Description Rune Quake is a QuakeC modification for Quake and Quakeworld. The simplest description of how the game works is that you pick up a rune, these are the pinkish-purple things at the end of each episode, and you gain a special ability; however; Rune QuaFor this game you pick up a rune, these are the pinkish-purple things at the end of each episode, and you gain a special ability.