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How to Get Darkness Rune and Effects

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Darkness Rune is a type of Rune you can acquire in Suikoden 2 HD Remaster. See information on Darkness Rune below including how to get Darkness Rune in the game, its effects and spells, characters who can use Darkness Rune!

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Darkness Rune Effects and Info

Darkness Rune Overview

Darkness Rune
Type Magic Rune
Rune Group Semi-magic
Shop Price 12000 Potch
Element
Dark
Spells
・Lv. 1 Spell: Finger of Death
Instantly kill an enemy.
Lv. 2 Spell: Stealer of Souls
Deals 300 Darkness damage to an enemy, then lifesteal back to caster.
・Lv. 3 Spell: Final Bell
Instant death or 500 darkness damage to one enemy row.
・Lv. 4 Spell: Black Shadow
Deal 500 Dark Damage to all enemies.

Permanently Attached Rune

There are no characters who have this Rune permanently attached to them. However, some characters may come pre-equipped with a Rune that is still detachable.

How to Get Darkness Rune

Bought from Shops

Related Shops
South Window City (○)

Darkness Rune costs 12000 Potch in every available shop where you can purchase it. All shop locations listed above will have Darkness Rune in its wares. Locations marked with ※ signify that Darkness Rune is a rare find and almost always can only be ever bought once in that area.
List of All Shops

Found in the Overworld

Related Locations
North Window

Darkness Rune can be found in some chests found in many different locations across the world. Below is a list of locations where you can find Darkness Rune.

Guardian Deity Statue Reward

Reward Head Body Legs Tail
Darkness Rune Rabbit Unicorn Dragon Unicorn

Apart from the conventional ways of getting Darkness Rune, you can also get one from choosing the correct combination of the Guardian Deity Statues can also get you Darkness Rune.
All Guardian Deity Combos and Rewards

Recruit Party Members

Recruit ・Sierra Mikain

Another way of acquiring this Rune is to recruit certain characters that have this rune equipped already to them.
List of All Characters

Suikoden 2 HD Remaster Related Guides

Suikoden 2 HD Remaster - Runes

List of All Runes and Effects

List of All Runes

List of All Runes
Alert Rune Angry Dragon Rune Balance Rune
Banshee Rune Barrier Rune Black Sword Rune
Blazing Array Blinking Rune Blue Drop Rune
Bright Shield Rune Champion's Rune Chimera Rune
Counter Rune Cyclone Rune Darkness Rune
Double-beat Rune Double-Strike Rune Down Rune
Draining Rune Dryad Rune Earth Rune
Exertion Rune Falcon Rune Fire Breath Rune
Fire Dragon Rune Fire Lizard Rune Fire Rune
Fire Sealing Rune Firefly Rune Flowing Rune
Fortune Rune Friendship Rune Fury Rune
Gadget Rune Gale Rune Godspeed Rune
Gozz Rune Great Hawk Rune Groundhog Rune
Hazy Rune Howling Rune Hunter Rune
Killer Rune Kindness Rune Kite Rune
Knight Rune Lightning Rune Lion Rune
Magic Absorb Rune Mayfly Rune Medicine Rune
Mother Earth Rune Nymph Rune Pale Gate Rune
Phero Rune Pixie Rune Poison Rune
Prosperity Rune Rabid Fang Rune Rage Rune
Resurrection Rune Scorched Earth Shining Wind Rune
Shrike Rune Silence Rune Skunk Rune
Sleep Rune Soul Eater Spark Rune
Spider Slay Rune Storm Fang Sunbeam Rune
Swallow Rune Sylph Rune Technique Rune
Thunder God Thunder Rune Titan Rune
Twin Ring Rune Unicorn Rune Violence Rune
Viper Rune Waking Rune Wall Rune
Warrior Rune Water Dragon Water Rune
White Saint Rune White Tiger Rune Wind Rune
Wizard Rune

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