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Comment by Sipder2

Partial Rune Codex is sold by Ve'nari in The Maw.
To unlock the access for this item you need complete a puzzle and loot Crumbling Stele in The Maw.

How to get Crumbling Stele:

buy Animated Levitating Chain for 1050xStygia and Stygia Dowser for 1500xStygia from Ve'nari in The Maw
go to Domination Keep (located deep within Perdition Hold)
reach the platform of the puzzle (need grappling)
the area has a green fog covering the platform, and when you arrive there, you will get an extra action button to use your Stygia Dowser
solve the puzzle
open the chest and loot Crumbling Stele

/way 46,8, 41,7 Ve'nari
/way 23.0 68.4 Grappling
/way 24.0 75.5 Platform

About the Puzzle:

Once you use your Stygia Dowser, you will be phased out and become a ghost, and a chest with 6 glowing runes will appear at the center of the platform. You can click on 2 of the glowing runes at a time to swap their positions around. To solve this puzzle, you need to pay attention to your surroundings - There are 6 spikes on the platform you're on, and each spike will have a glowing rune on top of them. You need to order the runes near the chest to match the order of the spikes on the platform. Be careful, as you DO have limited attempts, and if you fail enough times, you will not be able to attempt the puzzle again for TWO HOURS.

Once you match the runes with the pillars, the chest will open, giving you the Crumbling Stele. Once you obtain the Crumbling Stele, Ve'nari will have another item for sale - The Partial Rune Codex, for another 2000 Stygia. Once you read the Partial Rune Codex, you will notice there are pages missing:

Missing Pages:

The missing pages of the Rune Codex can be found in different places scattered through The Maw:

Rune Codex Page: Forging can be found at the back of Death's Howl, one of the many caverns in the southern portion of the Beastwarrens. Night Fae Covenant members will recognize this cave as the place where they went to save Rezan from The Maw. Death's Howl Cave Entrance: 46.1 82.4
Rune Codex Page: Souls can be found in Perdition Hold, on the platform where the rare Thanassos spawns. Page coordinates: 27.2 72.3
Rune Codex Page: Binding can be found at the upper level of the Tremaculum, behind the location where Anduin was kept prisoner during the Maw introduction. Page coordinates: 24.6 12.6

/way 46.1 82.4 Page 1
/way 27.2 72.3 Page 2

/way 27,6, 17,4 Teleport to Page 3
/way 24.6 12.6 Page 3

How to get Bound Shadehound Mount: https://youtu.be/xIYyt0NblJQ

Comment by Turron

Codex price 2000 Stygia(on Live), not 1500.

Comment by pokakap

This item is part of the Bound Shadehound mount

How to get the Bound Shadehound mount

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siGXfMWdzmo

Pre-requisites: Be Appreciated by Ve'nari, have 3,500 Stygia, have learned Animated Levitating Chain. Helpful: Words of Warding is active because of Assassin's Soulcloak

Buy Stygia Dowser for 1,500 Stygia
Go to Domination Keep in Perdition Hold (approx at 23.0, 68.4), and grapple up 1 level. Go to the left, and go up the stairs to a second hook at about 24.0, 75.5.
Use your extra action button and solve the Rune Puzzle to get Crumbling Stele by making the runes above the chest match the runes on the spikes. Spike #1 was to your left grappling up and goes clockwise. You have limited attempts before being locked out for two hours. If this happens, use the time to farm
Return to Ve'nari and buy Partial Rune Codex for 2,000 Stygia.
Retrieve Rune Codex Page: Forging from the cave in the Beast Warrens located at 48.8, 84.7. The page is in the back left.
Retrieve Rune Codex Page: Souls from Perdition Hold located at 27.2, 72.3.
Retrieve Rune Codex Page: Binding from Tremaculum at 24.6,12.67. The teleport up is at 27.6,17.3.
Read all the pages by clicking on them to get Codice Runico Intatto
Pet Stray Soul in the River of souls to get Anima di Lupo Volenterosa. Go against the current and you'll eventually find him.
Kill the rare Soulforger Rhovus to get Soulforger's Tools
Spend the next 2 - 8 hours of your life farming 200 Polvere di Stigia and 200 Scheggia di Stigia. The Stygia Dowser will allow you to see Stygia Nexus on the minimap. On the ground these look like glowing green orbs. Stand next to one and click on the Stygia Dowser. Only one person can tap a nexus at a time. I recommend not going over eye 2 for this.
Celebrate the end of grinding
Go to Soulsteel Anvil (located at the very top of Domination Keep at 20.2,67.0-You will need to grapple hook up the side) to create 20 Lingotto di Stigia
Create Armored Husk by combining 20 Lingotto di Stigia with Soulforger's Tools
Optional: Take the Chaotic Rift to get down (it takes you to Zovaal's Cauldron)
Go to the Binding alter at 45.2,48.2 to combine Armored Husk with Anima di Lupo Volenterosa to get Feral Shadehound
Read Crumbling Stele to get the rune order
Use Feral Shadehound to get start Feral Shadehound which starts the binding ritual
Run Feral Shadehound into a cage or pillar to not have to bother with mob agro while you punch in the correct rune order.
This completes Feral Shadehound which gives Bound Shadehound
Learn the mount, brag to guildies/friends

A quick note on farming. When Words of Warding is active, as long as you don't turn it in, you can cloak easily in Perdition Hold, which makes Perdition Hold ideal for farming Polvere di Stigia and Scheggia di Stigia. It also makes it easier to get Rune Codex Page: Souls as well as get to Go to Soulsteel Anvil.

Another thing I noticed is that when you collect resources from one stygia nexus, another one seems to spawn almost instantly. I think there are two active nexus in each particular sub-zone of the maw. This is why camping a spot doesn't seem to work as the nexus are random. HOWEVER, I think some more more common spawn locations than others. If you are having trouble finding one, I'd check the more rare spots, which for Perdition Hold is at the very very top of Dominion Keep as well as the very southern part where your Assassin's Soulcloak will fall off.

Comment by alpanhell

I cannot see Partial Rune Codex at Ve'nari. I assume it's because I solved the book Codice Runico Intatto on another toon.

I can't stand farming so planned on doing it on several toons and which one got to the 200 Dust and Sliver first would finish. But looks like that's not an option.

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