Since what level Rune Frames start to drop/sold by merchant?

[DezZzO]

I just found my first ones at lvl 14, but maybe you could get them earlier?

[AP0THICx]

Lvl14+ and then the others start dropping at 16+ and then their upgrades after that

[DezZzO]

Originally posted by AP0THICx:

Lvl14+ and then the others start dropping at 16+ and then their upgrades after that

Thank you, appreciated

[Xodox]

I had my first rune frame drop from level 12 after I beat mordus in act 2

[Chaoslink]

Do note that they cannot be removed from runes once applied and at level 16, you'll start to have access to Huge runes, one tier above what you likely have at level 14. Using them before acquiring Huge runes is a potential waste.

[DezZzO]

Originally posted by Chaoslink:

Do note that they cannot be removed from runes once applied and at level 16, you'll start to have access to Huge runes, one tier above what you likely have at level 14. Using them before acquiring Huge runes is a potential waste.

Thanks, though I was already aware of that
Also frames are unlimited, so I don't see any reason why I wouldn't use them all on lvl 14 and just buy new ones at lvl 16.

[Chaoslink]

Just depends on your cash intake really. I know I end act two with over two million gold usually, but that's probably not the usual.

[DezZzO]

Originally posted by Chaoslink:

Just depends on your cash intake really. I know I end act two with over two million gold usually, but that's probably not the usual.

Cash can be farmed infinitely too, just a matter of patience

[Bloodwest]

Originally posted by DezZzO:

Originally posted by Chaoslink:

Do note that they cannot be removed from runes once applied and at level 16, you'll start to have access to Huge runes, one tier above what you likely have at level 14. Using them before acquiring Huge runes is a potential waste.

Thanks, though I was already aware of that :lunar2020ratinablanket:
Also frames are unlimited, so I don't see any reason why I wouldn't use them all on lvl 14 and just buy new ones at lvl 16.

Originally posted by DezZzO:

Originally posted by Chaoslink:

Just depends on your cash intake really. I know I end act two with over two million gold usually, but that's probably not the usual.

Cash can be farmed infinitely too, just a matter of patience :dos2skull:

D:OS doesn't strike as a game with ANYTHING unlimited tbh

[Chaoslink]

Originally posted by Bloodwest:

D:OS doesn't strike as a game with ANYTHING unlimited tbh

Without mods like the Herb Garden, they kinda can't. However, if you fully cheese the ever living hell out of it you could probably farm yourself something like 30 million gold in act two. Two million is enough such that you can just pay with gold for everything for the remainder of the game and never sell another item again though, so more than that is redundant. I end up just sending all my old gear to the ship and leaving it there.

[DezZzO]

Originally posted by Bloodwest:

D:OS doesn't strike as a game with ANYTHING unlimited tbh

It's definitely not the case for any item in the game, but for stuff you can buy from traders outside of unique items
Putting minimum effort into money making via lucky charm/thievery/bartering or in the worst case possible just being a bit patient and abusing merchant stock rerolls + crafting (which is a vanilla source for infinite money, albeit not a convenient one) provides you with enough gold to cover literally all of your needs in vanilla game.
Even with Sourcerous Sundries giftbag and upgrading your gear every lvl you still gonna have tons of spare money. And Herb Gardens are just straight up easy mode if you don't care about putting even lowest effort into moneymaking and just want to stand there and grow stuff until you have enough money.
I never made millions like the guy (I think, I never really stocked on money, always using it via mods that allow additional spendings so I always have stuff to spend money on) replying above and never needed to, but if what he's saying about making millions is not super complex and void of exploits/bugs, then moneymaking in DOS2 might be even more inflated than I think.

[EolSunder]

Do not put runes into frames until you have Huge runes with the highest buffs, until then just use them frame-less. Magic frames aren't as good as physical frames so i never use them, i really don't need +3 memory or +3 wits compared to having +3 strength, Finesse or intelligence on socketed runes.