Elden Ring Rune Level Calculator

How Rune Costs Are Calculated

Elden Ring uses a cubic growth formula for rune costs. For levels 1–11, the cost follows a fixed linear progression. From level 12 onward, the cost per level follows a cubic curve defined by community-tested data:

cost(x) = 0.02x³ + 3.06x² + 105.6x − 895   (level ≥ 12)

Where x is your current level, and cost(x) is the number of runes required to reach level x+1. The total runes to go from level a to level b is the sum of all individual level costs between them.

Key Level Benchmarks

Best Rune Farming Locations

If you're short on runes, these are the most efficient farming spots:

• Palace Approach Ledge-Road (Mohgwyn Palace) — Use the Sacred Relic Sword's Wave of Gold to farm Albinaurics. ~40,000 runes per 15 seconds.
• Dragonbarrow Fort Faroth — Kill the sleeping dragon Greyoll for 74,000 runes (one-time, use Gold Pickled Fowl Foot).
• Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree — Clear the Haligtree Knights and Cleanrot Knights near the Prayer Room site of grace.
• Gold Scarab Talisman — Increases rune acquisition by 20%. Found in the Abandoned Cave in Caelid.
• Gold Pickled Fowl Foot — Craftable consumable that boosts rune gain by 30% for 3 minutes.

Use Our Trainer to Skip the Grind

Calculating runes is step one — our Elden Ring trainer lets you multiply rune gains (up to 10×) or edit your level directly, so you can test any build without spending hours farming.