Warlocks are an excellent damage-dealing class in World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery. With the right runes, you can transform this caster into an even greater DPS threat, but you must know which ones are the best for your character, each rune’s location, and how to engrave them.
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Runes in WoW Classic SoD, explained
Runes in WoW Classic SoD can drastically alter how your character plays. Runes break down the traditional class structures, allowing more classes than ever to experiment with healing, tanking, and dealing out different forms of DPS.
Each rune will offer unique abilities, and no two runes are the same, which means you have more options to create a play style that’s unique to you and suits how you want to play WoW Classic SoD. If you have rolled a Warlock in your Season of Discovery adventure, below are the runes you can look forward to finding and how to engrave them.
How to engrave runes in WoW Classic SoD
Runes for all classes are divided into Chest, Legs, and Glove runes. Whenever you find a rune, you must engrave it on its designated gear, meaning you can’t engrave a Chest rune on your Gloves.
Once you’ve found and unlocked a rune, you can engrave it by following these easy steps:
- Open your character screen by pressing “C.”
- You’ll see the new rune section in your character’s spellbook. Click on the “Rune” icon.
- Select the rune you want.
- Apply it to its corresponding piece of armor.
Tip:
You’ll know the rune has been engraved because the rune’s icon will appear on the engraved piece of equipment.
All Warlock runes and locations in WoW Classic SoD
There are 12 Warlock runes, so far, in WoW Classic SoD. How you get these Warlock runes depends heavily on your chosen race and class combination. Most runes will be attained by quests, but you can find other runes attached to random mobs in your specific starting locations and leveling zones.
| Rune | Ability | Location |
| Lake of Fire (Chest) | Rain of Fire leaves a Lake of Fire on the ground, increasing all fire damage that you and your pet Demon deal by 40 percent for 15 seconds. | Alliance and Horde: 1. Purchase the Demolition Explosives for five gold from the merchant, Zixil in Hillsbrad Foothills. He can be found along the stretch of road from the coordinates 50.6 and 50.6 to Taren Mill (coordinates 60.8 and 19.8) 2. Head to Durnholde Keep (coordinates 77 and 41) and find the pile of “Rubble” at the center. You’ll know you’re at the right place when you hover your cursor over it, and it reads. “Rubble.” 3. Place the Demolition Explosives as close to the Rubble as possible; when it explodes, there will be a chest with the rune inside. A warning: Once you’ve blown up the Rubble, any player can open the chest and snatch your rune. So, you do need to be quick. |
| Master Channeler (Chest) | Your Drain Life will no longer channeled, and it will last 15 seconds and have a 15-second cooldown. It will also cost 100 percent more mana, but it will heal you for 50 percent more every time it deals damage. | Humans: This drops from a Dark Strand Fanatic in Darkshore (coordinates: 57.0 and 26.4) Gnomes: 1. You need to buy a Malevolent Pie from the Travelling Merchant, Greishan Ironstove, in Loch Modan (starting coordinates: 22.8 and 70.8, and head north along the road until you find him) 2. Eat the pie, and this will teach you the rune. Orcs: 1. Head to the Altar of Thorns in The Barrens (coordinates: 58 and 27) 2. Use Health Funnel to siphon away your health. 3. When you hit zero health, you’ll be healed and obtain the rune. Undead: – In a cave on the eastern side of Silverpine Forest, use Curse of Recklessness on the Sadistic Fiend (coordinates: 58.0 and 45.2) until it’s dead to get this rune. |
| Soul Siphon (Chest) | The amount of health drained by your Drain Life and Drain Soul increases by six percent for each of your Warlock Shadow effects currently afflicting the target. | Humans: 1. Use Drain Soul on a critter (like a deer in Elwynn Forest) to get an Innocent Shard 2. Use Drain Soul on a Hogger (coordinates: 47.8 and 43.8) to get a Wanted Shard 3. Trade the shards to the soul broke, Damien Kane in Goldshire for the rune (coordinates: 44.0 and 66.2). Orcs: 1. Use Drain Soul on a critter (like an adder in Durotar) to get an Innocent Shard. 2. Use Drain Soul on Gazz’uz (coordinates: 52.6 and 8.8) to get a Wanted Shard. 3. Trade the shards to the soul broker, Darmak Bloodhowl, in Durotar for the rune (coordinates 54.6 and 41.6). Gnome: 1. Use Drain Soul on a critter (like a rabbit in Dun Morogh) to get a Pure Shard. 2. Use Drain Soul on Captain Beld in Dun Morogh (coordinates: 78.6 and 62.0) to get a Wanted Shard. 3. Trade the shards to the soul broker, Gaklik Voidtwist in Kharanos in Dun Morogh, for the rune (coordinates: 47.2 and 53.6). Undead: 1. Use Drain Soul on a critter (like a chicken in Tirisfal Glades) to get a Pure Shard. 2. Use Drain Soul on Maggot Eye in Tirisfal Glades (coordinates 58.6 and 31.6) to get a Wanted Shard. 3. Trade the shards to the soul broker, Denton Bleakway, in the Undercity for the rune (coordinates 84.2 and 25.8). |
| Demon Tactics (Chest) | You and your pet Demon’s melee and spell critical strike chances are increased by 10 percent. | Alliance: 1. Go to Jasperlode Mine in Elwynn Forest and loot the Dead Acolyte for an artifact (coordinates: 56.6 and 57.6) 2. Take the artifact to the warlock trainer in Goldshire in the Elwynn Forest (coordinates 44.4 and 66.0). 3. Return to the Dead Acolyte and use the Powerless Artifact on it to get the Blood Offering debuff. 4. This debuff only lasts 10 minutes. So you must quickly head to Gakin the Darkbinder in the Mage’s Quarters of Stormwind (coordinates: 25.6 and 77.8). He’ll remove your debuff and give you the rune. Horde: 1. Go near the Scarlet Monastery in Tirisfal Glades and loot the Dead Acolyte for an artifact (coordinates: 76.6 and 44.8) 2. Take the artifact to the warlock trainer in Brill in the Tirisfal Glades (coordinates 61.6 and 52.4). 3. Return to the Dead Acolyte and use the Powerless Artifact on it to get the Blood Offering debuff. 4. This debuff only lasts 10 minutes. So you must quickly head to Carendin Halgar in the Undercity (coordinates: 86.0 and 25.4). He’ll remove your debuff and give you the rune. |
| Everlasting Affliction (Legs) | Drain Life, Drain Soul, Shadowbolt, Shadow Cleave, Searing Pain, Incinerate, and Haunt refresh the duration of your Corruption on the target back to its full-timer. | Alliance: This can be purchased for four gold and 50 silvers from the Azeroth Commerce Authority. However, you must have an Honored Reputation with them to buy this rune. There are three representatives, but the easiest to find is Elaine Compton in Stormwind (coordinates: 54.8 and 62.0) Horde: This can be purchased for four gold and 50 silvers from the Durotar Supply and Logistics. However, you must have an Honored Reputation with them to buy this rune. There are three representatives, but the easiest to find is Jornah in Orgrimmar (coordinates: 51.6 and 64.6) |
| Incinerate (Legs) | Burn your enemy for (222/100) to (258/100) damage and increase all fire damage that you deal by 25 percent for the next 15 seconds. | Alliance and Horde: This drops from Incinerator Gar’im in the Redridge Mountains (coordinates: 77.8 and 86.2). |
| Demonic Grace (Legs) | Your and your pet Demon’s dodge chance increases by 30 percent, and your chance to critically strike targets with all attacks increases by 30 percent for six seconds. | You will get Demonic Grace from your starting zone. Orcs: – Get Ominous Tome from Voodoo Trolls in Echo Isles in Durotar (coordinates: 68.0 and 84.8) – Get Makrura Leg from Makrura’s (coordinates: mobs are located around 63.4 and 50.6) – Get the Kul Tiran Skull from Kul Tiran in Tiragarde Keep in Durotar (coordinates: 59.6 and 56.2). – Use these items on the summoning circle near Zalazane in Durotar (coordinates: 67.6 and 88.6) and kill the demon you summon. Humans: – Get Ominous Tome from Kobolds in Jasperlode Mine in Elwynn Forest (coordinates: 63.6 and 55.4). – Get Gnoll Blood from any Gnoll in Tirisfal Glades (coordinates: 58.8 and 38.2). – Get a Wolf Jawbone from a Prowler or any Wolf (coordinates to try in Elwynn Forest: 67.4 and 65.0, and 35.8 and 69.6). – Use these items on the summoning circle at The Slaughtered Lamb in the Mage Quarter of Stormwind (coordinates to the pub: 25.4 and 78.6) and kill the demon you summon. Gnomes: – Get Ominous Tome from Frostmane Shadowcaster, west of Brewnall Village in Dun Morogh (coordinates: 21.6 and 52.8) – Get Wendigo Blood from Wendigos in Dun Morogh (coordinates: 42.8 and 49.6) – Get a Wolf Jawbone from any Wolf. (coordinates in Dun Murogh: 48.4 and 44.6, and 43.4 and 46.4). – Use these items at the summoning circle in Shimmer Ridge (the ridge to the right of Brewnall Village), and kill the demon you’ve summoned. Undead: – Get Ominous Tome from the Skeletons in Agaman’s Mill in Tirisfal Glades (coordinates: 48.2 and 37.6) – Get Gnoll Blood from any Gnoll in Garren’s Haunt in Tirisfal Glades (coordinates: 60.0 and 36.2). – Get a Wolf Jawbone from any Darkhound in Tirisfal Glades (coordinates: 48.6 and 59.6). – Use the items at the purple summoning circle in the sewers of the Undercity to summon a demon and kill it. Warning: If you lose the ‘tag’ from your summoned demon, you must collect all your resources again. (Tagging means that you’re the one who gets the loot and resources). |
| Demonic Pact (Legs) | Your pet’s critical strikes will apply the effect of Demonic Pact to your team members for 45 seconds. This increases your spell damage or healing by 10 percent. This doesn’t work on Subjugated demons. | Alliance and Horde: This is sold by Grizzby in The Barrens (coordinates 61.8 and 39.4). However, you need to complete the following pre-requisite quests: 1. Shredder Turbochargers 2. Dark Iron Ordinance (Alliance) 3. Fish Oil Once you’ve completed these quests, you can buy Demonic Grace for five gold. |
| Metamorphosis (Gloves) | Transform into a demon and increase your armor by 500 percent. The chance you are critically hit reduces by six percent, the threat increases by 50 percent, while mana gained from Life Tap also increases by 100 percent. Several changes are made to base spells: – Searing Pain becomes Instant. – Shadow Bolt becomes Shadow Cleave, a melee version of the spell that hits up to three nearby enemies. – Fear is replaced by Menace, a spell that taunts targets. – Gain Demon Charge – Gain Demonic Howl | Alliance and Horde: You must get and complete the following quest and steps from Doan Karhan in The Barrens (coordinates: 49.2 and 57.2): 1. The Orb of Soran’ruk 2. Rumors Abound 3. The Conjuring. While summoning demons from the altar, use Soul Drain on them until the Mysterious Traveler appears and gives you the Mysterious Traveler quest. 4. Return to Doan Karhan and complete your quest. 5. Complete the final quest from Doan, Raszel Ander, to get Metamorphosis. |
| Shadow Bolt Volley (Gloves) | Your Shadow Bolt spell can now strike up to five targets within 10 yards. However, the damage is reduced by 20 percent. | Alliance: – Dropped by Delmanis the Hated in Darkshore (coordinates: 56.8 and 27.6). – Dropped by Graix in Loch Modan (coordinates: 71.2 and 68.2). But to summon it, you must kill the Demonic Remains with a shadow spell at the ruins (coordinates 72.6 and 68.8). Horde: – Use Soul Drain on Supervisor Lugwizzle in The Barrens (coordinates: 56.2 and 8.6) to get Soul of Green. Use the Soul of Greed on the Hungry Idol (coordinates 57.08 and 9.73) to get the rune. – Kill all mobs at Beren’s Peril in Silverpine Forest (coordinates: 59.8 and 71.4) until you get Tortured Soul. Use Life Trap to summon a level 20 monster, kill it, and get the rune. |
| Chaos Bolt (Gloves) | Fires a bolt of chaos at the target, dealing fire damage. Chaos Bolt will always hit and cannot be resisted or deflected. | Gnome: Using Immolate, you must destroy the ice surrounding a Frozen Trogg in Gol’bolar Quarry (coordinates 69.2 and 58.6) with two other Warlocks. You’ll need to spam this until the ice breaks. Humans: You need two other Warlocks to help you destroy the ice surrounding a Frozen Murloc in Elwynn Forest (coordinates: 76.8 and 51.4) using Immolate—spam this until it breaks the ice. Orcs: You also need two other Warlocks to help you destroy the ice surrounding a Frozen Makrura in Durotar (coordinates: 58.6 and 45.6) using Immolate—spam this until the ice breaks. Undead: You and two other Warlocks must melt the ice surrounding a Frozen Murloc in Elynn Forest (coordinates: 66.2 and 40.2) using any Fire spells—spam them until the ice melts. |
| Haunt (Gloves) | Release a ghostly attack on the target, dealing shadow damage and increasing all shadow damage you deal over time to the target by 20 percent. After Haunt ends, you will heal from all damage dealt to your target. | Alliance: Gnomes and Humans will get this rune from their warlock class trainer once they’ve hit level two and completed their level two quest, Stolen Power. Orcs: Orcs will get this from Nartok in Durotar (who is roughly at the coordinates 40.6 and 68.4) after you’ve completed the level two quest, Stolen Power. Horde: Undeads will get this from Maximilian in Tirisfal Glades (he’s roughly at the coordinates 30.8 and 66.2) once you’ve completed your level two quest, The Lost Rune. |
Thankfully, most Warlock runes are found via quests or in your starting zones. However, the ones I found to be the most challenging to get were the ones involving having an Honored Reputation or completing what felt like a million pre-requisite quests before getting the quest for the rune. It’s tedious and a labor of love. But if you want to increase your damage output, you’ll undoubtedly want to find and engrave some of these runes.
Until more runes release, hopefully, for phase two, these are all 12 Warlock Runes in WoW Classic SoD, their abilities, and their locations.
