Mage Runes and SoD Locations - WoW Classic

By Wowhead Updated: 2024/12/18

Acquiring Runes and Spell Books in Season of DiscoveryRune Vendor / Rune Broker LocationsAlliance

Darnassas, Temple Gardens /way #1455 53.8 13.6 Rune Broker

Ironforge, The Forlorn Cavern /way #1455 53.8 13.6 Rune Broker

Stormwind City, The Dwarven District /way #1453 57.6 27.0 Rune Broker

Horde

Orgrimmar, Cleft of Shadow /way #1454 49.6 46.2 Rune Broker

Thunder Bluff, Spirit Rise /way #1456 22.8 13.8 Rune Broker

Undercity, The Magic Quarter /way #1458 79.8 19.0 Rune Broker

Mage Class and Role Overview Guides - Season of DiscoveryMage Skill Books in Season of Discovery

Milton Sheaf <Librarian>, Dwarven District, Stormwind City, /way 74.0 7.6

Zor Lonetree <Elder Far Seer>, Valley of Wisdom, Orgrimmar, /way 39.0 38.0

Skill Books

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Mage Runes by Slot in Season of DiscoveryRing RunesMage Belt Runes

Mage Rune

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Rune Discovery Guide

Belt

Frostfire Bolt Guide

Belt

Missile Barrage Guide

Belt

Spellfrost Bolt Guide

Mage Boot Runes

Mage Rune

Effect

Rune Discovery Guide

Boots

Brain Freeze Guide

Boots

Chronostatic Preservation Guide

Boots

Spell Power Guide

Mage Bracer Runes

Mage Rune

Effect

Rune Discovery Guide

Bracer

Balefire Bolt Guide

Bracer

Displacement Guide

Bracer

Molten Armor Guide

Bracer

Rewind Time Rune Guide

Mage Chest Runes

Mage Rune

Effect

Rune Discovery Guide

Chest

Burnout Rune Guide

Chest

Enlightenment Rune Guide

Chest

Fingers of Frost Rune Guide

Chest

Regeneration Rune Guide

Mage Cloak Runes

Mage Rune

Effect

Rune Discovery Guide

Cloak

Arcane Barrage Guide

Cloak

Frozen Orb Guide

Cloak

Overheat Guide

Mage Gloves Runes

Mage Rune

Effect

Rune Discovery Guide

Gloves

Arcane Blast Rune Guide

Gloves

Ice Lance Rune Guide

Gloves

Living Bomb Rune Guide

Mage Helm Runes

Mage Rune

Effect

Rune Discovery Guide

Helm

Advanced Warding Guide

Helm

Deep Freeze Guide

Helm

Hot Streak Guide

Helm

Temporal Anomaly Guide

Mage Legs Runes

Mage Rune

Effect

Rune Discovery Guide

Legs

Arcane Surge Rune Guide

Legs

Icy Veins Rune Guide

Legs

Living Flame Rune Guide

Legs

Mass Regeneration Rune Guide

Mage Comprehension Charm Mechanic

Comments

Comment by pb4udie

I got Living Flame and Scroll of Reintegration from Scarlet Warriors in Tirisfall Glades

Comment by Risutoa

Got a quest in valley of trials to work on getting ice lance. Called Spell Reserach. Not sure where to go

Comment by GreatAndPowerful

Ice Lance is gotten from a quest in the starting zone very early on

Comment by Laddis

Icelance dropped from Defias Bandit in Northshire Valley after you get your Class quest from the Mage trainer.

Comment by Zivvy

Fingers of Frost dropped off of Zalazane (quest mob) on the Echo Isles.

Comment by Drknite

Got The Lessons of Ta'zo from a mural near troll mage trainers in org but idk what to use it for?

Comment by Jaepen

Got finger of frost from killing vagash in dun morogh

Comment by Worm

Burnout drops from the Frozen Makura east of Razor hill in a ruined house.

4 seperate people need to apply fire damage to it, then it pops. Pets count.

Warlock friend got chaos bolt from it too.

Comment by jac121

For the Gnome/Dwarf starting area for mage.

Ice lance.
Off the first class quest

Fingers of frost
From killing Vagash

Burnout.
From killing the frozen trogg at Gol'bolar quarry. It fell once it received fire damage from 4 people/pets warlock imps count too as he also drops chaos bolt for warlocks.

Living flame.
Killed a Frostmane Shadowcaster at frostmane hold and it dropped me "Spell Notes: MILEGIN VALF" which I used with a comprehension charm and it taught me Living Flame rune.

Comment by Nyften

For Undead, Living Flame drops off of the "Scarlet Warrior", West of Solliden Farmstead in Tirisfal Glades
(blue circle in link)
https://imgur.com/a/S6l8vYG

For Undead, Enlightenment can be found if you polymorph the "Odd Melon" neutral mob, it will turn the mob into a friendly mob that will teleport away and spawn a scroll on the ground,
where you get "Apothecary Notes", get 6 of those and you can combine it into "Spell Notes: Enlightenment"

For Undead, getting Burnout is West of Brightwater Lake just on the shore, "Frozen Murloc" same spot Warlocks get Chaos Bolt.
Needs fire damage 4 times in a short amount of time, so you need to be 2 with fire damage for it. Seems like respawn timer is about 5 minutes
https://imgur.com/a/1ulifFj

Comment by ArielAutumn

Scroll of Reintegration (mage rez) dropped from a Rot Hide Graverobber in Tirisfal Glade

Comment by Timzy

Found Living Flame in Elwynn Forest off the Kobold Geomancers around 63,55 outside the mine.

Comment by j0eL

https://pastebin.com/DrbT3tXg

basement wizards (500+ member guild) on living flame are adding runes on here for all classes and races... good luck and happy discovery!

Comment by Lalalalava

Finger of Frost also drops off Fyodi rare in Dun Morogh

Comment by moldybeandip

In Elwynn Forest I've found random critters with a "Wild Polymorph" Debuff that give Azora Apprentice Notes after you polymorph them. Grabbing 6 makes Enlightenment.

Comment by Soakzy

Living Flame looted from my first kill of a Frostmane Seer at Shimmer Ridge in Dun Morogh

Comment by Srrampage

I have one that looks like it would be "Claw", but it just says "CWAL" and says its for Classes: Mage. Gnome starting area, don't remember the mob I got it from.

Comment by OskarW

Spell Notes: TENGI RONEERA is dropped by Defias Pillager

Comment by llamageek

Living Bomb found on Gnolls in Loch Modan Cave at Stone Splitter Valley - Alliance

Comment by Emcredible

for regen for gnomes there is a pile of books in loch modan in a small tent in the middle of the loch

Comment by Pelican420

185 kills and counting on Rot Hide Graverobbers for the Regeneration rune. Has anyone got it yet?

Comment by Blink18260000

Human Mage:
Regeneration: Looted from Pile of Stolen Books in a hut on the island in the middle of loch modan, next to the middle pillar.
Fingers of Frost: Dropped from Hogger.
Burnout: From the frozen murloc on the east side of the island in Stonecairn Lake in Elwynn Forest, or from the ice bound trogg in the quarry in Dun Murough. If you already have Living Flame, then it can damage through the ice block (probably a bug), which lets you solo it with 3 casts.
Enlightenment: Cast Polymorph on 6 wandering critters with the wild polymorph debuff around Elwynn Forest to turn them back into gnomes. They leave an item on the ground you need to interact with.
Living Flame: Dropped from kobold geomancer outside/inside the cave northeast of Goldshire.
Ice Lance: From the intro quest in Northshire.
Living Bomb: From the troggs on the island in the middle of Loch Modan. It was the one that throws the lightning bolts (Primalist?).

Comment by TheCanadianSoul

Regeneration drops off Dalaran Apprentices in Silverpine Forest

Comment by koujimoreno

Horde - Rune of Regeneration drops from Dalaran Apprentice in Silverpine forest - NOT the Graverobbers.

Comment by Nalaro

Got the fingers of frost rune as a human mage from killing Hogger!

Comment by iDieForFun

For Humans,
Ice Lance - starting area quest
Living Flame - dropped from Kobold Geomancer at Jasperlode Mine
Burnout - dropped from Frozen Murloc on the Stone Cairn Lake island
Fingers of Frost - dropped from Hogger
Regeneration - dropped from Defias Pillager

Comment by CapFromCS

Alliance and Horde - Living Bomb - Stonesplinter Seers

Hi, I'm Capp, holder of the distinguished title of "First Horde Mage with Living Bomb" Horde players can get Living Bomb from the Stonesplinter Seers. The item is called "Chewed Spell Notes" with the flavour "Trogg shamans are truly voracious readers."

Side note - This confirms Horde can get Alliance runes, and likely vice-versa.

Comment by Tipsey

I got fingers of frost as a Mage from Edan The Howler lvl 9 rare in Wendigo cave. It was another encrypted spell notes.

Comment by Ribbit

Found the Arcane Blast Rune for Mages:

In the Zoram Strand, killing Nagas will eventually drop a 'Naga Manuscript'. This book gives a short riddle on how to unlock the rune. completing the riddle gives a 'Spell Notes: Arcane Blast' which can be clicked to learn the Arcane Blast rune.

"The manuscript shows a map of three crystals along the Zoram Strand. An ordered path is traced between the crystals: going from South to North. Next to each crystal is a drawing depicting an explosion of Arcane Magic."

Spoiler Alert!, don't read further if you want to solve the riddle yourself!

To solve, simply move from crystal to crystal, South to North, and Arcane Explosion next to each crystal.

Ribbit - Wild Growth

Comment by Nyften

Horde - I got Living Bomb for completing Wand to Bethor, afterwards I got a turnin quest "A Token of Gratitude" which gave me Living Bomb
https://imgur.com/a/OHz48lt

You start this by going to Fenris Isle in Silverpine Forest and get a quest item from the Rot Hide Brutes, it tells will have you interact with a grave on the right hand side in courtyard of the castle, and then you get another quest where you have to fight your way up to the top left tower in the castle on the island, there is a "Dusty Shelf" that you can interact with and complete the quest, which gives you the quest "Wand to Bethor"

Comment by L1zard0

Got living flame off a mob in skull rock cave as a troll

Comment by BGro33

As a gnome, I got Fingers of Frost to drop from killing Timber.

Comment by falcon1209

Living Flame dropped from Burning Blade Cultist in north central Durotar, just north of Razor Hill.

Comment by falcon1209

As a Troll Mage, I was able to collect the Enlightenment items from the polymorphed Odd Melons designated for the Forsaken.

Comment by TPaultos

Skull Rock - Burning Blade Fanatic - Scroll: MILEGIN VALF --> Engrave Pants - Living Flame

Comment by Bockwurschtbude

Found Fingers of Frost in Skull Rock Durotar

Comment by Meldana

Regeneration Rune:
Went to Silverpine at lvl 11 (troll mage, zeppelin from Orgrimmar to Undercity, ran to Silverpine Forest), to say hi to a few Dalaran Apprentices. Killed a few lvl 13, and a few lvl 14, about 7 or 8 in total. Got Spell Notes: TENGI RONEERA, deciphered it, I am a healer now, I think?
(just healed my first dungeon as mage ... found out that Living Flame counts as arcane spell - really overpowered!)

Comment by randehman

For Orcs/Trolls: Living Flame Rune scroll drops from Burning Blade cultists inside of Skull Rock (the same ones that drop Searing Collars for the "Skull Rock" Quest).

Comment by Aerogosa

You can change fingers of frost to confirmed for dropping off of Timber. I just got it

Comment by koujimoreno

Horde - Living Bomb - can be obtained from completing the questline on Fenris Isle in Silverpine Forest. On the island kill Rot Hide Brutes until you get a quest drop. This will take you over to a dirt mound on the east side with feet sticking out of it. This questline will continue inside the keep. At the top floor in one of the towers, there is a book shelf for the item. Turn this quest in in Undercity.

The mobs in this area are level 15 and up. Can you die inside the keep then rez yourself on the roof and the bookshelf is in the southwest tower.

Comment by S1mpleJack

Living Bomb --> Silverpine Forest --> Fenris Isle - Kill gnolls untill you get the Quest item, find the grave --> go inside the castle up the tower (I died and respawned up top at level 15) --> complete the quest back in undercity and you get living bomb

Comment by Asmaroon

I found a mage puzzle in southern barrens (Blackthorn Ridge / Weapons of Choice quest area - Coords 45.4/80.0 on my Questie) that I haven't been able to find any information about. It appears to be only viewable by my mage (my druid friend couldn't see the green glow on the ground or read the etching on the wall). The puzzle states "The path of no steps begins here. Those who complete the path will acquire new knowledge." If you step on the green glow on the ground and pivot your camera around, a bunch of green circles appear to lead you towards another stone/carved etching sign. The green circles are the perfect distance apart for blink, and using blink does not put it on cooldown while you're on the green circles.

The first time I got to the end of the puzzle my bags were full so I am worried that somehow I messed the puzzle up. The carved etching on the second stone says "The path of no steps ends here. Those who complete the path will acquire new knowledge." which implies that I should have received something. If any other mages want to go investigate and see if either I messed up by having full bags, or confirm I'm doing the puzzle incorrectly, this seems like something interesting! There is something here to be discovered.

Edit: It appears this is an alternative way of obtaining living bomb - per a reply below

Comment by Pikachu123

living bomb human mage harvest prototype reaper requires elemental core from dust devil an spare reaper parts from harvest golems in westfall an to kill a lvl 18 harvest prototype afterwards

Comment by Furydeath

alliance kill this one mob for living bomb
horde do this quest line that has mobs spawning nonstop

ya guys no factories at all in blizzard

Comment by Kidili

Mass Regeneration Rune is Located in Dawning Wood Catacombs

Goto the Ravel Hall Cemetary Right Crypt - 23.63, 35.01
Enter, Go Left -> on the right in the room there is a containter with

Exit, goto Left Crypt - 15.57, 38.22
Enter -> Go Right at the end there is a Skeleton on a Alter Click on him to spawn a mob.

Kill Mob loot Mass Regen Rune

Doable in a Raid.

Comment by Reinou

On my gnome Mage I just got Living Flame off of Stonetusk Boars near Fargodeep Mine.
Seems like there's multiple ways to get the runes?

Comment by Maltrian

As Undead Got Engrave Chest - Fingers of Frost on Gillgar: Murloc North west of Tirisfall, west of Solliden Farm

Comment by seraphikk

Just got Fingers of Frost rune from Vagash as gnome.

Comment by Tatsuyarex

Lvl 7 Elite Gillgar spawns in the pond west of Solliden Farmstead at 25.5, 48.5 in Tirisfal Glades. Drops the mage Fingers of Frost scroll that requires a Comprehension Charm to unlock.

Comment by Sous

Looks like you get Icy veins by collecting all the books and returning to library Mage discord posted this

MAGE BOOKS FOR ICY-VEINS BY HEYBESTIE-CRUSADERSTRIKE

(HORDE)
BRILL ALCHEMY SHOP - THE APOTHECARY'S METAPHYSICAL PRIMER
SEPULCHER - ATAERIC: ON ARCANE CURIOSITIES
VALLEY OF SPIRITS - THE LESSONS OF TA'ZO

(CROSS FACTION)
BARRENS OIL RIG - ARCANIC SYSTEMS MANUAL
STONETALON MTNS TAUREN - FURY OF THE LAND
DUSKWOOD RAVEN HILL CRYPT - CRIMES AGAINST ANAOTMY
WAILING CAVERNS OUTSIDE PORTAL - SECRETS OF THE DREAMERS
SILVERPINE AMBER MILL - DALARAN DIGEST
RATCHET HOUSE - BAXTAN: ON DESTRUCTIVE MAGICS
WESTFALL MOONBROOK - BEWITCHMENTS AND GLAMOURS
WETLANDS DINOSAUR AREA - GOAZ SCROLLS
LOCH MODAN OGRE CAVE - RUNES OF THE SORCERER KINGS
DARKSHORE RUINS - NAR'THALAS ALMANAC

(ALLI)
TOWER OF AZORA - ARCHMAGE THEOCRITUS
THELSAMAR OR WESTFALL INN - RUMI OF GNOMEREGAN
IRONFORGE - ARCHMAGE ANTONIDAS

LOOKS LIKE YOU ONLY NEED 10/13? I FOUND THE LAST 4 BEFORE HANDING ALL IN
POSSIBLY THEY'RE ALL CROSS-FACTION BUT THE WAY I LISTED IT MAKES SENSE
CAN TEST GETTING ALL THE CAPITAL CITY/INN ONES

Comment by nox503

got fingers of frost off old icebeard ( Old Icebeard) as a gnome

Comment by EvilRamenNoodle

As a Gnome Mage, I have discovered that Vejrek (a non-rare lvl 11 mob) in Dun Morogh consistantly drops the Fingers of Frost rune instead of having to wait for the rarespawn. Its worked for 3 out of 3 mages so far from my testing.

Comment by destinydmg

The Mass Regeneration rune is located in the Raven Hill Cemetery in Duskwood.

Make your way over to the Raven Hill Cemetary rightmost crypt located at coords 23.63, 35.01
Enter the crypt and take the first left you can, going into a massive hall.
As you enter the hall, on the right in the room there is a container with the Decrepit Phylactery item you need to summon the mob that drops the rune.

After that make your way over to the crypt on the left side of the Raven Hill Cemetery at coords 15.57, 38.22
Be aware of an elite named Mor'Ladim as you make your way over to the entrance of the crypt, he is patrolling the area and he hits quite hard, its pretty near impossible to deal with him at this level so make sure you avoid him.
Enter the crypt and go right, at the end there is a pile of Slumbering Bones on an altar of sorts, which is interactable if you have picked up the phylactary. This spawns a Awakened Lich with 2.4k hp.

Kill the lich and loot him to get your Mass Regeneration rune!

Comment by Consortum

There is an easier way to get Living Bomb that I dont see listed.
Go to the southern barrens, specifically Blackthorn Ridge. Close to the road you will find a large tree with a stone underneath, on that stone is a plaque that reads "no step challenge". Standing in the green circle at the plaque will spawn more green circles, and give you a buff that disappears if you walk at all. You have to blink from circle to circle (the blink cooldown is ignored during the challenge) and once you reach the second rock you get the rune for living bomb

Comment by pateuvasiliu

Mage feels like actual dogs*@!. Has to be the worst class in SoD. Crap damage, go OOM almost immediately.

Comment by yummymilkers

"Horde
Teldrassil:"

Hmmmm... Someone needs to do better proofreading.

Comment by manbearcatt

New Living Bomb discovery location 12/8/23

45, 80 in Barrens. There's a stone with an etched carving on it and a green circle at the base. Standing in the circle gives you a "Path of no steps" buff. Turn around and there will be a trail of green circles. The "Path of no steps" buff makes blink have no cooldown. Blink (only) to each circle on the path. They are spaced perfectly so you can blink and not have to take a step. At the end there is another stone with another etched carving. Clicking that carving gives you Living Bomb.

Only downside is you have to be level 20 as that is when you learn blink. So if you're not in a rush, it's a very easy way to get it later on.

https://youtu.be/9crNn3ncdzQ

Comment by Egyptian

I got Living Bomb as alliance in Westfall by getting the Prototype Engine and putting it in a Prototype Harvest Reaper. The scroll to teach living bomb drops from the reaper after it attacks.

Comment by nicholberry

LIVING FLAME: No luck at Frostmane Hold or cave... head up the mountains north of Brewnall. Got it off my very first Seer up there.

Comment by Florence

You do not need to kill naga for the scroll, doing the puzzle alone is enough for Arcane Blast. it can be achieved the moment you get arcane explosion. I am unsure if the stacking buff is lost on death though, so you may need an escort through mobs, or a bit of luck.

Comment by zomgz

its uh interesting how you guys are wrong about ice lance

edit: lmao downvoted for the truth bros. you get it from a chest in the water, not "Burning Blade Familiars" (these dont exist). it was posted on the quest 11 days ago

Comment by nicholberry

Fingers of Frost scroll "Spell Notes: Ring Seff Osroff" also drops from Old Icebeard (from the Tundra McGann quest). That's where I got it.

Comment by Mopper300

I looted Fingers of Frost rune from Fyodi in Dun Morogh, near the Brewnall Village. Fyodi isn't listed as a monster who drops it above, but that's who I got it from.

Comment by Maggle

so ive been using mass regen affter the reset last night and mass regen is doing less healing now? not sure if that is supposed to be correct?
ive come to conclusion that mass regen isnt being affected by my +healing

Comment by Ertai

Chronostatic Preservation

Found this one.
Thousand needles. 3 scrolls you combine.
1st in Highperch, around 10, 40, wyvern on fire
2nd around 24, 42, Harpy that is on fire
3rd is a cougar in a cage around 21, 25. You need to kill the mobs to get the key to open it.

Each of these you need multiple sources of frost damage to break thru the fire debuff then kill them. loot each and combine. you get the rune

Comment by Crowfall

HOT STREAK FOUND by Zqi

- Get a Singed Note from syndicate mobs in northern Hillsbrad
- Go to the blacksmith in Strahnbad in Alterac Mountains
- Use a fire spell (flamestrike, but will trigger from other fire effects like living bomb) on both of the large bellows outside it
- This summons a fire elemental. Kill it to get the rune.

Comment by Xiaz89

Hot Streak drops from Fire Elementals in Arathi Highlands, gives you the rune directly.

Comment by Elfie

Quoted from the mage discord:

Books found so far for Spell Power Phase 2
55,28 - Desolace
71,69 - Arathi Highlands
57,21 - Dustwallow Marsh (Rwlrwlrwl - im alliance but assume its shared?)

Comment by GoodSoul

Any chance you and the other guide authors can stop putting two paragraphs of text and a screenshot on a separate page so people have to click all different links to screen rune info, and just properly use the spoiler feature on the same page instead?

Comment by Helter

For books, Interrogator Vishas can drop all of them for every class, the trick here is in a group its a royal RNG PITA to get them, but if you solo him or simulate soloing him he drops a book you actually need every time until you have them all. Around level 35+with meh gear ,
druid ,
paladin , mage ,
priest, disc ,
warlock ,
hunter .
and a rogue , that's most of the classes except a warrior and I am sure a decent def warrior can do it too. Sometimes I had to bail out the exit when pulling multiples, kill one, get out, heal up go back in and kill other.

Simulating soling Vishas
In a group that knows what you are doing, prepare to hit him first, leave group, tag him, do not accept an invite back until he is dead and looted. He will be your tag, and no group has the tag so it will simulate a soling of him even though they helped you kill him. This can be done with any boss in SM according to some people but I only helped others with GY bosses, both of them and it worked for them. First time I invited them back before he was dead and they accepted, that canceled the tag, BTW and someone else got a book but not the guy who's turn it was to try this.

The soloing was figured out after running GY like 50 times across 2 weeks and not having the books on my mage. So if RNG hates you, like it does me, Your welcome, have fun.

Mage Runes and SoD Locations - WoW Classic

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