Rogue Runes & Locations – Season of Discovery (SoD)

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Rune Engraving is a new system for Season of Discovery. It allows each class to tailor their gameplay experience by unlocking new unique abilities! In this guide you’ll find all of the runes that are currently available for Rogues in Phase 5 of SoD as well as some new skill books and class items.

Rogue Epic Class Discoveries

Phase 5 added a new class quest for Rogues that rewards an epic class item, the Dream Eater dagger. To find out how to get your hands on this powerful new Rogue weapon, check out our Dream Eater Guide.

Rogue Skill Books

In addition to runes, there are also skill books in the game that will teach you new spells. Here are the skill books that are available for Rogues in Season of Discovery.

Rogue Runes

New Runes in Phase 5

There were two new runes added for the Finger slot in Phase 5 of Season of Discovery: Healing Specialization and Meditation Specialization. These runes are unlikely to be of much use to Rogues.

All Rogue Runes

Starting Locations & Level Requirements

The table below can help you plan your route or simply see if you’ve acquired all of the runes in your current zone. Levels with a single asterisk (*) are runes that have a specific level requirement while those with a double asterisk (**) are our recommendations based on the level of enemies in the area or other factors such as abilities that will make the process easier.

Rune	Starting Locations	Level
Shadowstrike	Dun Morogh, Elwynn Forest, Teldrassil Durotar, Tirisfal Glades	2*
Slaughter from the Shadows	Dun Morogh, Elwynn Forest, Teldrassil Durotar, Tirisfal Glades	6**
Quick Draw	Dun Morogh, Elwynn Forest, Teldrassil Durotar, Tirisfal Glades	8**
Mutilate	Dun Morogh, Elwynn Forest, Teldrassil Durotar, Tirisfal Glades	10**
Between the Eyes	Ironforge, Stormwind City, Teldrassil Orgrimmar, Tirisfal Glades	10**
Just a Flesh Wound	Darnassus, Ironforge, Stormwind City Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Undercity	10**
Main Gauche	The Barrens	10**
Blade Dance	Darkshore, Loch Modan, Westfall The Barrens	14**
Saber Slash	Darkshore, Loch Modan, Westfall Silverpine Forest, The Barrens	16**
Envenom	Hillsbrad Foothills	20**
Deadly Brew	Silverpine Forest	20*/22**
Cutthroat	Duskwood	25**
Cut to the Chase	Ashenvale, Duskwood, Feralas, The Hinterlands	25**
Rolling with the Punches	Thousand Needles	25**
Poisoned Knife	Desolace	30*
Shadowstep	Silverpine Forest	30*
Shuriken Toss	Swamp of Sorrows	30*
Focused Attacks	The Hinterlands	34*
Master of Subtlety	Stranglethorn Vale	36**
Combat Potency	Felwood	40*
Waylay	Deadwind Pass	40**
Unfair Advantage	Tanaris	40**
Honor Among Thieves	Alterac Mountains	45*
Carnage	Blasted Lands	45**
Blunderbuss	Eastern Plaguelands	50**
Fan of Knives	Winterspring	50**
Crimson Tempest	Western Plaguelands	55**

Phase 2 Rogue Runes

Master of Subtlety Rune

Master of Subtlety is a Rogue Rune for the Boots slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Speak with Wendel Mathers inside a cage in the tower at Kurzen Compound in northeast Stranglethorn Vale (44.2, 8.0).
• Use Pick Pocket on Kurzen Elites inside the nearby cave to loot the Compound Cage Key.
• In the same cave, use Pick Lock on a Kurzen Supply Crate to loot a Kurzen Fighter’s Uniform (requires 125 Lockpicking skill).
• Free Wendel Mathers and he will run away.
• Speak with Captain Aransas in the lower area of Booty Bay (27.6, 76.6) to get the rune.

Poisoned Knife Rune

Poisoned Knife is a Rogue Rune for the Belt slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Pick up the quest Highway Robbery from an Extinguished Campfire near the Kodo Graveyard in Desolace (47, 54).
• Speak with Bibbly F’utzbuckle at the northern crossroads in Desolace (63, 39) to progress the quest to On the Lam.
• Speak with Tokal inside the inn at Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale (27, 77) to pick up the quest Cherry for Your Thoughts?.
• Buy a Cherry Grog from the nearby vendor, Nixxrax Fillamug, and bring it to Tokal to get the quest No Honor Among Thieves.
• Use the boat on the southern shore of Arathi Highlands near the bridge (53, 91) to travel to the east coast.
• Speak to Illari Duskfeather and either agree with her (Alliance only) or fight her to get Illari’s Key.
• Use the key to open the nearby Jewel-Encrusted Box to loot the rune.

Rolling With the Punches Rune

Rolling with the Punches is a Rogue Rune for the Boots slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Lockpick a chest inside a large tent in Camp E’Thok in northwest Thousand Needles (18.5, 20.9).
• You’ll find another chest inside that you can lock pick, and another, and so on.
• Open the fifth chest to get the rune.

Shadowstep Rune

Shadowstep is a Rogue Rune for the Belt slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Reach level 30 and receive a letter in the mail from someone named C.
• Open the chest in the small house next to the entrance to Pyrewood Village in Silverpine Forest (47.1, 71.1) to start the quest.
• Open a chest in the stables near the entrance to Scarlet Monastery to get a disguise.
• Enter the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard dungeon alone and use Pick Pocket on a Scarlet Scryer to get a key.
• Enter the Scarlet Monastery Library dungeon alone and open the Scryer Box near he final boss to loot a note.
• Return to the Monastery Graveyard dungeon and type /sit near two benches that are between statues, then progress the dialogue that appears.
• Open a chest in the northern mausoleum to loot a Reliquary Key.
• Return to the Scarlet Monastery Library dungeon and open a Reliquary Chest near the middle of the instance.
• Return to the chest in the small house outside Pyrewood Village to turn in the quest.
• Return to a city and check your mail for another letter from C.
• Head back to the chest near Pyrewood Village to get the rune.

Shuriken Toss Rune

Shuriken Toss is a Rogue Rune for the Belt slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Go around a Dart Trap on a tree in the north of Swamp of Sorrows (41, 30) and use Disarm Trap to disable it.
• Loot the nearby chest to get the rune.

Waylay Rune

Waylay is a Rogue Rune for the Boots slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Speak with the Dalaran Agent at Ariden’s Camp in the northeast of Deadwind Pass (52, 36) to get Ariden’s Sigil.
• Equip Ariden’s Sigil and look for locations where you get the Dark Presence buff:
  • Arathi Highlands (60, 40)
  • Badlands (58, 54)
  • Deadwind Pass (43, 29)
  • Desolace (65, 25)
  • Duskwood (23, 47)
  • Swamp of Sorrows (69, 28)
  • The Barrens (52, 36)
• In each of the above locations, use Ariden’s Sigil to summon a Dark Rider, a level 41 elite, and kill it to loot a relic.
• When you have all seven relics, return to the Dalaran Agent to trade them in for your rune.

Phase 1 Rogue Runes

Between the Eyes Rune

Between the Eyes is a Rogue Rune for the Pants slot. Here’s how to get it:

Cities:

• Open a Dusty Chest in any of these locations to loot the rune:
  • Ironforge: near the Rogue Trainer in the Forlorn Cavern (52, 13).
  • Orgrimmar: near the Herbalism Trainer in the Drag (56, 45).
  • Stormwind City: Upstairs in a house in Cutthroat Alley in the Dwarven District.
• Some level 10 Cut-throat Muggers will spawn when you open the chest. You’ll either need to kill them or loot the chest quickly and run away to avoid combat.

Teldrassil:

• Use Pick Pocket or kill Gnarlpine Augur, Gnarlpine Avenger, and Gnarlpine Pathfinder at Gnarlpine Hold in the southwest to loot a Gnarlpine Stash Key.
• Open the Gnarlpine Stash on a nearby branch (37.0, 83.0) to loot the rune.

Tirisfal Glades:

• Use Pick Pocket on Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller, and Vile Fin Puddlejumper along the northeast coast to loot a Shipwreck Cache Key.
• Open the Shipwreck Cache near the underwater shipwreck nearby (66.0, 25.5) to loot the rune.

Blade Dance Rune

Blade Dance is a Rogue Rune for the Pants slot. Here’s how to get it:

Darkshore:

• Kill Stormscale Siren and Stormscale Wave Rider in the Cliffspring River Cave to loot a Cliffspring Key.
• Open the chest at the back of the cave to loot the rune.

Loch Modan:

• Use Pick Pocket on Dark Iron Dwarves to loot a Dark Iron Lockbox.
• Open the Dark Iron Lockbox with Pick Lock to get the rune.

The Barrens:

• Use Pick Pocket on Southsea Brigand and Southsea Cannoneer south of Ratchet to loot a Buccaneer’s Matchbox.
• Use the Buccaneer’s Matchbox on a Gunpowder Keg inside a fenced-in area at the top of the hill (61.8, 45.8).
• Open the chest to get the rune.

Westfall:

• Use Pick Pocket on Defias Looter, Defias Pathstalker, Defias Smuggler, and Defias Trapper in the southwest of the zone to loot a Discreet Envelope.
• Open the Discreet Envelope to get a Message from Emily and an Equipment Stash Key.
• Use the key to open the Equipment Stash near the entrance to The Deadmines (41, 80) to loot the rune.

Cutthroat Rune

Cutthroat is a Rogue Rune for the Gloves slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Use Pick Pocket on Defias Enchanters, Defias Night Blades, and Defias Night Runners at Yorgen’s Farm in Duskwood (50, 73) to get an Engraved Gold Ring.
• Equip the Engraved Gold Ring and type /kneel in chat near the statue in the center of Raven Hill cemetary (19.9, 45.5).
• The rune will appear in your bags.

Deadly Brew Rune

Deadly Brew is a Rogue Rune for the Chest slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Reach level 20 and receive a letter in the mail, “An Offer” from someone named C.
• Open the chest in the small house next to the entrance to Pyrewood Village in Silverpine Forest (47.1, 71.1) to start the quest The Horn of Xelthos.
• Speak with Veenix, a goblin on the western side of Windshear Crag in Stonetalon Mountains (58.2, 51.7).
• Use Pick Pocket on Venture Co. goblins on the scaffolding across the lake to get a Venture Co. Work Order. 
• Bring the work order back to Veenix to get a Breaching Charge.
• Enter the Shadowfang Keep dungeon alone and sneak to the door that leads to the courtyard. Use the Breaching Charge to open it.
• Continue sneaking through the dungeon and use Pick Pocket on Gemela in the dining hall to loot a Sister’s Half-Key.
• Sneak up the stairs and go to the right and use Pick Pocket on Gefell to loot a Brother’s Half-Key.
• Sneak back to the stables and combine Sister’s Half-Key and Brother’s Half-Key into a Twin Key.
• Loot the chest in the stables to get Horn of Xelthos.
• Return to the chest in the small house outside Pyrewood Village to turn in the Horn of Xelthos.
• Return to a city and check your mail for another letter from C.
• Head back to the chest near Pyrewood Village to get the rune.

Envenom Rune

Envenom is a Rogue Rune for the Pants slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Purchase a Hot Tip from Kris Legace behind the large ruined building in Durnholde Keep in Hillsbrad Foothills (80.2, 38.8) for 75 silver.
• Open the Hot Tip to get a map and a Safe Combination.
• Follow the river north through Alterac Mountains until you reach a waterfall in Western Plaguelands (59.3, 84.6).
• Open the Rusty Safe at the bottom of the waterfall to loot the rune.

Just a Flesh Wound Rune

Just a Flesh Wound is a Rogue Rune for the Chest slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Hand in Waylaid Supplies crates until you reach Friendly reputation with  Azeroth Commerce Authority or  Durotar Supply and Logistics.
• Purchase the rune from a Supply Officer. Supply Officers can be found near the Auction House in each major city.

Main Gauche Rune

Main Gauche is a Rogue Rune for the Gloves slot. Here’s how to get it:

• Visit Grizzby inside the inn at Ratchet in The Barrnes.
• Purchase a Rune of Main Gauche from him for 3 gold and use it to get the rune.

Mutilate Rune

Mutilate is a Rogue Rune for the Gloves slot. Here’s how to get it:

Dun Morogh:

• Use Pick Pocket on Dark Iron Spy in the southeast of the zone to get Blackrat’s Note.
• Speak with Blackrat, a Dark Iron Dwarf who is stealthed near Misty Pine Refuge, to get the rune.

Durotar:

• Use Pick Pocket on Burning Blade cultists in the canyon north of Razor Hill to get Note from Ba’so.
• Speak with Ba’so, a troll who is stealthed south of Razor Hill (51, 58), to get the rune.

Elwynn Forest:

• Use Pick Pocket on one of the following mobs to get Cutty’s Note:
  • Garrick Padfoot at the Northshire Vineyards.
  • Morgaine the Sly at the lake just south of Stormwind City.
  • Morgan the Collector at Brackwell Pumpkin Patch in the southeast.
• Speak with Cutty, a human who is stealthed just south of the Northshire wall, to get the rune.

Teldrassil:

• Kill Lord Melenas, a level 8 satyr at Fel Rock, the cave just north of Dolanaar.
• Loot the rune.

Tirisfal Glades:

• Use Pick Pocket on Captain Perrine inside the tower west of Undercity to get a Scarlet Lieutenant Signet Ring.
• Use the writing table inside the town hall building in Brill to create Forged Scarlet Memorandum.
• Speak with Jamie Nore nearby to get the rune.

Quick Draw Rune

Quick Draw is a Rogue Rune for the Chest slot. Here’s how to get it:

Dun Morogh:

• Use Pick Pocket or kill the following mobs to collect 4 map pieces:
  • Top-Right Map Piece: Frostmane trolls
  • Top-Left Map Piece: Rockjaw Raider or Rockjaw Skullthumper
  • Bottom-Right Map Piece: Leper Gnome
  • Bottom-Left Map Piece: Dark Iron Spy
• Combine the four pieces into Dun Morogh Treasure Map.
• Use the Dun Morogh Treasure Map under the bridge between Kharanos and Ironforge (47, 44) to dig up a chest.
• Loot the chest to get the rune.

Durotar:

• Use Pick Pocket or kill the following mobs to collect 4 map pieces:
  • Top-Right Map Piece: Kul Tiras Marine or Kul Tiras Sailor
  • Top-Left Map Piece: Burning Blade Apprentice, Burning Blade Fanatic, or Burning Blade Thug
  • Bottom-Right Map Piece: Razormane quilboars
  • Bottom-Left Map Piece: Hexed Troll or Voodoo Troll
• Combine the four pieces into Durotar Treasure Map.
• Use the Durotar Treasure Map at the monkey’s head on the south Echo Isle (62, 95) to dig up a chest.
• Loot the chest to get the rune.

Elwynn Forest:

• Use Pick Pocket or kill the following mobs to collect 4 map pieces:
  • Top-Right Map Piece: Kobold Miner or Kobold Tunneler
  • Top-Left Map Piece: Defias Bandit, Defias Bodyguard, or Defias Rogue Wizard
  • Bottom-Right Map Piece: Murloc Forager
  • Bottom-Left Map Piece: Riverpaw Outrunner or Riverpaw Runt
• Combine the four pieces into Elwynn Treasure Map.
• Use the Elwynn Treasure Map inside a hollow stump near the border with Redridge Mountains (85.4, 79.0) to dig up a chest.
• Loot the chest to get the rune.

Teldrassil:

• Use Pick Pocket or kill the following mobs to collect 4 map pieces:
  • Top-Right Map Piece: Timberlings
  • Top-Left Map Piece: Gnarpine furbolgs
  • Bottom-Right Map Piece: Bloodfury harpies
  • Bottom-Left Map Piece: Sprite imps
• Combine the four pieces into Teldrassil Treasure Map.
• Use the Teldrassil Treasure Map at a hollow stump in Rut’theran Village (55.3, 90.8) to dig up a chest.
• Loot the chest to get the rune.

Tirisfal Glades:

• Use Pick Pocket or kill the following mobs to collect 4 map pieces:
  • Top-Right Map Piece: Scarlet crusaders
  • Top-Left Map Piece: Tirisfal Farmer or Tirisfal Farmhand
  • Bottom-Right Map Piece: Vile Fin murlocs
  • Bottom-Left Map Piece: Rot Hide gnolls
• Combine the four pieces into Tirisfal Treasure Map.
• Use the Tirisfal Treasure Map under the bridge west of Brill (50.5, 54.0) to dig up a chest.
• Loot the chest to get the rune.

Saber Slash Rune

Saber Slash is a Rogue Rune for the Gloves slot. Here’s how to get it:

Darkshore:

• Loot a mound of dirt at the lighthouse near Auberdine (32.8, 37.1) to get the rune.

Loch Modan:

• Loot a Stonemason’s Toolbox on the ledge at the back of the Stonewrought Dam (46.4, 12.7) to get the rune.

Silverpine Forest:

• Start on the bridge in front of the Shadowfang Keep entrance and jump to a small platform to your left using Sprint.
• Loot the chest there to get the rune.

The Barrens:

• Start at the stable near the main gate in Northwatch Hold. Go around to the right and jump down onto the roof.
• Loot the chest there to get the rune (requires 80 Lockpicking skill).

Westfall:

• Use Pick Pocket on a Defias Scout behind the inn at Sentinel Hill to get the rune. You’ll have to carefully approach in stealth or you’ll spook them.

Shadowstrike Rune

Shadowstrike is a Rogue Rune for the Gloves slot. Here’s how to get it:

Dwarf or Gnome:

• Reach level 2 and pick up the quest Thrice Stolen from Solm Hargrin, the Rogue Trainer at Anivlmar in Coldridge Valley in Dun Morogh (28.4, 67.5).
• Open the Frostmane Loot Cache at the back of the cave to the south (30.8, 80.1) to loot the rune.

Orc or Troll:

• Reach level 2 and pick up the quest Atop the Cliffs from Rwag, the Rogue Trainer in the Valley of Trials in Durotar (41.3, 68.2).
• Go around to the north and head through the gap in the hills to reach the area above the Den.
• Open the Hidden Cache on the cliff (43.2, 69.6) to loot the rune.

Human:

• Reach level 2 and pick up the quest Thrice Stolen from Jorik Kerridan, the Rogue Trainer at Northshire Valley in Elwynn Forest (50.3, 39.9).
• Open the Defias Stashbox in the south of the Northshire Vineyards (52.5, 51.9) to loot the rune.

Night Elf:

• Reach level 2 and pick up the quest Second-Story Work from Frahun Shadewhisper, the Rogue Trainer at Shadowglen in Teldrassil (59.6, 38.7).
• Open the Idol on a ledge on the southernmost roof of the building (59.7, 42,6) to loot the rune.

Undead:

• Reach level 2 and pick up the quest The Scarlet Rune from David Trias, the Rogue Trainer at Deathknell in Tirisfal Glades (32.5, 65.6).
• Use Pick Pocket on Scarlet Converts at the small camp nearby to get the rune.

Slaughter from the Shadows Rune

Slaughter from the Shadows is a Rogue Rune for the Chest slot. Here’s how to get it:

Dun Morogh:

• Climb around the inn at Kharanos to get onto the roof and then jump down onto the large keg (46.9, 52.0).
• Loot the chest there to get the rune.

Durotar:

• Open the Rusty Lockbox above the tunnel that leads into the Drygulch Ravine (54.0, 27.4) to get the rune.
• You may need to use Sprint to make it across to the ledge where you’ll find the chest.

Elwynn Forest:

• Climb some stacked crates beside the house northeast of the inn in Goldshire to get onto the roof.
• Loot the chest there to get the rune.

Teldrassil:

• Open Gnarlpine Caches inside Ban’ethil Barrow Den to loot the rune.

Tirisfal Glades:

• Kill undead at the Agamand Family Crypt (52, 26) to loot a Agamand Relic Coffer Key.
• Open the Relic Coffer in the crypt to loot the rune.