In the first phase of Season of Discovery in World of Warcraft Classic, you will collect Runes in order to get new abilities for your class. The Paladin has 12 runes, each with unique abilities that can be enchanted on gear.
All WoW Season of Discovery Phase 1 runes for Paladins
The 12 total Paladin Runes in Season of Discovery are designed to be used to boost them as tanks, as healers, or as DPS. While each Rune is mostly tailored to one or the other, it's worth grabbing all of them and trying them out, since the alter the way that Paladin feels and plays in Classic. Here are the locations of each Rune.
Crusader Strike Rune location in Season of Discovery
The Crusader Strike Rune gives you the ability to enchant your gloves with the spell Crusader Strike. This pally-exclusive is an instant-cast damage spell that also refills a little bit of your mana. In the human starting zone or the dwarven starting zone, chat with the Paladin trainer there; you will get a quest to kill the Defias to the east or the Frostmane Trolls nearby. One will drop the Libram of Judgement, the rune that can be activated to give you Crusader Strike.
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In order to activate it, equip the Libram by right clicking on it, then use the level 4 spell Judgement to unleash active seals onto opponents ten times. After the tenth time, right click on the Libram to give your paladin the ability to enchant their gloves with Crusader Strike, on of the best runes for beginning Paladins.
Aegis Rune location in Season of Discovery
At level 8, you can unlock the spell Purify, while will finally allow you to grab the Aegis Rune. There are two different locations you can earn this Chest rune that increases your block value; the first is near the human starting area, and the second is by the dwarven. There will be a person that has been poisoned, either in front of the Gnomeregan entrance or inside the Jasperload Mines. Walk up to the person and use Purify to save them, and they will give you the Aegis Rune.
Horn of Lordaeron Rune location in Season of Discovery
The Horn of Lordaeron is a buff that raises the "Strength and Agility of all party members within 30 yards by 6." There are two locations to find the Horn of Lordaeron's Libram: down the stairs inside the Stoutlager Inn in Thelsamar in Loch Modan; it's on a table in one of the inn's bedrooms. It will look like a green book. It can also be found by looting level 22 undead mobs in Westfall, in the highlighted area in the map below. To activate it, equip it, then Bless five different players with any Blessing spell.
Seal of Martyrdom Rune location in Season of Discovery
For the Seal of Martyrdom Rune, you'll need to be in Stormwind. Chat with Brother Romulus inside the Cathedral; he'll be on the left in front of the stairs to the main altar. Talk to him about how he fears for Ada Gelhardt since she has been acting strange. Then he will send you down into the catacombs under the Cathedral. There will be a door behind him that leads you there. Take the stairs down until you reach the big room at the bottom; there will be a Charred Note to find along one of the walls.
This will give you some hints to Ada's location; she's on the island that is in the water between Westfall and Elwynn Forest in the southern-most part of the border between them. Ada will be there; speak with her, and she will attack. Defeat her to get the Rune.
Hand of Reckoning Rune location in Season of Discovery
Hand of Reckoning is both a taunt and an increase to threat. In order to get this tanking glove enchant, you can head to either Stonesplinter Valley in Loch Modan or Westfall near Jangolode Mine. In Stonesplinter Valley, look for the southern-most cave entrance in the Valley. Inside, at the end of the caves, there will be a giant pond at the very end with a big Sacred Reliquary chest under the water. Swim over to it and open it to get the Libram of Justice. If you choose to head to Westfall instead, you'll need to find an elite Undead outside of Jangolode Mine named Leprithus. Loot him to get the rune. In order to unlock the enchant, you'll need to kill 10 enemies that are stunned with Hammer of Justice.
Avenger's Shield Rune location in Season of Discovery
This holy damage spell rune is only located in one place: you need to kill Dro'zem the Blasphemous, located in the Redridge Mountains. The rune can be looted from his body.
Divine Sacrifice Rune location in Season of Discovery
Divine Sacrifice gives you the ability to redirect 30% of all damage taken by party members within 30 yards to yourself. It is a rune that can enchant Legs. Before you can get the quest for this Rune, you must be level 20. In order to pick it up, head to Ratchet in the Barrens and talk to the NPC Grizzby. All told, you'll need these items to complete his whole quest:
- 20 Dark Iron Ordinance from Wetlands' Dark Iron Dwarfs
- 24 Fish Oil from Hillsbrad Foothills's Murlocs and Naga
- 16 Shredder Turbochargers, made with an Engineering recipe that is a drop from Sneed in Deadmines.
Exorcist Rune location in Season of Discovery
Exorcism gives 100% increased critical strike chance against Undead and Demons, and it enchants Legs. In order to get it, you need to head to Duskwood to the highlighted area above. Kill Wogen until one of them drops the Libram of Banishment. Equip this item, and you will be able to activate it by using Turn Undead on an undead enemy, then killing it with Exorcism. This needs to be done five times.
Inspiration Exemplar
This Leg rune removes both Fear and Sleep effects on nearby party members. In order to get it, you will need either another Paladin or a Priest. Then, you'll need to go a little east of Jerod’s Landing in Elwynn Forest or west of Kharanos in Dun Morogh. In either of those locations, you can find a skeleton that is interactable called the Adventurer's Remains. Talk to it, and it will summon a portal. Whoever you brought with you needs to click on the Portal as well, then a friendly ghost will spawn. Loot it to get the Rune.
Rebuke
Rubuke is a Leg Enchant that interrupts spell casting, and it prevents any spell in the same school from being cast for two seconds. There are two different places to get it, but the method is basically the same. One of them is located in Stormwind at the bar in the Park. The other is in Ironforge in the Inn in the Military Ward. Regardless of whether you are a human or a dwarf, you can choose to do either quest chain.
- Stormwind City: Speak to the bartender, Liz Bradford, at the bar in the Park. Ask "How is Business," and she will tell you things are going well because a drunk named Stuart is driving people away. Stuart at the bottom of the stairs to the north of Liz; kill him, and return to Liz to get the Rune.
- Ironforge: Talk to Bruuk Barleybeard in the Military Ward's Inn. He'll complain about a drunk in his Inn, just like Liz does. Kill the drunk like, the return to Bruuk to get the rune.
Once the Rubuke Rune has been picked by either of the bartenders, you can right click on it in your inventory to equip it. To activate it, you need to kill 10 enemies while they are stunned by Hammer of Justice, a Paladin spell that stuns an enemy for three seconds. The enemy has to die within those three seconds, so make sure to use the stun when they are very low on life. After ten have been killed, head into the character menu, right click on the rune to activate it, then it will be available to put on your pants.
Beacon of Light Rune location in Season of Discovery
Beacon of Light is a powerful spell for enchanting gloves. Any time you heal party or raid members, those spells will also heal you or a selected target for 100% of the amount healed. Only one target can be the Beacon of Light at a time. To get it, you must become Honored with the Azeroth Commerce Authority faction and purchase it. In order to become Honored with this faction, you'll need to complete A Waylaid Shipment or A Full Shipment boxes you pick up off of mobs.
Divine Storm Rune location in Season of Discovery
Divine Storm will most likely be the last rune you will be able to pick up; it is located inside the Tower of Althalaxx in the north of Darkshore. This is level 30+ area, so you will need some friends to help you nab it. Head to the top of the tower, and look for the Althalaxx Orb; loot it, then look for a journal page nearby. This page is written in the Nightelf language, so you can either hand it to a Nightelf in your guild, or you can just take my word for it: it says that there is a person named Delgren the Purifier in Maestra’s Post, Ashenvale.
- Talk to Delgren the Purifier, and he will say he is in over his head; he suggests taking the Orb to the other paladins in Stormwind.
- Inside the Cathedral, have a chat with Katherine the Pure; when you enter the room with the Paladin Trainers, she's on the right. She will direct you to the Warlock Ursula Deline at the Slaughtered Lamb tavern in the Mage's Quarter.
- She will make you pay for her help with Summoner's Salt; you'll need to kill Blackrock Summoners in Redridge until you have fourteen of them. Return to Ursula Deline in Stormwind City to turn the Salt in.
- She'll tell you to destroy the Orb; to do this, head to Demon Fall Canyon in Ashenvale to kill enemies until you have twelve Mote of Mannoroth.
- Once they are collected, a purple circle will appear on the floor by Mannoroth’s weapons. Use the Motes on the circle.
- This will break the orb; interact with it to get the Return to Delgren quest; bring the pieces back to Delgren the Purifier in Maestra’s Post to prove you broke it. Delgren will give you the Rune for Divine Storm in return.
Divine Storm is a Chest enchant that gives you Divine Storm, the spell. It is an instant-cast spell that deals 110% weapon damage to up to four creatures within 8 yards. It also can heal party members for a percentage of the damage dealt.
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Published: Dec 5, 2023 01:37 am