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12 Rogue Runes in WoW Season of Discovery (Horde and Alliance)
Rogue runes are special items that you can discover in WoW Classic Season of Discovery (SOD). They can be assigned to your chest, gloves, or pants slots and give you new abilities or enhance your existing ones. To find WoW rogue runes, you need to complete quests, explore locations, or interact with NPCs that are related to your class. Some of the rogue runes and their locations are:
Shadowstrike

This rune allows you to teleport behind an enemy and deal damage. You can get this rune by completing a quest from your class trainer (at least lvl 2) in your starting zone. Based on your race and quest, here are the locations of each place where you can find a chest:
Alliance: Dun Morogh (30.8, 80.1)
Elwynn Forest (52.5, 51.9)
Teldrassil ((59.7, 42.6)
Horde: Durotar (43.2, 69.6)
Tirisfal Glades (Get the quest at 32.5, 65.6, then head east and slightly south toward the southeastern corner of the area. In this location, you'll encounter a modest camp of Scarlet Converts. Employ the Pick Pocket ability on them until you obtain the Rune of Shadowstrike.)
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Slaughter from the Shadows

This rune increases your damage and critical strike chance when you are stealthed. You can get this rune by completing a quest from your class trainer in your capital city. Based on your race and quest, here are the locations of each place where you can find a chest:
Alliance: Dun Morogh (46.9, 52.0, top of the inn)
Elwynn Forest (46.3, 62.1, top of the building)
Teldrassil (can be acquired by entering Ban’ethil Barrow Den in Teldrassil and looting Gnarlpine Caches until you find Rune of Slaughter)
Horde: Durotar (Sprint & jump at about 54.0, 27.4)
Tirisfal Glades (Reach (52, 26) and kill undead in the area until one drops an Agamand Relic Coffer Key. Use this key to loot a Relic Coffer in the crypt and get your Rune of Slaughter)
Quick Draw

This rune gives you a ranged attack that can stun your target. You can get this rune by collecting four map pieces (by using Pick Pocket) from pirates in various zones. Pay attention that only those pieces dropped in the same zone can be used to make the treasure map, which will direct you to the chest. Here are the pirates from whom you can collect the map pieces:
Alliance: Dun Morogh (Frostmane, Rockjaw, Leper Gnome, Darkiron Spy)
Elwynn Forest (Kobold, Defias, Murloc,Riverpaw )
Teldrassil (Timberling, Gnarlpine, Bloodfeather, Sprite)
Horde: Durotar (Kul Tiras, Burning Blade, Razormane, Troll)
Tirisfal Glades (Scarlet, Tirisfal, Vile Fin, Rot Hide)
Mutilate

This rune gives you a dual-wield attack that deals extra damage to poisoned targets.
Alliance: Dun Morogh (Pick Pocket on Dark Iron Spy at the southeast corner of Dun Morogh, south of Helm’s Bed Lake until you get Blackrat's Note. Deliver the note to Blackrat, an inconspicuous Dark Iron Dwarf located stealthily at a boat near Misty Pine Refuge. Present him with the note to obtain Rune of Mutilation. Right-click it to learn rune.)
Elwynn Forest (Pick Pocket on Garrick Padfoot, a level 5 human found in the Northshire Vineyards within Elwynn Forest. Alternatively, you can employ Pick Pocket on Morgaine the Sly by the lake just south of Stormwind City or on Morgan the Collector at Brackwell Pumpkin Patch in the southeast. Look for Cutty, a hidden human, near the south side of the Northshire wall. Hand him this note and he will give you Rune of Mutilation. You can learn the rune by clicking on it..)

This rune gives you a ranged attack that can crit and stun your target. You will need to find Rune of Precision from a chest at the following locations:

This rune gives you a whirlwind attack that hits all nearby enemies. You will need to find Rune of Blade Dance from a chest at the following locations:
Alliance: Darkshore (kill Stormscale at Cliffspring River Cave until you get Cliffspring Key. The chest is at the end of the cave.)

This rune gives you a finishing move that consumes your combo points and deals damage based on the number of poisons on your target. To get the rune, go to Durnholde Keep in Hillsbrad Foothills and buy a Hot Tip from Kris Legace, a vendor behind the building. Right-click the Hot Tip to get a map and a safe combination. Follow the river north to the Western Plaguelands and find a waterfall with a Rusty Safe at the bottom. Use the safe combination to open the safe and get the Envenom Rune.

This rune gives you a chance to deal extra damage with your off-hand weapon.

This rune gives you a chance to apply a deadly poison to your target when you use a non-damaging poison.

This rune gives you a melee attack that applies a concentrated dose of your non-lethal poison.

This rune gives you a chance to survive a fatal blow and heal yourself.

This rune gives you a cleave attack that can generate combo points. The locations are:
Teldrassil (Go to Fel Rock, the cavern above Dolanaar in Teldrassil, and slay Lord Melenas, a level 8 satyr. He will have Rune of Mutilation, which you can learn by clicking on it.)
Horde: Durotar (Pick Pocket on Burning Blade orcs at the canyon north of Razor Hill until you loot a Note from Ba'so. Go to 51, 58 and find Ba'so to receive Rune of Mutilation. Right-click it to learn the rune.)
Tirisfal Glades (Pick Pocket on Captain Perrine, who is inside a tower in the center south of Tirisfal Glades, near Undercity. Talk to Jamie Nore in the town hall building at Brill to receive.
Rune of Mutilation. Right-click it to learn the rune.)
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Between the Eyes

This rune gives you a ranged attack that can crit and stun your target. You will need to find Rune of Precision from a chest at the following locations:
Alliance: IronForge (52, 13)
Stormwind City (find the house at the end of Cutthroat Alley. Go upstairs. )
Teldrassil (Pick Pocket or kill Gnarlpine at Gnarlpine Hold until you get Gnarlpine Stash Key. Go to 37, 83.)
Horde: Orgrimmar(56, 45)
Tirisfal Glades (Pick Pocket on Vile Fin at the northern coast until you get a Shipwreck Cache Key. Find the chest at around 66.0, 25.5)
Blade Dance

This rune gives you a whirlwind attack that hits all nearby enemies. You will need to find Rune of Blade Dance from a chest at the following locations:
Alliance: Darkshore (kill Stormscale at Cliffspring River Cave until you get Cliffspring Key. The chest is at the end of the cave.)
Loch Modan (Pick Pocket on Dark Iron Dwarves until you get a Dark Iron Lockbox. Make sure you have trained Lockpicking. )
Westfall (Pick Pocket on Defias at southwest to get an envelope. Open it to get a message and a key. Take the key to 41, 80, the back entrance of Deadmine.)
Horde: The Barrens (Pick Pocket on Southsea south of Ratchet to get Buccaneer's Matchbox. Follow the path up to 62.0, 44.0. Locate the Gunpowder Keg inside the fenced-in area about 61.8, 45.8. Click it to make it explode.)
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Envenom

This rune gives you a finishing move that consumes your combo points and deals damage based on the number of poisons on your target. To get the rune, go to Durnholde Keep in Hillsbrad Foothills and buy a Hot Tip from Kris Legace, a vendor behind the building. Right-click the Hot Tip to get a map and a safe combination. Follow the river north to the Western Plaguelands and find a waterfall with a Rusty Safe at the bottom. Use the safe combination to open the safe and get the Envenom Rune.
Main Gauche

This rune gives you a chance to deal extra damage with your off-hand weapon.
To get this rune, you must do three tasks for Grizzby in Ratchet, The Barrens (in the tavern on the south side, around 62, 39), and gather various items from different areas or the auction house.
Fish Oil: 24 Fish Oil, obtained from Murlocs and Naga starting at level 25. Frequent in Hillsbrad Foothills and Blackfathom Deeps.
• Dark Iron Ordinance: 20 Dark Iron Ordinance, looted from higher level Dark Iron Dwarves. Located among other places in Wetlands.
• Shredder Turbochargers: 16 Shredder Turbocharger, made by using Shredder Autosalvage Unit on Venture Co Shredders in Stonetalon Mountains. You can get the Shredder Autosalvage Unit from Engineering.
When you finish these tasks, Grizzby will offer you the Rune of Survival for 5 gold (Need WoW SoD gold? You can buy it at SSEGold), which you can learn by clicking on it.
Deadly Brew

This rune gives you a chance to apply a deadly poison to your target when you use a non-damaging poison.
At level 20, you will receive a mail from someone named C. Go to 47.1, 71.1 to open the chest and start the quest. Or you can learn Distract and Vanish at level 22 and skip the first quest for the Breaching Charge, and stealth to the courtyard and save the prisoner to open the gate and pick pocket Gemela and Gefell. Combine the keys and enter a safe place at the stables for a chest. Go back to the house you start the quest and turn it in. The next you are in the city, you will be able to receive another letter from C with the reward. Go to the house again to get the rune.
Shiv

This rune gives you a melee attack that applies a concentrated dose of your non-lethal poison.
Go to Yorgen’s Farm in Duskwood (50, 73) and use Pick Pocket on to get the Engraved Gold Ring. Go to the Tranquil Gardens Cemetery and lockpick the chest in the chapel (81, 71) to get an Engraved Silver Ring. Combine them and kneel to the statue in the center of Raven Hill cemetery (19.9,45.5) and you will have the rune.
Just a Flesh Wound

This rune gives you a chance to survive a fatal blow and heal yourself.
To get this rune, you need to turn in Waylaid Supplies until you reach Friendly reputation with the Azeroth Commerce Authority faction. Then you can purchase a Rune of Teasing from the Supply Officers in Darnassus, Ironforge, or Stormwind City for 2 gold. (Horde Durotar Supply and Logistics faction.)
Saber Slash

This rune gives you a cleave attack that can generate combo points. The locations are:
Alliance: Darkshore(32.8, 37.1)
Loch Modan (46.4, 12.7 )
Westfall(Pick Pocket Defias Scout on the hill behind the inn)
Horde: Silverspine Forest(Use Sprint to jump to a small platform by standing on the bridge at the entrance of Shadowfang Keep)
The Barrens (Jump tp a stable roof at Northwatch Hold)
Above are the detailed guide for the 12 Rogue runes. I hope this helps you with your Rogue gameplay in WoW Classic Season of Discovery.
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