Heritage Runes
Heritage Runes, also known as IXP Runes, are consumable items which can be applied to Legendary Items to grant them item Experience points (IXP). They can be acquired through the following means:
- Deconstructing a Legendary Item of level 11 or higher
- Refining a Relic
- Barter with Rúnar in Twenty-first Hall to receive Chests of Heritage in exchange for Marks of Victory
- Barter with a quest NPC outside the crafting instances in exchange for Iron Garrison Resource Tokens
- Drops off non-sentient mobs (bugs, cave-claws, etc.) in Moria and Lothlórien, as well as mobs 51 and above in Eriador, and occasionally sentient mobs
- Loot in Boss Chests in Eregion and Moria instances
- Quest rewards in Moria and Lothlórien
- Bounty quests in Esteldín
- Deed rewards in Lothlórien and instances within Moria
- Hobbit Presents
Known Heritage Runes
Obsolete Heritage Runes
Prior to the Echoes of the Dead update, lower level versions of the above runes were available that could only be used on legendary items up to level 60. These no longer drop in the game, but any that were stockpiled before the update may still be used.