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The launch of Phase 3 forWorld of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discoveryintroduced a new level cap of 50, a variety of new world events like Incursions, and revamped content like the Sunken Temple 20-man Raid. As is standard for every Phase launch, every class has aset of new Runes to Discover– including a variety of new Phase 3 Hunter Runes SoD players can find.
In SoD Phase 3 Hunters have access to six new Runes which can be equipped on the Bracer/Wrist and Head gear. This guide covers all of the new Hunter Runes SoD P3 introduces, including details on each Rune’s effects and how to acquire them. Be sure to check our companion pieces for information onHunter Runes in Phases One and Two, as these are not included below.
Updated July 23, 2025 by Erik Petrovich: lNow that players have had time to delve into SoD Phase 3, and hunt down all six new Hunter Runes, every Hunter Rune in SoD P3 has finally been Discovered. To get all Phase 3 Hunter Runes, SoD players will have to travel to many different locations and complete a variety of tasks, but two P3 Rune quests are shared amongst all classes. By acquiring Wild Offerings through a new SoD P3 questline, and by raising your Reputation with the Emerald Wardens to Friendly, all classes can buy one new SoD P3 Rune – Hunters included – for two per class. This guide has been updated to describe how to get all Hunter Runes SoD Phase 3 has for players to equip in their Head and Bracer slots – just remember to open the Discovery box and read the specific details of each new Hunter Rune location hidden below each entry.
To preserve the sense of mystery intended for the Season of Discovery, each Phase 3 SoD Hunter Rune location is hidden by default. Open the “Click to Reveal” box to show location details.
Catlike Reflexes Effect
How To Get Catlike Reflexes Rune: Get some Soft Banana Bread or Tel’abim Banana, then go to Feralas. Head to the Yeti cave in the southwest of the zone and look for a baby monkey named Groddoc Infant. Give it the Banana item you brought with you, then bring it outside the cave to the Groddoc Matriarch within 10 minutes.
Lock and Load Effect
How To Get Lock and Load Rune:This Rune is awarded as part of the phase 3 quest “The Wild Gods.” This quest rewards a Rune for every Class in WoW SoD – for more information on how to finish this lengthy questline, read our guide that explainshow to complete “The Wild Gods”.
How To Get Rapid Killing Rune: To the west of the Alliance FP at Thorium Point players will find a cave. Go to the end of the cave to find a Weathered Etching. Interact with it to pick up a quest, then head to the Blasted lands. To the west of Stonard look for an NPC named Bloodmage Lynnore. Collect five Infernal Chain Link items from Shadowsworn enemies in the far east and west of the zone and bring them back to her. The final quest requires a Fel Lifeblood from a Level 50 Corehound called Calefactus the Unleashed. Use the Lasso that Lynnore gives you to weak Calefactus, and kill it to get theRune of the Ravenousand theInfernal Lasso.
How To Get Focus Fire Rune: Go to the Searing Gorge to The Cauldron, in the central-eastern pits of the zone. Walk across a long branch that overhangs the cavern below to reach the Stormcrow Nest. Interact with an egg and kill an Enraged Stormcrow enemy that spawns to get theRune of Focused Fire.
How To Get Raptor Fury Rune: Kill a Level 43 Elite named Zopilote found that’s south of Zul’Farrak and southeast of Gadgetzan, just north of the Abyssal Lands text on the world map.
T.N.T. Effect
How To Get T.N.T. Rune:Unlocked after reaching Friendly with the Emerald Wardens faction. Increase your reputation with this faction bycompleting quests in Nightmare Incursions, a new Phase 3 PvE event that takes place in Duskwood, Ashenvale, Feralas, and the Hinterlands. Once you reach Friendly, go to an Emerald Wardens Quartermaster to purchase theRune of Detonationfor 1g44s.
