Does breaking an item break all parts of the item?

[hyphz]

Say a PC has a +3 striking sword. That means that what they actually have is a sword with a +3 potency rune and a striking rune.

If this sword gets broken and the PC wants to repair it, the DC is based on the DC to craft the item, which is "set by the GM based on the level, rarity, and other circumstances".

So, does repairing this sword have the difficulty of simply repairing a sword (a level 0 item), or does it also require repairing the +3 potency rune (a level 16 item)?

[Taja the Barbarian]

A 'Magic Weapon (+3 Greater Striking)' is listed as a level 16 item, so I'd think you'd use 16 to determine the repair difficulty.

[hyphz]

Fair enough. But what if there's property runes on the weapon, too? A PC just had a +2 Cold Iron Shifting Flaming Pick broken; do all the extra runes count towards the repair difficulty or not? (And if they don't, does that imply they don't count towards the craft difficulty either?)

[Megistone]

Runes are crafted separately from the weapon.
About repair DC, I'd just go with the highest level rune.