A Look Back at the Last Runes to Be Found in Each Phase - Season of Discovery

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While there aren't very many Runes to discover in Phase 5, players have been hard at work finding the newest Epic Class Items, with the Warrior's Suzerain, Defender of the Dragonflights being the only one left to be documented. With this in mind, we decided to go back and look at the final Rune to be found in each Phase of Season of Discovery.

Epic Class Gear Questlines in Season of Discovery Phase 5

Each Phase of Season of Discovery has opened with a mad dash for players to find all available Runes. While most were found very quickly, some took far longer, all the way up to a week in one case. Now that we have reached level 60 and crossed blades with iconic Classic bosses, we thought it would be a good time to take a look back at the last Runes to be discovered in each Phase.

Phase 1 — Metamorphosis

At the very start of Season of Discovery, Metamorphosis was one of the most hyped Runes. Warlocks would get the ability to tank, complete with a taunt ability and some massive modifiers to their threat and armor. A lot of players rolled their Warlocks on day 1, expecting to get Metamorphosis early enough to tank their way to level 25.

The search began. Clues were all over the place but nothing led to anything. Players, primarily from the Classic Warlock Discord, checked everywhere. Every zone they could get to was checked and checked again. The dedicated Discord thread broke after receiving too many posts, and an entire channel had to be created. Players were casting Drain Soul on every enemy they could find. A spreadsheet was made, documenting everything players had tried.

The only lead they had was the Bough of Altek and the Orb of Des. These two items were both new additions that stated they were once «half of a great weapon». Unfortunately, once both items were obtained, nothing happened. Warcraft lore was considered, maybe they had to follow in the footsteps of another Warlock. Memes began flowing, and with them came fake screenshots and outright lies.