Diablo II Items [e]
Weapons
Axes • Bows • Crossbows • Daggers • Javelins • Maces • Polearms • Scepters • Spears • Staves • Swords • Throwing • Wands
Armor
Belts • Body Armor • Boots • Circlets • Gloves • Helms • Shields
Class-specific
Assassin Items • Amazon Items • Barbarian Items • Druid Items • Necromancer Items • Paladin Items • Sorceress Items
Other
Charms • Class Items • Crafted • Horadric Cube • Runes • Set Items • Uniques • Jewels • Sockets
Guides and Stats
Calculations • Gambling • Item Generation • Modifiers • Runewords • Quest Items • Potions • Ethereal • Gems • Base Item Levels • Misc

Runes are small items like jewels and gems. They have no function on their own, but add all sorts of useful bonuses to socketable items (armor, helms, weapons, and shields) and can be combined into Runewords. See the Runes page for more general info, or the other pages in this category for specific details.