Runes are a new mechanic added in World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery, where players must discover them and engrave them on gear to add new class spells. And there are 12 Runes just for Mages.
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WoW SoD: All Mage Runes and how to get them
Mages in WoW SoD have access to 12 Runes, but depending on whether you’re a Healer or DPS, the Runes you might engrave onto your gear may differ. However, these are all 12 Runes for Mages in WoW SoD and their locations.
| Rune | Ability | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Burnout (Chest) | This increases your spell’s critical strike chance by 15 percent. However, your non-periodic spell’s critical strikes will now cost you more—one percent of your base mana. | Alliance: – Dun Morogh: The run drops from the Frozen Trogg in the middle of Gol’Bolar Quarry (coordinates: 69.6 and 58.2). However, you must attack it with Fire spells for it to drop. – Elwynn Forest: The rune drops off the Frozen Murloc, located east of the Stone Cairn Lake (coordinates 77.0 and 51.8). However, you must attack it with Fire spells to melt it and get the rune. Horde: – Durotar: This drops off the Frozen Makrura, located east of Razor Hill (coordinates 58.6 and 45.6). However, you must attack it with Fire spells to melt it and get the rune. – Tirisfal Glades: This drops off the Frozen Murloc northeast of Brill (coordinates 66.2 and 40.0). However, you must attack it with Fire spells to melt it and get the rune. |
| Fingers of Frost (Chest) | This gives your Chill effects a 15 percent chance to grant you the effect, Fingers of Frost, where your next two spells will cast as if the target were Frozen. But this only lasts fifteen seconds. | Alliance: – Dun Morogh: This drops from Timber (coordinates 34.0 and 41.4), Mangeclaw (coordinates 79.6 and 36.6), Bjarn (coordinates 61.4 and 59.4), Vagash (coordinates 62.4 and 48.8), or Edan the Howler (coordinates 43.6 and 49.6) – Elwynn Forest: This drops from Hoggers (coordinates 47.0 and 45.6). Horde: – Durotar: This drops from Zalazane (coordinates 67.6 and 88.6) or Gazz’uz (coordinates 52.6 and 8.8). – Tirisfal Glades: This drops from Gillgar (coordinates 29.0 and 46.6). |
| Regeneration (Chest) | This costs 43 percent of your base mana and takes three seconds to cast. You will heal your target for a percentage of their health over three seconds, which applies Temporal Beacon for 30 seconds. Temporal Beacon will record a target’s position, and 80 percent of all Arcane damage done by the caster (by this, we mean you, the healer) will convert into chronomatic healing on each of your current Temporal Beacon targets. But this healing isn’t as effective on yourself and is reduced by 50 percent. | Alliance: – Loch Modan: The rune is found in a hut on the northern island in the Loch (coordinates 53.9 and 26.9). Click on the stack of books in the hut to get the rune. – Westfall: This drops from Defias Pillagers (coordinates 45.8 and 71.4). Horde: – The Barrens: This can be looted from Kolkar’s Booty chest (coordinates 44.3 and 37.7). But you must kill Kolkar mobs for the Kolkar Booty Key (good starting coordinates 46.6 and 23.0). – Silverpine Forest: This drops from the Dalaran Apprentice (coordinates 53.0 and 68.6). |
| Enlightenment (Chest) | You will deal 10 percent more damage if your mana is 70 percent or more. If your mana is below 30 percent, 10 percent of your mana regen will continue while you’re casting. | Alliance: – Elwynn Forest: Near Ridgepoint Tower, random critters will have a Wild Polymorph debuff. You must cast Polymorph on six of them and loot the Azora Apprentice Notes. There are six pages to get, and once you have pages one to six, combine them to get the rune. Horde: – Tirisfal Glades: You must find the Odd Melons on the various farms around the glades. Cast Polymorph on six of them and loot the Apothecary Notes. There are six pages to get, and once you have pages one to six, combine them to get the rune. |
| Icy Veins (Legs) | This will cost three percent of your base mana and is an instant cast. Icy Veins will hasten your spellcasting, meaning your casting speed will increase by 20 percent, reducing the pushback from damaging attacks as you’re casting by 100 percent. But it only lasts 20 seconds. | You need to get 10 books. You can either get your three faction books and seven of the multi-faction books. Or just get all 10 multi-faction books. Alliance: 1. Tower of Azora in Elwynn Forest: Archmage Theocritus’s Research Journal. 2. The Hall of Explorers in Ironforge: Archmage Antonidas: The Unabridged Autobiography 3. Westfall Inn: Rumi of Gnomeregan: The Collected Works Horde: 1. Brill Alchemy Shop in Tirisfal Glades: The Apothecary’s Metaphysical Primer. 2. The Valley of Spirits in Orgrimmar: The Lessons of Ta’zo 3. Sepulche in the Silverpine Forest: Ataeric: On Arcane Curiosities Multi-faction: 1. The Sludge Fen in The Barrens: Arcanic Systems Manual 2. By the Wailing Caverns portal in The Barrens: Secrets of the Dreamers 3. By the Grimtotems in Stonetalon Mountains: Fury of the Land 4. Raven Hill Crypt in Duskwood: Crimes Against Anatomy 5. Amber Mill in Silverpine Forest: The Dalaran Digest, Vol. 23 6. By the Engineering trailer in Ratchet: On Destructive Magic 7. Moonbrook in Westfall: Bewitchments and Glamours 8. Whelgar’s Excavation Site in the Wetlands: Goaz Scrolls 9. The Ogre Cave in Loch Modan: Runes of the Sorcerer-Kings 10. Darkshore Ruins in Darkshore: Nar’thalas Almanac, Vol. 74 |
| Arcane Surge (Chest) | You can unleash the rest of your mana as a surge of energy towards a target, dealing Arcane damage. The damage can increase up to 300 percent based on your mana remaining. Once you’ve surged, your normal mana regen will kick in and is increased by 300 percent for eight seconds. | Alliance and Horde: You must purchase the Spell Notes: Arcane Surge for two gold from the Supply Factions once you reach Friendly. For the Horde, it’s the Durotar Supply and Logistics Guide. The easiest representative to find is at the coordinates 51.6 and 64.6. For the Alliance, it’s the Azeroth Commerce Authority. The easiest representative to find is at the coordinates 54.8 and 62.0. |
| Mass Regeneration (Legs) | This will cost 69 percent of your base mana and takes three seconds to cast. Once cast, this will heal all of your target player’s party members (within 15 years) of the target player over three seconds. They will also get the Temporal Beacon. However, it will only last for 15 seconds. | Alliance and Horde: 1. Go to Raven Hill in western Duskwood. 2. Head into the northeastern crypt. Go down the stairs and turn left into the first big room. 3. Near the entrance will be an object that you can interact with to get the Decrepit Phylactery. 4. Exit the crypt and go to the western Raven Hill crypt. 5. Enter the crypt, descend the stairs, take a right, and enter the room with the stone throne. 6. In the stone room is a set of Slumbering Bones you can use the Phylactery on. 7. Doing so will summon a level 25 Elite Awakened Lich. You must defeat it so it can drop the Spell Notes: Mass Regeneration. |
| Living Flame (Legs) | This will cost 11 percent of your base mana. Living Glame will summon a spellfire that moves toward a target and leaves a trail of fire in its wake. And this trail deals spellfire damage every second to nearby enemies. But it only lasts 20 seconds. | Alliance: – Dun Morogh: You must kill Frostmane Shadowcaster (coordinates 23.2 and 53.6) and Frostmane Seers (coordinates 43.0 and 35.8). – Elwynn Forest: You must kill the Kobold Geomancer around Jasperlode Mine (coordinates 64.4 and 56.6). Horde: – Durotar: You must kill Burning Blade Fanatic in Skull Rock (coordinates 53.8 and 9.6). – Tirisfal Glades: You must kill the Scarlet Warriors near Solliden Farm (coordinates 36.2 and 47.6). |
| Rewind Time (Gloves) | If your target has Temporal Beacon, this rune instantly heals the target for all the damage they took in the past five seconds. But it won’t work on a target if they haven’t had Temporal Beacon for five seconds. | Alliance and Horde: You can purchase the rune from Grizzby at the Ratchet Inn in The Barrens (coordinates 61.8 and 39.4). However, you must complete three of his quests before you can purchase it: 1. Fish Oil 2. Dark Iron Ordinance 3. Shredder Turbochargers |
| Living Bomb (Gloves) | This costs 22 percent of your base mana and is an instant cast. The target will become a Living Bomb and take fire damage over 12 seconds. Once the spell ends or is disabled, the target will explode, dealing fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards. | Alliance: This rune drops from the Stonesplinter Seers in Loch Modan (coordinates 37.2 and 85.6, and 51.2 and 23.6). Horde: – You will get this by completing the Wand of Bethor questline. It starts on Fenris Isle in Silverpine Forest. |
| Arcane Blast (Gloves) | This costs seven percent of your base mana and takes 2.5 seconds to cast. The Arcane Blast Rune will blast a target, dealing Arcane damage. Every time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage and healing of your other Arcane spells increases by 15 percent, but the mana cost for Arcane Blast increases by 175 percent. This effect can stack up to four times and lasts six seconds or until you cast another Arcane spell (either damage or healing). | Alliance and Horde: 1. Head to the Zoram Strand, in Ashenvale 2. Kill Wrathtail Naga mobs (coordinates 14.8 and 20.8) until they drop Naga Manuscript. 3. The riddle in the book asks you to find three crystals along the Zoram Strand in this order: – Crystal one: Coordinates 13.06 and 24.84 – Crystal two: Coordinates 14.04 and 19.80 – Crystal three: Coordinates 13.50 and 15.75. 4. Use Arcane Explosion on each crystal. 5. You will get the rune once you successfully cast Arcane Explosion on each crystal. |
| Ice Lance (Gloves) | This costs eight percent of your base mana and is an instant cast. Ice Lance deals Frost damage to enemy targets and causes triple damage to Frozen targets. | You get this rune from your class trainer at the starter zone when you complete the level two quest. Alliance: – Dun Morogh: Spell Research quest at Troggs’ camp in Coldridge Valley (starting coordinates 28.6 and 66.4). – Elwynn Forest: Spell Research quest in Northshire (starting coordinates 49.6 and 39.6). Horde: – Durotar: Spell Research quest in the Valley of Trials (starting coordinates 42.6 and 69.0). – Tirisfal Glades: Spell Research quest in Deathknell (starting coordinates 30.8 and 66.0). |
Even though there are only 12 Runes for Mages, each has unique abilities that significantly helps during your fights, especially the new raids and dungeons.
