Craft Volatile Fire Runes for Rocky Rumble
Craft Volatile Fire Runes at Runecrafting level 20 by combining 1 Fire Rune and 5 Sulfur to produce 1 Volatile Fire Rune. Rocky Rumble requires you to supply 25 Volatile Fire Runes. This route covers Demo 0.11.4.
Build your supply through the ordinary Fire Rune recipe, then convert the runes you need with Sulfur. Keep a separate reserve for combat and equipment recipes that ask for ordinary Fire Runes. The Volatile Fire Rune delivery belongs to the Rocky Rumble quest sequence.
Volatile Fire Runes and ordinary Fire Runes
| Rune | How to get it | What to use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Volatile Fire Rune | At Runecrafting level 20, combine 1 Fire Rune and 5 Sulfur to make 1 Volatile Fire Rune. | Supply 25 during Rocky Rumble. |
| Fire Rune | Craft from 1 Rune Essence at Runecrafting level 20. | Ordinary Fire spells, fire weapon recipes and conversion into Volatile Fire Runes. |
Unlock Runecrafting before preparing the batch
- Reach Mining level 8 and Crafting level 5. If either skill is still missing from your menu, Woodcutting level 2 opens Mining, while Woodcutting level 5 opens Crafting.
- Defeat 5 Mind Golbin in Golbin Forest to finish the Runecrafting unlock requirements. You need these kills alongside the Mining and Crafting levels; reaching the levels alone does not complete the unlock.
- Train Runecrafting to level 20, where both the ordinary Fire Rune recipe and the Volatile Fire Rune recipe become available. Keep your immediate goal focused on the runes needed for Rocky Rumble.
Prepare Sulfur through Rocky Rumble
Rocky Rumble follows Misty Reconnaissance in the quest sequence. Progress the quest far enough to obtain Sulfur Protection Gloves and mine Sulfur. Prepare the gloves and their ingredients before settling into rune production.
- Obtain Hobforge Gloves from a Hobgolbin Chest. Hobgolbin Camp opens after 15 Hobgolbin defeats, and completing the dungeon awards a chest; open the chests you earn to look for the gloves.
- Have 4 Magic Cowhide ready, then craft Sulfur Protection Gloves at Crafting level 18 using 1 Hobforge Gloves and the Magic Cowhide. Follow the ingredient names exactly when assembling your supplies.
- Remember that crafting Sulfur Protection Gloves consumes the Hobforge Gloves. If you also want Hobforge Gloves for your Smithing Toolbelt, keep a pair for that purpose before spending another on this recipe.
- Reach Mining level 18 and mine Sulfur once you have progressed Rocky Rumble far enough for this part of the route. Bring that Sulfur back into your Runecrafting preparation alongside ordinary Fire Runes.
Make the Fire Runes, then convert them
- Mine Rune Essence at Mining level 8 to supply the ordinary rune recipe. Stock the essence before switching to Runecrafting so you can prepare your Fire Runes in a batch.
- Select the ordinary Fire Rune recipe at Runecrafting level 20. It consumes 1 Rune Essence; keep some of the resulting Fire Runes aside if you also plan to cast Fire spells or craft fire weapons.
- Select Volatile Fire Rune and check that you have both ingredients. The conversion requires 1 Fire Rune and 5 Sulfur for each Volatile Fire Rune produced, so replenish whichever ingredient is holding up your batch.
- Set your crafting stop condition, then press Create. Products Owned counts items, while Recipe Creations counts crafts; for the quest delivery, check your inventory total and supply 25 Volatile Fire Runes when Rocky Rumble asks for them.
Keep ordinary Fire Runes for spells and equipment
Use your Volatile Fire Runes for the Rocky Rumble delivery. The spells and equipment recipes below ask for ordinary Fire Runes, so use their listed rune costs when planning your combat supply. Avoid converting the stock you intend to spend on those recipes.
| Spell or equipment recipe | Ordinary Fire Rune cost |
|---|---|
| Fire Strike | 2 Fire Runes, alongside 1 Mind Rune. |
| Fire Bolt | 3 Fire Runes, alongside 1 Chaos Rune. |
| Fire Blast | 4 Fire Runes, alongside 2 Chaos Runes. |
| Fire Wave | 5 Fire Runes, alongside 1 Death Rune. |
| Burn I | 1 Fire Rune, alongside 1 Body Rune. |
| Fire Wand | 12 Fire Runes as part of its crafting ingredients. |
| Fire Staff | 16 Fire Runes as part of its crafting ingredients. |
| Fire Battlestaff | 28 Fire Runes as part of its crafting ingredients. |
Check these points if production stalls
- Runecrafting still locked: check Mining level 8, Crafting level 5 and 5 Mind Golbin defeats. All of these requirements belong to the unlock.
- Volatile Fire Rune recipe unavailable: check that Runecrafting has reached level 20 and continue Rocky Rumble through the Sulfur preparation sequence.
- Crafting stops despite having Fire Runes: check your Sulfur supply too. Each conversion needs 1 Fire Rune and 5 Sulfur, so having only the runes cannot sustain production.
- Production ended while you were away: check the ingredients and your chosen stop condition. Offline actions use their materials and respect stop conditions just as they do while the game is open.
- Preparing a combat session: read the spell's rune names before converting more supplies. Keep ordinary Fire Runes available for the Fire spells you intend to cast.