Runes Info
The magic system in Suikoden is strange, for you must buy or obtain the crystals that are bonded to the user head. Afterwards, they can slowly learn to cast magic from that spell pool. First off is the list of all crystals you can buy or find, with information on what they do, or how much they sell for. Further down is the chart of all spells, detailing what each attack does and what not. The letters found in the location represent a town found in the game. A list of all those towns can be found below. Also at the end of this page is the list of unite attack created by high level runes mixtures.
Rune Crystal Info and Prices
Name | Info | Location | Buy | Sell |
Boar Crystal | Allows the lone user (Pahn) to attack monster with double damage. Unable to fight the following turn. | Village of Hidden Rune | 0 | 0 |
Champion Crystal | Keeps you from being attacked by weaker monsters. | Wv, To | 200000 | 100000 |
Clone Crystal | User attacks with a clone image of theirself for twice the damage. Unable to attack the following turn. | Mt Tigerwulf | 0 | 2500 |
Counter Crystal | Enables user to counter attack most enemies attacks. | Gf, To | 7500 | 3750 |
Cyclone Crystal | Enables user to cast Cyclone rune attacks (see list below). | Seek Valley | 0 | 7500 |
Earth Crystal | Enables user to cast earth rune attacks (see list below). | Ri, To | 6000 | 3000 |
Fire Crystal | Enables user to cast fire rune attacks (see list below). | Ki, To | 7000 | 3500 |
Flowing Crystal | Enables user to cast Flowing rune attacks (see list below). | Qlon Temple | 0 | 7500 |
Fortune Crystal | Doubles expience gained in battle. | Ki, To | 50000 | 25000 |
Gale Crystal | Doubles the speed of the character wearing this rune. | Pannu Yakuta | 0 | 6000 |
Hazy Crystal | Cuts target monster chance of doing damage in half. | Kb, To | 9000 | 4500 |
Holy Crystal | Enables user run in town or dungeons instead of walking. | K, To | 5000 | 2500 |
Killer Crystal | Doubles user chances of deliverying a critical attack. | T, To | 8000 | 4000 |
Lightning Crystal | Enables user to cast lightning rune attacks (see list below). | Wv, To | 8000 | 4000 |
Mother Earth Crystal | Enables user to cast Mother Earth rune attacks (see list below). | Moriva | 0 | 7500 |
Prosperity Crystal | Doubles the amount of gold recieved after battle. Kill Sirens to obtain. | Kalekka Region | 0 | 25000 |
Rage Crystal | Enables user to cast Raging rune attacks (see list below). | Neclord Castle | 0 | 7500 |
Spark Crystal | User will be the first person to attack every round. | Scarletia | 0 | 5000 |
Sunbeam Crystal | Enables user to heal one point of HP every step he walks. | Dwarf Vault | 0 | 10000 |
Thunder Crystal | Enables user to cast Thunder rune attacks (see list below). | Shasarazade | 0 | 7500 |
Turtle Crystal | Protects users from status attacks (poison, sleep, etc). | Dv, To | 15000 | 7500 |
Water Crystal | Enables user to cast water rune attacks (see list below). | S, Se, To | 7000 | 3500 |
Wind Crystal | Enables user to cast wind rune attacks (see list below). | Kv, To | 8000 | 4000 |
Dwarf Villiage | Dv |
Great Forest | Gf |
Kaku | K |
Kirov | Ki |
Kobold Villiage | Kv |
Rikon | Ri |
Rockland | R |
Sanady | S |
Seika | Se |
Teien | T |
Toran Castle | To |
Warrior Villiage | Wv |
Rune Spell Pool
Below are the list of all the spells various runes can cast.
Cyclone Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Shredding | 1 | Deals 400 damage to one monster. |
Healing Wind | 2 | Heals one party member. |
Storm | 3 | Does 500 damage to all monsters. |
Shining Wind | 4 | Does 500 damage to all monsters AND heals all your party members. |
Earth Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Clay Guardian | 1 | Raise the defense of one character by 25%. |
Voice of the Earth | 2 | Does 300 damage to all monsters. |
Coppper Flesh | 3 | Raise the defense of one character by 50%. |
Storm | 4 | Does 700 damage to all monsters. |
Fire Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Flaming Arrows | 1 | Deals 100 damage to one monster. |
Firestorm | 2 | Does 200 damage to all monsters. |
Dancing Flames | 3 | Does 400 damage to all monsters. |
Explosion | 4 | Does 700 damage to all monsters. |
Flowing Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Fog of Deception | 1 | Decrease the attack power of all monsters by 20%. |
Rain of Kindness | 2 | Heas 300 HPs for all characters. |
Water of Kindness | 3 | Fully heals your entire party. |
Mother Ocean | 4 | Fully heals your entire party and removes all status problems. |
Lightning Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Angry Blow | 1 | Deals 300 damage to one monster. |
Rainstorm | 2 | Does 200 damage to all monsters. |
Raising Blow | 3 | Deals 900 damage to one monster. |
Ball of Lightning | 4 | Deals 2000 damage to one monster. |
Mother Earth Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Voice of the Earth | 1 | Does 300 damage to all monsters. |
Coppper Flesh | 2 | Raise the defense of one character by 50%. |
Storm | 3 | Does 700 damage to all monsters. |
Guardian of the Earth | 4 | Raise the defense of all characters by 50%. |
Rage Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Firestorm | 1 | Does 200 damage to all monsters. |
Dancing Flames | 2 | Does 400 damage to all monsters. |
Explosion | 3 | Does 700 damage to all monsters. |
Final Flame | 4 | Does 950 damage to all monsters. |
Resurrection Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Scolding | 1 | Deals 70 damage to one monster. |
Yell | 2 | Removes status problem of one character. |
Scream | 3 | Heals 300 HPs on all characters. |
Charm Arrows | 4 | Does 500 damage to all monsters. |
Soul Eater Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Deadly Fingertips | 1 | May instantly kills one monster. |
Black Shadows | 2 | Does 300 damage to all monsters. |
Hell | 3 | May instantly kill all monsters. |
Judgement | 4 | Deals 1500 damage to one monster.. |
Thunder Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Rainstorm | 1 | Does 200 damage to all monsters. |
Raising Blow | 2 | Deals 900 damage to one monster. |
Ball of Lightning | 3 | Deals 2000 damage to one monster. |
Thunder God | 4 | Does 1000 damage to all monsters. |
Water Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Drop of Kindness | 1 | Fully heals one character. |
Fog of Deception | 2 | Decrease the attack power of all monsters by 20%. |
Rain of Kindness | 3 | Heas 300 HPs for all characters. |
Water of Kindness | 4 | Fully heals your entire party. |
Wind Rune
Spell Name | Level | What the Spell Does |
Wind of Sleep | 1 | Cast sleep on all monsters |
Shredding | 2 | Deals 400 damage to one monster. |
Healing Wind | 3 | Fully heals one character. |
Storm | 4 | Does 500 damage to all monsters. |
Runes unite attacks are much different from the Character Unite Attack. For one, you can't just select it from the menu like the regular unites, instead you have to have two character cast a high class spell in order for it create the combo attack. It will not work if one character is muted or killed.
Runes Unite Attacks
Combo Name | Spells Needed | Effects |
Blessing of the Squall | High LV Wind and Water Spells | Does 800 damage to all monsters AND fully heals all party members. |
Gaea's Gale | High LV Wind and Earth Spells | Does 1000 damage to all monsters. |
Igneous Strike | High LV Fire and Earth Spells | Does 2500 damage to all monsters. |
Shockwave of the Sea | High LV Lightning and Water Spells | Deals 4000 damage to one monster AND fully heals all party members. |
Thor's Inferno | High LV Lightning and Fire Spells | Does 3000 damage to all monster. |
These are runes that certain characters can use. They are not found in stores or usable by any other character.
Exclusive Runes
Name | Owned | Effects |
Double Beat Rune | Eikei | Deliveries two blows to one monster. |
Falcon Rune | Valeria | Pours down damage on one monster. |
Hate Rune | Belle | Damage monster with a firepunch. |
Strike Rune | Kasumi | Grabs monster and body slams them to the ground. |
Trick Rune | Juppo and Meg | Attacks monster with puppets. |
True Holy Rune | Stallion | Runs faster on the overworld. |