If there’s one thing that The Witcher 3 did very well, it was give players the feeling of true progression. I’m talking about learning new skills, growing, levelling up and coming back to that one monster that gave you a hard time. And then pretty much annihilating the beast in a rematch that saw engulfed in Igni flames.
HELL YEAH, BURN YOU BASTARD WEREWOLVES BUUUUUUURN! Ahem, moving on. You could always stand to be more powerful in The Witcher 3’s major expansion, Hearts of Stone. And the Runewright is ready to up your game. For a price of course.
Accessible once you’ve read the noticeboard at the Seven Cats, the Runewright can add new buffs and abilities to your arsenal, combining slots and glyphs to increase your abilities. And if you’ve got the cash, here’s what you can look forward to.
Level 1 Enchantments
Weapons
Preservation: Armourer’s table and grindstone bonuses will never expire in the game.
Requirements:
- 1 x Lesser Svarog
- 1 x Lesser Devana
- 1x Lesser Morana
Dumplings: Doubles the regeneration of your vitality from consuming food.
Requirements:
- 2 x Pyerog
- 1 x Tvarog
Placation: Maxing out your adrenaline will increase stamina, vitality regeneration and toxicity depletion.
Requirements:
- 1 x Lesser Devana
- 1 x Lesser Morana
- 1 x Lesser Stribog
Armour
Deflection: Your armour will deflect all arrows.
Requirements:
- 1 x Lesser Aard
- 1 x Lesser Warding
- 1 x Lesser Reinforcement
Heft: All armour is treated as heavy armour.
Requirements:
- 1 x Lesser Quen
- 1 x Lesser Mending
- 1 x Lesser Reinforcement
Depletion: Hitting enemies with an Aard attack will reduces their stamina by 50%.
Requirements:
- 1 x Lesser Aard
- 1 x Lesser Axii
- 1 x Lesser Reinforcement
Usurpation: When an enemy under the effect of Axii dies, the spell effect will chain to the nearest target.
Requirements:
- 1 x Lesser Axii
- 1 x Lesser Binding
- 1 x Lesser Reinforcement
Ignition: Enemies that have been set on fire with Igni now have a 25% chance of chaining those flames onto enemies within a 2 yard radius of them.
Requirements:
- 1 x Lesser Igni
- 1 x Lesser Yrden
- 1 x Lesser Warding
Level 2 Enchantments
Weapons
Rejuvenation: Each killing strike will give you 25% stamina.
Requirements:
- 1 x Perun
- 1 x Svarog
- 1 x Stribog
Elation: Death-blows give you between .25 and 1 extra adrenaline point.
Requirements:
- 1 x Dahzbog
- 1 x Veles
- 1 x Devana
Severance: Increases the range of your Whirl attack by 1.1 yards and Rend by a further 1.9 yards.
Requirements:
- 1 x Zoria
- 1 x Veles
- 1 x Perun
Armour
Rotation: Igni spells now hit in 360 degrees attacks but will no longer apply Burning.
Requirements:
- 1 x Igni
- 1 x Binding
- 1 x Reinforcement
Entanglement: When an Yrden spell hits an enemy, an Yrden glyph will appear at their position.
Requirements:
- 1 x Yrden
- 1 x Axii
- 1 x Binding
Beguilement: Enemies under the effect of Axii will increase the spell by 2 seconds every time they successfully attack.
Requirements:
- 1 x Axii
- 1 x Igni
- 1 x Mending
Protection: Automatically activate a Quen shield with no stamina cost when a battle begins.
Requirements:
- 1 x Quen
- 1 x Yrden
- 1 x Warding
Balance: All armour is treated as medium armour.
Requirements:
- 1 x Axii
- 1 x Mending
- 1 x Reinforcement
Level 3 Enchantments
Weapons
Invigoration: When your vitality is full, regeneration effects will add a 50% damage boost to your next strike.
Requirements:
- 1 x Greater Devana
- 1 x Greater Zoria
- 1 x Greater Perun
Prolongation: Each unblocked attack will extend the Prolongation potion duration by another 0.5 seconds.
Requirements:
- 1 x Greater Morana
- 1 x Greater Perun
- 1 x Greater Svarog
Replenishment: Casting a sign will use an adrenaline point and buff your next weapon strike with that sign ability.
Requirements:
- 1x greater Triglav
- 1x greater Morana
- 1x greater Dazhbog
Armour
Possession: When an opponent under the effect of Axii dies, the spell will transfer to a nearby target and extend the duration by 2 seconds for each attack that the target lands.
Requirements:
- 1 x Greater Axii
- 1 x Greater Aard
- 1 x Greater Binding
Retribution: Retribution now gives a 30% chance of reflecting a portion of any damage taken back onto an enemy.
Requirements:
1 x Greater Quen
1 x Greater Igni
1 x Greater Reinforcement
Eruption: Foes under the effect of Burning will now explode upon death and create splash damage.
Requirements:
- 1 x Greater Igni
- 1 x Greater Quen
- 1 x Greater Reinforcement
Levity: All armour is treated as light armour.
Requirements:
- 1 x Greater Aard
- 1 x Greater Mending
- 1 x Greater Reinforcement
Last Updated: October 14, 2015
Grand Admiral Chief
October 15, 2015 at 06:58
O_O
[cancels all current games in progress to play Witcher 3 again]
WitWolfy
October 15, 2015 at 08:45
Dammit, now I have to decide what game to delete from my PS4 HDD to install the expansion… 3rd world problems…
Brady miaau
October 15, 2015 at 09:30
Can you not insert an external disk?
WitWolfy
October 15, 2015 at 09:51
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Nikola
October 15, 2015 at 09:01
Jumping into the expansion this weekend so excited to start it:)
Brady miaau
October 15, 2015 at 09:29
Some pretty cool enchantment there!
Maybe I should finish main game. Got stuck at fight on top of mountain, think I am near end. Cannot beat that fight, got frustrated. When the guy comes at me super fast, I seem to struggle then.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 15, 2015 at 09:54
You’ve still got quite a ways to go after that fight.