Forti is a very powerful and also popular Runeword. It grants a massive increase in defense and damage and is often used for mercenaries. It is more popular to use it in body armor because for example, the Runeword “Spirit” is more useful on weapons. So if you want to know how to get it as fast as possible and if it fits your build, stick with this guide until the end. Many recommend to rather use Fortitude on body armors, because there are better options for weapons, and the high increase in damage also comes if the base is a body armor. It is also recommended to use it on your mercenary, or characters taking a lot of damage while slaying enemies, such as melee characters. So the Barbarian, Druid, and Paladin. With Fortitude equipped, your mercenaries will do massive damage, which will help you a lot.
Make sure you have all runes available - 1x El Rune, 1x Sol Rune, 1x Dol Rune, 1x Lo Rune - then put them into the sockets of the base item, in the correct order pictured below. Pay extra attention to this. The rune word is 'ElSolDolLo' for a reason, so if you don't socket it in the exact order, the result would not be 'Fortitude' (and instead you would end up with a bunch of runes socketed into the base item).
Take your desired base item, then socket the runes in this exact order:
Elite forms of body armors have a maximum amount of 4 sockets. So to make Fortitude you need exactly 4, which you can make by giving it to Larzuk, after the quest in Act 5. He will give you the maximum amount of sockets on your normal, unsocketed item.
Use Fortitude on Elite Dusk Shroud, Wyrmhide, Archon Plate, or Scarab Dusk.
Fortitude has a high defense and good resistance. It has also a nice increase in damage to your character, and on top of that, it is not that expensive.
Fortitude is a nice all-rounder and does not have big weaknesses. It could have for example more resist all.
Runewords can have a huge difference in value. In order to find out the worth of the Fortitude Runeword, we need to add up the value of the single runes, as well as the base item used for socketing. Every roll will require these basic ingredients and will get you the Fortitude Runeword with random stats. This can be defined as the minimum value. The higher the stats of the roll, the higher the final value of the runeword. A "perfect roll" in a superior base tends to be the most rare and hence much more expensive than a random roll.
Yes, we can offer the already rolled Fortitude Runeword for you in different bases listed below.
Alternatively, you may want to get the unmade version, where we'll deliver the runes plus the base item to you. You can then complete the socketing yourself (offering a chance for a perfect roll, which would be of significantly higher value).
Here's the list of Fortitude Runewords in various Base Items and Stats, which we can source for you from our network of trusted trade partners.
Non-Superior base Items can be easily found or bought from a vendor NPC in the city, so an easy option get Fortitude in D2R is to buy the single runes in a pack and socket the runeword yourself. You can either add the below listed runes to your cart and have them delivered to you, or head over to our runes list to find some more.
In any case, if you want to build the Fortitude Runeword, you will need the following runes: 1x El Rune, 1x Sol Rune, 1x Dol Rune, 1x Lo Rune