WoW Classic: Season of Discovery - A Guide to Rune Engraving

The Season of Discovery has arrived in WoW Classic, bringing with it a brand new system that allows for more class options and flexibility - Rune Engraving. This feature enables players to add new powers to their armor, giving them access to new spells and passive abilities that can change the way they play the game.

Rune Engraving is separate from the talent system, so players can experiment with different rune combinations to find the playstyle that suits them best. With 18 runes available for each class, and more to come in future updates, the possibilities are endless.

How to Unlock Rune Engraving

To access the Rune Engraving system, players must reach level 2 and complete a quest from their class trainer. This quest requires players to complete a specific task, such as killing a certain number of enemies or collecting a specific item.

For example, if you're playing an Orc Hunter, you'll need to kill a Scorpid Worker to obtain the Chimera Shot Rune. Once you have the rune, you can apply it to your character by right-clicking on it in your bag.

Requirements and Restrictions

To equip runes, players must be at least level 2. In the current phase of Season of Discovery, players can equip five runes on their hands, legs, boots, belt, and chest armor.

Runes can be switched out at any time, but players must open their character info screen (default key C) and navigate to the Rune Engraving menu to do so. From there, they can select the rune they want to equip and apply it to the corresponding armor piece.

All Runes in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery

Here is a comprehensive list of all the currently available runes in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery, separated by class:

Druid Runes

• Living Seed (Chest): Critically healing your target plants a Living Seed, which blooms when the target is next attacked.
• Fury of Stormrage (Chest): Reduces Wrath's mana cost by 100% and gives you a 12% chance to make your next Healing Touch instant.
• Wild Strikes (Chest): Party members within 20 yards gain increased combat ferocity, with each melee hit having a 20% chance to grant the attacker an extra attack.
• Survival of the Fittest (Chest): Reduces the chance you'll be critically hit by melee attacks by 6% and reduces all damage taken by 10%.
• Starsurge (Legs): Launches surging stellar energies that cause Arcane damage.
• Lifebloom (Legs): Heals the target over 7 sec, with the Druid regaining half the cost of the spell when Lifebloom completes its duration.
• Savage Roar (Legs): Finishing move that increases physical damage done by 30% while in Cat Form.
• Sunfire (Hands): Burns the enemy for Nature damage and then Nature damage over 12 sec.
• Mangle (Hands): Finishing move that causes damage, disorients the opponent, and turns off your attack.

Hunter Runes

• Aspect of the Lion (Chest): Increases total stats by 10% for all nearby allies and an additional 10% for the Hunter.
• Master Marksman (Chest): Increases critical strike chance by 5% and reduces the Mana cost of all Shot abilities by 25%.
• Lone Wolf (Chest): Deals 25% increased damage with all attacks while you don't have an active pet.
• Kill Command (Legs): Increases the pet's damage done from special attacks by 60% for 30 sec.
• Beast Mastery (Hands): Increases your pet's damage and health by 30%, and its Focus regeneration by 80%.
• Chimera Shot (Hands): Deals 125% weapon damage, refreshing the current Sting on your target and triggering an effect.

Mage Runes

• Burnout (Chest): Increases spell critical strike chance by 15%, but non-periodic spell critical strikes have an additional mana cost.
• Fingers of Frost (Chest): Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant the Fingers of Frost effect.
• Regeneration (Chest): Heals the target's health over 3 sec and applies Temporal Beacon for 30 sec.
• Icy Veins (Legs): Hastens your spellcasting by 20% and reduces pushback suffered from damaging attacks by 100%.
• Arcane Surge (Legs): Unleashes all your remaining mana in a surge of energy focused on the target.

Rogue Runes

• Deadly Brew (Chest): Inflicts Deadly Poison on the target when any other poison is applied.
• Just a Flesh Wound (Chest): Takes 20% reduced Physical damage while Blade Dance is active.
• Quick Draw (Chest): Draws your ranged weapon and fires a quick shot at an enemy, reducing the target's movement speed by 50%.
• Between the Eyes (Legs): Ranged Finishing move that causes damage and stuns the target.
• Envenom (Legs): Finishing move that deals instant poison damage based on your Deadly Poison doses on the target.

Shaman Runes

• Dual Wield Specialization (Chest): Increases your chance to hit with both spells and melee attacks by 5% while dual wielding.
• Shield Mastery (Chest): Each time you Block, you regenerate mana and gain Armor.
• Overload (Chest): Gives your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Chain Heal, Healing Wave, and Lava Burst spells a 33% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target.
• Healing Rain (Chest): Heals all of target player's party members within 15 yards for every second.

Paladin Runes

• Seal of Martyrdom (Chest): Fills you with holy spirit, dealing damage to up to 3 nearby targets and healing your party members within 40 yards.
• Divine Storm (Chest): Instant weapon attack that causes damage to up to 4 enemies within 8 yards.
• Horn of Lordaeron (Chest): Blows the Horn of Lordaeron, increasing Strength and Agility of all party members within 30 yards.
• Aegis (Chest): Increases your block value by 30% and damaging melee and ranged attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your block chance.

Priest Runes

• Void Plague (Chest): Afflicts the target with a disease, causing Shadow damage over 18 sec.
• Serendipity (Chest): Healing with Flash Heal reduces the cast time of your next Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, or Prayer of Healing.
• Strength of Soul (Chest): Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Flash Heal reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on targets they heal.
• Twisted Faith (Chest): Mind Flay and Mind Blast deal 20% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Shadow Word: Pain.

Warlock Runes

• Lake of Fire (Chest): Rain of Fire leaves a Lake of Fire on the ground, increasing all Fire damage you deal and your Demon pet deals to affected enemies by 40%.
• Master Channeler (Chest): Your Drain Life is no longer channeled and heals you for 50% more each time it deals damage.
• Soul Siphon (Chest): Increases the amount drained by your Drain Life and Drain Soul spells by an additional 6% for each of your Warlock Shadow effects afflicting the target.
• Demonic Tactics (Chest): Increases the melee and spell critical strike chance of you and your pet by 10%.

Warrior Runes

• Flagellation (Chest): Gain a 25% bonus to physical damage done for 12 sec after activating Bloodrage or Berserker Rage.
• Blood Frenzy (Chest): Each time you deal Bleed damage, you gain 3 Rage.
• Raging Blow (Chest): Ferocious strike that deals 100% weapon damage but can only be used while Enrage, Berserker Rage, or Bloodrage is active.
• Warbringer (Chest): Your Charge, Intercept, and Intervene abilities are now usable while in combat and in any stance.

This is a comprehensive list of all the runes currently available in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery. Keep in mind that this list may not be exhaustive, as new runes may be added in future updates.

Rune Engraving offers a lot of flexibility and customization options for players, allowing them to experiment with different playstyles and combinations. Whether you're a seasoned player or just starting out, this system is definitely worth checking out.