Runes and Upgrades

Runes are permanent upgrades which enable the player to travel to places which are not accessible otherwise.

The only way to acquire runes is to travel to specific zones and defeat Elite enemies which spawn from certain Elite obelisks. Once acquired, the player's collected runes can be viewed on the right side of the pause screen at any time.

There are currently three runes in Dead Cells: the Vine Rune, the Teleportation Rune and the challenger rune.