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Commento di 1610

Shares its cooldown with Demonic Runes, but not with potions.

Amazing item for healers in raids; I highly advise picking these up off of the AH or running Scholomance a few times and stocking up on them.

Commento di 5429

The damage effect can crit.

Commento di 53109

One time, I was bored, and had a thought: Can this item actually kill you, or does it act like a warlock's lifetap spell? (Doesn't take HP when the amount to be taken is greater than your current health, and displays 'Fizzled' as an error message)
To test this theory, I got:
-One dark rune I got in Scholomance before.
-My level 4 mage alt :D

-Walked into the 'center' of stormwind's trade district in case I did happen to die.(I wanted to make people say "WTF?" as always)
-Used it, bam, instant death, it was like I just feigned death, exept, obviously, I -was- dead :P

I don't believe it did armour damage, since it is effectively a 'suicide effect' (Much like when I hellfire myself to death)

Commento di 51067

does this trigger the global cooldown, or can you use this instead of lifetap / dark pact to get a little more mana and not waste spellcasting time?

Commento di whalestory

Does this proc earth shield or prayer of mending?

Commento di 40551

To answer the questions of Syrah and wutdaheck:

Firstly, after testing with two runes and watching closely, I found that this item does NOT trigger the global cooldown.

Additionally, this does not proc Earth Shield when it harms you. I would then guess that it also does not proc Prayer of Mending. For Priests, though, remember that Shadow Word: Death does proc Prayer of Mending, so that's an alternative.

Commento di 53267

After reading that it is possible to die from these, I'm wondering: what happens if a level 20 naked Bloof Elf Mage (least stamina) uses these in Arathi Basin? Can they then commence the flag-ninja trick? Or has Blizzard countered this somehow?

Commento di 94722

This is a werry hard item to get when you realy need it, you need 5 of them for the paladin epic mount q and they never drop once you need em, and the fue thats on AH sells for insane prices up to 40g sometimes. I recomend you paladins out there to get a guildrun in Scholo and just farm farm farm it will take a day, maybe 2 but you get your Runes.

Commento di defektunge

Be very careful when sending these to bank alts. Accidentally rightclicked one when I was going to AH it, and my bank alt now lies dead on the auction house floor...

Who would have thought trading in necromantic items was such a dangeous business? ;)

Commento di 104412

I sold one for 25g, sold within 20 minutes. I thought I'd sold it too cheap but obviously not. A very common drop in scholo.

Commento di laerhof

Funny thing with Dark Runes is that they turn extremely dark when you pick them up inside your inventory. This is because of the black/blue combination, but one doesn't see it with many items.

Adds to the Darkness! (6)

Commento di jaxsonbateman

Fantastically useful item for paladins of any spec, as it can refund up to an extra 100 mana thanks to Spiritual Attunement (provided someone else heals the paladin after use). For holy, extra mana is extra healing, and always welcome. For prot, extra mana is extra threat, and there aren't a lot of fights where a 1k health hit at a controlled, appropriate time (ie. near full health) is going to cause a death. For a ret paladin, their gear lacks pretty much any mana regen, so having these available is a great way to further increase dps.

Actually, now that I think about it, they're really useful for pretty much any mana using class in the game, save locks. ^^ Any serious raider should get a few of these (or Demonic Runes as I prefer, due to the fact that these AH for a bundle and Demonic Runes are soulbound ^^) for use on at least progression fights.

Commento di 148161

Amazing item to give to lowbies who beg for free things whenever you're in a city.

Commento di theslish

I have been saving up for my Pally's epic mount and this is the only thing that is eluding me. On my server, these babies are selling for 25g if you are lucky. The whole deal is that since these are from Sholomance, they are pretty rare on the AH (then again my serer is pretty lame). So far, I have 2 and am bidding on a third though they are just so expensive for a 55 who's guildmates decided to stop playing once they got their epic flyings... The point is, no guild wants to farm these babies because there is not point in farming a pre BC endgame dungeon. Until Wrath comes out, no one is going to be able to handle it alone, either. So, either find a guild that will roll with you on it or just keep finding groups for them. AH prices are rediculous...

Commento di 153483

i just gave this to a lvl 16 whoa sked for gold, said to use it it would give him money. he died and i laughed for 2 minutes straight. priceless.

Commento di Ansawa

We've decided that these may be useful for the Kaz'rogal fight in Mount Hyjal. Given the critical importance of mana-based DPS keeping themselves topped off on mana on this fight, and the relative lack of widespread raid damage to stress healers and make bandaging impossible, having an item that refunds mana without consuming a potion cooldown would be very nice to have for hunters, shaman, and druids in the raid.

Commento di Scorchess

This is actually quite awesome for hunters, on some fights even chugging fel mana pots can't cut it. This item is a great thing from having to keep me from resorting to viper and a big dps loss.

Commento di Latus

Can these proc Nether Protection on a lock?

Commento di 169693

They are horrible,Horrible! Exspensive in AH but very good use for Healer's who are low on mana.
And you need 5 of these for the Paladin Quest to get your mount and Tabard...

Commento di Mixxit

Tired of seeing Dark Runes on the AH for insane prices? (40-100g Depending on server)

Fear not for a solution has appeared!

Dark Runes can be found only in Scholomance. Lucky for you the mobs that must be killed are both weak and soloable to any 70. In every Scholomance run there are exactly 6 Dark Summoners (Located in the Circle of Summoning) and about 5 to 9 Necromancers in the room after. With a 15% drop rate off Necromancers and 12% drop rate off Dark Summoners you are statistically bound to get at least 1 Dark Rune per run.

For those who have not been to Scholomance:

As you enter the instance clear the 4 Skeleton guards in the first room. Open the gate and proceed to turn left. Go down the stairs (you should be able to walk past the mobs at the bottom of the stairs) Go through the gate and proceed into the next room. This room is the first place you can farm the Dark runes. *Note: There are ALWAYS 6 Dark Summoners in this room* After you have obliterated all of the summoners open the gate to the next room. In this room there are around 5 to 9 Necromancers accompanied by random mobs. After you have cleared the room go out and reset the instance.

Do this as many times as you need to.

TIP:
1. Kill the Dark Summoners first! They spawn annoying adds that can stack up damage if you are a class with out AoE.
2. Spectral Tutors, once attacked, split into 8 to 10 images. Once returned to their original form they will have healed a portion of their hp. (Kill them last)
3. Want to make extra money? Well who doesn't! The Spectral Researchers in the first room have a 5% chance to drop . There are about 5 Researchers in the first room (this is the only room that they will spawn in), the chance you will get a Formula is around 25% (every 4 runs you'll get a formula, statistically speaking). This can fetch up to 100g on the AH.

On a good run I usually make up to 160g in dark runes and 100g for a formula.

GL and happy farming!

~Mixxit

Commento di 130160

Awesome!

Blood elf paladin just turned 60, went to AH and they only had two.

Hopped on my 70 rogue to farm, expecting an hour. got all 3 in 10 minutes.

Must be mah lucky day :)

Commento di Tarinae

If you are looking to save a little bit of gold, at level 61 the Paladin mount is available as of patch 3.0.3 at trainer meaning that you do not need 6 of these runes to prove your loyalty to the blood knights anymore.

Commento di 257386

With the change that made potions only usable once per fight no matter how long the fight is, these items are once again amazing for healers at level 80. It's astonishing that Blizzard hasn't either made a higher-level version of these or nerfed them to have a "reduced effect" for players above level 60.

I use these and Demonic Runes in emergencies. Try not to waste them when soloing or doing inconsequential stuff, as they can be quite expensive and rare.

Commento di 139482

These got nerfed in 3.0.8 to a 15 minute shared cooldown with healthstones/demonic runes.

Also, as of 3.2, these only trigger a 2 minute cooldown on healthstones instead of 15 minutes.

Commento di 295983

This rune works against General Vezax. The 15min CD means you'll only want to use it as a last resort, but it's definatly worth taking to the fight.

Commento di 180488

There is no such thing as "statistically bound."

Not quite correct. If the chance of not getting one was less than say, 0.5%, then we could say that you'd be "statistically bound" to get one. of course, i take bound to mean "almost impossible not to happen" rather than certain.

Anyhow, in this case, with 5 necromancers and 6 dark summoners, with the drop rates listed above, the chance of not getting a rune is 20%. With 9 necromancers, the chance of a runeless run drops to 10%. I'd hardly call that bound to get a rune. however, the odds are in the rune-seeker's favor by a fair margin.

Commento di 224426

awesome noob killer! i only use them on REALLY annoying people.

Commento di xerae550

On an unrelated note, this is probably the most likely way gold sellers die in cities to spell their gold selling site.

Commento di 164836

^Verified. The gold spammers on our server will do it in the middle of the day with half of SW watching, they don't care. You can actually watch them inch up, higher and higher (about a quarter inch at a time) until they're out of sight, then they just fall and die. I'm pretty sure they just use the free account trials to do this, and I'm willing to bet the bigger companies have scripts written to automate and perfect the process.

Commento di 259795

I see they're verified to work on Vezax as of 3.1, but since they removed Fel Mana Potion in 3.2 from working, does anyone know if these still work in that fight?

Commento di Pwnzoar

I love this item, simply to commit suicide randomly in a major city on a low level character for the "WTF?" factor.

Commento di Chaoslux

Its mostly useless, but fun fact to know:

The damage will be absorbed and give you 1-2 stacks during the Twin Valkyr fight.

Commento di Brendalis

Are these not a common drop? I went to AH to buy 5 for my lvl 60 pally quest and there were only 2 on there! I thought there would be many more due to it being a quest item for the pally quest/epic mount quest?

Commento di 209609

I assume they aren't, but I didn't see this listed.
Can I use these in arena?

Commento di kevinemo

Some one can tell me where is that instance ? ( put the map to see the entrance xD thanks)

Commento di 363994

These are amazing for getting the Bros Before Ho Ho Ho's achievement on low level Hordies in Icecrown. Get to Borean for 2nd brother, fly to Dal, catch free flight to Icecrown, and then climb to as high an elevation as possible in the path of the skyship. Now just use a Dark Rune and land your spectral ride on the airship, rezzing as you pass over your body.

Commento di 514344

This is great for dealing with Gold beggar's,Everytime some noob begs for 10 gold i just give them 1 of these and tell them to right-click it so they can get free gold. The best part is they acctualy fall for it and die.. Haha!

Commento di skulloholic

These are still available in Scholomance, just looted one from a Scholomance Necromancer.

Commento di Sarafds

I wonder if they'll still drop in MoP with Scholomance being revamped.

Commento di 893931

If these still drop in Scholomance post 5.0.4 the drop rate has been reduced to the point of not getting a single one in 5 runs.

Commento di kharth

Damn you Blizzard either
1) Make this item attainable again
or
2) Remove it from crafting recipes, some people want old stuff for transmog.

Commento di Amazonas

I don't know how it happened, but I just got one today while leveling my (lvl 43) Hunter in the Eastern Plaguelands. How can this be if they're no longer available in the game? Anyone have any ideas?

I ask because this Hunter is a Tailor and has the Pattern: Runed Stygian Belt, which she has not yet learned because I don't know whether to learn it (and make the belt) or sell the pattern on the AH for a completionsist to buy. (As I'm not a completionist, learning the Pattern would be of no use to me if I can't make the belt.)

Any info/advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Commento di Philsi

I can also confirm that these once again drop from both the Istruttore Vile and Evocatore Oscuro cultists.

I farmed 6 runes in about 15 minutes.

Commento di Asmundr

Don't panic, the droprate ist definetly NOT 0,3 %, it's more round about 5-10%.
Happy farming!

Commento di 1018640

Just ran Scholomance (twice) with a Lvl 90 Rogue and 49 Druid. It has drastically changed and most of the mobbs aren't there anymore. Don't come here looking for runes, none dropped either time. Did get several from the vile tutors and dark summoners in Eastern Plaguelands. About 25 or so in about 60 mins or maybe 90. Wasn't really timing it.

Commento di 1035533

Scales with level post 5.4, with the new scalable enchants and other consumables. (as you can see with the slider under the item on wowhead). No longer a suicide pill for lowbies.

Commento di Triden

If you're farming this to craft Darkrune gear for transmog, don't waste your time in Scholomance (heroic or normal). Go to Corrin's Crossing in Eastern Plaguelands (54, 62). It drops pretty frequently off the Dark Summoner's and Vile Tutors there. I got 6 in around 20 minutes or less of farming.

Commento di Kurasu

The best place to farm for these is the Death Cultist Base Camp at around 62, 76 in Eastern Plaguelands.

While the two mobs that drop these do show up in Corin's Crossing, they spawn en masse around the cauldron. Respawn is a couple minutes, and you can average two or three runes per clear of the circle. Get a guild group together (or a group of other friends on the same server) and you can increase your output!

Another advantage of nuking the cauldron is that they are not quest mobs there; unlike having to share your kills in Corin's crossing, the cauldron is completely separate. In fact, since the quest for it involves *avoiding* the mobs and throwing gunk in the cauldron, people may even thank you for keeping it clear, since they can still do their quest there even if everything is dead!

Alternatively, if you get bored standing and waiting, nuke the cauldron, head back to Corin's crossing, nuke the mobs there, come back to the cauldron, rinse and repeat.

Commento di ccharger6565

I wanted a few runes for a transmog piece so while i was waiting for the cultists by the cauldron to respawn (about 3 minutes) I decided to farm some herbs. I got tons of Khagdars whiskers, LIfe root and some Sungrass,

While i was farming the herbs i accidentally killed a carrion grub (they're everywhere) and i got a oozing bag and sure enough there was a disgusting ozeing.

So on my realm the runes sell for 1800 gold i got 23 and the herbs sell for about 800 gold for a 200 stack for Whiskers and Sungrass and Life root about 3000. Ozeling sells for 11k.

So in about an hour i got about 54k. Not bad for just wanting a transmog piece.

Commento di Jaece

These do drop in the returned old Scholomance in 10.1.5, so if you do not want to deal with camping Corrin's Crossing with everyone else, you can get what you need slow and steady from the Necromancers and Dark Summoners.

Commento di Kitariel

The price of Dark Runes and Essence of Undeath on the AH is insane. So farming it is.....this is going to take a long time! I am up to 16....

Commento di xenolithix

My level 70 Paladin cleared around the cauldron at 63, 75 in the EPL a total of nine times with absolutely ZERO Dark Rune drops. It felt a bit odd, to say the least, so I tried my level 60 Mage; one drop in three clears. Tried my level 50 Druid? Bam. EIGHT runes in three clears. If it's just a coincidence, it's a really really odd one. If you're on a high level character, or a character that's quested through EPL, and you're barely getting anything, try switching to an alt that hasn't. Seems worth a shot, at least!

Commento di Traumfrau

I ran Old Scholomance and received 6 of these on one run today, 29th Feb. '24.

Commento di remid0d0s0

If you are farming Old Scholomance, particularly after the warbands transmog system is active, you'll get a handful of runes per clear. So that's 2-3 dozen you'll wind up with as a side effect of farming old Scholo transmog. 👍

Commento di voreoscentia

Fount best luck with the Tutors and Summoners in Corrins. Took about 20min for 3. Make sure to clear buildings

Commento di selkiesidhe

Tried Scholo with an 80. Ran a couple times; full clear with no dark runes. Switched to a level 65; same results. Switched to a 52; same results.

Then I realized there were zero scholomance necromancers IN the instance... Went to EPL around 62, 75 and got 3 immediately from killing the mobs around the cultist camp/cauldron.

Commento di Cerwin

If you're here for housing decor - don't be fooled!

You need OLD scholomance, which is a fun if rather frustrating questline (https://www.wowhead.com/news/how-to-enter-old-scholomance-farm-once-removed-transmog-items-333981) but we had one single drop from a full run once we unlocked it... if we weren't achievement hunting anyway it would have been a horrible letdown!

BY FAR the better drop rate is from the mobs at Corin's Crossing, which respawn pretty fast even with my druid and an alliance mage out there decimating the place

Commento di Kylonen

I got 11 essence of undeath and 20 dark rune when killing mobs in Corin's Crossing in Eastern Plaguelands for 1 hour. I got 0 essence of undeath and 2 dark rune after one run of old Scholomance on normal killing every add and every boss. I got 0 essence of undeath and 0 dark rune after one run of new Scholomance on normal. New Scholomance on heroic drops Pandaria mats.

Commento di MarkosP

As of the 22nd of March 2026, the Dark Summoners at Corin's Crossing drop these. I got 3 in 4mins.

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