Runes are a new mechanic in World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery. Once you’ve discovered a class rune, you can engrave it onto its designated gear, whether gloves, legs, or chest, and gain a new ability.
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There are specific runes just for Hunters you’ll want to unlock.
WoW SoD: All 12 Hunter runes and how to get them
Like the other classes, Hunters have 12 class runes in WoW SoD, and each of these will be valuable in increasing your DPS. The runes available to Hunters, their abilities, and how to get them can be found listed in the table below.
| Rune | Ability | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Aspect of the Lion (Chest) | This costs eight percent of your base mana and is an instant cast. You’ll take on the aspect of the lion, meaning the total stats for all nearby allies will increase by 10 percent, and the total stats for you will increase by an additional 10 percent. Only one aspect can be active at a time. | Alliance and Horde: 1. Head to the Wetlands. 2. Enter the Thelgen Rock Cave and kill Carrodin (coordinates 47.6 and 64.0). |
| Master Marksmen (Chest) | This increases your critical strike chance by five percent and reduces all your Shot ability’s mana costs by 25 percent. | You must find a Rustling Bush and use your Hunter’s Mark on it. This will summon some kind of Poacher mob who drops the run once it’s been killed. Alliance: – Dun Morogh: Rustling Bush coordinates 29 and 49. – Teldrassil: Rustling Bush coordinates 46.6 and 46.3. Horde: – Durotar: Rustling Bush coordinates 38 and 52. – Mulgore: Rustling Bush coordinates 59.02 and 54.38. |
| Lone Wolf (Chest) | You’ll now deal 15 percent more damage with all attacks if you don’t have an active pet. | You must purchase this rune from Grizzby in Ratchet in The Barrens (coordinates 61.8 and 39.4). Before you can do that, you must complete his three pre-quests: 1. Fish Oil 2. Dark Iron Ordinance 3. Shredder Turbochargers |
| Cobra Strikes (Chest) | Your Shot ability critical hits will cause your pet’s next two special attacks to hit critically. | Alliance and Horde: 1. Find Zixil, the traveling merchant in Hillsbrad Foothills (good starting coordinates 50.6 and 50.6 and head north along the road). 2. Purchase Freshwater Snapper Bait 3. Use the bait on the small boat found south of Tarren Mill to summon Koartul (rough coordinates 61.2 and 33) 4. Once you kill the turtle, it will drop the rune. |
| Kill the Commander (Legs) | This costs three percent of your base mana, is an instant cast, and has a one-minute cooldown. When you give the command to kill, you’ll increase your pet’s special attack damage by 60 percent for 30 seconds. Every special attack from your pet will reduce this bonus damage by 20 percent. | Alliance and Horde: 1. Head to Stonetalon Mountains 2. Find Jixo Madrocket to obtain the quest, Wild Wyvern Wrangling (coordinates 60.6 and 62.2) 3. Complete the Wild Wyvern Wrangling quest and get the follow-up quest, Wrangling a Wild Wyvern from Jixo. 4. Watch as he tames a wild wyvern, and once you complete this quest, you’ll get the rune. |
| Sniper Training (Legs) | Your Shot abilities will gain a 10 percent more critical strike chance if you haven’t moved for the last six seconds. | Alliance: – Darkshore: On the north coast, you must find the dead turtles (coordinates 48 and 16) and look for the Gnarled Harpoon. Use the Harpoon on Paxnozz (coordinates 50.0 and 14.6). Once it’s dead, you can get the rune. – Westfall: This drops from Defias Scouts (coordinates 51.0 and 47.0). – Loch Modan: This drops from Kacle (coordinates 55.8 and 54.4). Horde: The Barrens: Find Kilxx south of Ratchet (coordinates 62.8 and 38.2). Purchase the Fishing Harpoon from him and use it on the Bruuz to kill it (coordinates 64.4 and 39.6). Once it’s dead, it will drop the rune. |
| Serpent Spread (Legs) | When targets get hit by your Multi-Shot abilities, they’re also inflicted by your Serpent Sting for six seconds. | Alliance and Horde: You can purchase this run for two gold when you’re Friendly with the Supply Factions. For the Alliance, it’s the Azeroth Commerce Authority. The easiest representative to find is in the Trade District of Stormwind (coordinates 54.6 and 61.2). For the Horde, it’s the Durotar Supply and Logistics. The easiest representative to find is in the Valley of Strength in Ogrimmar (coordinates 51.6 and 64.6). |
| Flanking Strikes (Legs) | This costs three percent of your base mana, is an instant case, and has a 30-second cooldown. You and your pet will deal an instant 100 percent melee damage to your target. Once that’s over, your Mongoose Bite and Raptor Strike will deal 10 percent more damage for 10 seconds, which can stack up to three times. Your Raptor Strikes also have a 20 percent chance to reset the cooldown on Flanking Strike. | Alliance: – Dun Morogh: This drops from Jorul (coordinates 37.8 and 42.4). Summon it using Dun Morogh Pig Meat, which can be found on the Boars nearby (coordinates 36.6 and 36.6). – Teldrassil: This drops from Mowgh (coordinates 48.2 and 31.6). Summon it using Teldrassil Bird Meat obtained from the Strigid Owl in the area (coordinates 46.6 and 49.6) Horde: – Durotar: This drops from Raluk (coordinates 68.6 and 71.6). Summon it using Durotar Pig Meat from the Dire Mottled Boar in the area—back on the mainland (coordinates 57.6 and 73.2). – Mulgore: This drops from Mokwa (coordinates 37.8 and 56.8). Summon it using Mulgore Bird Meat found by killing nearby Swoops (coordinates 42.8 and 53.0). |
| Beast Mastery (Gloves) | Your pet’s damage and health increase by 30 percent and its Focus regeneration increases by 80 percent. Your pet’s Growl will also Taunt targets to attack it for three seconds. | Alliance: – Westfall: Kill Goretusk to get a Goretusk Haunch (coordinates 36.0 and 36.0). Use this bait at the Coyote Dwelling close by to summon a Silverspur (coordinates 35.6 and 38.4). Kill it to get the rune. – Darkshore: Kill Furbolgs on the western coast (coordinates 38.1 and 42.2) until one drops a Crab Treats. Find a Young Reef Crawler on the beach (coordinates 37.0 and 52.0) and give it the Crab Treats to get the Rune. – Loch Modan: The rune can be found in the Trophy Case next to Daryl the Youngling, east of the excavation site (coordinates 83.4 and 65.2) Horde: – Silverpine Forest: Kill the Ferocious Grizzled Bears (coordinates 49.8 and 23.2) until a Grizzled Protector spawns. Kill it to get the rune. – The Barrens: North of Camp Taurajo is a Patrolling Cheetah (coordinates 44.8 and 55.2) with a speed buff. To remove this buff, drop a trap on its path. When the buff is gone, kill it and loot it for the rune. |
| Chimera Shot (Gloves) | This costs 12 percent of your base mana, has a six-second cooldown, and requires a ranged weapon. You’ll deal 125 percent weapon damage, and it refreshes the current Sting on your target, which triggers an additional effect, either Serpent, Viper, or Scorpid Sting. | This rune drops while completing the Hunter starting quests from your race’s Hunter Trainer. Alliance: – Dun Morogh: During the Trek Through the Caves quest. It drops from a Frostmane Troll (coordinates 29.0 and 82.4) – Teldrassil: During the A Hunter’s Strength quest. It drops from Githyiss the Vile (coordinates 56.8 and 26.6). Horde: – Durotar: During the quests, Hunt for the Rune (for the Orcs) and Rugged Terrain (for the Trolls) quests. It drops from Scorpid Worker (coordinates 41.8 and 64.4). – Mulgore: During the A Hunter’s Strength quest. It drops from Bristleback Battleboar (coordinates 60.6 and 81.0) |
| Explosive Shot (Gloves) | This costs seven percent of your base mana, has a six-second cooldown, and requires a ranged weapon. You will fire an explosive charge at the enemy, which deals fire damage. The charge will also blast the target every second for an additional two seconds, and this cooldown is shared with Arcane Shot. | Alliance: – Dun Morogh: This drops from Fyodi (coordinates 35.8 and 37.0) – Teldrassil: This drops from Rageclaw in Ban’ethil Barrow (coordinates 45.6 and 59.6). Horde: – Durotar: This drops from Sarkoth (coordinates 40.6 and 67.6) – Mulgore: This drops from Arra’chea (coordinates 54.4 and 26.2) |
| Carve (Gloves) | This costs eight percent of your base mana, is an instant cast, and requires a melee weapon. Carve is a sweeping attack that strikes all enemies before you for 50 percent of your weapon damage. | You must be level 10 and have your ‘Tame Beast’ ability. Alliance: – Dun Morogh: Use Rabbit Musk (Tame Beast) to tame a Rabbit (coordinates 73.2 and 49.8). Once tamed, speak to Toby at Amberstill Ranch to get the rune (coordinates 63.6 and 50.2) – Teldrassil: Use Deer Musk (Tame Beast) to tame a Deer (coordinates 54.8 and 58.4). Once tamed, speak to Relaeron next to the Hunter trainer in Darnassus (coordinates 39.8 and 9.4) Horde: – Durotar: Use Adder Pheromone (Tame Beast) to tame an Adder (coordinates 50.6 and 45.4). Once tamed, speak to Razzil in Razor Hill (coordinates 52.2 and 44.0). – Mulgore: Use Prairie Dog Musk (Tame Beast) to tame a Prairie Dog (coordinates 46.2 and 60.2). Once tamed, speak to Takoda Sunmane in Bloodhoof Village (coordinates 46.2 and 60.2). |
As a fellow pet enthusiast, these runes are exciting because they increase my and my pet’s damage. So you will be able to clear mobs and bosses a little faster.
Although there are 12 runes available for Hunters, it’s important to remember that you can only equip three. But as there are so many to choose from in WoW SoD, this means you can try different combinations to find one that suits your playstyle. Or who your enemy is.
