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September 29, 2024

SoD Phase 2 Updated: All Shaman Runes and Locations

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Here, you will find detailed information about all Shaman Runes and locations available, with new Rune guide updates for SoD Phase 2.

Runes are a new gameplay mechanic in SoD. It offers additional spells and abilities, allowing you to transform the playstyle of your character’s class. Runes can be found in the open world. The acquisition methods vary based on your character’s race and faction.

There are 12 runes for each class in Phase 1 and 6 to 7 new Runes in Phase 2. Below is the complete list of Shaman Runes in Season of Discovery, how to get them, their locations, and even coordinates for your convenience. 

Special thanks to the WoW community, and especially our readers at WowVendor, for the invaluable contribution in uncovering the Runes and generously sharing the methods of acquiring them with the whole gaming community.

SoD Phase 2 Updated: 6 New Shaman Runes

7 new Shaman’s Runes in SoD Phase 2 are:

• Maelstrom Weapon
• Power Surge
• Fire Nova
• Spirit of the Alpha
• Decoy Totem
• Ancestral Awakening
• Two-Handed Mastery

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New Rune Guide for All SoD Phase 2 Shaman Runes

In Season of Discovery Phase 2, Shamans have 7 new Runes to enhance their power. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive new Rune guide for all Shaman Runes and their locations in SoD Phase 2. Detailed instructions on acquiring these Runes are also provided for your convenience.

SoD Phase 2 Updated: All Shaman Runes and Locations — Waist Slot

How to Get Maelstrom Weapon Rune in SoD

Maelstrom Weapon Rune: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lesser Healing Wave, Healing Wave, Chain Heal, or Lava Burst spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

How to get Maelstrom Weapon:

To get this Rune, you must be at least level 30 to start the quest. You’ll need to complete the following steps:

• To start the quest, defeat Charlga Razorflank, the last boss of Razorfen Kraul dungeon. He drops a Tattered Note that can only be used at level 30. Activate the note to start a quest that is also called Tattered Note.
• Head to Thousand Needles and deliver the scroll to Rau Cliffrunner at Freewind Post [46, 51].
• Go to Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad Foothills, then follow the River north into Alterac Mountains. Find Bath’rah the Windwatcher at /way 80.4, 66.8, Alterac Mountains. Before talking to him, do the emote /pray. He will give you three quests to find Elemental items.
• For Power of da Wind quest, head to Desolace and collect 10x Whirling Essence from Wind Elementals such as Whirlwind Ripper, Whirlwind Shredder, and Whirlwind Stormwalker (levels 32-37). These are found all over the zone, but the lower-level elementals are most plentiful in the area between the Kodo Graveyard and Thunder Axe Fortress.
• For Power of da Water quest, head to Dustwallow Marsh once you collected the Whirling Essence, and collect 5x Rushing Essence from Withering Elementals. These are found in waterways in the northern half of the zone, many right outside Brackenwell Village. Mobs with the tag “Whithervine” have also been confirmed to drop the orbs.
• For Power of da Earth quest, head to Badlands and collect 5x Rumbling Essence from the Rock Elementals found east of Kargath.
• Purchase a Crystal Vial from any Alchemy Supplies vendor and return to Bath’rah the Windwatcher in Alterac Mountains [80, 66]. Turn in the quests and pick up the next quest to return to Rau Cliffrunner in the Thousand Needles [46, 51].
• Return to Bath’rah the Windwatcher in Alterac Mountains and bring 1x  Crystal Vial (you can buy it from an Alchemy Supplies vendor, for example, form Christoph Jeffcoat in Tarren Mill on your way to Alterac Mountain [62, 9]). Bath’rah will need one for the follow-up A Simple Container quest, so bring it with you in advance to save a trip. He gives you a Squall-breakers Potion and the quest With Wind Beneath Your Wings.
• Return to Freewind Post [[46, 51] and present the  Squall-breakers Potion to Rau Cliffrunner. You will then pick up the quest Calm Before the Storm, instructing you that the potion will help you see through the storm.
• Drink the Vial and talk to Nyse, the Flight Master in Freewind Post to get your wyvern ride into the storm.
• Kill the Closest Quillboar caster, then kill the Ravaging Tempest. Loot the  Eye of the Tempest. (Note: If you die during this encounter, you should talk to the Spirit Guide and ask to be sent back instead of choosing any other alternative. Failing to do so will fail the quest.)
• Return to Rau Cliffrunner to turn in  Calm Before the Storm and receive your non-Rune rewards. He will give you the follow-up quest Catching Up, sending you back to Bath’rah the Windwatcher.
• Return to Bath’rah the Windwatcher in Alterac Mountains to receive the Rune.

How to Get Power Surge Rune in SoD

Power Surge Rune: Each time Flame Shock deals damage, it has a 5% chance to reset the cooldown on Lava Burst and Chain Lightning and make the next Lava Burst, Chain Heal, or Chain Lightning within 10 sec instant. Additionally, you regenerate mana equal to 15% of your Intellect every 5 sec. (Proc chance: 5%)

How to get Power Surge:

• Find Boulderfist Ogre (level 32-33) in Arathi Highlands; they can be found surrounding a short mountain and inside a cave around [34, 44].
• Farm Ogres until you loot the  Ogre Lightning Rod.
• Head to the hill on top of the cave and place the rod in the Soft Soil.
• Target the Lightning Rod and attack it ten times with Lightning Bolt. This will summon a level 37 Elite Ogre named Tam’kar. He will die on his own in 30 seconds, so keep healing yourself rather than fighting him. Loot the Rune when he dies.

How to Get Fire Nova Rune in SoD

Fire Nova Rune: Your Fire Nova Totem spell is replaced with Fire Nova, which causes your current Fire totem to emit damage at its location.

How to get Fire Nova:

• Go to the hut outside Thunderaxe Fortress in Desolace [57, 21] and defeat a level 35 Elite Orc named Flameseer Dubelen to loot a Corrupted Fire Totem.
• Travel to Orgrimmar and speak to Zor Lonetree in the Valley of Wisdom [39, 38].
• Go into the Maraudon entrance in Desolas. Here you must loot two separate Tear of Theradras, which appear as large blue crystals (in our guide, we will recommend the corpse running trick for obtaining tears to avoid unnecessary encounters):
  • Purple Wing [27, 58]:
    • Die around [28, 7] (outside).
    • Corpse run to [28, 57] (indoor) on the purple side and resurrect at the brazier.
    • Jump straight down, land behind the leftmost purple crystal, and push yourself into the wall. You can reach the tear from there.
  • Orange Wing [39, 57]:
    • Die around [35, 60] (outside).
    • Corpse run to [39, 57] (indoor), ressurect, and get the tear.

• Return to Zor Lonetree, who will send you to speak with Arch Shaman Hamuul Runetotem on the Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff, [78, 28]. He’ll send you to speak with the Flight Master Tal [46, 50] in Thunder Bluff to fly to Moonglade.
• Speak with Keeper Remulos at the Shrine of Remulos in Moonglade at [36, 41].
• Next, interact with the box at [55, 65], you’ll get a Vial of Crystal Water.
• Use Vial of Crystal Water to turn it into Elemental Salve.
• Use Elemental Salve to cleanse Corrupted Fire Totem, and you’ll get the Rune.

SoD Phase 2 Updated: All Shaman Runes and Locations — Feet Slot

How to Get Spirit of the Alpha Rune in SoD

Spirit of the Alpha Rune: Infuses the target with the spirit of an alpha wolf, increasing all threat generated by the target by 45% for 30 min. Limit 1 target.

How to get Spirit of the Alpha:

• Head to Freewind Post in Thousand Needles [46, 53].
• From the back of the Freewind Post, jump down to the bridge, then heal yourself if necessary.
• Next, jump on the mushroom-shaped rock below the bridge [47, 53]. There you’ll find a Weathered Cache, loot it, and get the Rune

How to Get Decoy Totem Rune in SoD

Decoy Totem Rune: Summons a Decoy Totem for 10 sec with 5 health at the feet of the target that will redirect the next melee or ranged attack made against the target to the totem instead. The totem also grants the target immunity to movement impairing effects for 10 sec.

How to get Decoy Totem:

• Head to Thousands Needles and get the following items:
• Collect 3x Cloud Serpent Fangs from Cloud Serpents such as Cloud Serpent, Venomous Cloud Serpent, and Elder Cloud Serpent. These mobs are found across the zone, but easiest ones are directly southeast of the Great Lift and south of Freewind Post.
• Collect 10x  Strong Harpy Feather from Harpies such as Screeching Harpy, Screeching Roguefeather, and Screeching Windcaller. These are found in the harpy caves (entrance around [27, 49]).
• Purchase 1 Silken Thread. You can buy this from Jandia in Freewind Post [46, 51].
• Head to the Altar of the Wind Spirit at [39, 41] behind a hut. It has the form of a wind serpent.
• Combine 3x Cloud Serpent Fang, 10x Strong Harpy Feather, and Silken Thread to create Offering to the Wind Spirit.
• Use Offering to the Wind Spirit near the altar. You’ll get a slow fall buff.
• Jump off the cliff right by the altar and you’ll receive the Rune.

How to Get Ancestral Awakening Rune in SoD

Ancestral Awakening Rune: When you critically heal with your Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave you summon an Ancestral spirit to aid you, instantly healing the lowest percentage health party member within 40 yards for 30% of the amount healed.

How to get Ancestral Awakening:

• Desolace: Accept the Highway Robbery quest in Desolace at an Extinguished Campfire northwest of the Kodo Graveyard [47, 54].
• Desolace: Go to [63, 39] near Kormek’s Hut. Turn it in to Bibbly F’utzbuckle and pick up the quest On the Lam.
• Booty Bay: Go to the inn in Booty Bay. Turn On the Lam in Tokal, and pick up Cherry for Your Thoughts?. Buy her Cherry Grog. She will send you on the next part of your quest, No Honor Among Thieves.
• Arathi Highlands There is a Rowboat under the bridge between Arathi Highlands and the Wetlands, around [53, 91] on the Arathi Highlands map. Interact with the boat, and you’lll be teleported to the eastern shore.
• Find Illari Duskfeather and speak with her. For most races, she will give (two equally hostile) dialogue options; upon choosing one, she will fight you. Defeat her, pick up the dropped bag, and loot Illari’s Key. Open Illari’s Loot Cache to obtain the Jewel-Encrusted Box, then open this box to loot the Rune. Night Elves have a peaceful dialogue solution available; if chosen, she will give them the Illari’s Key to Illari’s Loot Cache, allowing them to loot the Jewel-Encrusted Box without combat.

SoD Phase 2 Updated: All Shaman Runes and Locations — Chest Slot

How to Get Two-Handed Mastery Rune in SoD

Two-Handed Mastery Rune: Each time you strike an enemy with a two-handed weapon, you gain 30% attack speed with two-handed weapons for 10 sec.

How to get Two-Handed Mastery:

• Travel to Deadwind Pass and speak with the Dalaran Agent at Ariden’s Camp [52, 35]. They will give you Ariden’s Sigil.
• With Ariden’s Sigil equipped, or while with another player that has Ariden’s Sigil equipped, players must find and defeat seven Dark Rider Elites after using Ariden’s Sigil to Reveal Dark Rider, which will reward them with a different Dalaran Relic. Players will know a Dark Rider is nearby if they obtain the Dark Presence buff.
• Deadwind Pass: the Dark Rider can be found at [43, 29] and drops Curious Dalaran Relic.
• Duskwood: the Dark Rider can be found at [23, 47] and drops Glittering Dalaran Relic.
• Swamp of Sorrows: the Dark Rider can be found at [69, 28] and drops Odd Dalaran Relic.
• Arathi Highlands: the Dark Rider can be found at [60, 40] and drops Whirring Dalaran Relic.
• Badlands: the Dark Rider can be found at [58, 54] and drops Slippery Dalaran Relic.
• The Barrens: the Dark Rider can be found at [52, 36] and drops Heavy Dalaran Relic.
• Desolace: the Dark Rider can be found at [65, 25] and drops Creepy Dalaran Relic.
• Once players have obtained all Dalaran Relics, return to the Dalaran Agent and turn in each of the various reward quests for experience and some silver:
  • Curious Dalaran Relic
  • Curious Dalaran Relic
  • Curious Dalaran Relic
  • Curious Dalaran Relic
  • Curious Dalaran Relic
  • Curious Dalaran Relic
  • Curious Dalaran Relic
• Once all seven Dalaran Relics have been returned, the Dalaran Agent will offer A Service to Dalaran, which rewards the Supply Bag and contains the Rune inside.

All Shaman Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 1

In Season of Discovery Phase 1, there are a total of 12 Shaman Runes available. Detailed instructions on how to get them are provided below.

All SoD Shaman Runes: Chest Slot

Shield Mastery Rune

Shield Mastery Rune: Each time you Block, you regenerate mana equal to 8% of your maximum mana and you gain Armor equal to 30% of your shield’s armor value, stacking up to 5 times. You also always gain 10% increased chance to Block and 15% increased Block value.

How to get Shield Mastery:

Tauren: Players will find a Galvanic Icon at the border of Mulgore near the Barrens. They will then need to kill 10 enemies with  Lightning Bolt.

Orc/Troll: Players will find a  Galvanic Icon at [52, 62] or [51.7, 56.4] in Durotar. They will then need to kill 10 enemies with Lightning Bolt.

Overload Rune

Overload Rune: Gives your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Chain Heal, Healing Wave, and Lava Burst spells a 33% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage or healing and no threat.

How to get Overload: 

Orc/Troll: 

• At Level 2 accept Icons of Power from Shikrik. 
• Go kill Scorpid Worker until you get Dyadic Icon. 
• Equip your Dyadic Icon 
• You now need to find a source of nature damage, the most obvious source is to continue fighting Scorpid Worker but you could also get nature damage by dueling a  Shaman with Lightning Bolt and Earth Shock or a Hunter with Serpent Sting 
• Once you have taken nature damage 10 times you will receive the Inspired buff.
• Now use the  Dyadic Icon from your equipped items and you can turn in the quest to Shikrik. 

Dual Wield Specialization Rune

Dual Wield Specialization Rune: Increases your chance to hit with both spells and melee attacks by 5% while dual wielding and your Stormstrike ability now hits with both weapons while dual wielding.

How to get Dual Wield Specialization: You can buy this Rune from Grizzby. The NPC is located in Ratchet. In order to purchase this Rune, Grizzby will require you to complete the following pre-quests: 

• Shredder Turbochargers: Bring Grizzby 16 Shredder Turbocharger. These are acquired by using the Shredder Autosalvage Unit on Venture Co. Shredders in the Windshear Crag, Stonetalon Mountains.
• Dark Iron Ordinance: Bring Grizzby 20  Dark Iron Ordinance. These are acquired by slaying Dark Iron Insurgent in North Loch Modan, or Dark Iron Rifleman and other Dark Iron Dwarves in North Wetlands.
• Fish Oil: Bring Grizzby 24  Fish Oil. These are acquired by slaying Murlocs in Hillsbrad or Wetlands. You may also use the Auction House, as these items are fairly common.

Healing Rain Rune

Healing Rain Rune: Selects the area 15 yards around target player, and heals all of target player’s party members within that area for (* 15 / 100) every second.

How to get Healing Rain: This Rune is purchasable for 4 gold and 50 silver when you reach Honored with the new Supply Faction – Durotar Supply and Logistics. For more information, check out our article here:

All SoD Shaman Runes: Legs Slot

Ancestral Guidance Rune

Ancestral Guidance Rune: For the next 10 sec, 25% of your damage is converted to healing on up to 3 nearby party members, and 100% of your healing is converted to damage on your most recent Flame Shock target.

How to get Ancestral Guidance:

• Orc/Troll: There is a tree in the valley of centaurs to the west of Sen’jin Village, with the corpse of an adventurer NPC located on the ground behind it. Channel this corpse, and you will unlock the Rune.
• Tauren: Find an adventurer’s corpse in Mulgore on an overlook at [60, 33]; you have to go through the Venture Co. Mine to reach it. Talk to the corpse to start a ritual and then click the portal.

Earth Shield Rune

Earth Shield: Protects the target with an earthen shield, reducing casting or channeling time lost when damaged by 30% and causing attacks to heal the shielded target for 100. This effect can only occur once every few seconds. 3 charges. Lasts 10 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time and only one Elemental Shield can be active on a target at a time.

How to get Earth Shield: To obtain this Rune, you must complete multiple steps. You will need to be level 25 for this.

• Defeat Baron Aquanis, the first boss in the Blackfathom Deeps raid.
• Head to Zoram Strand in Ashenvale and pick up the quest Elemental Distress.
• Farm Elementals in Ashenvale to get a Mote of Seismic Rage, Mote of Infernal Rage, and Mote of Torrential Rage.
• Turn in the quest and pick up Elixir of Insight.
• Acquire an Elixir of Wisdom and Elixir of Water Breathing, either through Alchemy or the Auction House.
• Defeat Hirzek [43,79] in the south of The Barrens.

Way of Earth Rune

Way of Earth Rune: While Rockbiter Weapon is active on your main hand weapon, you deal 50% increased threat, gain 30% increased health, take 10% reduced damage, gain 6% reduced chance to be critically hit by melee attacks, and Earth Shock taunts targets to attack you and has a separate cooldown from other Shock spells but has its range reduced to melee range.

How to get Way of Earth:

• Barrens: Cast Purge on the Elite Mob named Desert Mirage (looks like a ghost) floating around the wrecked wagon at [57, 35]. Afterward, it drops the Earthen Rune which, upon use, instantly gives you the Way of Earth Rune engraving.
• Silverpine Forest: Can drop from Rot Hide Mystic [46, 20].

Shamanistic Rage Rune

Shamanistic Rage Rune: Reduces all damage you take by 20% and you regenerate mana every second for 15 sec. Mana regenerated per second is equal to 15% of your Attack Power, 10% of your spell power, or 6% of your healing power, whichever value is greatest. Your party and raid members within 40 yards will also receive 10% of the mana you receive this way.

How to get Shamanistic Rage: South of the Charred Vale, near the entrance to Desolace in the Stonetalon Mountains, there is an Elite mob called Primordial Anomaly. This Elemental will shift between fire, frost, and earth, requiring you to exploit its elemental weaknesses to defeat it and obtain the Rune.

All SoD Shaman Runes: Gloves Slot

Water Shield Rune

Water Shield Rune: The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water, granting 1% of your maximum mana per 5 sec.  When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, 4% of maximum mana is restored to the caster. This expends one water globe.  Only one globe will activate every few seconds.  Lasts 10 min.  Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.

How to get Water Shield:

• Barrens: Can be found by looting the Kolkar’s Booty chests in the Barrens.
• Silverpine Forest:  Tempest Icon can be looted from Grimson the Pale within the Deep Elem Mine in Silverpine Forest [57, 44]. Once acquired, players will need to hit 10 non-player enemies with 3 different elements (Nature, Frost, Fire) in order to receive this Rune.

Lava Lash Rune

Lava Lash Rune: You charge your off-hand weapon with lava, instantly dealing 100% off-hand Weapon damage. Damage is increased by 20% if your off-hand weapon is enchanted with Flametongue.

How to get Lava Lash:

Complete the Stalk With The Earthmother Quest Chain from Boarton Shadetotem located behind the Bag Vendor in the Lower Rise of Thunder Bluff (find explosives in the Venture Co. Mine, gather pinecones from Harpies, and fillet a Small Brilliant Fish) to learn the skill.

Molten Blast Rune

Molten Blast Rune: Blast up to 4 enemies in a cone in front of you for (* 72 / 100 + 5 / 100 * Attack power) to (* 108 / 100 + 5 / 100 * Attack power) Fire damage. This ability generates a high amount of threat. Flame Shock periodic damage has a 10% chance to reset the cooldown on Molten Blast.

How to get Molten Blast:

• Tauren: Looted from Artifact Storage at the Bael’Dun Digsite west of Thunder Bluff in Mulgore [31, 49]. Artifact Storage Key can be looted from nearby Dwarves.
• Orc/Troll: East of Razor Hill is a crab trapped in ice inside a small hut. Use Fire spells to stack a Fire Damage debuff five times, then the Rune can be looted.

Lava Burst Rune

Lava Burst Rune: You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing (469 / 100 *) to (605 / 100 *) Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst will deal a critical strike.

How to get Lava Burst: To obtain this Rune, it’s advisable to reach at least level 25 before attempting it.

• Head to the southeastern part of Hillsbrad Foothills, approximately around coordinates [64, 60], and defeat Mudsnout Shamans until they drop the Kajaric Totem.
• After equipping the Relic, you have to take damage from lava 5 times.
• Return to Orgrimmar, enter the Ragefire Chasm dungeon, and stand within the lava until you’ve been hit by it 5 times to receive the Inspired buff.
•  Use the relic from your equipment window to receive your new Rune.

That concludes the guide to all Shaman Runes in Season of Discovery. If you are interested in more guides on Runes, check out our guide for all SoD Warlock Runes below:

Or you can find every single Rune for all nine playable classes in our comprehensive guide on all 5 Phases of Season of Discovery here:

We hope that it has been able to aid you on your journey. Happy gaming!

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