What if we could cube runes DOWN, not just up?

I ran into a situation where I needed IO runes, but I only had LUM.
And I really did not want to waste a HELs just to solve that.

So I was thinking about a down-cubing system.

My idea:

1 higher rune + gem* = 2 lower runes

You spent 3 runes to get the higher rune, and there could be a penalty when you want to turn it back.

Examples:

1 ELD + gem* = 2 EL
1 LUM + gem* = 2 IO
..
1 PUL + gem* = 2 LEM

may be up to only PUL, due to the ratio 3:1 → 2:1:


Would this be a good QoL change?

This post was edited by r7ap7r on Apr 12 2026 10:59am

1 jah + token + 6 p gems = 1 ber

I like the idea. If it takes 3x to make the next one, I am fine with it giving 2 to go backwards. At least give us the option. Same boat last night. Needed Shael, had 4x Dols.

I mean isnt that what trading and jsp is for lol

This is already in the game..

its not!

you need 3 IO and a flawed topaz to cube up to 1 LUM.
1 LUM + flawed topaz nothing happens, also not with amthyst or diamant..

They'd have to make the recipe return only 1 lower rune from um up. As it only takes 2 runes in order to upgrade after lem.

This post was edited by Cullus on Apr 12 2026 11:49am

imagine if you could cube a zod down to 14,281,868,906,496 el runes

It would ruin the game very fast

Unless they enabled a harsh penalty like you mentioned

A gem isn’t a big enough penalty though

This post was edited by crosspawz on Apr 12 2026 11:56am

everybody would be buying Zod's and lower runes would crash in value. like ohm - Lo etc 1 fg's