Season of Discovery Paladin: Rune Slots and Rune Locations
On this page, you will find all information about the Paladin Runes in WoW Classic - Season of Discovery.
Overview
The single largest new feature of Season of Discovery is the addition of Rune Engravings for your gear. Runes will allow you access to new abilities, the ability to augment your current spells, and in some case unlock entirely new possibilities for your class, such as being able to Tank or Heal when your class previously wasn't able to. At this point in time, Rune Engravings are limited to seven slots, the Chest, Gloves, Helm, Wrist, Belt, Boots, and Pants. Listed below are all of the currently available Rune Engravings for Paladin.
Quality of Life Skill Locations
There are various quality of life spell books found throughout Azeroth that have been added in Season of Discovery to improve the experience compared to the original version of vanilla. While these are not considered Runes you will still need to discover them to unlock their abilities.
With the Runes Exorcist and Seal of Martyrdom being made baseline they can now be learned by speaking to Milton Sheaf in the Stormwind Keep library.
Paladins can currently obtain:
- Testament of Enhanced Blessings — dropped from Bloodmage Thalnos in Scarlet Monastery: Graveyard.
Rune Engravings
Rune Description
Beacon of Light — The target becomes a Beacon of Light to all members of your party or raid within a 60 yard radius. Any heals you cast on party or raid members will also heal the Beacon for 100% of the amount healed. Only one target can be the Beacon of Light at a time. Lasts 1 minute.
Unlock Information
At Honored reputation standing with the Azeroth Commerce Authority you will be able to purchase this Rune from the Commerce Authority Reputation in your faction's major city.
Rune Description
Crusader Strike — An instant strike that causes 75% weapon damage and regenerates 2% of your maximum Mana.
Unlock Information
As either Alliance race, you will receive a quest from your Class trainer who will task you with receiving a stolen Libram. As a Dwarf, it will be from the Trolls in south western Coldridge Valley. As a Human, it will be from the Defias located in Eastern Northshire. When you recover this Libram, you will be tasked with casting Judgement 10 times with it equipped. Completing this will reward you with the Rune.
Rune Description
Hand of Reckoning — Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you. While you know this ability, the threat bonus from Righteous Fury is increased to 80% and Righteous Fury causes you to gain Mana when healed by others equal to 25% of the amount healed. Additionally, while Righteous Fury is active, damage which takes you below 35% health is reduced by 20%. Righteous Fury will remain active until cancelled.
Unlock Information
This Rune can be unlocked in either Loch Modan or Westfall.
In Loch Modan, players will need to go to Stonesplinter Valley in southern Loch Modan. Inside the cave, there is a Sunken Reliquary which contains a Libram of Justice. Players will then need to kill 10 enemies while they are stunned by your Hammer of Justice ability.
In Westfall, players will need to go to the Defias controlled tower in southeastern Westfall. There will be a Defias Drone which will drop the Libram of Justice. Players will then need to kill 10 enemies while they are stunned by your Hammer of Justice ability.
Rune Description
Hand of Sacrifice — Causes target party or raid member to transfer 30% of damage taken to the caster. Lasts 12 sec or until the Paladin has transferred 100% of their maximum health.
Unlock Information
This Rune can be purchased from Grizzby in Ratchet. In order to unlock Grizzby as a vendor you must be level 20 and complete a series of tasks to earn his favor. There are three quests to complete, these can be completed in any order.
- For the first you must provide him with 24 Fish Oil.
- The second you must deliver him 20 Dark Iron Ordinances which drop from Dark Iron Dwarves in northern Wetlands or Southern Arathi Highlands.
- The third you must deliver 16 Shredder Turbochargers which can only be acquired from Shredder NPCs using the Shredder Autosalvage Unit.
Rune Description
Inspiration Exemplar — Your inspiring presence periodically dispels Fear and Sleep effects on nearby party members.
Unlock Information
This Rune can be unlocked in both Dun Morogh and Elwynn Forest.
As a Human player, you will find Adventurer's Remains just east of Jerod's Landing. Right-click to summon a portal and have a second Paladin (or Priest) right-click to summon an Adventurer's Spirit. Upon being summoned, the mob will die, and you can both loot the Rune.
As a Dwarf player, you will find Adventuer's remains in the Wendigo cave south west of Kharanos. Right-click it to summon a portal and have a second Paladin (or Priest) right-click to summon an Adventurer's Spirit. Upon being summoned, the mob will die, and you can both loot the Rune.
Rune Description
Avenger's Shield — Hurls a holy shield at the enemy, dealing 165 to 197 Holy damage, Dazing them and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects three total targets. Lasts 10 seconds.
Unlock Information
As any race, you can find this Rune by killing the Dro'zem the Blasphemous, Dro'zem can spawn at any of the orc encampments throughout Redridge.
Rune Description
Aura Mastery — Increases the effectiveness of all of your Auras by 100%. Lasts 6 seconds.
Unlock Information
As any race, killing Defias Dark Runners and other Defias mobs located in Duskwood, they have a chance to drop a Libram of Banishment. You are then tasked with casting Turn Undead on five different monsters and then killing them with Exorcism. Completing this task will reward you with this Rune.
Rune Description
Rebuke — Interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 2 seconds.
Unlock Information
As either Alliance race, speak to the Bartender in the Park in Stormwind. She will ask you to kill a nearby hostile NPC. Doing so will reward you with this Rune.
Rune Description
Hallowed Ground — Your Consecration now also heals party members within its area for 200% of Consecration's damage value.
Unlock Information
This Rune can be unlocked in both Westfall and Loch Modan.
In Westfall, Undying Laborers found in the Jangolode Mine west of Sentinel Hill have a chance to drop the Libram of Blessings. With this item equipped, buff five different players and you will receive this Rune.
In Loch Modan, in one of the rooms located on the lower level of the Inn in Thelsamar, there will be a Libram sitting on a table. It will task you with buffing five different players and upon completion will grant you this Rune.
Rune Description
Aegis — Increases your block value by 30% and modifies your Redoubt talent. Redoubt now also has a 10% chance to trigger from any melee or ranged attack against you, and always triggers when you deal a melee critical strike. In addition, your Reckoning talent gains a 2% chance per talent point to trigger from any melee or ranged attack against you.
Unlock Information
This Rune can be unlocked in both Elwynn Forest and Dun Morogh.
In Elywnn Forest, you can unlock this Rune by using Purify on the Paladin NPC located in the area towards the back of the Jasperload Mines. After purifying the Paladin they will reward you with this Rune.
In Dun Morogh, located directly in front of Gnomeregan's entrance in western Dun Morogh, you will find an NPC called Wounded Adventurer. Use Purify on this NPC and he will then reward you with this Rune.
Rune Description
Divine Storm — An instant weapon attack that causes 110% of weapon damage to up to four enemies within 8 yards. The Divine Storm heals up to three party or raid members totaling 25% of the damage caused.
Unlock Information
Head to Darkshore, go north to the Tower of Althalaxx and click the Orb found inside on the top floor. This will likely require assistance as the mobs inside are quite tough.
Interacting with the Orb will then prompt you to head to Maestra’s Post in north-western Ashenvale. Speak with Delgrin who will give you a quest to return to Stormwind to speak to Katherine the Pure who can be found in the Cathedral.
Katherine will then give us her own quest to get a second opinion, requiring us to head to the Slaughtered Lamb in the Mage District to consult Urusla Deline, who can be found in the basement of the Slaughtered Lamb near the Warlock trainers. Ursula will then direct you to find 14 Summoner's Salt which can be looted off of Blackrock Orcs in Redridge Mountains.
When returning to Ursula, she will give you a quest to destroy the Orb. In order to destroy the Orb we must return to Ashenvale and head to Demon Fall Canyon, located in Southeastern Ashenvale. Inside the Canyon, kill any Demon for a chance to loot Mote of Mannoroth.
Upon obtaining 12 motes, you can head over to the two floating Glaives on the eastern side of the Canyon. You will then be able to interact with a circle on the ground beneath the Glaives; this will drop the orb to the ground, breaking it. Make sure you click on the now broken orb which will prompt you to return to Delgren for the final part of this quest, returning to him will reward you with the Rune.
Rune Description
Malleable Protection — You can now take actions during Divine Protection and its duration is increased by 50%, but it only reduces damage you take by 50% instead of making you immune. In addition, you gain 4 Attack Power for each point of Defense Skill while Holy Shield is active.
Unlock Information
In order to unlock this Rune you need to purify three Tarnished Prayer Beads by completing a specific task and then turn all three into a new NPC, Brother Atticus in the safe area within Stromgarde Keep, he can be found across the bridge near Deneb Walker.(Who can be found at 27.0, 58.8).
The first Tarnished Prayer Bead I will drop from any humanoid mobs found in northern Wetlands and all throughout Arathi Highlands, (Ogres, Trolls, Syndicate Humans, Dark Iron Dwarves). In order to purify this bead cast Blessing of Might while in combat with an enemy and then killing them.
The second Tarnished Prayer Bead II drops from the Boulderfist Ogres located north west of Stromgarde. (around 30.8, 45.6) This bead is purified by casting Divine Shield with less than 10% health, so you will need to be level 34 at least to complete this step.
The third and final Tarnished Prayer Bead III can be found by killing Witherbark Trolls (around 69.2, 79.6). This bead is purified by casting Judgement while you have the Seal of Justice buff active while an enemy mob is fleeing.
Return to Brother Atticus in Stromgarde with all three beads purified and you will be awarded this Rune.
Rune Description
Infusion of Light — Increases the damage done by your Holy Shock by 20%, and your damaging critical strikes with Holy Shock reset the cool downs on Holy Shock and Exorcism and refund the cost of Holy Shock.
Unlock Information
Head to Deadwind Pass and speak to the Dalaran Agent that can be found at Ariden's Camp which can be found just north of the turn where you would head east into Swamp of Sorrows (roughly 52, 35).This agent will give you Ariden's Sigil this Sigil has an on use to provoke nearby Dark Riders to reveal themselves. You will know when you are near a Dark Rider as you will gain the buff Dark Presence when near one but otherwise they are just disguised as regular NPCs. Upon killing a Dark Rider you will be rewarded with a Dalaran Relic, we need 7 relics to earn this Rune so we will need to kill 7 different Dark Riders. Below is my recommend order to quickly complete this task. Dark Riders can be difficult to kill but certainly should be able to be soloed, consider partying up with a friend to make this task easier, especially a Mage as we will have to cover a significant amount of distance to complete this task.
Please note that the Dark Riders do have a small patrol area and the coordinates recommend below are a rough approximation, if you walk around the recommend location you should quickly be able to find them.
The closest Dark Rider to your starting point can be found in Deadwind Pass at (43, 29)
The second Dark Rider can be found at (69, 28) in the Swamp of Sorrows.
The third Dark Rider can be found in Duskwood at (22, 51)
The fourth Dark Rider can be found in The Badlands at (58, 54)
the fifth Dark Rider can be found in the Arathi Highlands at (60, 40)
Next we will need to head to Kalimdor, the sixth Dark Rider can be found at (52, 36) in the Barrens.
The 7th and final Dark Rider we need can be found in Desolace at (65, 25).
Return to the Dalaran Agent in Deadwind Pass with the 7 relics you have acquired and turn in their respective quests and the Rune will be your reward!
Rune Description
Sheath of Light — Dealing damage with your melee weapon increases your spell power by an amount equal to 30% of your attack power for 1 min. In addition, your critical healing spells heal the target for 60% of the healed amount over 12 sec.
Unlock Information
Head to the Mannoroc Cove in Desolace, at (52.6, 84.8) you will find a Broken Hammer on the ground, this item begins the quest to unlock this rune. This quest will first task you with killing nearby Burning Blade NPCs to loot the Torn Letter. Once you have the Torn Letter in your inventory head back to the Stormwind Cathedral and meet with Katherine the Pure who will offer you the next quest, A Lost Brother.
Next head to Menethil Harbor and speak to Harold Riggs, the Fishing trainer who can be found right as you walk onto the dock. He will then send you to Newman's Landing which is west of Coldridge Valley in Dun Morogh. The only way to reach Newman's Landing is by swimming south from Menethil Harbor. (The landing can be found at 18.0, 74.5) Once you have made it to the Landing looking for a corpse, interact with it and some NPCs will spawn kill them and you will be able to pick up the Orders from the Grand Crusader that will send you back to Katherine the Pure in the Stormwind Cathedral.
Katherine will then task you with heading to the Scarlet Monastery: Cathedral to kill Whitemane, after defeating Whitemane head into the room behind the boss encounter with Whitemane and find Aeonas the Vindicated, finally return back to Katherine in the Stormwind Cathedral and you will be rewarded with this rune.
Rune Description
Guarded by the Light — Each time you hit a target with your melee weapon, you gain 5% of your maximum mana per 3 sec for 15 sec, but the amount healed by your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Holy Shock spells is reduced by 50% during this mana regeneration.
Unlock Information
For this Rune we will need to head to the Ruins of Alterac in the Alterac Mountains. Before you make your trip ensure you have a Symbol of Divinity and the Divine Intervention ability learned, you will also need the assistance of another player who can resurrect you to complete the tasks required. Along the southern wall of the Ruins of Alterac (39.6 60.8) you will find a skeleton, interacting with the skeleton will give you the Dormant Holy Rune, to activate this dormant rune simply cast Divine Intervention on another player and then have someone resurrect you, this will activate the Dormant Holy Rune and allow you to learn Guarded by the Light.
Rune Description
Sacred Shield — Each time the target takes damage they gain a Sacred Shield, absorbing 500 damage and increasing the Paladin's chance to critically hit with Flash of Light by 50% for up to 6 sec. In addition, causes your Flash of Light to heal targets with Sacred Shield for an additional 100% over 12 sec. They cannot gain this effect more than once every 6 sec. Lasts 30 sec. This spell cannot be on more than one target at any one time.
Unlock Information
Head to the Inn at Nijel's Point in Desolace, once there head inside and you will see a small ramp across from the inn keeper. Head up this ramp and on the first bench you see beside the bookcase there will be a Libram you can loot, equip the Libram of Deliverance and with it equipped use your Blessing of Freedom ability to remove roots from an ally 5 times, completing this task will award you with the Sacred Shield rune.
Rune Description
The Art of War — Your melee critical strikes reduce the remaining cooldown on Exorcism by 2 sec, and the mana cost of Exorcism is reduced by 80%.
Unlock Information
Head to Desolace to start the Highway Robbery quest at the extinguished Campfire. (found at 47, 54) This quest will task you with finding someone who knows about the pillaged campsite, you will need to head to Bibbly F'utzbuckle who you can turn in the Highway Robbery Quest to and he will begin your second part of this quest, On the Lam. (Bibbly can be found at 63, 39 near Kormek's hut.)
Head to the Inn in Booty Bay where you will be able to turn in On the Lam to Tokal who can be found on the first floor of the inn. She will offer you the quest Cherry for your Thoughts? You will need to buy her a Cherry Grog and then she will give you the next part of your quest, No Honor Among Thieves.
Next you will be heading to the Arathi Highlands to find a row boat, the boat can be found along the southern coat of Arathi Highlands just a bit east of where the demolition camp of Dark Iron dwarves is set up right when you walk across Thandol Span to your east, the boat will teleport you to where you can find Illari Duskfeather, upon killing her she will drop the Illari's Key that you need to open the Jewel-Encrusted Box that you have been carrying around throughout these quests. Open the Jewel-Encrusted Box and you will find the Psychosophic Epiphany that will teach you the Rune.
Rune Description
Improved Sanctuary — Increases the damage prevented by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 100%, and increases damage done by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 30% of your shield block value.
Unlock Information
The first step in unlocking this Rune is heading to the Emerald Sanctuary in southern Felwood and starting the quest The Wild Gods from the Shadowtooth Emissary. This quest will task you to head all over Azeroth to collect a series of items for the Shadowtooth Emissary.
First, head to Jinth'Alor in southeastern Hinterlands to collect the Wildwhisper Draught which can drop from any of the elite Trolls.
Next, head to Razorfen Downs and clear to the last boss, Amnennar the Coldbringer, consume the Wildwhisper Draught and it will cause the Spirit of Agamaggan to spawn. Speak to the Spirit of Agamaggan to begin the next part of the quest and receive the item Agamaggan's Roar which we will need for the remaining part of this quest.
Next, we will be tasked with heading to three different dungeons to kill Delirious Ancients. While the Wild Offering can drop from any of these three dungeons, you do not need to kill three different Delirious Ancients. You can farm all three of the Wild Offerings needed to complete this quest in the same dungeon if you are willing to reset the dungeon and re-clear it.
- Head to Zul'Farrak. After killing completing the Pyramid event, a ghostly spider will spawn in Gahz'rilla's room. While you do not need to kill Gahz'rilla, it makes it easier to find the spider that is patrolling around. Use the Agamaggan's Roar near the ghostly spider and kill the Delirious Ancient that spawns and loot the Wild Offering.
- Head to Maraudon Purple and kill Princess Theradras and use the Agamaggan's Roar near the devilsaur that is patrolling around the area where Princess Theradras was and kill the Delirious Ancient and loot the Wild Offering.
- Head to Blackrock Depths and kill the following three bosses, High Interrogator Gerstahn, Houndmaster Grebmar and complete the Ring of Law event. This will cause the ghostly basilisk to spawn near Bael'Gar. Use the Agamaggan's Roar and kill the Delirious Ancient and loot the Wild Offering.
With all three Wild Offerings in hand, return to the Shadowtooth Emissary and you will receive the Rune.
Rune Description
Wrath — Your Consecration damage can now be critical strikes, and damage from your Exorcism, Holy Shock, Holy Wrath, and Consecration spells gains additional critical strike chance equal to your melee critical strike chance.
Unlock Information
Head to Quel'Danil Lodge in the Hinterlands (roughly 33, 44) and kill a Vengeful Spirit. Please note this mob only spawns between 9 PM and 6 AM server time.
After killing the spirit, head back to Ironforge and speak to Magister Falath located near the Paladin/Priest trainers. Click through his dialog option and he will reward you with the Rune.
Rune Description
Fanaticism — Increases your critical strike chance with Holy spells by 18%.
Unlock Information
Once you have reached level 44, speak to Aeonas the Vindicated in the Stormwind Cathedral and then speak to Katherine the Pure, you will then be tasked to head to Theramore to complete the quest The Mysterious Merchant. Head to the Inn in Theramore and confront Elrick, kill him and he will drop a Bloody Missive. Return to the Cathedral in Stormwind and speak to Katherine the Pure to receive the Rune.
Rune Description
Light's Grace — Your Holy Light spell reduces the cast time of your next Holy Light spell by 0.5 seconds. Lasts 15 seconds.
Unlock Information
To unlock this Rune you will need to head to an isolated platform in Feralas that is only accessible via goblin teleporters. There are two options. If you have completed the Quadrangulation quest you can use the teleporter in Booty Bay found at (27.6 77.4) If you have not you can head to (85.3, 43.6) in Feralas where you can find another teleporter that will take you to the platform.
Once you have made your way up to the platform near Wirdal Wondergear you will be able to see a crashed flying machine to the northwest. In order to get to the crashed flying machine you will need to get knocked back by one of the nearby Tower Defense Automatons. In order to attack the Tower Defense Automatons you will need to set yourself at war with Gadgetzan. The Dragon version of the Tower Defense Automaton will be the one that knocks back, make sure you are near the edge of the platform facing northwest before engaging it as positioning the mob while fighting can be quite difficult and is unnecessarily dangerous.
When you get knocked to the nearby pillar with the crashed flying machine you will find Frix Xizzix who will be at 30% health. Heal Frix Xizzix until he stands up. He will thank you for healing him but needs to get down from the pillar. Click through his dialog option and it will cause you to cast your Blessing of Protection ability on him so he can safely jump down. Frix Xizzix will tell you to go meet his brother Rix Xizzix who can be found in Booty Bay. Talk to Rix Xizzix and he will have the Rune available for purchase.
Rune Description
Improved Hammer of Wrath — Hammer of Wrath is now instant and the cooldown on Hammer of Wrath is reset each time it damages an enemy below 10% health.
Unlock Information
This Rune is purchased from the Emerald Wardens reputation vendor at Friendly standing.
Rune Description
Hammer of the Righteous — Gain the Hammer of the Righteous ability: Hammer the current target and up to two additional nearby targets, causing four times your main hand damage per second as Holy damage.
Unlock Information
This Rune is the reward for completing the quest Materials of Significance. In order to be eligible for this quest, you must have obtained the Fanaticism Rune.
To begin the quest Materials of Significance, head to (47, 57) in Felwood. There you will find an interact-able rope that Aeonas will be at the end of. Aeonas will offer you a number of dialog options and when you have run out of options, speak to Gregory who can be found at (44.6, 52). After going through all of Gregory's dialog options, he will offer you the Materials of Significance quest.
This quest tasks you with retrieving items from all over Azeroth and can be completed in any order.
- The Fiery Infernal Cores are looted from Entropic Beasts and any Infernal NPCs found in Felwood.
- The Symbol of Faith can be found in Southshore at roughly (67, 14).
- The Triple-Brewed Molten Lager can be purchased from Plugger Spazzring inside of the Grim Guzzler in Blackrock Depths.
- The Shimmering Grave Dust can be looted from the Centaur Grave after defeating Princess Theradras in Maraudon Purple.
Once you have all four of these items, return to Gregory and completing the quest will reward you with this Rune.
Rune Description
Purifying Power — Reduces the cooldown on Exorcism and Holy Wrath by 50%, and Holy Wrath can now be cast at any target and will Stun Undead and Demon targets for 2 seconds.
Unlock Information
To unlock this Rune, we will have to travel across Azeroth and activate four different Ley Crystals. This can be done one of two ways: any class can use the Worldcore Fragment, or if you have a Mage with you, they can use Scroll of Geomancy to channel into and activate the crystals.
The four crystals can be found in the following locations and can be completed in any order:
- near (57, 61) in Feralas,
- near (54, 65) in Searing Gorge,
- near (22, 78) in Azshara,
- near (48, 59) in the Hinterlands.
Once you finish the fourth activation, a level 47 elite arcane elemental will spawn. Kill it, and it will drop the Rune.
Rune Description
Divine Light — Heals a friendly target for a large amount. 50% of any excess healing on the target is converted into an absorption shield that lasts 15 sec. Multiple casts of Divine Light do not accumulate this shield. Divine Light benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Holy Light.
Unlock Information
To acquire this Rune, talk to the Brother Romulus in the Stormwind Cathedral. They will direct you to pick up a note in the Cathedral Catacombs. The note will instruct you to kill a Ada Gelhardt who can be found on a small island located between Westfall and Elwynn Forest just south west of where you would find Hogger. Defeating Ada will reward you with the Rune.
Rune Description
Righteous Vengeance — When your Judgement, Crusader Strike, or Divine Storm deals a critical strike, your target will take 50% additional damage as a damage over time effect.
Unlock Information
To unlock this Rune head to Western Plaguelands, north of Dalson's Farm at roughly (44, 46) you will find the Fallen Knight. Speak to the knight and he will direct you to Squire Cuthbert who can be found in the barn at Dalson's Farm. Cuthbert will offer you the quest In a Bind to go find his sword which is located in the field at Dalson's Farm. It can be found on the ground just a bit south-west of the cauldron in the field. When you return the Sword to Cuthbert he will offer you a new quest Clearing the Path, complete this quest and one more additional quest to escort the squire back to where you found the Fallen Knight and Cuthbert will reward you with this Rune. He will also offer a follow up quest that leads to the unlock for Shock and Awe so make sure to get through all of the roleplay dialog before leaving.
Rune Description
Shield of Righteousness — Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage based on your block value.
Unlock Information
In the south-western part of the Eastern Plaguelands find the Slack-Jawed Ghoul which will be patrolling somewhere between the Undercroft and Corrin's crossing, once you find it kill it and it will summon Orthas who will ask you to go get his spirit hammer from a house in Corrin's crossing. You will be given Orthas' Favorite Gold Tooth in order to summon him so you do not have to worry about killing the ghoul again.
Head to Corrin's crossing to get the hammer for Orthas, this can be found in the two-floor house on the second floor. Make sure to use the Orthas' Favorite Gold Tooth to summon him.
Once you have used the hammer Orthas will offer you the quest Oh No Ye Don't! which will require you to kill any kind of Abomination mob to find his lost armor. After doing this and turning in the quest to Orthas head into Stratholme and kill Maleki the Pallid. He will drop a Runestone that we will need to return to the crypt found back near in the south-western most part of the Eastern Plaguelands, if you follow the road you will be able to see it near the Undercroft. (The crypt can be found at roughly 27.5, 85). Use the Rune here and you will be given access to the Shield of Righteousness rune.
Rune Description
Shock and Awe — You gain 100% of your Intellect as Spell Damage for 1 min when you cast Holy Shock.
Unlock Information
In order to begin the unlock for this Rune you will have to already have unlocked Righteous Vengeance.
Head to Western Plaguelands where you finished up the Righteous Vengeance quests and meet with Squire Cuthbert again. He will give you the quest A Lesson in Violence which will allow you to summon a squire with Dalton's Horn. Kill mobs with Dalton at your side and he will level every couple of kills. When the squire has reached level 60 he will offer you a new quest, A Time to Kill which will task us with heading to the Eastern Plaguelands to Arkonos the Cursed who can be found at roughly (87, 40). Once we have entered the Noxious Glade we will be given a new quest by your squire, Close Enough To Touch which will task you with killing mobs in the area to find something to weaken Arkonos the Cursed. Find the Scourge Shadow Scalpel and then you will be able to start the final quest in the chain Finish the Fight which will task you with killing Arkonos the Cursed. Kill him and you will be awarded this Rune and the skill book required to use Avenging Wrath.
Rune Description
Defense Specialization — Defense skill increased by 25. Not cumulative with other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
Head to Blackrock Mountain and head up the ramp on the eastern side of the zone leading to Lower Blackrock Spire, near the instance portal beside the large pile of rubble will see a book on the ground. Click on the book and you will gain access to this Rune.
Rune Description
Holy Specialization — Chance to hit with Holy spells increased by 6%. Not cumulative with other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
Head to Tyr's hand in the Eastern Plaguelands and head into the library of the northern most building, once inside (at 83.6, 78.2) you will find a book you can interact with, doing so will unlock this Rune.
Rune Description
Pole Weapon Specialization — Skill with Staves and Polearms increased by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
Head to Azshara and on the northern side of the Bay of Storms you will find the Temple of Arkkoran, inside of the temple at exactly (76.88, 44.24) you will find a book sitting next to the Moonwell inside of he temple. Click on it to receive access to the Rune.
Rune Description
Sword Specialization — Skill with Swords and Two-Handed Swords increased by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
Head to Karazhan in Deadwind Pass, located behind the massive tower you will find a walkway down, head into the Master's Cellar and inside of the cave located beneath Karazhan you will find the book located between two large stone pillars.
Rune Description
Mace Specialization — Maces and Two-Handed Maces increased by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
Head to Grim Batol in the Wetlands at (74.08, 69.06) when there interact with the Book found ontop of a barrel to gain access to this Rune.
Rune Description
Axe Specialization — Skill with Axes and Two-Handed Axes increased by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
Head to the Blackrock Stronghold in Burning Steppes and in the middle of the stronghold you will find a book found roughly at (40, 35) Interact with the book to gain this Rune.
Rune Description
Healing Specialization — Increases Healing by up to 26. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
This Rune can be found in Arathi Highlands in the southwestern part of the zone near Faldir's Cove. Head to (35.2, 79.1) and click on the book found atop a crate near the fire in the center of the cove to unlock this Rune.
Rune Description
Meditation Specialization — Increases Mana regenerated every 5 seconds by 5. This effect is not cumulative with racial bonuses or other ring Runes.
Unlock Information
This Rune can be found in Shimmering Flats in the southeastern part of Thousand Needles located inside of a goblin building near the Mirage Raceway. Head to (80.0, 77.0) and click on the book found here to unlock this Rune.
Changelog
- 28 Sep. 2024: Updated to include new Runes.
- 11 Jul. 2024: New Rune information.
- 30 Jun. 2024: Updated for Phase 4 Runes.
- 12 Apr. 2024: Updated for Light's Grace change.
- 02 Apr. 2024: Updated for Hammer of Wrath change.
- 28 Mar. 2024: Updated for Phase level 50 Runes.
- 03 Feb. 2024: Updated for level 40 Runes.
- 25 Nov. 2023: Guide added.
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