In every Phase forWoW Classic: Season of Discoveryso far, every class has received a plethora of new Runes to slot into their gear, granting new abilities, passives, and other ways to change vanilla class gameplay. In Phase 4, everyclass gets new Runesfor their Cloak slot, which each grant these version-defining abilities.
But in addition to these, there are a variety of new RingRunesWoW SoDplayers can collectin P4. These Ring Runes are a little different because they can each be used by multiple classes. This guide explains what you need to do to find Ring Runes inSoD, and what each of the fifteen Ring Runes do (as well as which classes can use each Rune).
Updated June 01, 2025 by Erik Petrovich: After the first weekend of WoW SoD, the community has come together to discovery just about every new Phase 4 Rune – including every new Phase 4 Ring Rune location. These new Runes can only be acquired by finding specific Red Books spread throughout Azeroth, but finding each SoD Ring Rune location organically is next to impossible. This guide to all SoD P4 Ring Runes has been updated to provide detailed instructions to locate each of these Red Books, to help players get their Specialization runes faster to jump into endgame content more effectively.
How To Get Ring Runes In WoW SoD Phase 4
There are a total of 15 Ring Runes in SoD P4, but not every class has access to all of them. Each of the nine classes available in WoW SoD can only use certain weapon types, and in Phase 4, each class can only find and learn Ring Runes that correspond to these weapon types.
To find RingRunes in Phase 4, you need to hunt down a variety of Skill Books found throughout level 50 to 60 zones. Simply clicking on and looting these Red Books will grant you the new Rune to equip from your Rune Menu. They are usually found in out-of-the-way locations, not quite directly in the path of quests or other objectives, and the books can often blend into the environment around them despite their bright red coloration.
But all Phase 4 Ring Runes locations follow this formula, and none of them require you to complete a series of quests or solve vague world puzzles – you just have to find the SoD Ring Rune book and read it to get each of these 15 new SoD Rine Runes.
How To Get Arcane Specialization Rune: To find the Arcane Specialization Rune location, head to the Western Plaguelands to Hearthglen in the far north. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (46, 16).
How To Get Fire Specialization Rune: To find the Fire Specialization Rune location, head to the Searing Gorge to the Slag Pit and look for Overseer Maltorius’s room, above the Archeologist area of the Slag Pit, where the Red Book is found on a table. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (40.5, 35.5).
How To Get Frost Specialization Rune: To find the Frost Specialization Rune location, go to Winterspring and head south until you find the Owlbeast camp (the one east of the path, opposite the three caves in a gorge on the world map). This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (59, 59).
How To Get Holy Specialization Rune: To find the Holy Specialization Rune location, head to Tyr’s Hand in the Eastern Plaguelands and look for the Red Book in a library to the north of this subarea. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (83.5, 78).
How To Get Nature Specialization Rune: To find the Nature Specialization Rune location, go to Felwood to Felpaw Village and look for this SoD Ring Rune in the cave that connects to Winterspring. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (62.5, 7.5).
How To Get Shadow Specialization Rune: To find the Shadow Specialization Rune location, head to the very northern branch of the Tainted Scar in the Blasted Lands to find this Red Book resting on an Altar. This Phase 4 Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (32.5, 49).
How To Get Axe Specialization Rune: To find the Axe Specialization Rune location, go to the southwest of the Blackrock Stronghold in the southwest Burning Steppes. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (40, 34).
How To Get Dagger Specialization Rune: To find the Dagger Specialization Rune location, head to the far southwest of Silithus to the Burning Blade camp and look for this Red Book in one of the first tents. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (20.5, 19.5).
How To Get Feral Combat Specialization Rune: To find the Feral Combat Specialization Rune location, go to the extreme north of Winterspring to a cove even further north of Frostsaber Rock (on the world map, it’s about an inch above the “O” in “Frostsaber”). This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (49, 8).
How To Get Fist Weapon Rune: To find the Fist Weapon Specialization Rune location, head to Silithus almost directly between Hive’zora and Cenarion Hold (on the world map, there is a building icon near the spot). This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (37, 44.5).
How To Get Mace Specialization Rune: To find the Mace Specialization Rune location, you will need to get on top of Grim Batol in the southeast of the Wetlands. This Phase 4 Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (74, 69).
How To Get Pole Weapon Rune: To find the Pole Weapon Specialization Rune location, head to the Temple or Arkkoran in Azshara and look for this Rune Specialization book on top of an altar. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (78, 38).
How To Get Ranged Weapon Specialization Rune: To find the Ranged Weapon Specialization Rune location, go to the Marris Stead in the southwest Eastern Plaguelands, just north of the road that leads to Light’s Hope Chapel from the Western Plaguelands. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (26, 73.5).
How To Get Sword Specialization Rune: To find the Sword Specialization Rune location, go to Deadwind Pass to Karazhan and look for a cave near the Master’s Cellar. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (43, 74.5) inside this cave.
How To Get Defense Specialization Rune: To find the Defense Specialization Rune location, head to Lower Blackrock Spire, specifically to its meeting stone near the instance portal. The Red Book should be inside a side room near the Meeting Stone. This SoD Ring Rune book is located around the coordinates (29.5, 38).
