Season of Discovery in WoW Classic brings new runes for Paladins to use to enhance their gameplay style. Even if the game maintains most of its original aspects, the recent season adds these items to give players new skills to use when leveling up or trying any of the new raids. The Paladin is a class available only to Alliance players, meaning most gamers will find the new items in the starting areas. However, there are other ones that are locked behind quests and some fun tasks.
Where To Find All Paladin Runes in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
As we mentioned, Paladins are exclusive to Alliance races in WoW Classic; they only became part of the Horde during The Burning Crusade, so don’t expect any Crusaders to fly the red banner. Still, Dwarf and Human players have their work cut out for themselves with everything they need to do to get the runes. Here, we’ll list the runes we and the community have found and update them as more appear in the game.
| Rune | Location |
|---|---|
| Seal of Martyrdom | Human: Head to the Stormwind Cathedral. Pick up a note inside the catacombs. This will send you to defeat an enemy on a small island between Elwynn and Westfall. |
| Horn of Lordaeron | Dwarf: Find the Libram inside Loch Modan’s tavern. You’ll get a quest to buff 5 different people. After doing so, you’ll unlock the rune. |
| Aegis | Human: Head to Jasperlode Mines and purify the Paladin at the end of the area. Dwarf: Purify the Wounded Adventurer outside of Gnomeregan. Tips: You must reach level 8 first to learn Purify. |
| Inspiration Exemplar | Human: Head to the hill of Jerod’s Landing. You’ll find the remains of an adventurer. You must bring another paladin or priest to open a portal that summons an NPC that’ll drop the rune. Dwarf: Head to the Wendigo Cave in Kharanos. You’ll find the remains of an adventurer. You must bring another paladin or priest to open a portal that summons an NPC that’ll drop the rune. |
| Exorcist | All Races: You must find the Libram of Banishment, which drops from Worgen enemies. After finding it, use Turn Undead on 5 enemies and finish them off with Exorcism. You’ll get the rune if you follow the steps correctly. |
| Rebuke | All Races: Speak to the Bartender in the Park of Stormwind and defeat the drunk NPC to get the rune. |
| Crusader Strike | Human: You must recover a Libram in the Human starting area; it drops from Defias enemies. After that, Judge enemies 10 times and use the Libram to learn the rune. Tip: You must be level 4 to learn Judgement. |
| Divine Storm | Head to the Tower of Althalaxx in Northern Darkshore and interact with the orb. After that, finish Advice from Stormwind in Ashenvale, A Second Opinion, Earning Your Salt in the Mage Quarter of Stormwind, It Must be Destroyed, and Return to Delgren. |
| Divine Sacrifice | Finish Grizzby’s Quests. |
| Avenger’s Shield | Head to Redridge Mountains and defeat the rare spawn Orc at the Northern Blackrock Cave. |
| Beacon of Light | Purchase it for 4 gold and 50 silver after reaching the Honored Rank with the Azeroth Commerce Authority. |
| Hand of Reckoning | Human: Obtain Libram of Justice from Defias Drone mobs and then defeat 10 enemies while they are under the effect of Hammer of Justice. Dwarf: Find the Libram of Justice inside a cave in Stonesplinter Valley. After that, defeat 10 enemies while they are under the effect of Hammer of Justice. |
Phase 2 Runes
With the release of Phase 2, more Paladin Runes appeared in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery. This means that those righteous crusaders will need to keep scouring far and wide to find them. Here are the ones that have been discovered so far:
| Rune | Location (Alliance) | Location (Horde) |
|---|---|---|
| Enlightened Judgements | You must find and purify three prayer beads. The first one drops from Syndicate enemies at Arathi Highlands; use Blessing of Might before killing an enemy. The second one drops from Boulderfist Ogres at Arathi Highlands; cast Divine Shield when at 10% HP. Lastly, the third bead drops from Witherbark Shadow Hunters at Arathi Highlands; use Seal of Justice and Judgement on an enemy that flees from you. | You must find and purify three prayer beads. The first one drops from Syndicate enemies at Arathi Highlands; use Blessing of Might before killing an enemy. The second one drops from Boulderfist Ogres at Arathi Highlands; cast Divine Shield when at 10% HP. Lastly, the third bead drops from Witherbark Shadow Hunters at Arathi Highlands; use Seal of Justice and Judgement on an enemy that flees from you. |
| Guarded by the Light | Head to the Ruins of Alterac and interact with the skeleton. Loot the item and then die. Another player has to resurrect you. | Head to the Ruins of Alterac and interact with the skeleton. Loot the item and then die. Another player has to resurrect you. |
| Sacred Shield | Head to Nijel’s Point in Desolace and loot the Libram, which is inside the building. Use Blessing of Freedom five times to obtain the rune. | Head to Nijel’s Point in Desolace and loot the Libram, which is inside the building. Use Blessing of Freedom five times to obtain the rune. |
We’re happy WoW Classic brought Paladin Runes in Season of Discovery because it gives us the feel of adventure and makes us feel like the righteous Crusaders our class stands for. Thankfully, there’ll be more runes coming in Phase 2, so we can’t wait to see what’s in store for us. Remember to return to this guide to see more updates on where to find the remaining runes.
