Learn how to make Insight one of the best and most accessible Chapter 2 mercenary runes in Diablo 2: Resurrected.
Insight is one of the best rune words in Diablo 2: Resurrected because the rune it requires is one of the most accessible in the game. It's very popular in the role, but is also widely used in Act 2 Mercenaries.
To gain insight in Diablo 2: Resurrected, players must find or create 4 special runes and insert them into a long-handled weapon or staff with 4 empty spaces. This guide describes how to obtain and craft these runes, and where players can find compatible 4-slot weapons.
To make Runes of Insight, the player must obtain the Ral, Tir, Tal and Sol runes and then insert them into a long-handled weapon or 4-slot staff if the character is at least level 27. While rune words can be used for characters like the Diablo 2 Resurrection Spear Amazon build, "Insight" is most commonly used for the mercenary gear in Act 2. This means that anyone who wants to use the mercenary's excellent healing and reinforcement skills should give him insight as soon as possible.
The full values for Insight long-handled weapons or quivers are
Level 12-17 meditation aura, if equipped
+ 35% faster casting
+ 200-260% increased damage (variable)
+9 minimum damage
180-250% bonus to attack level
Increases fire damage by 5-30
+75 poison damage over 5 seconds
+ 1-6 truncheons
+5 All attributes
+2 mana per kill
23% increased chance of getting magic items
Long-handled weapons or 4-hole staves are dropped from Act 1 on Nightmare difficulty. Reducing magical finds associated with a character helps players find the normal type of weapon they need. Alternatively, players can use their Larzuk quest reward in Chapter 5 to get an additional slot for a 3-hole long sword weapon or staff on Normal difficulty, or they can use the recipe for the Hradec Tesseract from Diablo 2: Resurrection earn another slot.
However, it is advisable not to waste these quests too soon, but to wait until the player has reached Act 1 of Diablo 2: Resurrection on Nightmare Difficulty. The quest rewards and tesseract components can become more useful on the character's subsequent journeys.
Access to all Runes of Insight in Diablo 2
Ral is one of the easiest runes to acquire in Diablo 2, and players will almost certainly have one in their stash at the end of normal play, unless they have sold the rune. Once sold, the Ral rune can easily be found by running the Countess.
To do this, you have to travel to the Black Swamp in Act 1 and find the entrance to the Tower of Oblivion. It can then be found on the fifth level. The Countess can drop Ral after being defeated on any difficulty in Diablo 2: Resurrected.
Where to get the Diablo 2 Tir rune
Tir can also be dropped by killing the Countess on any difficulty. Alternatively, a player who owns 3 runes of El can place them in a Hradic cube and transform them into 1 rune of Tir.
Where to get the valley rune in Diablo 2
Tal is another low level rune that is easy to drop by killing the Countess on any difficulty. These additional runes can be used to make the Diablo 2: Resurrection 4 Hole Shield with the word "Rune of Souls".
Where to get the sun rune in Diablo 2
The Sun Rune in Diablo 2 is obtained by defeating the Countess on the Nightmare or Hell difficulty. It can also be made in the Hradical Cube by converting 3 amulet runes and 1 chopped amethyst. Unfortunately, the Amm rune isn't easy to make, and it requires a ton of other low-level
diablo 2 resurrected runes to make. Better to farm Amm or Sol on Nightmare Difficulty than wasting time with the Countess on Normal Difficulty.
Diablo 2: Resurrected is now available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S.