Earth Runes (spoilers for chapter 3)

I am currently in the 3rd chapter and so far have 1 sun rune and 2 earth runes. I got 1 sun rune and 1 earth rune in chapter 2 (I think i bought the sun one and found the earth rune after killing a quest monster). I got the 2nd earth rune by winning the fist fight against Andrew Gablotta in Chapter 3.

Now I am finally able to forge a silver rune sword and the stats seem pretty decent (+30% dmg, +50%blind, +25% knockdown). But now I am wondering if its worth holding out for that 3rd Earth rune so I can make a "pure" sword. It seems these silver sword runes are harder to come by than the meteorites.

Can anyone who has finished the game tell me how soon I can find a 3rd earth rune? Also, can anyone remember the stats on a silver rune sword with 3 Earth runes? I am in Chapter 3 again -- about midway through if I am to guess (Just finished beating Salamandra in swamp & sewers)

Wow -- no replies on this? Looks like Chapter 3 is about to end and still no 3rd earth rune.

Well forget it. I am going to forge the silver sword with 2 blues and 1 red. I read a spoiler on GameFaqs board that revealed:


Heh… how much you wanna bet I find that third earth rune real early in act iv? LOL!!!

Even though I used up my 2 previous Earth Runes to forge the sword in Ch. 2, I have found you can can get 3 more pretty early in Ch.4.



All these can be done shortly after entering the chapter so you CAN get those 3 earth runes again if you want.