Like every other class in World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery, Priests were given a few new abilities in the latest update. There are 12 Priest runes for you to discover, each with specific requirements and different locations.
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All 12 Priest Runes in WoW SoD
Like most classes in Season of Discovery, Priests can learn 12 different Runes. During the first stage, your capabilities to use all new Runes will be limited to three, but with each update, it will increase by three.
While a few classes can take on other roles in Season of Discovery, like Shamans becoming tanks or healers, Priests still excel in their traditional tasks—healing and being a Shadow Priest DPS. The added runes enhance their abilities to handle these tasks well, making them powerful healers or damage dealers, depending on which route you take.
Tip:
Unless otherwise stated, you need an active Meditation buff to open the rune cache (usually a Memory or a Prophecy) item and loot the rune.
| Rune | Ability | How to get |
|---|---|---|
| Void Plague (Chest) | Afflicts the target with a disease that causes Shadow damage over 18 seconds. | Alliance: – Dun Morogh: This drops from a Leper Gnome west of Brewnall Village (coordinates 26.0 and 41.8). – Elwynn Forest: This drops from Goldtooth, south of Goldshire (coordinates 41.6 and 78.8) – Teldrassil: You can find this in Ban’ethil Barrow Den in Darnassus in a Gnarlpine Cache (coordinates 45.0 and 61.4). Horde: – Durotar: This drops from a Kul Tiras Sailor (coordinates 57.6 and 55.4) and Kul Tiras Marines (coordinates 59.8 and 57.6) south of Razor Hill. – Tirisfal Glades: This drops from Gillgar, northwest of Deathknell (coordinates 27.6 and 46.4) |
| Serendipity (Chest) | Each time you heal with Flash Heal, the cast of your next Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, or Prayer of Healing will be reduced by 20 percent for 20 seconds, stacking up to three times. | Alliance and Horde: At level 25, you can purchase the Harmonious Epiphany (which you use to learn the Serendipity rune) from Grizzby in Ratchet in the Barrens (coordinates 61.8 and 39.4). However, you must complete his three pre-quests before you can buy the rune: 1. Fish Oil 2. Dark Iron Ordinance 3. Shredder Turbochargers |
| Strength of Soul (Chest) | Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Flash Heal will reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on targets they heal by four seconds. Additionally, targets of your Power Word: Shield will gain Rage from taking damage despite the damage being absorbed, and Righteous Fury will trigger from damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield as if it were a heal. | You need two active and different Meditation buffs. Alliance and Horde: 1. Get Primal Insight from any of the Thistlefur mobs in Ashenvale (East of Maestra’s Post is an excellent place to start at these coordinates 38.2 and 30.6) 2. Go up the hill and through a stone archway. Then climb up the tree (at these 38 and 29 coordinates) 3. Walk carefully on the branches on the right until you see the dreamcatchers. 4. Use Primal Insight next to the dreamcatchers to get the Prophecy of Seven Visitors. |
| Twisted Faith (Chest) | Mind Blast and Mind Flay will deal 20 percent more damage to targets afflicted with your Shadow Word: Pain. | Alliance: – Loch Modan: Kill the Tunnel Rat mobs inside the Silverstream Mine (coordinates 36.6 and 25.6) until you get an Offering Coin. Find the well (first left when you enter the cave) and toss the coin in to get the Memory of the Devout. You need an active Meditation buff to use this item and get the rune. – Westfall: This drops from the Undying Laborer found in the Gold Coast Quarry (coordinates 32.6 and 43.2). Use any of your Holy damage spells to kill it. It will drop a Memory of the Devout Champion. – Darkshore: Obtain Shatterspear Offering from the Stormscale mobs near the Ruins (coordinates 58.4 and 21.2). Take the Shatterspear Offering into the pit of the Ruins of Mathystra and use it on the underwater statue (coordinates 59 and 23). Horde: – The Barrens: Get Helping Hand from Razormane mobs (an excellent place to start is at the coordinates 55.6 and 27.2). Then you need to cast Resurrection on a dead player or pet for the item to open so you can loot the Memory of the Devout Champion. – Silverpine Forest: This drops from Wailing Spirits south of Ambermill (coordinates 60.2 and 74.4). |
| Power Word: Barrier (Legs) | Summons a holy barrier to protect all party members at the target location for 10 seconds, reducing all damage taken by 25 percent and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting. | Alliance and Horde: This Memory drops from Blackrock Shadowcaster in Stonewatch in the Redridge Mountains (coordinates 68.4 and 56.6). To learn it, you need two different active Meditation buffs. |
| Shared Pain (Legs) | Your Shadow Word: Pain now also afflicts up to two additional nearby targets within 15 yards. | Alliance: – Dun Morogh: This drops from Captain Beld, southeast of the Quarry (coordinates 78.6 and 62.0) – Elwynn Forest: This drops from Kobold Miners (an excellent spot to farm is the farm south of Goldshire at the coordinates 41.6 and 80.0) Teldrassil: This drops from Lord Melenas, north of Dolanaar (coordinates 51.6 and 50.2) Horde: – Durotar: This drops from Makasgar (coordinates 62.6 and 65.8) and Gazz’uz (coordinates 52.6 and 8.8) – Tirisfal Glades: This drops from the Tirisfal Farmers on the farm north of Death Knell (coordinates 36.2 and 50.4) |
| Homunculi (Legs) | You break off splinters of your soul to animate three miniature copies of yourself that attempt to attack your current target with a mace, sword, and axe, reducing the attack speed, attack power, and armor, respectively, of any target they hit. | You need two different active Meditation buffs. Alliance: – Dun Morogh: This drops from Frostmane Seers and Frostmane Shadowcasters northeast of Kharanos (coordinates 42.4 and 35.8) – Elwynn Forest: This drops from Defias Rogue Wizards. The best place to farm for it is on Stonecairn Lake Island (coordinates 74.8 and 52.0). Teldrassil: This drops from Rascal Sprite in the Fel Rock Cave, north of Dolanaar in Darnassus (coordinates 54.2 and 51.2) Horde: – Durotar: This drops from Voodoo Trolls on the island to the south (coordinates 67.2 and 85.0) – Tirisfal Glades: This drops from Scarlet Warriors and Scarlet Missionarys on the farm above Death Knell (coordinates 33.8 and 49.0). |
| Prayer of Mending (Legs) | Place a spell on the target that heals them the next time they take damage or receive healing. When the healing takes place, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to five times and lasts 30 seconds after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time. | Alliance and Horde: 1. You need to get either an Adventurer’s Remains or an Adventurer’s Spirit (locations are below). 2. Click on the remains or spirit to summon a portal. You also need a Healer to click on the portal to summon a mob. 3. Kill the mob, and the rune will drop for every player who helped defeat it. For Alliance players: – Dun Morogh: Yours is located in the Grizzled Den (coordinates 43.0 and 50.) – Elwynn Forest: Yours is located on the southeastern hill (coordinates 52 and 85). – Teldrassil: Yours is near Oracle Glade at (coordinates 34 and 36). For Horde players: – Durotar: Yours is south of the Valley of Trials (coordinates 48.0 and 80). – Mulgore: Yours is in the Venture Co. Cave (coordinates 60 and 34). |
| Penance (Gloves) | Launch a volley of holy light at the target, causing holy damage to an enemy or healing to an ally instantly, every one second for two seconds. | You will learn this rune by completing a quest from your Priest trainer in your starting zones fairly early (level two). Alliance: – Dun Morogh: You must complete the Meditation on the Light quest. – Elwynn Forest: You must complete the Meditation on the Light quest. Teldrassil: You must complete the quest, Meditation on Elune. Horde: – Durotar: You must complete the quest, Wisdom of the Loa. – Tirisfal Glades: You must complete the quest, Meditation on Undeath. |
| Mind Sear (Gloves) | Cause an explosion of shadow magic around the enemy target, causing Shadow damage every one second for five seconds to all enemies within 10 yards around the target. | Alliance and Horde: You can purchase this from your Supplier once you’re Friendly with them. Horde players can find one of the Durotar Supply and Logistics representatives, Jornah, in the Valley of Strength in Ogrimmar (coordinates 51.6 and 64.6). Alliance players can find one of the Azeroth Commerce Authority representatives, Elaine, in the Trade District of Stormwind (coordinates 54.8 and 62.0). |
| Circle of Healing (Gloves) | Heal all of the target player’s party members within 40 yards of the target players. | You need two different and active Meditation buffs. Alliance and Horde: 1. Head to Duskwood 2. Kill Defias Night Runners and Defias Enchanters until they drop Dark Insight (good area to start farming 50.6 and 77.6) 3. Bring Dark Insight to a secluded grave northeast of Darkshire behind the Horde tower (coordinates 90 and 30) and use it to get the rune. |
| Shadow Word: Death (Gloves) | A word of dark binding that inflicts shadow damage to the target. If the spell does not kill it, the caster takes damage equal to the damage inflicted upon the target. | You need two different and active Meditation buffs. Alliance: – Loch Modan: Use Kneel at the Heretic Idol (it looks like a snake) in Mo’grosh Stronghold (coordinates 71.8 and 27.6). – Westfall: This drops from Leprithus (an excellent place to farm the farms at the coordinates 42.6 and 29.6). – Darkshore: Go to the island near Auberdine and interact with a glowing orb (coordinates 30.5 and 47.5). Horde: – The Barrens: Find the Desert Mirage and cast Dispel on it. It can be found to the left of Ratchet (coordinates 57.6 and 35.8) – Silverpine Forest: Get the scroll from the table near Thule Ravenclaw (coordinates 65.6 and 24.6) at the tower’s top, on Fenris Isle. |
How to get two Meditation buffs:
You can get your first Meditation buff from your Alliance area and your second buff from another Priest after you’ve completed your level 17 Priest Trainer quest. All they need to do is use ‘pray’ on you while you’re kneeling.
Priests have a tough time in SoD because they not only have to find their runes, but they need to ensure they have active and different Meditation buffs. To achieve this, you may want to party up with a friend to complete these quests, especially if they’re a healer, or ask one of your guildmates or another random player if they’d like to party up for specific rune quests. Because if you’re struggling, there are others who are as well.
But this is everything you need to know about all the Priest runes in WoW SoD and how to get them.
