

Transmute a magic kite shield or exceptional/elite version (dragon shield or monarch), a jewel, a Nef rune, and a perfect emerald to create a crafted Safety shield.Transmute a magic mask or exceptional/elite version (death mask or demonhead), a jewel, a Nef rune, and a perfect amethyst to create a crafted Caster helm.Transmute magic Heavy Gloves or exceptional/elite version (sharkskin gloves or vampirebone gloves), a jewel, a Nef rune, and a perfect ruby to create a crafted Blood gloves.Transmute magic field plate or exceptional/elite version (sharktooth armor or kraken shell), a jewel, a Nef rune, and a perfect sapphire to create a crafted Hit Power body armor.You can transmute x3 Nef Runesto create one Eth Rune.Nef can be used in the following Runewords: The Hellforge on normal difficulty has a 1 to 11 chance to drop a Nef Rune as part of its reward.The Countess's extra Rune drops on any difficulty can include Nef Runes.The odds of her rune drops increased in v1.10 and as of v1.11 she is a popular monster to run for the potential high-level runes she drops.

Nef grants the following modifiers: WeaponsĪn item Socketed with a Nef Rune increases the item's level requirement to 13, unless it was already higher. A full list of all the Superunique Monsters featured in Diablo 2 Resurrected with comments and tips on how to tackle them in each act.

When socketed in a certain combination and order, Runes can become Runewords, giving more powerful bonuses to the item they have socketed. Runes can also be used in some Horadric Cube's recipes. Nef can be applied to Socketed Items, by doing so it grants said item different properties depending on if the Socketed Item is a Weapon or a piece of Armor.
