Human characters must climb onto the roof of a house north of Goldshire to find a chest containing the Rune

Orc and Troll characters must look for a chest in the Drygulch Ravine near a group of Harpies

All characters must reach Level 20, at which point they will get a letter in the mail from an NPC named C. Head to Silverpine Forest, to Pyrewood Village, and look for a hut near the entrance to the Shadowfang Keep dungeon. Loot the chest here, then head to the Stonetalon Mountains and find an NPC named Veenix.

Turn in the quest at the hut, then go to a capital city to get the final part of the quest in the mail. Return to the hut in Pyrewood Village to unlock the Rune.

All characters must pickpocket Treasure Map Fragments from different enemy types in their respective starting zones. Combine all four map pieces (labeled by corner) and follow the instructions to find a treasure chest containing the Rune.

Orcs and Trolls must pickpocket Kul Tirans, Cultists, Quillboar, and Trolls to get each Map fragment

Purchased from Waylaid Supply vendors after reaching Honored with the new faction, the Azeroth Commerce Authority/Durotar Supply and Logistics.

All characters must find Tog'thar, a vendor in Durnholde Keep in Hillsbrad Foothills. Purchase the Hot Tip for 75s, and read the hint. Head north along the river, through the Alterac Mountains until the river reaches the Western Plaguelands and turns into a waterfall. Loot the chest at the base of the falls to get Envenom.

Alliance characters must pickpocket Defias enemies in Westfall, or Dark Iron Dwarves in Loch Modan, to find either a Note or a Lockbox. The Note leads to a chest containing the Rune, while the Lockbox can be opened with the Lockpicking skill. Night Elves must kill Naga in the Cliffspring River Cave in northwestern Darkshore to get a key, and its matching chest is found deeper in the cave.

Horde characters must pickpocket the Southsea Cannoneer mobs near Ratchet to get the Buccaneer's Matchbox. Look for a camp on top of a nearby hill, and interact with a Gunpowder Bucket with the Matchbox in the inventory. It will blow up and drop Blade Dance in a chest.

Human characters must find Cutthroat Alley in the Dwarven district of Stormwind. Go to the end of the row of houses, open a chest in the top floor of a house, then kill the Cutthroat Mugger who appears.

Orc and Troll characters must look for the chest in The Drag in Orgrimmar, right across from the entrance to the Valley of Honor

All characters must pickpocket Defias Night Runner enemies in Duskwood to get the Engraved Gold Ring. Go to Raven Hill, equip the Engraved Gold Ring, then perform a /kneel emote in front of the statue in the center of the area.

Human characters must pickpocket Garrick Padfoot in the starting zone to get a note, then speak with Cutty, an NPC hidden north from Crystal Lake

Orc and Troll characters must pickpocket Burning Blade enemies near Razor Hill to get a note, then look for a stealthed Troll named Ba'So

Human characters must pickpocket the Elite Defias Scout, above Sentinel Hill, without being seen

Orc and Troll characters must go to Northwatch Hold and climb onto the Stable to find a chest containing the Rune. Jump onto the wall, then jump down to the stable. Lockpicking 80 required.

All characters get Shadowstrike after completing the Level 2 introductory questline for the Rune system. The requirements are different for every race.

Human characters must find a chest just south of Millie's Vineyard

Dwarf and Gnome characters must look for a chest near the Grik'nir the Cold enemy in the Troll cave

Night Elf characters must look for a Small Owl Statue on the roof of the starting zone inn

Undead characters must either pickpocket or kill the Scarlet Convert found in Deathknell

Orc and Troll characters must look for a chest on the cliffs behind Sarkoth, practically visible from the spawn point

Purchased from Grizzby in the Ratchet Inn after completing a series of quests requiring several items – 24 Fish Oil, 20 Dark Iron Ordinance, and 16 Shredder Turbochargers. Players have at least 5 Gold to interact with Grizzby .

To get the Rune of the Poisoned Blade, and thus the Poisoned Knife Rune, head to Desolace and look for an extinguished Campfire just northwest of the Kodo Graveyard (slightly north of the "D" in "Kodo" on the map). Pick up the quest Highway Robbery, then go directly northwest to find Kormek's Hut on the ridge overlooking the graveyard. Turn in Highway Robbery, pick up the next quest On The Lam, then head to Booty Bay.

Go to the border of the Wetlands and the Arathi Highlands and look for a boat underneath the Thandol Span bridge. Jump down into the water and interact with this boat to teleport to the far eastern shore of the Highlands. Talk to Illari Duskfeather, choose either Dialogue option, and kill her to get Illari's Key. Open the nearby Illari's Loot Cache to get the Rune.

To get the Rune of Shadowstep, you must first reach Level 30 and have completed the Deadly Brew series of quests from Phase One (which are still available in Phase Two).

After turning in the Eye, return to a Capitol City, and you should receive another message from "C". Return to the Dead Drop one last time to get the Rune of Shadowstep.

To get the Rune of the Assassin, which unlocks the Shuriken Toss Rune, head to the northern Swamp of Sorrows around (42, 30). On a nearby tree, look for a Dart Trap attached to the trunk, which shoots Poison Darts if players get too close. Select the Trap, use Disarm Trap, and loot the Conspicuous Cache that spawns to get the Shuriken Rune.

The Rune of the Assailant (and the Waylay Rune) unlocks via the Phase Two Dark Rider questline. To begin, head to Ariden's Camp in Deadwind Pass at around (52, 34.5) in the zone. Talk to the Dalaran Agent at the camp to get Ariden's Sigil. He will ask you to recover seven Dalaran Relics from Dark Riders throughout Azeroth. Each of the Dark Riders is about as difficult as a Dungeon boss at 40, but because all classes have one Rune tied to the SoD Dark Rider, it's not too hard to get a five to ten-man group together.

The Dark Riders can be found in Duskwood, Deadwind Pass, Swamp of Sorrows, Badlands, The Barrens, Desolace, and the Arathi Highlands. After killing each one, head back to the Dalaran Agent and give him the recovered Dalaran Relics. After completing each quest (which reward about 1.5g at Level 40), the Agent will give you a bag containing the Rune.

To get the Master of Subtlety Rune, go to Kurzen's Compound in northeastern Stranglethorn Vale. In the only large stone tower in the camp, you will find an NPC named Wendel Mathers. Talk to him, then go into the nearby cave and pickpocket Kurzen enemies within until you get a Compound Cage Key. While you are still in the cave, look for a Kurzen Supply Crate in the deeper area of the cave with lots of Kurzen Elites. Use Lockpicking on this to get a Kurzen Disguise – you need at least 125 Lockpicking to open it.

Then, return to Wendel Mathers in the tower, and give him the key and the disguise. He will leave, without revealing much about what to do next. Head to Booty Bay and jump into the water, then swim towards the ramp that leads back upward. An NPC named Captain Aransas will be standing to the north of this ramp – talk to her to receive the Rune, as well as Jani's Charm, part of a Priest Rune quest line.

To get the Rolling with the Punches Rune, go to Thousand Needles, and head to Camp E'Thok at about (18.5, 21). Look for the largest tent in the Camp and head inside. You should see a Sizable Stolen Strongbox on the wall. Open it to discover a slightly smaller chest, which contains another smaller chest, and so on and so forth. The Lockpicking requirement for each of the smaller chests gets higher and higher as you go, so be sure to max out the skill before going for this Rune.

After opening enough chests-within-chests (starting with the Large Strongbox and ending with the Small Strongbox), you will loot the Rune of the Southpaw, which unlocks Rolling with the Punches.