How do Runic Arts work in Salt and Sacrifice?

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Much like Weapon Arts in Dark Souls or Ash of War in Elden Ring, Salt and Sacrifice has special abilities tied to weapons that players can find or craft in the RPG (role-playing game).

While it sounds simple enough, the Runic Arts system in Ska Studios’ latest RPG is a bit complicated to grasp, and many players seem to be having a tough time wrapping their heads around the mechanic.

Every craftable Mage weapon in the game comes with a certain Runic Art. Even some of the weapons that players can come across in the world can have a special ability tied to them. In order to check if a weapon comes with special attributes, fans can select it from the inventory and crafting menu.

There are some cases where a weapon boasts more than one Runic Art or when a weapon uses Rage instead of Focus. As a result, there is a lot of weapon versatility that players can opt into in Salt and Sacrifice.

This guide will look to explain the mechanics further and make the Runic Art feature in Salt and Sacrifice easier to understand for newer players in the game.

1) Unlocking Runic Arts

To be able to use the Runic Arts in Salt and Sacrifice, players will first have to unlock the ability to use them by investing in the proper Tier on the Skill Grid

Focus Arts will use the Forbidden Glyph upgrade path in the menu, while the Rage mechanic will use the Divine Glyph path.

As these extend out from the bottom right part of the central set of skills, it will take a fair bit of investment from players before they can use the Runic Arts. This is especially true if they are going for something like a Paladin.

Players will need Extra points to make proper investments in both these Glyph paths.

2) Using Runic Arts

To use Runic Arts, players will need to hold down the