Rune System Guide

Rune Sets

Complete guide to rune sets, main stats, and optimization strategies for Zone Nova
Alpha Rune

Alpha (阿尔法符)

2-Piece: Attack Power +8%

4-Piece: Basic Attack Damage +30%

Shattered Foundation Rune

Shattered Foundation (碎基)

2-Piece: Defense +12%

4-Piece: Shield Effectiveness +20%

Beth Rune

Beth (贝丝)

2-Piece: Critical Hit Rate +6%

4-Piece: When HP >80%: Critical Hit Damage +24%

Zahn Rune

Zahn (札恩)

2-Piece: HP +8%

4-Piece: After Ultimate: Take 5% less damage (10s)

Daleth Rune

Daleth (达莱特)

2-Piece: Healing Effectiveness +10%

4-Piece: Battle Start: Gain 1 Energy immediately

Epsilon Rune

Epsilon (埃普西隆)

2-Piece: Attack Power +8%

4-Piece: After activating ultimate skill, entire team damage increased by 10%, lasts 10 seconds

Note: Same passive effect cannot stack

Hert Extra Attack Damage Rune

Hert Extra Attack Damage (赫特追击伤害)

2-Piece: Extra Attack damage increased by 20%

4-Piece: After dealing Extra Attack damage, critical hit rate increases by 15%, lasts 10 seconds

Extra Attack: A special type of attack that some characters can trigger under certain conditions

Note: This can only be obtained in guild raids

Gimel Continuous Damage Rune

Gimel Continuous Damage (吉梅尔持续伤害)

2-Piece: Continuous damage increased by 20%

4-Piece: After dealing continuous damage, own attack power increases by 2%, can stack up to 10 layers, lasts 5 seconds

Note: This can only be obtained in guild raids

Giants Vulnerability Rune

Giants [Vulnerability] (巨人 [脆弱])

2-Piece: Attack power increased by 8%

4-Piece: When equipped character is "Debuff" class, casting ultimate skill damage causes targets to take 10% increased damage for 5 seconds

Class Restriction: 4-piece effect only works with Debuffer class characters

Debuffer class icon

Note: Same passive effects cannot stack. This can only be obtained in guild raids

Tide Energy Rune

Tide [Energy] (潮汐 [能量])

2-Piece: Defense increased by 12%

4-Piece: Within 10 seconds after combat starts, your team's energy gain efficiency is increased by 30%

Team Effect: Daleth 4-piece set effects in the team will be disabled

Daleth rune icon

Note: This effect cannot stack. This can only be obtained in guild raids

Main Stats by Position

Main stat possibilities for each rune position in Zone Nova

Position 1 — Fixed Main Stat

HP (Flat Value)

Always HP - no other options

Position 2 — Fixed Main Stat

Attack (Flat Value)

Always Attack - no other options

Position 3 — Fixed Main Stat

Defense (Flat Value)

Always Defense - no other options

Position 4 — Variable Main Stats

Available Main Stats:

  • Healing Effectiveness (%)
  • Critical Rate (%)
  • Critical Damage (%)
  • Attack Penetration (%)
  • Attack (%)
  • HP (%)
  • Defense (%)

Attack Penetration: Available as percentage (%) in main stats here, and as flat values in sub stats

Position 5 — Variable Main Stats

Element System Guide

Element Order: Wind → Fire → Ice → Holy → Chaos

Available Main Stats:

  • Wind Attribute Damage (%)
  • Fire Attribute Damage (%)
  • Ice Attribute Damage (%)
  • Holy Attribute Damage (%)
  • Chaos Attribute Damage (%)
  • Attack (%)
  • HP (%)
  • Defense (%)

Choose elemental damage that matches your character's element for maximum effectiveness

Position 6 — Variable Main Stats

Available Main Stats:

  • Attack (%)
  • HP (%)
  • Defense (%)

Core percentage stats only

Summary

  • Positions 1-3: Fixed main stats (HP, ATK, DEF respectively) - flat values
  • Position 4: Most diverse options including utility stats and exclusive Attack Penetration (%)
  • Position 5: Core stats plus elemental damage increases - all percentages
  • Position 6: Focus on core percentage stat increases only

Pro Tip: Position 4 runes are highly valuable for their unique utility stats, especially Attack Penetration for DPS characters.

Sub Stats Possibility

All possible substats that can roll on runes in Zone Nova

Available Sub Stats

Stat Type Available Forms
Attack Flat Number, Percentage (%)
HP Flat Number, Percentage (%)
Defense Flat Number, Percentage (%)
Critical Rate Percentage (%) only
Critical Damage Percentage (%) only
Penetration Flat Number only

Note: All runes can roll any combination of these sub stats. The actual values and number of substats depend on rune rarity and upgrade level.