Five Rune Types

Each rune type boosts a single stat: Resolve adds flat ATK, Guardian adds flat DEF, Vitality adds Max HP, Concentration raises critical rate, and Amplification raises critical damage. Because critical stats dominate endgame, Concentration and Amplification matter most in the late game. Each type targets one stat, so your rune loadout is really a stat priority expressed on gear. The table below summarizes all five for quick reference.

Rune Type	Effect
Resolve	Flat ATK
Guardian	Flat DEF
Vitality	Max HP
Concentration	Critical rate
Amplification	Critical damage

Rarity and Quality Tiers

Every rune also rolls into one of five rarity tiers: Damaged, Intact, Refined, Radiant and Perfect. The tier is assigned by RNG and directly affects how strong the rune is, so two runes of the same type can differ noticeably. Because quality is random, farming raids repeatedly is the path to a full set of high-tier runes. In practice most players treat the top tiers as a long-term goal rather than something to force early.

Getting Runes from Raids

Runes are a Raid reward, which is a main reason to revisit co-op content after finishing the story. Raids allow up to three players, and each player brings their full tag-team roster — up to nine heroes in one run. Co-op runs on peer-to-peer hosting rather than dedicated servers, and every participant earns runes independently. Since runes are the drop, stacking Raid runs is the most direct farming loop for this system; the farming guide lays out the surrounding daily loop.

Unlocking Rune Slots

Runes attach to gear that is 4-star or higher. Open the gear screen and click the locked slot to unlock it, then each slot costs one Anonymous Artisan’s Crafting Tool. Tools come from Raids, story, the Ashen Ruins dungeon, or the Exchange for 100 Adventurer’s Emblems. Since there are several sources, you are rarely hard-gated on unlocking slots as you progress. Swapping or removing a rune only costs 10,000 gold — no tool consumed — so experimenting with different combinations is cheap.

Best Runes: Resolve and Amplification

The two runes worth prioritizing are Resolve and Amplification. Resolve gives universal ATK that helps every hero, while Amplification’s critical damage is what helps you hit the 150%+ critical damage threshold that endgame builds aim for. Slot them on your main DPS first, since that hero benefits most from both ATK and critical damage. Slot them alongside the best builds substat priorities, and pair them with the weapons guide crafting for a complete setup. Which heroes to invest in is covered by the hero roster and team compositions.