Runestones are gray slates with a colored rune inscribed upon them. They are necessary for entering the Underworld, where Skorne's home is. Collecting Runestones is a key objective, much like obtaining Shards, activating Obelisks, and finding Crystals. The Runestones are hidden throughout the Realms, and heroes will need to search high and low for them. Should a hero leave an area without obtaining the Runestone within, they'll be subjected to Skorne's scornful laugh.
Appearances[]
Gauntlet: Legends[]
Arcade Version[]
The Arcade version has a total of twelve Runestones in each of the four realms. A red Runestones were scattered in Mountain Kingdom, three blue Runestones in Castle Stronghold, three green Runestones in Forest Realm and three yellow runestones in Desert Lands. Since the Battlefield level is absent in the Arcade Version, The 13th Runestone will be already place in the Altar of Skorne thus defeating him would gain access immediately in Gates of the Underworld.
Console Version[]
While the location of the twelve Runestones in the Dreamcast version remains unchanged from the Arcade. The Location of Runestone in Playstation and Nintendo 64's version of Legends has changed due to Forest Realm and Desert Lands was absent in their versions and instead were replaced with Skytown and Ice Domain, thus the three green Runestones were now scattered in Skytown and three yellow runestones in Ice Domain. The 13th Runestone were mostly found in The Infernal Fortress in The Battlefield.
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy[]
In Dark Legacy, the Runestones only requires twelve to gain access to Gates of the Underworld while the 13th runestones is required to gain access to Garm's Citadel.
- Forsaken Province: 2 Runestones
- Mountain Kingdom: 1 Runestone
- Castle Stronghold: 1 Runestone
- Sky Dominion: 2 Runestones
- Forest Realm: 1 Runestone
- Desert Lands: 1 Runestone
- Ice Domain: 2 Runestones
- Dream World: 2 Runestones
- Battlefield: 1 Runestone