Runes

Runes

Runes () act as both the currency and experience points (XP) in Elden Ring.

One of the main game mechanics behind runes is that they'll be lost on death and the only way to get them back is to return to the area where they were lost to reclaim them. However, if one should die before they can retrieve the lost runes, they'll be lost permanently.

Runes are gained when killing enemies, but also exist as objects which can be picked up and are sometimes dropped by defeated enemies. These rune objects exist in various forms, which provide increasing numbers of runes when used or sold to merchants (for the same number of runes as when used). The various forms of these rune objects, in increasing order of how many runes they provide, are: Golden Rune 1, Golden Rune 2, Golden Rune 3, Golden Rune 4, Golden Rune 5, Golden Rune 6, Golden Rune 7, Golden Rune 8, Lands Between Rune, Golden Rune 9, Golden Rune 10, Golden Rune 11, Golden Rune 12, Golden Rune 13, Numen's Rune, Hero's Rune 1, Hero's Rune 2, Hero's Rune 3, Hero's Rune 4, Hero's Rune 5, Lord's Rune

Tips

• Unlike dungeon boss fights, if one dies inside an evergaol, the runes will be retrievable on the surface/entrance area to the evergaol so there's minimal risk in fighting bosses in evergaols.
• Golden Runes and any other item that grants runes are not lost on death so it's best to keep them in their object state until ready to level up or buy something to minimize rune losses
• Sacrificial Twigs can be used in a talisman slot so on the next death, the twig is lost rather than one's runes.

Boss	NG Runes	NG+1 Runes
Soldier of Godrick	400	2000
Beastman of Farum Azula	1000	5000
Mad Pumpkin Head (Waypoint Ruins)	1100
Black Knife Assassin (Dt. Catacombs)	1600	8000
Stonedigger Troll (Limgrave)	1800
Bloodhound Knight Darriwil	1900	9500
Crucible Knight (Stormhill)	2100
Runebear (Earthbore Cave)	2600
Bell Bearing Hunter (Stormhill)	2700
Spiritcaller Snail (Liurnia)	3000
Grafted Scion	3200	12,800
Tree Sentinel	3200	16,000
Cleanrot Knight (Liurnia)	3300
Erdtree Avatar (Peninsula)	3600	14,400
Adan, Thief of Fire	3800
Leonine Misbegotten (Peninsula)	3800	19,000
Bols, Carian Knight	4600
Flying Dragon Agheel	5000	20,000
Erdtree Avatar (Liurnia)	5800
Bell Bearing Hunter (Liurnia)	6000
Pumpkin Head duo (Caelid)	6300
Magma Wyrm (Caelid)	7500
Battlemage Hugues (Caelid)	7800
Putrid Avatar (Caelid)	9600
Stonedigger Troll (Old Altus Tunnel)	9600
Erdtree Avatar (Deeproot Depths)	10,000
Royal Knight Loretta	10,000	40,000
Mimic Tear	10,000
Demi-Human Queen Margot	11,000
Margit the Fell Omen	12,000	60,000
Commander O'Niel	12,000
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella	12,000
Ancestor Spirit	13,000
Glintstone Dragon Smarag	14,000	42,000
Red Wolf of Radagon	14,000	42,000
Godskin Apostle (Mt. Gelmir)	14,000
Godrick the Grafted	15,000	80,000
Ulcerated Tree Spirit (Stranded Graveyard)	15,000	60,000
Dragonkin Soldier (Siofra)	16,000
Magma Wyrm (Mt. Gelmir)	19,000
Bell Bearing Hunter (Altus)	20,000
Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast (Mt. Gelmir)	21,000
Regal Ancestor Spirit	24,000
Magma Wyrm Makar (Liurnia)	24,000
Elemer of the Briar	24,000
Crucible Knight Siluria	25,000
Godefroy the Grafted	26,000
Valiant Gargoyle (duo)	30,000
Esgar, Priest of Blood	30,000
Decaying Ekzykes	38,000
Queen Rennala	40,000	120,000
Fia's Champions	40,000
Ulcerated Tree Spirit (Mountaintops Catacombs)	48,000
Draconic Tree Sentinel (Altus)	50,000
Godskin Noble (Temple)	50,000
Bell Bearing Hunter (Caelid)	50,000
Black Blade Kindred (Forbidden Lands)	60,000
Ancient Dragon Lansseax	60,000
Putrid Tree Spirit (Caelid)	64,000
Spiritcaller Snail (Mountaintops)	70,000
Erdtree Avatar (Mountaintops)	70,000
Starscourge Radahn	70,000	210,000
Roundtable Knight Vyke	75,000
Death Rite Bird (Mountaintops)	77,000
Flying Dragon Greyll	80,000	160,000
Putrid Grave Warden Duelist	80,000
Astel, Naturalborn of the Void	80,000
Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader	80,000
Godfrey (golden)	80,000
Black Blade Kindred (Dragonbarrow)	88,000
Lichdragon Fortissax	90,000
Commander Niall	90,000	180,000
Godskin Apostle (Divine Tower)	90,000
Putrid Avatar (Caelid)	91,000	182,000
Misbegotten Crusader (Snowfield)	93,000
Borealis the Freezing Fog	100,000
Mohg, the Omen	100,000	200,000
Astel, Stars of Darkness	120,000
Morgott, the Omen King	120,000	360,000
Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy	130,000
Godskin Duo	170,000	340,000
Great Wyrm Theodorix	180,000
Fire Giant	180,000
Gideon Ofnir	180,000
Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree	200,000
Maliketh	220,000	484,000
Death Rite Bird (Snowfield)	220,000
Dragonlord Placidusax	280,000	560,000
Godfrey	300,000	600,000
Mohg, Lord of Blood	420,000	840,000
Malenia the Severed	480,000	960,000
Elden Beast	500,000	1,000000