Tal | Diablo 2 Wiki | How to Get, Runewords, Stats & Bonuses

Tal is a Rune in Diablo 2. Tal can be applied to Socketed Items, by doing so it grants said item different properties depending on if the Socketed Item is a Weapon or a piece of Armor. Runes can also be used in some Horadric Cube's recipes. When socketed in a certain combination and order, Runes can become Runewords, giving more powerful bonuses to the item they have socketed.

Tal Modifiers & Effects

Tal grants the following modifiers:

Weapons

+75 Poison Damage over 5 Seconds.

Armor, Helms and Shields

Poison Resistance +30% (Armor)
Poison Resistance +35% (Shields)

Effects

An item Socketed with a Tal Rune increases the item's level requirement to 17, unless it was already higher.

How to find Tal

• The Countess's extra Rune drops on any difficulty can include Tal Runes.
• The Hellforge on normal difficulty has a 1 to 11 chance to drop a Tal Rune as part of its reward. 

Runewords that use Tal

Tal can be used in the following Runewords:

• x1 Ancient's Pledge
• x1 Edge
• x1 Holy Thunder
• x1 Insight
• x1 Spirit
• x1 Stealth
• x1 Venom
• 1x Pattern (Added in Patch 2.4)
• x1 Cure (Added in Patch 2.6)

Horadric Recipes that use Tal

• You can transmute x3 Tal Runes to create one Ral Rune.
• You can transmut a magic heavy belt or exceptional/elite version (battle belt or troll belt), a jewel, a Tal rune, and a perfect sapphire to create a crafted Hit Power belt.
• You can transmute a magic belt or exceptional/elite version (mesh belt or mithril coil), a jewel, a Tal rune, and a perfect ruby to create a crafted Blood belt.
• You can transmute magic light plate or exceptional/elite version (mage plate or archon plate), a jewel, a Tal rune, and a perfect amethyst to create crafted Caster body armor.
• You can transmute a magic sash or exceptional/elite version (demonhide sash or spiderweb sash), a jewel, a Tal rune, and a perfect emerald to create a crafted Safety belt.
• You can transmute normal quality unsocketed body armor, a Tal rune, a Thul rune, and a perfect topaz to add a random number of sockets to the body armor.
• You can transmute a normal quality unsocketed shield, a Tal rune, an Amn rune, and a perfect ruby to add a random number of sockets to the shield.
• You can transmute basic unique armor, a Tal rune, a Shael rune, and a perfect diamond to upgrade the unique armor's base armor type to its exceptional version.
• You can transmute a normal Set armor, a Tal rune, a Shael rune, and a Perfect Diamond to upgrade the normal set armor's base armor type to its exceptional version. New from Patch 2.4

Tal Notes & Tips

• With the release of Patch 2.4 Tal has suffered some changes.
• Notes and tips go here