Runeforged

Major update. Adapted for 26.2.x and 26.2-rc-x.

Highlights:

• Celestial Crafting is now a new endgame gear-progression path, letting Celestial Fragments upgrade several Rune Stones and gems into Celestial versions.
• Mythic quality has been added: Legendary gear can now ascend into a higher tier of endgame equipment.
• High-tier affixes and gear drops have been reworked so late-game drops are more consistently worth checking.
• Giants have been reworked from an old Elite affix into a separate monster variant.
• Added physical armor break and updated elemental effects for clearer physical and elemental combat feedback.

Celestial Crafting:

• Added Celestial versions of Tempering Stones, Stripping Stones, Penance Stones, Edict Stones, Alien Gems, Sealed Gems, Infusion Gems, and Ascension Stones.
• Celestial currencies offer stronger or more precise ways to shape gear, including improving, cleaning, refreshing, alienating, sealing, and infusing equipment.
• Celestial Ascension Stones can upgrade Legendary gear into Mythic quality.
• Celestial Infusion Gems now support both weapons and armor, giving infusion builds a new endgame push.
• Related recipes, JEI display, and recipe auto-placement have been updated.

Mythic Gear and High-Tier Affixes:

• When Legendary gear ascends into Mythic, it keeps its core legendary affix and gains stronger endgame identity.
• Regular T0 affixes have been reworked so old gear and newly dropped gear behave consistently.
• Naturally generated gear can now produce more exciting high-end results.
• Naturally dropped special currencies can now appear as Celestial versions.

Sealing, Alienation, and Cursed Gear:

• Sealed Gem progression has been reworked. It no longer moves an existing affix into a separate “sealed” slot and instead works more directly with Cursed gear.
• Celestial Sealed Gems can push Rare gear into the Cursed path or refresh the cursed portion of compatible Cursed gear.
• Celestial Alien Gems offer a stronger alienation path.
• Alienation now better preserves the core legendary affix on Legendary and Mythic gear, avoiding damage to the item's main identity.

Giants and Monster Encounters:

• Giant is now a separate monster variant and no longer consumes an Elite-affix slot.
• Giants appear with a larger body, higher threat, and better rewards.
• Giants can still appear alongside the Elite system, making Giant Elites a more notable encounter.
• Legacy Giant Elite state migrates into the new Giant variant when possible.

Combat and Elements:

• Physical damage can now apply armor break, giving physical builds a clearer pressure role in combat.
• Added /rf info physical for physical-damage effect information.
• Fire, Frost, Lightning, and Holy effects have been adjusted for the new combat pacing.
• Elemental mitigation and armor toughness interactions have been cleaned up for more consistent elemental damage handling.