Mage Scrolls Guide for Season of Discovery (SoD)

Author: Luxrah
Date: October 3, 2024
Updated: October 3, 2024
Expansion: WoW Classic

In Season of Discovery, Mages learn how to decipher scrolls in order to unlock their Mage Rune Engravings. This feature extends beyond runes, however, providing Mages with a whole new mini-game in which they can use Comprehension Charms to decipher a variety of scrolls, from basic stat scrolls to unique and useful items like Scroll of Reintegration.

We’ll go over all of the possible items you can get by deciphering scrolls as well as where to get Comprehension Charms in the sections below. First, we’ll quickly go over how to decipher scrolls and spell notes in the first place!

How to Decipher Mage Scrolls

To decipher a Mage scroll, you’ll first need to have one in your inventory. Mage scrolls can be spotted by their names, which start with either “Scroll:” or “Spell Notes:” followed by a scrambled name in ALL CAPS. They will also say “Classes: Mage” in the tooltip.

Any class can find a Scroll and they can be traded or sold on the Auction House. Spell Notes are bind-on-pickup and must be discovered by the Mage as they are used to learn Mage Rune Engravings.

To decipher a Mage scroll, you’ll need to have a Comprehension Charm in your inventory. Then you can simply right-click the scroll to decipher it. For a list of the scrolls available as well as where to get Comprehension Charms, read on!

season of discovery mage scrolls decipher — Right-click a scroll in your bag to decipher it

List of Scrolls to Decipher

There are currently four classes of Mage scrolls in the game. Uncommon or green-quality scrolls will always grant a Mage Rune Engraving. Common or white-quality scrolls with the name “Scroll:” fall into three groups that can be deciphered into three different tiers of scrolls. There are also a couple of oddball common quality scrolls that are used for Rune discoveries.

Scrolls	Decipher Into	Where to Find
Scroll: CHAP BALK WELLES Scroll: CWAL Scroll: KWYJIBO Scroll: LOWER PING WHOMEVER	Scroll of Agility Scroll of Intellect Scroll of Protection Scroll of Spirit Scroll of Stamina Scroll of Strength Scroll of Reintegration Scroll of Minor Evocation Scroll of Comprehension	Looted from level 6-17 enemies Looted from Chests: Battered Chest (Version B) Battered Chest (Version C)
Scroll: OMIT KESA Scroll: VOCE WELL Scroll: WUBBA WUBBA Scroll: STHENIC LUNATE	Scroll of Protection II Scroll of Spirit II Scroll of Reintegration Scroll of Arcane Accuracy I Scroll of Arcane Power I Scroll of Arcane Protection – Fire I Scroll of Arcane Protection – Frost I Scroll of Arcane Recovery I Scroll of Minor Evocation Scroll of Comprehension Scroll of Polymorph: Odd Melon Scroll of Liminal Passage	Looted from level 15-31 enemies Looted from Chests: Battered Chest (Version D) Solid Chest (Version A)
Scroll: UPDOG Scroll: TOPAZ YORAK Scroll: PEATCHY ATTAX Scroll: SHOOBEEDOOP Scroll: THAW WORDS	Scroll of The Blade Scroll of Arcane Accuracy I Scroll of Arcane Power I Scroll of Arcane Protection – Fire I Scroll of Arcane Protection – Frost I Scroll of Arcane Recovery I Scroll of Geomancy Scroll of Spatial Mending Scroll of Comprehension Scroll of Cryoblast Scroll of Liminal Passage Scroll of Polymorph: Odd Melon Scroll of Reintegration Scroll of Spirit II	Looted from level 25-55 enemies Looted from Chests: Alliance Chest – Arathi, Alterac Alliance Chest – Hillsbrad Horde Chest – Arathi Highlands Solid Chest – Various locations
Spell Notes: BIVOLG NIMB Chewed Spell Notes	Spell Notes: Living Bomb	Living Bomb Guide
Spell Notes: CALE ENCI	Spell Notes: Ice Lance	Ice Lance Guide
Spell Notes: MILEGIN VALF	Spell Notes: Living Flame	Living Flame Guide
Spell Notes: RING SEFF OSTROF	Spell Notes: Fingers of Frost	Fingers of Frost Guide
Spell Notes: TENGI RONEERA	Spell Notes: Regeneration	Regeneration Guide
Spell Notes: TROFF IRESTBOL	Engrave Belt – Frostfire Bolt	Frostfire Bolt Guide
Spell Notes: PELFRB STOLLOTS	Engrave Belt – Spellfrost Bolt	Spellfrost Bolt Guide
Mysterious Troll Scroll	Deciphered Troll Scroll	Dispersion Guide (Priest)
Mysterious Darnassian Scroll	Deciphered Darnassian Scroll	Frozen Orb Guide
Scroll: SEENECS FO ROFTS	Scroll: Essence of Frost	Staff of Order Guide
Scroll: SEENECS FO RIEF	Scroll: Essence of Fire	Staff of Order Guide

Datamined Scrolls

There are a couple of scrolls in the game files that haven’t been seen in Season of Discovery yet. These scrolls could be intended for a future phase or they may just be forgotten experiments. They have no descriptions, but their names may offer some hints to their intended purpose. They are:

Deciphered Mage Scrolls

Most of the lower level scrolls you’ll decipher will give simple stat buffs. These buffs do not stack with class buffs, which makes most of them useless in raids unless you are missing the relevant class from your group. They can still be useful in solo and small group content, however.

These scrolls can all be traded or sold on the Auction House.

Scroll of Reintegration provides Mages with a way to resurrect teammates, an ability that makes particular sense for a Mage Healer. Like the stat buff scrolls, this scroll can be traded or sold on the Auction House, so you can stock up on resurrection spells if you have the gold. You can get this scroll by deciphering scrolls of any level, but the higher level scrolls have a much higher chance to be deciphered into a Reintegration scroll.

Stat Buff Scrolls:

All of the Uncommon (green) higher level buff scrolls are bind-on-pickup except for Scroll of Spatial Mending, so you can’t trade them or buy/sell them on the Auction House. They can only be obtained by deciphering scrolls on your own with Comprehension Charms.

These scrolls provide 30 minute buffs that do not stack with each other. It appears that the Arcane Protection scrolls have a higher chance to appear than the others, which is unfortunate since they aren’t as useful in current content.

Mage Buff Scrolls:

There are some other scrolls that offer various useful effects:

Scroll of Comprehension will net you 2 or 4 Comprehension Charms when used.
Scroll of Cryoblast offers a modest Frost damage AoE when used.
Scroll of Liminal Passage will allow you to teleport to a party member in any rested zone.
Scroll of Polymorph: Odd Melon works exactly like your Polymorph spell except that your target will be turned into a large melon which is stationary and does not wander around like the sheep.
Scroll of Geomancy is used to complete the discovery for the Displacement Rune as well as some runes for other classes.
Scroll of Spatial Mending is used to complete the discovery for the Balefire Bolt Rune.
Scroll of the Blade is a very rare decipher that allows you to transform a Hypnotic Blade into a Narpas Sword, trading Intellect and Spirit for more damage and healing.
Scroll: Essence of Frost and Scroll: Essence of Fire are used to discover the epic class weapon Staff of Order/Staff of Inferno/Staff of Rime.

Where to Get Comprehension Charms

There are four ways you can acquire Comprehension Charms:

From a deciphered Scroll of Comprehension (see the table above for which scrolls to decipher)
From completing certain quests that award Mage Runes
From a Personal Spellbook
From reagent vendors

Quests That Give Comprehension Charms

Comprehension Charms are awarded when you complete rune quests. There are currently five Mage runes that involve quests which award charms, allowing you to earn up to 40 charms total through this method.

The very first rune you can get, Ice Lance, comes from the quest Spell Research. This quest is obtained at level 2 in your race’s starting zone and awards 3 Comprehension Charms, one of which you will likely use to unlock the Ice Lance rune. Check out our Ice Lance Rune Guide for a complete walkthrough.

There are also four Mage Rune discoveries that involve collecting books, and each book you turn in will award a charm. There are 37 of these books that can be turned in for a total of 37 possible Comprehension Charms. Check out our guides for these runes for details about the books required:

How to Get the Personal Spellbook

Completing the quest A Lesson in Literacy as part of the discovery for the Temporal Anomaly Rune will also award the player with a Personal Spellbook. This item can be used as an offhand, but more importantly, it will allow you to conjure 5 Comprehension Charms every 4 hours. This is the best way to get Comprehension Charms as it is repeatable and free.

Vendors Who Sell Comprehension Charms

Beyond those you can get while completing your rune quests, Comprehension Charms will need to be purchased from vendors at a cost of around 7 each. Here’s a list of vendors who sell them:

Vendor	Location
Frostwolf Quartermaster	Frostwolf Keep, Alterac Valley
Stormpike Quartermaster	Dun Baldar, Alterac Valley
Kurdrum Barleybeard Reagents & Poisons	Dun Baldar, Alterac Valley
Deneb Walker Scrolls & Potions	Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands 26.97, 58.83
Llana Reagent Supplies	Astranaar, Ashenvale 34.98, 48.46
Alaindia Reagent Vendor	The Temple of the Moon, Darnassus 38.99, 74.25
Cyroen Reagent Vendor	Cenarion Enclave, Darnassus 34.6, 9.8
Alyssa Eva Reagent Vendor	Darkshire, Duskwood 76.28, 45.27
Balai Lok’Wein Potions, Scrolls and Reagents	Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh 36.4, 30.4
Dawn Brightstar Arcane Goods	Tower of Azora, Elwynn Forest 64.88, 69.19
Jadenvis Seawatcher Reagent Vendor	Feathermoon Stronghold, Feralas 30.92, 42.09
Tarhus Reagent Vendor	Camp, Mojache, Feralas 74.64, 44.92
Jaysin Lanyda Poisons & Reagents	Southshore, Hillsbrad Foothills 50.82, 59.02
Barim Jurgenstaad Reagent Vendor	The Commons, Ironforge 19.6, 56.2
Ginny Longberry Reagent Vendor	The Mystic Ward, Ironforge 31.2, 27.6
Horthus Reagents Vendor	The Valley of Strength, Orgrimmar 45.43, 56.55
Hagrus Reagents Vendor	The Cleft of Shadow, Orgrimmar 45.99, 45.68
Magenius Reagents Vendor	The Valley of Wisdom, Orgrimmar 45.74, 40.94
Khur Hornstriker Reagent Vendor	Cenarion Hold, Silithus 48.67, 37
Jeeda Apprentice Witch Doctor	Sun Rock Retreat, Stonetalon Mountains 47.61, 61.59
Brother Cassius Reagent Vendor	Cathedral Square, Stormwind City 43.5, 26.97
Keldric Boucher Arcane Goods Vendor	The Trade District, Stormwind City 55.73, 65.39
Charys Yserian Arcane Trinkets Vendor	The Mage Quarter, Stormwind City 32.4, 80.0
Owen Vaughn Reagent Vendor	The Mage Quarter, Stormwind City 36.0, 74.8
Kyra Boucher Reagent Vendor	The Trade District, Stormwind City 56.13, 65.27
Thultazor Arcane Goods Vendor	Stonard, Swamp of Sorrows 45.78, 52.82
Hula’mahi Reagents and Herbs	Crossroads, The Barrens 51.39, 30.2
Mystic Yayo’jin Reagent Vendor	Revantusk Village, The Hinterlands 78.8, 78.25
Montarr Lorekeeper	Freewind Post, Thousand Needles 45.15, 50.79
Chepi Reagent Vendor	Lower Rise, Thunder Bluff 36.38, 54.85 (patrols)
Thomas Mordan Reagent Vendor	The Trade Quarter, Undercity 69.69, 39.05
Hannah Akeley Reagent Supplier	The Magic Quarter, Undercity 82.6, 16.0
Falkan Armonis Reagent Vendor	Menethil Harbor, Wetlands 8.35, 56.47
Vi’el Exotic Reagent Merchant	Darkwhisper Gorge, Winterspring 58.8, 78.4

season of discovery mage scrolls undercity vendor comprehension charm — Comprehension Charms at a vendor

About the Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.