Shaman Shield Mastery Rune – Season of Discovery (SoD)

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This guide will cover how to get the Shield Mastery rune for Shamans in Season of Discovery. We’ll go over all of the locations and requirements in the walkthrough below as well as any useful tips and tricks.

Note that there is also a Shield Mastery rune for Warriors. Here is our guide for that rune.

• Rune: Shield Mastery
• Engraving: Engrave Chest – Shield Mastery
• Class: Shaman
• Slot: Chest
• Added: Phase 1
• Level: 4 (Recommended)

How to Get the Shield Mastery Rune

As of Phase 6, all runes and skill books can be purchased from Rune Brokers in starting zones and major cities for 1 copper a piece. Each of these vendors is simply named “Rune Broker” and can be easily spotted by their purple glow, lurking very close to where new characters enter the game. You can see all of their locations in our guide below.

Rune Broker Locations

Original Discovery Method

You can obtain this rune in either Durotar or Mulgore.

Durotar ( Horde Zone)

To get Shield Mastery, roam around the southern areas of Durotar and listen for the sound of thunder in the distance. That’s your cue that you should look around for a Glowing Totem on the ground. This totem is only up for a brief time, but can be interacted with by any Shaman that reaches it in time.

The totem will give you a Galvanic Icon, which you can right-click to equip in your relic slot. To activate it, you’ll need to kill 10 enemies with Lightning Bolt. These don’t have to be your tag, but you do need the killing blow, and they must be of a level that will give you experience. Upon reaching 10 stacks of the Inspired buff, you can right-click your equipped relic to gain the rune.

Mulgore ( Horde Zone)

To get Shield Mastery, roam around the southern areas of Mulgore and listen for the sound of thunder in the distance. That’s your cue that you should look around for a Glowing Totem on the ground. This totem is only up for a brief time, but can be interacted with by any Shaman that reaches it in time.

The totem will give you a Galvanic Icon, which you can right-click to equip in your relic slot. To activate it, you’ll need to kill 10 enemies with Lightning Bolt. These don’t have to be your tag, but you do need the killing blow, and they must be of a level that will give you experience. Upon reaching 10 stacks of the Inspired buff, you can right-click your equipped relic to gain the rune.