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MementoMori Rune Guide

MementoMori's runes are powerful items that enhance the stats of your witch's gear. Read on to learn what are runes, what are the best runes, how to get runes, how to mount and use runes, how to synthesize runes, how to auto-mount runes, and what rune stats are per level.

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What Are Runes?

Runes Raise Your Witch's Stats

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Runes in MementoMori are items that can be attached to a witch's gear, which then raises a certain stat. The higher the level of a rune, the higher the stat boost it gives. Runes are important in building a character as certain runes decide how properly a certain witch will be able to fulfill their role in battle.

What Are the Best Runes?

What Are the Best Runes?
Checkmark It Depends on Your Character
Checkmark DPS Characters (Usually) Need PM. DEF Break Runes
Checkmark Certain Characters Benefit from SPD Runes

It Depends on Your Character

MementoMori Rune Guide

The best runes in the game are those that raise the stats your characters rely on. To figure out what stats your character relies on, read their skills, test them in battle, and check what other players say about them.

For example, Nina is a dodge-tank Support that's also a secondary DPS (DPS characters who hit hard but have low hit count are usually thought of as this). She's a bit tanky on her own, but she relies mostly on evasion to survive enemy hits. This is why it's a good idea to stick a few EVD runes on her.

Another character like Cordie wants more damage and, maybe, higher accuracy. This is why we give her ATK/DEX, CRIT, ACC, and PM. DEF Break runes to maximize her damage. The ACC is so that she does not miss (at least some) of her shots, which becomes important once you start facing Ninas in PvP.

Other witches, meanwhile, have such low stats that not even giving them runes will make much of a difference. Keep this in mind so that you don't end up misallocating your runes (Florence might not have any use for ACC runes if she will still miss anyway, so better to just give them to Cordie or some other witch. Better if they have an ACC self-buff).

However, do not spend Rune Tickets on buying any of these runes except for PM. DEF Break and maybe SPD runes. This is because all runes except PM. DEF Break and SPD can be obtained through Mystery Runes, so you will eventually get most of the runes you need for free.

DPS Characters (Usually) Need PM. DEF Break Runes

MementoMori Rune Guide

If your character is designed as a DPS carry (like Cordie, Florence, Amleth, Rusalka, Fia, Chaos Illya, Rustica, and countless others), they will most likely need PM. DEF Break runes. The PM. DEF Break stat allows their attacks to ignore the enemy's defense stats, which makes them take more damage.

This function makes PM. DEF Break the single-most important stat when it comes to dealing damage in the current state of the game because enemy witches will have high DEF either from their own runes or buffs or gear (especially in late-game Battle League/Legend League, where players have kitted their witches out with Michael and Metatron gear sets that give high DEF aside other buffs).

So make sure to buy PM. DEF Break runes for your main DPS carries first, and then your secondary DPSes if you have the resources to spare. You can only get these runes from the Rune Shop.

Certain Characters Benefit from SPD Runes

MementoMori Rune Guide

Like PM. DEF Break runes, SPD runes can only be obtained by buying them from the Rune Shop. They are only useful to certain witches: Witches who need to move first in battle because, otherwise, they will be defeated, and witches who need to move before other witches in their team so they can give them important buffs.

An example of the first kind is, again, Cordie who may be able to deal high damage but is also a glass cannon that can be easily taken out by a sufficiently powerful attack. This is why, even until now in PvP, players still stuff her with SPD runes so she can move first and defeat the enemy with burst damage. Usually, in these speed wars, the faster Cordie wins.

An example of the second kind of witch that needs SPD runes is Merlyn, who is usually paired with Cordie. She needs to move just before Cordie so she can give the latter an ATK and Chance to Deal a Critical Hit buff, which maximizes the latter's damage.

If you think that your witch falls under either of the two cases, then you likely need to buy them SPD runes (Merlyn notably is likely the first and only Support you need to buy SPD runes for early in your playthrough). But if not, then it would be better to spend those Rune Tickets on buying more PM DEF Break runes instead.

How to Get Runes

Rune Shop

MementoMori Shop

The Rune Shop is the easiest place to find Runes. You can unlock this shop after clearing Main Quest 4-16. To buy runes, you will have to spend the currency called Rune Tickets. The higher the rune's level is, the more Rune Tickets you will need to spend to buy it. Prices start from 2 Rune Tickets for a Level 1 Rune.

You can get Rune Tickets from various sources, such as every type of Sealed Chest and Invocation of the Witches' Secrets that's unlocked after Main Quest 13-22.

How to Collect and Use Rune Tickets

Mystery Runes

You can also obtain Runes using Mystery Runes. Mystery Runes can give you any kind of rune except PM. DEF Break and SPD runes. These items are usually given as rewards from the Fountain of Prayers and other activities. Mystery Runes will be your primary way of getting runes.

You can also get Mystery Runes at the Guild Shop using Guild Coins, Scarlet Jewel Shop using Scarlet Jewels, and Grand Battle Shop using Grand Coins.

How to Mount and Use Runes

Mounting Runes

Runes can only give witches their stat boosts once they are mounted to that witch's gear. Up to four runes can be mounted on a piece of gear at any given time. Here, runes are divided into two types: Offensive type runes and Defensive type runes.

The following Offensive type runes can be mounted on Weapons, Accessories, and Gloves. These are gear pieces that are shown to the left of your witch in the character menu.

STR Rune IconSTR Rune DEX Rune IconDEX Rune MAG Rune IconMAG Rune
ATK Rune IconATK Rune PM Def Break Rune IconPMDB Rune ACC Rune IconACC Rune
CRIT Rune IconCRIT Rune Debuff ACC Rune IconDebuff ACC Rune SPD Rune IconSPD Rune

Meanwhile, the following Defensive type runes can be mounted on Helmets, Chest Armor, and Boots. These are gear pieces that are shown to the right of your witch in the character menu.

STA Rune IconSTA Rune HP Rune IconHP Rune P. DEF Rune IconP. DEF Rune
M. DEF Rune IconM. DEF Rune EVD Rune IconEVD Rune Crit RES Rune IconCRIT RES Rune
Debuff RES Rune IconDebuff RES Rune

How to Construct Rune Slots

Spend Gold and Diamonds to Create New Rune Slots

Slot Cost
1 A varying amount of Gold depending on the level and rarity of the gear.
It can range from 170 (Level 1, D) to 70440 (Level 500, S or higher).
2 20 Diamonds
3 50 Diamonds
4 100 Diamonds

To mount runes on your witch's gear, players need to build Rune Slots. Rune Slots can be constructed by spending Gold on the first Slot and Diamonds on the next 3 slots. The first Slot costs 14890 Gold to construct.

How to Synthesize Runes

Use the Same Runes to Strengthen Your Own Runes

Rune Synthesis is the process of raising a rune's level by using copies of the same rune at the same level. In this way, it is similar to the process of Awakening a witch. Through Rune Synthesis, you can raise a rune's level all the way to Level 15, the maximum Rune Level.

This is especially important since the Rune Shop only sells Level 9 runes. Synthesis, then, is the only way to get your runes past level 9.

Cost of Rune Synthesis

Rune Level Synthesis Gold
Lvl 1 -
Lvl 2 5000
Lvl 3 10000
Lvl 4 25000
Lvl 5 50000
Lvl 6 100000
Lvl 7 175000
Lvl 8 250000
Lvl 9 375000
Lvl 10 500000
Lvl 11 625000
Lvl 12 750000

When your rune reaches Level 13 and beyond, Synthesis starts costing Diamonds.

Rune Level Synthesis Diamonds
Lvl 13 100
Lvl 14 200
Lvl 15 300

How to Auto-Mount Runes

1
Selecting a Rune - MementoMori
In the character menu, select the piece of equipment you want to attach runes to, go to the "Runes" section and select "Show All."
2
AutoMount Menu- MementoMori
You will be brought to a menu where you can mount your runes onto all your equipment at once. You can mount your runes here, but we'll make use of the Auto-Mount feature, so select the cog logo on the top-right of the menu.
3
Auto-Mount Settings - MementoMori
Here in the Auto-Mount Settings menu, tap "New Set" on the top left.
4
Confirm - MementoMori
Hit either "Apply" or "No."
5
Auto Mount Settings 2 - MementoMori
Now you will have options to rename your custom rune set and allocate how many Runes you will give to your left-side equipment (Weapon, Accessory, and Gloves) and right-side equipment (Helm, Armor, and Leg Armor). You can allocate up to 3 of a certain rune, for a total of 9 runes per side.
6
accepting rune set - MementoMori
When you are done with editing the allocations, hit "Save."
7
Auto Mount menu - MementoMori
Now we're back on the menu from earlier. Now the "Auto-Mount" button is selectable. Tap it.
8
choosing auto-mount sets - MementoMori
In the new Auto-Mount menu, you will find the Auto-Mount preset we just created. Select it and tap " Mount."
9
Rune mount menu - MementoMori
Do last-minute rune adjustments if you need to and hit "Mount" again.
10
Mounted Runes - MementoMori
Congratulations! Your runes are now mounted on your equipment.

Switching runes between characters can be cumbersome, especially if you have a lot of strong witches and many PM DEF Break and SPD runes to go around. That's why MementoMori added the new Auto-Mount Runes feature, where you can create presets of Rune Sets to quickly attach runes to your witch's equipment.

You can save up to a total of 50 custom rune sets.

Rune Stat Guide

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STR Rune Icon STR DEX Rune Icon DEX MAG Rune Icon MAG ATK Rune Icon ATK
PM Def Break Rune Icon PM. DEF Break ACC Rune Icon ACC CRIT Rune Icon CRIT Debuff ACC Rune Icon Debuff ACC
STA Rune Icon STA HP Rune Icon HP P. DEF Rune Icon P. DEF M. DEF Rune Icon M. DEF
EVD Rune Icon EVD Crit RES Rune Icon CRIT RES Debuff RES Rune IconDebuff RES SPD Rune Icon SPD

STR Rune Levels

STR Rune IconSTR Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 60 Lvl 8 3800
Lvl 2 100 Lvl 9 6930
Lvl 3 180 Lvl 10 12600
Lvl 4 330 Lvl 11 23100
Lvl 5 620 Lvl 12 42300
Lvl 6 1130 Lvl 13 77400
Lvl 7 2070 Lvl 14 141000
Lvl 15 250000

DEX Rune Levels

DEX Rune IconDEX Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 60 Lvl 8 3800
Lvl 2 100 Lvl 9 6930
Lvl 3 180 Lvl 10 12600
Lvl 4 330 Lvl 11 23100
Lvl 5 620 Lvl 12 42300
Lvl 6 1130 Lvl 13 77400
Lvl 7 2070 Lvl 14 141000
Lvl 15 250000

MAG Rune Levels

MAG Rune IconMAG Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 60 Lvl 8 3800
Lvl 2 100 Lvl 9 6930
Lvl 3 180 Lvl 10 12600
Lvl 4 330 Lvl 11 23100
Lvl 5 620 Lvl 12 42300
Lvl 6 1130 Lvl 13 77400
Lvl 7 2070 Lvl 14 141000
Lvl 15 250000

ATK Rune Levels

ATK Rune IconATK Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 240 Lvl 8 16500
Lvl 2 440 Lvl 9 30200
Lvl 3 810 Lvl 10 55300
Lvl 4 1480 Lvl 11 101000
Lvl 5 2710 Lvl 12 184000
Lvl 6 4950 Lvl 13 338000
Lvl 7 9050 Lvl 14 617000
Lvl 15 1090000

PM DEF Break Rune Levels

PM Def Break Rune IconPM Def Break Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 25 Lvl 8 1300
Lvl 2 45 Lvl 9 2200
Lvl 3 80 Lvl 10 3710
Lvl 4 140 Lvl 11 6250
Lvl 5 250 Lvl 12 10400
Lvl 6 430 Lvl 13 15900
Lvl 7 750 Lvl 14 21900
Lvl 15 26900

ACC Rune Levels

ACC Rune IconACC Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 260 Lvl 8 29700
Lvl 2 500 Lvl 9 59300
Lvl 3 970 Lvl 10 118000
Lvl 4 1900 Lvl 11 235000
Lvl 5 3770 Lvl 12 463000
Lvl 6 7500 Lvl 13 835000
Lvl 7 14900 Lvl 14 1380000
Lvl 15 2080000

CRIT Rune Levels

CRIT Rune IconCRIT Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 60 Lvl 8 5770
Lvl 2 100 Lvl 9 11500
Lvl 3 190 Lvl 10 22900
Lvl 4 370 Lvl 11 45700
Lvl 5 730 Lvl 12 91300
Lvl 6 1450 Lvl 13 167000
Lvl 7 2890 Lvl 14 277000
Lvl 15 416000

Debuff ACC Rune Levels

Debuff ACC Rune IconDebuff ACC Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 260 Lvl 8 29700
Lvl 2 500 Lvl 9 59300
Lvl 3 970 Lvl 10 118000
Lvl 4 1900 Lvl 11 235000
Lvl 5 3770 Lvl 12 463000
Lvl 6 7500 Lvl 13 835000
Lvl 7 14900 Lvl 14 1380000
Lvl 15 2080000

STA Rune Levels

STA Rune IconSTA Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 35 Lvl 8 1700
Lvl 2 60 Lvl 9 3120
Lvl 3 90 Lvl 10 5700
Lvl 4 150 Lvl 11 10400
Lvl 5 270 Lvl 12 19000
Lvl 6 510 Lvl 13 34800
Lvl 7 930 Lvl 14 63700
Lvl 15 112000

HP Rune Levels

HP Rune IconHP Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 1000 Lvl 8 68300
Lvl 2 1830 Lvl 9 124000
Lvl 3 3340 Lvl 10 228000
Lvl 4 6110 Lvl 11 417000
Lvl 5 11100 Lvl 12 762000
Lvl 6 20400 Lvl 13 1390000
Lvl 7 37300 Lvl 14 2540000
Lvl 15 4510000

P. DEF Rune Levels

P. DEF Rune IconP. DEF Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 40 Lvl 8 2270
Lvl 2 60 Lvl 9 4160
Lvl 3 110 Lvl 10 7600
Lvl 4 200 Lvl 11 13900
Lvl 5 370 Lvl 12 25400
Lvl 6 680 Lvl 13 46400
Lvl 7 1240 Lvl 14 84900
Lvl 15 150000

M. DEF Rune Levels

M. DEF Rune IconM. DEF Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 40 Lvl 8 2270
Lvl 2 60 Lvl 9 4160
Lvl 3 110 Lvl 10 7600
Lvl 4 200 Lvl 11 13900
Lvl 5 370 Lvl 12 25400
Lvl 6 680 Lvl 13 46400
Lvl 7 1240 Lvl 14 84900
Lvl 15 150000

EVD Rune Levels

EVD Rune IconEVD Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 260 Lvl 8 29700
Lvl 2 500 Lvl 9 59300
Lvl 3 970 Lvl 10 118000
Lvl 4 1900 Lvl 11 235000
Lvl 5 3770 Lvl 12 463000
Lvl 6 7500 Lvl 13 835000
Lvl 7 1240 Lvl 14 1380000
Lvl 15 2080000

CRIT RES Rune Levels

Crit RES Rune IconCrit RES Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 60 Lvl 8 5770
Lvl 2 100 Lvl 9 11500
Lvl 3 190 Lvl 10 22900
Lvl 4 370 Lvl 11 45700
Lvl 5 730 Lvl 12 91300
Lvl 6 1450 Lvl 13 167000
Lvl 7 2890 Lvl 14 277000
Lvl 15 416000

Debuff RES Rune Levels

Debuff RES Rune IconDebuff RES Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 260 Lvl 8 29700
Lvl 2 500 Lvl 9 59300
Lvl 3 970 Lvl 10 118000
Lvl 4 1900 Lvl 11 235000
Lvl 5 3770 Lvl 12 463000
Lvl 6 7500 Lvl 13 835000
Lvl 7 14900 Lvl 14 1380000
Lvl 15 2080000

SPD Rune Levels

SPD Rune IconSPD Rune Parameter
Lvl 1 10 Lvl 8 195
Lvl 2 18 Lvl 9 240
Lvl 3 33 Lvl 10 300
Lvl 4 53 Lvl 11 360
Lvl 5 80 Lvl 12 425
Lvl 6 110 Lvl 13 500
Lvl 7 150 Lvl 14 575
Lvl 15 660

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