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Shaman Runes and Their Locations in Season of Discovery

WoW SoD Shaman Runes will help you to enhance or potentially completely change the gameplay dynamics of your class. This guide provides insights into the locations of all Shaman runes in the Season of Discovery, offering a comprehensive overview of all the effects they grant to the player.

Season of Discovery Phase 2 Shaman Runes

During the second phase of the Season of Discovery, Shamans can find a total of 7 new runes. These runes cover a diverse range of abilities. Here is the list of all of them, and where you can find them.

Spirit of the Alpha

Spirit of the Alpha 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.

Where to find:

Location: Weathered Cache atop a mushroom-shaped rock near Freewind Post in Thousand Needles (/way 46, 53).

Navigation:

Begin from the flight point.
Cross the northern bridge.
Return to the main pinnacle via the lower bridge.
Before reaching the third bridge, spot the chest below on the left side.

Transform into Ghost Wolf form.
Descend cautiously from the main pinnacle to reach the cache.

Decoy Totem

Decoy Totem 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.

Where to find:

Location: Thousand Needles. You have two options for obtaining this rune.

Option 1: Collect 3x Cloud Serpent Fangs

Option 2: Collect 10x Strong Harpy Feather

Cloud Serpent Fangs: Obtainable from Cloud Serpents such as Cloud Serpent, Venomous Cloud Serpent, and Elder Cloud Serpent, easiest found southeast of the Great Lift and south of Freewind Post.
Strong Harpy Feather: Gathered from Harpies such as Screeching Harpy, Screeching Roguefeather, and Screeching Windcaller, primarily located in harpy caves (entrance around /way 27.8 49.4).

Purchase 1 Silken Thread from Jandia in Freewind Post (/way 46.0 51.6).
Head to the Altar of the Wind Spirit at /way 39.4 42.0, situated behind a hut on top of the bluff.
Use either the Cloud Serpent Fangs or the Strong Harpy Feathers to craft Offering to the Wind Spirit. Note: This is a channeled offering; ensure you have ample time to complete the channeling by clearing the area.
After creating the Offering to the Wind Spirit, demonstrate faith to the Wind Spirit by jumping off the edge.

Ancestral Awakening

Ancestral Awakening makes it so that 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.

Where to find:

Travel to Desolace and accept the Highway Robbery quest in Desolace at an Extinguished Campfire at /way 47 54.
Travel to /way 63 39 and turn the quest in to Bibbly F'utzbuckle. Accept the quest called On the Lam.
Travel to the inn in Booty Bay. Turn in your quest in Tokal, and pick up Cherry for Your Thoughts?. Buy Cherry Grog. Travel to the next part of your quest: No Honor Among Thieves.
Travel to Arathi Highlands and find a Rowboat under the bridge at /53 91 on the Arathi Highlands map. Interact with the boat and you will be teleported to the eastern shore.
Locate Illari Duskfeather and engage her in conversation. She will present two equally hostile dialogue options. Upon selecting one, she will initiate combat. Defeat her in battle, retrieve the dropped bag, and loot Illari's Key. Then, use the key to unlock the Jewel-Encrusted Box and obtain the Rune stored within.

Maelstrom Weapon

Maelstrom Weapon makes it so that 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.

Where to find:

Razorfen Kraul Quest:

Obtain Scroll from Charlga Razorflank (Minimum level requirement: 30).
Deliver Scroll to Rau Cliffrunner in Freewind Post (/way 46.0 51.6).

Bath'rah's Quest Chain:

Location: Alterac Mountains (/way 80.4, 66.8)
Emote /pray before speaking to Bath'rah.

Quests:

Power of da Wind: Obtain 5x Whirling Essence from Wind Elementals in Desolace.
Power of da Water: Gather 5x Rushing Essence from Withervine elementals in Dustwallow Marsh.
Power of da Earth: Collect 5x Rumbling Essence from Rock elementals in Badlands.

Return to Bath'rah:

Bring 1x Crystal Vial for the subsequent quest A Simple Container.
Receive Squall-breakers Potion and With Wind Beneath Your Wings quest.

Return to Freewind Post:

Present Squall-breakers Potion to Rau Cliffrunner.
Obtain quest Calm Before the Storm.
Drink the potion and talk to Nyse, the Flight Master.
Engage and defeat Closest Quillboar caster and the Ravaging Tempest.
Loot the Eye of the Tempest.

Final Steps:

Return to Rau Cliffrunner to complete Calm Before the Storm and receive rewards.
Receive quest Catching Up, directing you back to Bath'rah.
Return to Bath'rah in Alterac Mountains to receive the Rune.

Power Surge

Power Surge makes it so that 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%)

Where to find:

Location: Arathi Highlands

Find Boulderfist Ogres (level 32-33) surrounding a short mountain and inside a cave (around /way 34, 44).

Procedure:

Kill ogres until obtaining the Ogre Lightning Rod.
Place the rod on top of the mountain into Soft Soil.
Target the Lightning Rod and strike it ten times with Lightning Bolt.
This action summons a level 37 Elite named Tam'kar.
Tam'kar will perish on his own within 30 seconds.
Focus on healing yourself rather than engaging in combat.
Loot the Rune of Power upon Tam'kar's demise.

Fire Nova

Fire Nova makes it so that your Fire Nova Totem spell is replaced with Fire Nova, which causes your current Fire totem to emit damage at its location.

Where to find:

Desolace:

Kill Flameseer Dubelen located north of Thunder Axe Fortress near /way 57 21.

Orgrimmar:

Speak to Zor Lonetree in the Valley of Wisdom at /way 39.0 38.0.

Maraudon Entrance:

Loot Tear of Theradras in Purple Wing (/way 27 57).
Loot Tear of Theradras in Orange Wing (/way 39 57).

Return to Zor Lonetree.

He will direct you to Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem on the Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff at /way 78.6 28.6.

Thunder Bluff:

Speak with Tal at the Thunder Bluff flight path and travel to Moonglade.

Moonglade:

Speak with Keeper Remulos at the Shrine of Remulos (/way 36 41) and obtain the Elemental Salve.
Proceed to (/way 55 65) on the south-central shore of Lake Elune'ara.
Use the Elemental Salve to cleanse the Corrupted Fire Totem and acquire the Brimstone Icon.

Completion:

Equip the Brimstone Icon.
Hit enemies 25 times with Rockbiter Weapon.
Right-click the equipped Brimstone Icon after fulfilling the condition to acquire the Rune.

Two-Handed Mastery

Two-Handed Mastery makes it so that each time you strike an enemy with a two-handed weapon, you gain 30% attack speed with two-handed weapons for 10 sec.

Where to find:

Travel to Deadwind Pass and speak with the Dalaran Agent at /way #1430 52 35 to receive Ariden's Sigil.
Equip the Sigil and then find and kill seven Dark Rider Elites after using this sigil to reveal them. This will reward you with Dalaran Relics. You will know if Dark Rider is nearby by having a Dark Presence buff. Here is the list with locations of Dark Riders.
Deadwind Pass: At /way #1430 43 29. Drops Curious Dalaran Relic.
Duskwood: At /way #1431 23 47. Drops Glittering Dalaran Relic.
Swamp of Sorrows: At /way #1435 69 28. Drops Odd Dalaran Relic.
Arathi Highlands: At /way #1417 60 40. Drops Whirring Dalaran Relic.
Badlands: At /way #1418 58 54. Drops Slippery Dalaran Relic.
The Barrens: At /way #1413 52 36. Drops Heavy Dalaran Relic.
Desolace: At /way #1443 65 25). Drops Creepy Dalaran Relic.

After turning in all the runes you will receive a quest called A Service to Dalaran. You will receive a Supply Bag as a reward. The rune is inside.

Season of Discovery Phase 2 Shaman Runes

In the initial phase of the Season of Discovery, Shamans can access a total of 12 runes. These runes vary in their focus, some aiding in healing while others enhance damage-dealing abilities. Regardless of your specialization, acquiring all runes is advisable, as their number is expected to grow in subsequent phases of the Season of Discovery. Below is a comprehensive list of these runes.

Dual Wield Specialization

Dual Wield Specialization 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.

Where to find:

At level 20 travel to Ratchet and find an NPC called Grizzby. You will need to complete 3 quests for him, which are mostly about gathering various items. Those items are:

16x Shredder Turbocharger: You can get this by using the Shredder Autosalvage Unit on Venture Co. Light Shredder.
20x Dark Iron Ordinance: This item can be found as a drop from Dark Iron Dwarves in Wetlands.
24x Fish Oil: This item can be found as a drop from Murlocs and Naga of level 25 and higher.

After completing these quests the rune will become available for purchase from Grizzby for 5 gold.

Healing Rain

Healing Rain selects the area 15 yards around the target player and heals all of the target player's party members within that area for (* 15 / 100) every second.

Where to find:

Submit supply shipments for reputation and, upon reaching an "Honored" reputation with your faction, you can purchase this rune from the faction's reputation vendor for a cost of 4 gold and 50 silver. Woohoo! You've also found a special promo-code. Use BLOG7 to get 7% OFF on your first boosting service!

Overload

Overload 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.

Where to find:

Accept the level 2 quest called Icons of Power (Orc and Troll) or Icons of Power (Tauren) at your starting area.
Farm Scorpid Workers if you are playing as an Orc or Troll, or Bristleback Shamans if you are a Tauren. One of these mobs will eventually drop a Dyadic Icon.
Equip it to your relic slot and receive nature damage 10 times. This will trigger an Inspired buff. Use the Dyadic Icon and turn in the quest to receive your rune.

Shield Mastery

Shield Mastery makes it so 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 always gain 10% increased chance to Block and 15% increased Block value.

Where to find:

You can get this rune in different ways depending on which race you’ve decided to play as.

Tauren: You will need to find a glowing totem between Mulgore and the Barrens. It can usually be found in the northeast part of Mulgore, at Red Rocks. After finding the totem kill 10 enemies with the Lightning Bolt.
Orc and Troll: Find the glowing totem at 52.07, 62.5, or 51.7, 56.4 in Durotar. After finding the totem kill 10 enemies with the Lightning Bolt.

Lava Burst

Lava Burst makes 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.

Where to find:

Find Mudsnout Shaman in Hillsbrad Foothills at 65, 60 and farm them until one of them drops a Kajaric Icon. From there travel to Ragefire Charm and dance at the lava until you are buffed with an inspiration. Use the Kajaric Icon to get your rune.

Lava Lash

Lava Lash makes 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.

Where to find:

Complete a quest line called Stalk With The Earthmother which can be started by talking to Boarton Shadetotem in Thunder Bluff. You will receive a Lava Lash rune as a reward.

Molten Blast

Molten 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.

Where to find:

You can get this rune in different ways depending on which race you’ve decided to play as.

Orc and Troll: Find a Hut at the east of Razor Hill at 59, 46. Inside, there should be a Frozen Makrura. Use fire spells on it 5 times to get a Sulfurous Icon. Defeat 10 enemies with Earth Shock and use the Sulfurous Icon to receive your rune.
Tauren: Travel to the east of Thunderbluff to find and kill dwarves until one of them drops an Artifact Storage Key. Travel to Bael’Dun Digsite at 32, 50 and use the key to open a chest. Inside the chest, you will find a Sulfurous Icon. Defeat 10 enemies with Earth Shock and use the Sulfurous Icon to receive your rune.

Water Shield

Water Shield makes it so 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 the 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.

Where to find:

You can get this rune in one of two 10+ level areas of SoD.

Silverpine Forest: Find and kill Grimson the Pale at around 59, 45 to get a Tempest Icon. Equip it and hit 10 PvE enemies with 3 different elemental skills (Nature, Frost, and Fire). Use the tempest icon to receive your rune.
The Barrens: Farm Kolkar Booty Key from Kolkars and use it on one of their chests which can be found at around 44,38 to get the Tempest Icon. Equip it and hit 10 PvE enemies with 3 different elemental skills (Nature, Frost, and Fire). Use the tempest icon to receive your rune.

Ancestral Guidance

Ancestral Guidance makes it so that 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.

Where to find:

You can get this rune in different ways depending on which race you’ve decided to play as.

Orc and Troll: Head to the Centaur Camp south of Sen’Jin in Durotar. Interact with Adventurer's Spirit to open up a portal. You will need a second player to click on said portal to receive your rune.
Tauren: Find a Venture Co mine at 66, 33 and interact with Adventurer's Spirit there to open up a portal. You will need a second player to click on said portal to receive your rune.

Earth Shield

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.

Where to find:

Find and kill the first boss of the Blackfathom Deeps raid – Baron Aquanis.
Travel to Zoram Beach in Ashenvale and accept a quest called Elemental Distress from Je’neu Sancrea at 11.6, 32.2.
Kill elementals in Ashenvale until you get a Mote of Seismic Rage, Mote of Infernal Rage, and Mote of Torrential Rage.
Turn in the quest and accept the next one, called Elixir of Insight.
Obtain both items required for this quest by either crafting them or buying them on the AH.
Travel to Barrens and kill Hirzek at 43, 79.

Shamanic Rage

Shamanistic Rage 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.

Where to find:

Travel to Stonetalon Mountains and find Primordial Anomaly at around 33.2, 66.6. Kill it by using its elemental weaknesses to receive the rune.

Way of Earth

Way of Earth makes it so that 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.

Where to find:

You can get this rune in one of two 10+ level areas of SoD.

The Barrens: Find a Desert Mirage at 59, 37 and use Purge on it.
Silverpine Forest: Find and kill Rot Hide Mystic at 45, 21 to get a Rot Totem from them. Use said totem to summon an elite. Kill it to get the rune.

This encompasses all the Shaman runes available in the Season of Discovery. All the new runes will be included as well, as they become accessible in the forthcoming phases of SoD. If you prefer not to search for the runes yourself, our team can assist you with this task. Explore our SoD rune services by clicking here.