Runeseeker's Call Runic Fork is a hidden unique item from Path of Exile 2 Runes of Aldur League. It does not drop from normal farming; instead, it is a quest reward that each character can obtain only once. Despite being a quest item, this fork can be sold, and its market value reaches several hundred Divine Orbs - a fortune that many players overlook. Let us walk through the steps required to acquire it and then consider how to enhance its worth. How to Obtain Runeseeker's Call Runic Fork? Depleted Mana Rune The quest tied to this item is a secret one in PoE 2 Patch 0.5.0. You will need to defeat Uhtred, the Stardrinker - the boss of Expedition encounters - repeatedly until he drops a Depleted Mana Rune. The drop rate for this rune is quite low, roughly between 2% and 3%, so be prepared for a lengthy grind. To shorten the process, you can use Uhtred's Saga, which guarantees that your next Logbook will include an Uhtred encounter. Each Uhtred's Saga currently trades for about one Divine Orb. Because Depleted Mana Rune is a quest item, it can be obtained only once per character and cannot be traded between players. Therefore, to realise its true value, you must complete the associated quest. Infused Mana Rune Once you have the rune, take it to NPC Farrow and speak with him. He will tell you that the rune needs to be charged. The charging condition is that your character must have at least 10,000 maximum Mana at that moment. After the charge completes, Depleted Mana Rune transforms into an Infused Mana Rune. Hand this infused version back to Farrow, and he will reward you with Runeseeker's Call Runic Fork. How to Reach 10,000 Maximum Mana？ Apart from farming the rune itself, the second major hurdle is pushing your maximum Mana to 10,000. This is undoubtedly challenging, as it requires stacking Mana-related modifiers on both your passive tree and your gear. Passive Skill Tree Eldritch Battery Keystone is critical because it converts your Energy Shield into additional Mana. This means you can raise your Mana ceiling further by investing in Energy Shield. The notable Gem Enthusiast is also very helpful, since it grants a 5% increased maximum Mana when you have 10 blue support gems socketed - a condition that is fairly easy to meet. Beyond those, take every passive node that grants Intelligence or maximum Energy Shield. Equipment Undying Hate Timeless Jewel The most important piece is Undying Hate Timeless Jewel. When you socket this jewel into a jewel slot on the tree, it conquers all passive nodes within its very large radius. Small passive nodes are converted into Tribute, losing their original properties and instead acting as counters that accumulate your total Tribute value. Notable passive nodes are replaced with new effects that scale based on that total Tribute. Which specific effect you get depends on the suffix of the jewel's name. The suffix you want is Kurgal, which provides the effect "Mana Recovery from Regeneration Overflows." This allows your Mana regeneration to exceed your maximum Mana, and the overflow becomes an additional Mana reserve. With this jewel in place, you do not actually need to reach 10,000 Mana through raw stats alone; around 6,000 base Mana, combined with the overflow mechanism, will suffice to meet the requirement. Other Gear Slots For your other gear slots, prioritise items that have both Tier-1 flat Mana and high Energy Shield modifiers. The total cost of assembling such a set is roughly 20 Divine Orbs. If you also factor in the gold needed to respec your passive points, you may need a few hundred thousand gold. Compared to the eventual payoff of hundreds of Divine Orbs, this investment is entirely worthwhile. Activating the Mana Overflow After equipping Undying Hate Timeless Jewel, simply use any skill to trigger the overflow effect. Your displayed Mana pool will instantly jump beyond its normal cap, easily rising from around 6,000 to over 10,000. Once your Mana shows 10,000 or more, right-click Depleted Mana Rune in your inventory, and it will become successfully charged. How to Increase the Value of Runeseeker's Call Runic Fork？ The weapon grants a skill called Stars Answer, which costs 10,000 Mana per cast. However, that skill is not particularly useful in practice. The fork does not carry any traditional damage modifiers, but it does have five rune sockets and provides a 200% increased effect of socketed runes - and that is where its genuine worth lies. You can also upgrade this weapon at Runeforged crafting bench, where it will randomly receive one of the following three enchantments: (30–50)% chance for spell skills to fire an additional two projectiles (30–50)% increased Mana recovery rate +300 maximum rune shield Because not many players farm Uhtred repeatedly, and even fewer are willing to run multiple characters through the same process, even an uncorrupted Runeseeker's Call Runic Fork can sell for around 800 Divine Orbs. You may choose to sell it directly, or you can attempt to craft it for a higher return. Modifiers that increase maximum Mana, Mana recovery, or grant +2 additional projectiles all add to its market value. For the crafting process, you will need 50 Exceptional Verisium and 1 Olroth's Crest of the Sun; these materials are obtainable through trade, with a total material cost of about two Divine Orbs. First, use currency to raise the fork's quality to 20%, then take it to Crafting Bench and place Runic Fork into the upgrade interface. It will randomly select one of the three options above. Among these, the +2 projectile enchantment commands the highest premium, sometimes adding as much as 100 Divine Orbs to the item's total value. That said, if the crafting outcome does not land on a desirable mod, the value of your fork may drop, potentially costing you several dozen Divine Orbs in lost opportunity. For a safer approach, you might prefer to sell the item as-is and avoid the gamble altogether. If you're using a mana-stacking build, then Runeseeker's Call Runic Fork is your best weapon. If you don't have the patience to repeatedly farm Uhtred, you can buy PoE2 Runeseeker's Call from IGGM directly, which will save you a lot of effort.

Diablo 4 Season 14 introduces not only new seasonal mechanics but also new enemy types and lair bosses tied to them. Although these are time-limited, the tight integration between these elements ensures a superior farming experience throughout Season 14. The new lair bosses include Corrupted Reaper, the new monster type The Risen, and Realmwalker, a returning foe from Season 6 that is back in a new 2.0 version. Below, we introduce these new enemies, covering strategies to handle them and the potential rewards earned upon their defeat. Seasonal Lair Boss: Corrupted Reaper Since replacing ladder bosses, lair bosses have remained key endgame events in Diablo 4, offering drops of various gear types and rarities. Furthermore, the new hoard mechanic offers a more streamlined approach compared to the summoning material systems of the past. To create greater synergy between lair bosses and seasonal gameplay, Diablo 4 occasionally introduces exclusive seasonal lair bosses; Corrupted Reaper fills this role in Season 14. If you have been following Season 14 news or played 3.1 PTR, you will probably recognize this boss as the blue-and-purple figure with massive wings featured in promotional imagery. Defeating Corrupted Reaper grants access to the loot pool that includes potential Mythic items and Pandemonium Fragments, a special currency used in Season 14 to upgrade Unique items into Mythics. However, to unlock the boss's hoard, you must first farm Superior Lair Keys. Note that while 3.1 PTR required a key called Betrayer's Husk, this requirement has been changed to the new key type for the official Season 14 launch. Once Season 14 begins, IGGM Diablo 4 Facebook Group may host irregular giveaways; join now so you don't miss your chance to win these keys or other rewards! How to defeat Corrupted Reaper? Once you are playing on Torment 1 difficulty or higher and have completed the relevant seasonal quests, you are ready to challenge Corrupted Reaper. You can find the boss in Hawezar, located south of Fractured Peaks. Upon arriving in the region, locate the city of Zarbinzet; Pandemonium Threshold within the city serves as the boss's lair. Corrupted Reaper's abilities, most of which feature Soul in their names, are used in rotation throughout the encounter. As the name suggests, Soul Projectiles involves the boss firing projectiles at you; while individual hits deal minor damage, the cumulative effect can be troublesome. Notably, the boss initially fires four projectiles when using this skill; this increases to six when its health drops to 66%, and the skill is no longer used once health falls to 33%. The second major skill, Soul Trap, involves the boss randomly spawning three traps in the arena. These traps detonate and deal damage if you remain within their radius for three seconds or if the boss passes through them while using its Soul Rush skill. You can counter this by staggering the boss during the fight or by intentionally triggering the traps and quickly dashing out of range. As for Soul Rush, it deals damage if you are standing in the boss's charge path. Once the boss's health drops to 66%, the charge speed increases, and it begins charging back and forth between two locations. Additionally, throughout the fight, Corrupted Reaper may teleport to the center of the arena, damaging nearby players. Fortunately, you can anticipate when the boss is about to teleport by watching for a crouching animation. New monster type: The Risen This is actually a large family of enemies that emerge when you trigger seasonal Pandemonium Ruptures mechanic or enter the new Deathtoll Chamber dungeon. Although they are new enemies, they are not difficult to defeat and drop rewards such as Pandemonium Fragments and gold. The only ones requiring special attention are the Gravehounds and Exarchs among The Risen. Gravehounds drop orbs upon death that buff Exarchs, so it is crucial to intercept them quickly. It is worth noting that after the launch of Season 14, Diablo 4 will further reduce the time it takes for ruptures to close compared to 3.1 PTR; new ruptures will appear faster, and clearing them will yield more fragments. Additionally, when farming Pandemonium Ruptures on normal difficulty, monster density and the spawn rate of elite enemies have been reduced. Returning enemy: Realmwalker 2.0 This enemy first appeared during Season 6 of Diablo 4; defeating it opened a portal to Seething Realm dungeon, where players could clear the area to obtain various loot. During Season of Death Awakening, slaying Realmwalker 2.0 offers a chance to enter the new Deathtoll Chamber dungeon. Potential loot from this dungeon includes Mythic items and Superior Lair Keys, which are required to unlock the hoard of the new Corrupted Reaper. To trigger the appearance of Realmwalker 2.0, you must clear Surging and Colossal tier Pandemonium Ruptures; the latter guarantees the spawn of a Realmwalker. Based on information from Season 6 and 3.1 PTR, Realmwalker is a large, slow-moving enemy type. The challenge in defeating them lies in their ability to summon additional minions or activate special buff mechanics. It is also worth noting that another way to access Deathtoll Chamber is by using Nightmare Sigils with Pandemonium Ruptures affix to transform a standard dungeon, then clearing a sufficient number of ruptures within that dungeon. As for farming Nightmare Sigils, the primary sources include the seasonal questline, Tree of Whispers caches, and more. If you obtain sigils with undesirable affixes, you can salvage them into Sigil Powder and craft new ones at The Occultist. That covers the new enemies and bosses you will encounter in Diablo 4 Season 14, along with the key details surrounding them. Good luck in Season of Death Awakening!