SoD Phase 3 Updated: All Mage Runes and Locations

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In this guide, you will find detailed information about all Mage Runes and locations available, with updates for SoD Phase 3.

SoD Phase 3 Updated: All Mage Runes and Locations

Table of Contents

  1. Specific Class Mechanic in SoD: Mage Comprehension Charm Mechanic
  2. SoD Phase 3 Updated: 6 New Mage Runes
  3. How to Get All Mage Runes in SoD Phase 3
    1. SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Head Slot
      1. How to Get Advanced Warding Rune in SoD
      2. How to Get Deep Freeze Rune in SoD
      3. How to Get Temporal Anomaly Rune in SoD
    2. SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Wrists Slot
      1. How to Get Balefire Bolt Rune in SoD
      2. How to Get Displacement Rune in SoD
      3. How to Get Molten Armor Rune in SoD
  4. All Mage Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 2
    1. SoD Phase 2 All Mage Runes and Locations: Waist Slot
      1. How to Get Spellfrost Bolt Rune in SoD
      2. How to Get Frostfire Bolt Rune in SoD
      3. How to Get Hot Streak Rune in SoD
      4. How to Get Missile Barrage Rune in SoD
    2. SoD Phase 2 All Mage Runes and Locations: Feet Slot
      1. How to Get Brain Freeze Rune in SoD
      2. How to Get Spell Power Rune in SoD
      3. How to Get Chronostatic Preservation in SoD
  5. All Mage Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 1
    1. SoD Phase 1 All Mage Runes and Locations: Chest Slot
      1. How to Get Burnout Rune in SoD
      2. How to Get Finger of Frost Rune in SoD
      3. How to Get Regeneration Rune in SoD
      4. How to Get Enlightenment Rune in SoD
    2. SoD Phase 1 All Mage Runes and Locations: Legs Slot
      1. How to Get Arcane Surge Rune in SoD
      2. How to Get Icy Veins Rune in SoD
      3. How to Get Mass Regeneration Rune in SoD
      4. How to Get Living Flame Rune in SoD
    3. SoD Phase 1 All Mage Runes and Locations: Gloves Slot
      1. How to Get Living Bomb Rune in SoD
      2. How to Get Arcane Blast Rune in SoD
      3. How to Get Ice Lance Rune in SoD
      4. How to Get Rewind Time Rune in SoD
  6. Top Contributors to This Guide on WowVendor

Key Takeaways

Runes offer additional spells and abilities to alter your character’s class playstyle. They can be found in the open world through various sources. Most Runes are accessible to characters of any race or faction, except those tied to specific quests or faction-friendly mobs.

This guide has been updated with all the Runes from Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of Season of Discovery.

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. These Runes are scattered throughout the open world, obtainable through various sources. Most Runes are accessible to characters of any race or faction, except those tied to specific quests or faction-friendly mobs.

There are 12 runes for each class in Phase 1 and 6 to 7 new Runes in Phase 2. At the moment of writing, there are 6 to 7 new Runes in Phase 3. Below is the complete list of Mage 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.

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Specific Class Mechanic in SoD: Mage Comprehension Charm Mechanic

Mages can finish their faction-specific Spell Research (Alliance) and Spell Research (Horde) quests to acquire the Comprehension Charm. These charms are used to convert Scrolls and Spell Notes into usable items, particularly for unlocking Rune Engravings. They can also work with random scrolls discovered in the open world, like Scroll: LOWER PING WHOMEVER.

The Comprehension Charm is available for purchase from certain Reagent Vendors in major cities. You can also obtain it a reward by turning in special books found in the open world.

SoD Phase 3 Updated: 6 New Mage Runes

The 6 new Mage Runes in SoD Phase 3 are:

How to Get All Mage Runes in SoD Phase 3

In Season of Discovery Phase 3Mages have six new Runes to strengthen their power. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of all Mage Runes and their locations. Detailed instructions on acquiring these Runes are also provided for your convenience.

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Head Slot

How to Get Advanced Warding Rune in SoD

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Advanced Warding Rune

Advanced Warding Rune: Increases the magnitude of your Mana Shield, Frost Ward, and Fire Ward by 100%, and decreases mana drained by Mana Shield by 50% per damage done.

How to get Advanced Warding:

  1. Head to Felwood and receive a quest called The Wild Gods from a Shadowtooth Emissary.
  2. Go to Jinth’Alor, which is in the Hinterlands, and defeat some elite trolls to acquire a Wildwhisper Draught item.
  3. Afterward, reach the Razorfen Downs zone and defeat Amnennar the Coldbringer.
  4. Use the Wildwhisper Draught item on the ledge so the Spirit of Agamaggan can spawn. Turn in the current quest to him and receive another one called The Wild Gods. Additionally, you will get an Agamaggan’s Roar item.
  5. Your next step is to collect 3x Wild Offering in Zul’Farrak, Maraudon, or Blackrock Depths. You can save time and run the same dungeon up to 3 times. 

Zul’Farrak

  1. First, find and defeat 2 or 3 bosses to make a Ghostly Spider spawn. If you have done everything alright, you will see the phrase “You feel a shadowed presence” in the chat.
  2.  Then, use the Agamaggan’s Roar item close to the Ghostly Spider. This action will spawn a Delirious Ancient.
  3.  Defeat the boss and obtain your precious Wild Offering.

Maraudon

  1. After entering the dungeon, find and triumph over Princess Theradras. This action will make a Ghostly Raptor spawn in the water on the upper level near the turtles.
  2.  Employ the Agamaggan’s Roar item close to the Ghostly Raptor, making another Delirious Ancient pop up.
  3.  Defeat the boss and receive the Wild Offering as a reward.

Blackrock Depths

  1. Defeat Houndmaster Grebmar, High Interrogator Gerstahn, and the Ring of Law. Afterward, a Ghostly Basilisk spawns on the Dark Iron Highway that leads to Bael’gar. If you see the phrase “You feel a shadowed presence,” you have done everything alright.
  2.  Then, use the Agamaggan’s Roar item near the Ghostly Basilisk to summon a Delirious Ancient.
  3.  Defeat the boss and get the Wild Offering item.

Once you have completed all the steps, head to the Shadowtooth Emissary in Felwood and receive a Hyjal’s Wisdom item. It lets you learn the Advanced Warding Rune.

How to Get Deep Freeze Rune in SoD

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Deep Freeze Rune

Deep Freeze Rune: Stuns the target for 5 sec. Only usable on Frozen targets. Deals 803 to 935 damage to targets permanently immune to Stun.

How to get Deep Freeze:

To obtain the rune, you must gather 25 books that are scattered throughout Azeroth. The books you have already found in Phase 1 and Phase 2 will count towards your progress. In Phase 3, you must find eight books:

How to Get Temporal Anomaly Rune in SoD

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Temporal Anomaly Rune

Temporal Anomaly Rune: Launches an orb of temporal energy which slowly moves forward and every 2 sec grants all nearby party members a shield absorbing 174 damage for 15 sec.

How to get Temporal Anomaly:

  1. Accept the quest A Lesson in Literacy depending on the faction you belong to:
  1. Collect the following items:

3. After finishing the quest, you will receive the Temporal Anomaly Rune.

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Wrists Slot

How to Get Balefire Bolt Rune in SoD

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Balefire Bolt Rune

Balefire Bolt Rune: Unleash a reality-distorting burst of raw magic at your enemy, dealing 487 to 730 Spellfire damage. Each time you cast Balefire Bolt, the damage of your next Balefire Bolt within 30 sec will be increased by 10% and your Spirit will be decreased by 10% for 30 sec, both stacking up to 10 times. If your Spirit reaches 0 as consequence, you will immediately die. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target’s Arcane and Fire resists.

How to get Balefire Bolt:

  1. First, you must get a Scroll of Spatial Mending to obtain the rune. You can either buy it at the Auction House or decipher Mage Scrolls yourself with the help of a Comprehension Charm.
  2. Using the Scroll of Spatial Mending, find and close any Fel Portal to spawn a Fel Interloper.
  3. Defeat her and obtain the Balefire Bolt Rune.

How to Get Displacement Rune in SoD

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Displacement Rune

Displacement Rune: Teleports back to where you last cast Blink from and resets the cooldown on Blink. Only usable within 10 sec of casting Blink.

How to get Displacement:

  1. Your first step is to collect 4x Worldcore Fragment using a Scroll of Spatial Mending on Fel Portals. You can purchase the scroll at the Auction House.
  2.  Use the Worldcore Fragment or a Scroll of Geomancy on Leyline Confluxes
  3.  Afterward, triumph over the Enraged Leywalker, who is immune to Arcane damage, and receive a Leycryst.
  4.  You can find the Leyline Confluxes at the following locations:

Once you have found all the items, combine them and learn the Displacement Rune.

How to Get Molten Armor Rune in SoD

SoD Phase 3 All Mage Runes and Locations: Molten Armor Rune

Molten Armor Rune: Causes 17 Fire damage when hit, increases your spell critical strike chance by 5%, and reduces the chance you are critically hit by 5%. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.

How to get Molten Armor:

  1. First, obtaining the rune requires Friendly reputation with the Emerald Wardens faction.
  2. Once you are Friendly, purchase the Molten Armor Rune from one of the following Quartermasters:

All Mage Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 2

In Season of Discovery Phase 2, there are a total of 7 Mage Runes available. Detailed instructions on how to get them are provided below.

SoD Phase 2 All Mage Runes and Locations: Waist Slot

How to Get Spellfrost Bolt Rune in SoD

All Mage Runes and Locations: Spellfrost Bolt

Spellfrost Bolt Rune: Launches a bolt of spellfrost at the enemy, causing (* 203 / 100) to (* 237 / 100) Spellfrost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 9 sec. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target’s Frost and Arcane resists and counts as both Frost and Arcane damage.

How to get Spellfrost Bolt:

To get this Rune, head to the area outside Zul’Gurub in Stranglethorn Vale. There you’ll need to farm Skullsplitter Mystics, level 39-40 Trolls until one drops a Spell Notes: PELFRB STOLLOTS. These spell notes must then be decrypted using a Comprehension Charm, which can be purchased from Reagent vendors for 6 silver and 30 copper in capital cities.

How to Get Frostfire Bolt Rune in SoD

All Mage Runes and Locations: Frostfire Bolt

Frostfire Bolt Rune: Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing (* 258 / 100) to (* 300 / 100) Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 40% and causing an additional (* 8 / 100 * 3) Frostfire damage over 9 sec. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target’s Frost and Fire resists and counts as both Frost and Fire damage.

How to get Frostfire Bolt:

To get this Rune, head to the area outside Zul’Gurub in Stranglethorn Vale. There you’ll need to farm Skullsplitter Mystics, level 39-40 Trolls until one drops a Spell Notes: TROFF IRESTBOL. These spell notes must then be decrypted using a Comprehension Charm, which can be purchased from Reagent vendors for 6 silver and 30 copper in capital cities.

How to Get Hot Streak Rune in SoD

All Mage Runes and Locations: Hot Streak

Hot Streak Rune: Any time you score 2 non-periodic spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Fire Blast, Scorch, or Living Bomb, your next Pyroblast spell cast within 10 sec will be instant cast.

How to get Hot Streak:

How to Get Missile Barrage Rune in SoD

All Mage Runes and Locations: Missile Barrage

Missile Barrage Rune: Gives your Arcane Blast a 40% chance, and your Fireball and Frostbolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the mana cost by 100%, and missiles will fire every 0.5 secs.(Proc chance: 40%)

How to get Missile Barrage:

SoD Phase 2 All Mage Runes and Locations: Feet Slot

How to Get Brain Freeze Rune in SoD

All Mage Runes and Locations: Brain Freeze

Brain Freeze Brain Rune: Your Frost damage spells with chilling effects have a 15% chance to cause your next Fireball, Spellfrost Bolt, or Frostfire Bolt spell to be instant cast and cost no mana.(Proc chance: 15%)

How to get Brain Freeze:

How to Get Spell Power Rune in SoD

All Mage Runes and Locations: Spell Power

Spell Power Rune: Increases critical strike damage bonus of all spells by 50%.

How to get Spell Power: To get thethis Rune, you’ll be collecting books from all around the world, just like you did for the Icy Veins Rune. The books you collected for Icy Veins will count toward this Rune, but you will also need some of the new books that were added in Phase 2. You will need a total of 20 books from both lists.

Here are the book locations added in Phase 2:

How to Get Chronostatic Preservation in SoD

All Mage Runes and Locations: Chronostatic Preservation

Chronostatic Preservation Rune: Heals a friendly target for (* 200 / 100) to (* 300 / 100).]

[Fuses Arcane, Fire, and Frost magic to freeze chronomantic energy into a stored state for later use. You can hold this energy for up to 15 sec before it combusts and expires. When unleashed, heals a friendly target for (* 200 / 100) to (* 300 / 100).

This spell is considered Arcane, Fire, and Frost for interactions with other spells, talents, and effects.]

How to get Chronostatic Preservation:

To get this Rune, you must defeat three specific mobs in the Thousand Needles zone and loot Partial Spell Notes from each. They must be defeated with frost spells like Ice Lance or Frostbolt. Here are the mobs:

All Mage Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 1

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

SoD Phase 1 All Mage Runes and Locations: Chest Slot

How to Get Burnout Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Burnout

Burnout Rune: Increases your spell critical strike chance with all spells by 15%, but your non-periodic spell critical strikes now have an additional mana cost of 1% of your base mana.

How to get Burnout:

How to Get Finger of Frost Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Finger of Frost

Finger of Frost Rune: Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

How to get Finger of Frost

How to Get Regeneration Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Regeneration

Regeneration Rune: Heals the target for (* 42 / 100 * 3) health over 3 sec and applies Temporal Beacon for 30 sec.

Temporal Beacon: Records the subject’s space-time position. 80% of all Arcane damage done by the caster will be converted to chronomantic healing on each of the caster’s current Temporal Beacon targets. This healing is reduced by 50% on self.

How to get Regeneration:

How to Get Enlightenment Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Enlightenment

Enlightenment Rune: You deal 10% more damage while you have more than 70% mana. While below 30% mana 10% of your mana regeneration continues while casting.

How to get Enlightenment:

SoD Phase 1 All Mage Runes and Locations: Legs Slot

How to Get Arcane Surge Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Arcane Surge

Arcane Surge Rune: Unleash all of your remaining mana in a surge of energy focused at the target dealing (* 226 / 100) to (* 264 / 100) Arcane damage, increased by up to 300% based on your mana remaining. Afterward, your normal mana regeneration is activated and increased by 300% for 8 sec.

How to get Arcane Surge: This Rune is purchasable for 4 gold and 50 silver when you reach Honored with the new Supply Factions, Durotar Supply and Logistics for Horde players and Azeroth Commerce Authority for Alliance players. For more information, check out our article here:

How to Get Icy Veins Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Icy Veins

Icy Veins Rune: Hastens your spellcasting, increasing spell casting speed by 20% and reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting by 100%. Lasts 20 sec.

How to get Icy Veins: To obtain this Rune, you will need to collect 10 different books from all over the world. Below are their locations. 

Alliance Books:

Horde Books:

Cross-faction Books:

When you have collected 10 books, visit a librarian NPC to turn them in and receive your Rune.

Alliance librarian’s location: When you have collected 10 books, go to Garon Wendell in the Mage Quarter of Stormwind City [38, 81], to turn them in and receive your Rune. Special thanks to our reader on WowVendor, Roger, for the information!

Horde librarian’s location: When you have collected 10 books, go to Owen Thadd, the Librarian located in the inner part of the Magic Quarter of Undercity [74, 33], to turn them in and receive your Rune.

How to Get Mass Regeneration Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Mass Regeneration

Mass Regeneration Rune: Heals all of target player’s party members within 15 yards of target player for (* 42 / 100 * 3) health over 3 sec and applies Temporal Beacon to each target for 15 sec.

Temporal Beacon: Records the subject’s space-time position. 80% of all Arcane damage done by the caster will be converted to chronomantic healing on each of the caster’s current Temporal Beacon targets. This healing is reduced by 50% on self.

How to get Mass Regeneration:

Alliance and Horde: Head to the Raven Hill cemetery in the western part of Duskwood. Enter the eastern crypt [23, 35] and go into the large room on the left — on the wall to the right just past the door you can loot the Decrepit Phylactery from a Dusty Coffer. Then go to the western crypt [15, 38] and use the phylactery on the Slumbering Bones and defeat the Awakened Lich that spawns to receive the Rune (keep in mind that the Elite you summon using the phylactery and Skeleton can pose a challenge, so it’s recommended to bring along a group if available).

How to Get Living Flame Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Living Flame

Living Flame Rune: Summons a spellfire flame that moves toward the target, leaving a trail of spellfire. This trail deals ( 100 / 100) Spellfire damage every second to nearby enemies. Lasts 20 sec.*

How to get Living Flame:

SoD Phase 1 All Mage Runes and Locations: Gloves Slot

How to Get Living Bomb Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Living Bomb

Living Bomb Rune: The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking (* 85 / 100 * 4) Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing (* 171 / 100) Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards.

How to get Living Bomb:

How to Get Arcane Blast Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Arcane Blast

Arcane Blast Rune: Blasts the target with energy, dealing (* 453 / 100) to (* 527 / 100) Arcane damage.  Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage and healing of all other Arcane spells is increased by 15% and mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%.  Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 6 sec or until any other Arcane damage or healing spell is cast.

How to get Arcane Blast:

In the Zoram Strand [14, 23], kill Wrathtail Naga until they drop Naga Manuscript. The riddle on the book will require you to find three crystals along the Zoram Strand, at each Crystal cast Arcane Explosion. Once completed, use the book to learn Arcane Blast.

How to Get Ice Lance Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Ice Lance

Ice Lance Rune: Deals (* 55 / 100) to (* 65 / 100) Frost damage to an enemy target.  Causes triple damage against Frozen targets.

How to get Ice Lance: Deals (* 55 / 100) to (* 65 / 100) Frost damage to an enemy target. Causes triple damage against Frozen targets.

Initial rune for mages, obtained at their respective class trainers in starting zones at level two.

How to Get Rewind Time Rune in SoD

All SoD Mage Runes: Rewind Time

Rewind Time Rune: Your current target with your Temporal Beacon instantly heals all damage taken over the last 5 seconds. Ineffective on targets that did not have a Temporal Beacon 5 seconds ago.

How to get Rewind Time: 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: 

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That concludes the guide to all Mage Runes in Season of Discovery. If you are interested in more guides on Runes, check out our guide for all SoD Paladin 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 the guides have been able to aid you on your journey. Happy gaming!

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Rogersays:

Librarian List for Icy Veins. Delete Adair Gilroy – he’s a vendor only – doesn’t have the quests for the books. Garon Wendell does. I didn’t check any of the others.

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Terrazelsays:

Hi, Roger! Thank you for the information. We’ve checked it, included it in our SoD Mage Runes guide, and credited you carefully ❤️ We can’t wait to hear more of your discoveries 😊