You combine Runes to create Runewords, so the first step to applying a Runeword to your gear is finding the correct Runes. You can find Runes throughout Diablo 2; many enemies drop Runes when you kill them, so keep an eye out when taking care of quests and other events. How to use ...
And just to preempt something, Runewords were crafting. I still view RWs as a poor system, and not just because there were some standout OP items. Some may argue they gave whites a use. What they did was largely made sockets in non-whites grossly inferior counterparts. Legendary gems some...