Rondel

Dirk (Normal)Rondel (Exceptional)Mithril Point (Elite)

Rondel

Item Level: 36
Speed Modifier: +0
Range: +0

Damage: 10 to 26
Durablity: 20 of 20
Required Strength: 25
Required Dexterity: 58
Required Level: 24
Socketed (0 to 1)

A Rondel can spawn with up to 3 individual Warlock skill bonuses with +1 to +3 each. These bonuses will keep the item normal, and still allow runewords to be created with it.

A superior Rondel can also spawn with 2 of the following bonuses:

+5% to +15% Enhanced Damage
Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%
+1 to +3 to Attack Rating

Unique and Set Rondels

Heart Carver

Magic Rondels worth keeping

Most magic Rondels are sold or dropped, but these are worth keeping. The stats shown are the rolls that make them valuable.

Echoing Rondel: +3 Warcries: Barbarians dual wield two of these on their weapon switch for stronger and longer Battle Orders, Battle Command and Shout.

How to upgrade a Rondel

Transmute a Low Quality Rondel, an Eld Rune, and any Chipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Rondel.

How to add sockets to a Rondel

You can add sockets to a Rondel by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 1 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Rondel, a Ral Rune, an Amn Rune, and a Perfect Amethyst to create a socketed Rondel.

This recipes will add between 1 and 1 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 1, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Rondel
Roll	Sockets	Odds
1	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
2	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
3	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
4	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
5	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
6	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Rondel
iLvl 0-25	iLvl 26-40	iLvl 41 and up
1	1	1

Vendors that sell Rondels

What each vendor sells of a Rondel per difficulty, and from which character level (cLvl). A vendor can also sell it in place of another item in Nightmare and Hell (from level 26), or on a small chance as the exceptional or elite version of one. The last column says from which level it can roll as Echoing Rondel.

Vendor	How	Magic	cLvl	Worth keeping
AkaraSmall chance, in place of Dirk	Small chance, in place of Dirk	1–4	always	cLvl 73+
DrognanSmall chance, in place of Dirk	Small chance, in place of Dirk	4–7	always	cLvl 73+

Runewords you can make in a Rondel

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Runeword	Sockets	Bases	Runes	Level	Stats

Compared to other Knifes

Table of base stats
Name	Mindam	Maxdam	Speed	Reqstr	Reqdex	Durability	Level	Levelreq	Max Sockets
Poignard	6	18	-20	25		16	31	19	1
Rondel	10	26		25	58	20	36	24	1
Cinquedeas	15	31	-20	25	88	24	42	25	3
Stilleto	19	36	-10	47	97	24	46	25	3

Prefixes that can spawn on Knifes

All Prefixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
Cruel	+201 to 300% Enhanced Damage	51	43	Weapon	Magic only	105
Cruel	+201 to 300% Enhanced Damage	56	48	Weapon	Magic and Rare	105
Ferocious	+101 to 200% Enhanced Damage	41	33	Weapon	Magic and Rare	105

Suffixes that can spawn on Knifes

All Suffixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
of Piercing	Ignore Target's Defense	25	18	Staves And Rods, Knife, Hand to Hand	Magic and Rare	4
of Puncturing	-10 to -20 to Monster Defense Per Hit	6	4	Melee Weapon	Magic and Rare	4
of Bashing	-25 to -40 to Monster Defense Per Hit	16	12	Melee Weapon	Magic and Rare	4