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WoW Season of Discovery: All Mage runes locations

Upgrade your Mage with mighty Runes

Every new season of World of Warcraft introduces new ways to upgrade your characters. Magic-using classes welcomed the Runes, so here are the locations of all Mage runes in WoW Season of Discovery.

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All Mage Runes Locations in WoW SoD

World of Warcraft: Season of Discovery introduced Runes as a way to upgrade your characters above level 40. Runes brought some serious change in power hierarchy, making classes like Hunter he most powerful. Mages, who were mighty to begin with, got serious power upgra e with new Runes. Now, let's see what Mage Runes are and where to find them.

RuneEffectHow to Get
Balefire BoltBurst of raw magic that distorts reality. Every bolt you use within 30 second after the previous will have a 10% damage increase, but it will cost you 10% of your spirit. You need the Scroll of Spatial Mending from Enchanter or Mage Scrolls. Closing Fel Portals with the Scroll of Spatial Mending will give you the Balefire Bolt Runes.
DisplacementTeleports you back to the location of casting Blink. Also, it resets Blink's cooldown. But you can use it within 10 seconds of casting BlinkUse Worldcore Fragments or Scroll of Geomancy to channel into four Ley Crystals.
Molten Armort causes Fire damage, increases your Crit chance by 5%, and reduces the chance to get Crit by 5%You need to achieve a Friendly reputation with the Emerald Wardens faction before you can buy the Rune from one of the Emerald Wardens Quartermasters.
Advanced WardingMana Shield, Frost Ward, and Fire Ward magnitudes are increased by 100%, and mana cost for Mana Shield is 50% lower per damage.Collect three Wild Offerings in Gamaggan's Quest. First, you need to get Wildwhisper Draught by killing elite trolls in Jinth'Alor in the Hinterlands.
Deep FreezeStuns a Frozen target for five seconds. Damages the targets that are immune to Stun.This Rune continues the Greater Friend of the Library quest, and you need to find eight more books scattered around the world.
Temporal AnomalyAn orb of temporal energy that shields allied units every two seconds. Start a Lesson in Litteracy Quest and collect 8x Farraki Papyrus, 5x Zukk'ash Resin, and a Pristine Owlbeast Quill.

WoW Season of Discovery Balefire Bolt Rune Location

You need to close the Fel Portal by using Scrolls of Spatial Mending. You can get the scrolls crafted by Enchanters, bought at Auction House, or obtained as a random prize from Decype ng Mage Scrolls. After getting a Scroll of Spatial Mending, use it to close one of the Fell Portas around Azeroth. There are multiple versions of Fel Portals, and their locations are as follows:

  • Fel Sliver - Barrens, Westfall, Darkshore, Silverpine Forest
  • Fel Crack - Barrens, Ashenvale, Redridge Mountain
  • Fel Tear - Swamp of Sorrows, Desolace
  • Fel Scar - Feralas, Azshara, Blasted Lands

Related: How to get and where to use Explorer Imp in WoW Season of Discovery

WoW Season of Discovery Displacement Rune Location

There are four Ley Crystals you need to channel into to get the Displacement runes. To channel into a Ley Crystal, you can use Worldcore Fragments from Imp explorations or a Scroll of Geomancy. The locations of Ley Crystals are as follows:

  • Feralas: The High Wilderness, /way 57 60
  • Hinterlands: North of the Altar of Zul, /way 48 59
  • Azshara: Southwestern mountains near The Forlorn Ridge, /way 22 79
  • Searing Gorge: /way 55 65

WoW Season of Discovery Molten Armor Rune Location

To obtain Molten Armor Rune, you must become Friendly with Emerald Wardens. Once you do this, you can buy it from Emerald Warden Quartermasters for 1x Gold and 60x Silver. Quartermaster Kyleen is in Ashenvale, Alandra is in The Hinterlands, Valdane is in Feralas, and Falinar is in Duskwood.

WoW Season of Discovery Advanced Warding Rune Location

Go to Emerald Sanctuary, Felwood (/way 51.5 82), and choose The Wild Gods quest from Shadowtooth Emissary. Next, head out to Jinth'Alor in The Hinterlands and kill elite trolls to get Wildwhisper Draught. Next, head out to Razorfen Downs, clear the area, and drink Wildwhisper Draught to summon the Spirit of Agamaggan. Agamaggan will give you a quest to collect three Wild Offerings. Once you have done that, come back to Shadowtooth Emissary to get the Rune.

WoW Season of Discovery Deep Freeze Rune Location

Deep Freeze Rune is part of the Greater Friend of the Library quest, in which you have to find and read many books around Azeroth. Given that you've collected all the books prior to Season of Discovery, there are eight more for the Deep Freeze Rune.

  • Sanguine Sorcery - It's in Swamps of Sorrow (/way 70 51)
  • Legends of the Tidesages - It's located in Tanaris (/way 72.6 47.8)
  • The Liminal and the Arcane - It's in Feralas; look inside Book (/way 50.6 15.7)
  • Everyday Etiquette - This one is in Azshara (/way 20.7, 62)
  • Stonewrought Design - The book is in Blackrock Depths, in the middle of Iron Vault.
  • Venomous Journeys - It's in the Hinterlands (/way 36 72.7)
  • A Mind of Metal - In Searing Gorge (/way 37.8 49.6)
  • Conjurer's Codex - It's in Blasted Lands (/way 55.3 32.2)

WoW Season of Discovery Temporal Anomaly Rune Location

You can get a Temporal Anomaly Rune after you reach level 42. You need to start A Lesson in Literacy quest from Garion Wendell in Stormwind City if you're an Alliance player or from Owen Thadd in Undercity if you're a part of Horde. Regardless of which side you're on, your requirements are the same:

  • Get 8x Farraki Papyrus from Zul'Farrak
  • Get 5x Zukk'ash Resin from bug mobs in Feralas
  • Get 1x Pristine Owlbeast Quill from Owlkin in the Hinterlands

Once you collected all the items, come back to your quest giver, and you'll get the Temporal Anomaly Rune.

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