Currency¶

Runes, essences, sigils and the materials they are made from. Runes change items; essences add properties; sigils go into item sockets. Every item lists what it does, how to make it, how it drops and what uses it.

Runes (5)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Rune of Insight	Identifies an item	crafted; drops from the Meadows
	Rune of Spark	Adds a modifier to a common item	crafted; drops from the Meadows
	Rune of Weaving	Adds a modifier to a magic item	crafted; drops from the Meadows
	Rune of Ascent	Adds a modifier to a rare item	crafted; drops from the Swamp
	Rune of Guise	Applies a chosen look to an equipped item	crafted

Great runes (6)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Great Rune of the Jarl	Adds a modifier to a magic item and upgrades it to rare	crafted; drops from the Swamp
	Great Rune of Return	Teleports you home	crafted; drops from the Black Forest
	Great Rune of Awakening	Reawakens completed extra content	crafted; drops from the Swamp
	Great Rune of Oblivion	Removes one property from an item	crafted; drops from the Swamp
	Great Rune of Fate	Randomises the numeric values of modifiers on an item	crafted; drops from the Mountain
	Great Rune of First Essence	Randomises the numeric values of an item's implicit properties	crafted; drops from the Mountain

Corrupted runes (3)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Rune of Corruption	Corrupts an item: usually nothing else happens; it may warp its properties, gain a corrupted implicit, move every affix a tier up or down - or shatter	crafted; drops from the Meadows; dropped by Mist Mother
	Rune of the Blood Challenge	Offer at an altar of summoning: the next guardian rises with one more star (up to five)	crafted; drops from the Black Forest
	Rune of the Crimson Seal	Seals one random property of a rare item with four properties: it can never be changed again	drops from the Black Forest

Essences (15)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Essence of Fire	Adds a random fire property to an item (up to tier 3)	drops from the Black Forest
	Essence of Frost	Adds a random frost property to an item (up to tier 3)	drops from the Black Forest
	Essence of Lightning	Adds a random lightning property to an item (up to tier 3)	drops from the Black Forest
	Essence of Poison	Adds a random poison property to an item (up to tier 3)	drops from the Black Forest
	Essence of Bonemass		dropped by Bonemass
	Essence of Eikthyr	Adds a random lightning property to an item, up to its best tier, or one of Eikthyr's own	dropped by Eikthyr
	Essence of Fader		dropped by Fader
	Essence of Kall		dropped by Kall Fimbulbringer
	Essence of Moder		dropped by Moder
	Essence of Morgrim		dropped by Morgrim, the Shattered Lord
	Essence of Rungard		dropped by Rungard, the Thousand-Faced Warden
	Essence of Yagluth		dropped by Yagluth
	Essence of the Elder		dropped by The Elder
	Essence of the Mist Mother		dropped by Mist Mother
	Essence of the Queen		dropped by The Queen

Sigils (15)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Sigil of Broken Chains	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of Fire	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of Frost	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of Lightning	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of Poison	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Ancient Roots	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Ashen Crown	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Crimson Brood	Set into an empty corrupted socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the First Oath	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the First Storm	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Frost Wing	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Grave Mire	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Last Flame	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Misty Hive	Set into an empty socket of a weapon or armour	crafted
	Sigil of the Oath Devourer	Set into an empty corrupted socket of a weapon or armour	crafted

Punches (3)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Runic Punch	Punches a socket for a sigil into an item (up to three)	crafted; drops from the Meadows
	Corrupted Punch	Punches a corrupted socket into an item: it takes Sigils of Blight	crafted
	Divine Punch	Punches a divine socket into an item: a sigil set in it is 50% stronger	crafted

Materials (8)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Azurite		—
	Azurite Dust		—
	Blank Runestone		crafted
	Corrupted Azurite		—
	Corrupted Azurite Dust		—
	Divine Azurite		—
	Divine Azurite Dust		—
	Fragment of a Faded Rune		—

Trophies (2)¶

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Corrupted Visage of the First Warden	Summoning shard: offer five at an altar of summoning	—
	Visage of the First Warden	Summoning shard: offer five at an altar of summoning	—

Data from Path of Valheiman 5.1.0, extracted 2026-10-19.