This WOW Classic SOD guide shows you how to get Icy Veins Rune, this Legs Rune of Mage class in Season of Discovery. We provide step-by-step instructions, prerequisites, and tips and tricks to help you succeed!
Icy Veins Rune Engraving
Obtaining Icy Veins Rune requires collecting several books from different locations in Azeroth. We recommend that you first spend WOW Classic SOD Gold to upgrade your Blink and Teleport spells, which will make your travel easier.
You can return these books one by one so they don’t take up valuable space in your inventory. You can also grab them and turn them all in at once. For each book you turn in, you will receive a Comprehension Charm. These Charms are used to decipher other Runes and special Mage Scrolls.
Turning In The Books
To hand over the book, Alliance players will need to travel to Mage Quarter in Stormwind City and climb the tower before heading to Wizard’s Sanctum. After passing through the portal, you’ll see Librarian standing next to a bookshelf.
Horde players will turn in books in Magic Quarter in Undercity. There you’ll find a librarian behind the counter of Inner Ring. Your Librarian will offer you a quest that requires you to turn in every book you’ve collected.
Book Turn-In Quests
Each faction has 13 books. After you turn in 10 of them, Librarian will provide you with Friend of the Library Quest. Completing this quest will earn you Icy Veins Rune Engraving.
You can then choose to turn in the remaining books for Comprehension Charm, or skip them altogether. Here are the locations of all the books you can collect.
Book Locations
Some of these locations are quite remote to either, and most of them are disputed. Keep in mind that you only need 10 books to get Icy Veins Rune, so you can choose three of them to skip.
Alliance-Only Books
We first look at the three books that only Alliance players can pick up.
The first is located in Hall of Explorers in Ironforge. Head to the library at the back of the area to find the book on the table.
The second Alliance-exclusive book is located in Elwynn Forest. Go to Tower of Azora on the east side of Goldshire and climb all the way to the top. You’ll see this book on the bookshelf in front of you at the top of the stairs.
The third Alliance-only book has two locations: Loch Modan and Westfall. In Loch Modan you can find it at a table upstairs in Stoutlager Inn in Thelsamar. In Westfall, go to the inn on Sentinel Hill and you’ll find this book on the table between the beds. You can only choose one or the other, so don’t bother trying to get both.
Horde-Only Books
Next, we look at the three books that only Horde players can pick up.
The first one is located in Valley of Spirits in Orgrimmar. Go to where Mage Trainer is and you’ll see it on the stone mural outside the building.
The next Horde-only book is located in Tirisfal Glades. Head to Brill and look for Alchemy shop at the west end of town. Enter the building and you should see the book on the shelf.
The third Horde-specific book can be found in Sepulcher’s Silverpine Forest. Enter the main building and go down the stairs to the ground floor room. You’ll see this book on the bookshelf in the corner.
Both Faction Books
Either faction can pick the remaining books up.
- Darkshore: Go to Ruins of Mathystra and go down the stairs in the central ruins. You’ll find the book leaning against the wall of one landing.
- Duskwood: Enter the western crypt of Raven Hill Cemetery. Climb down the stairs and continue forward through the catacombs. You’ll see this book on Alchemy table in the last room. Also, Mass Regeneration Rune Guide was also found in the same location.
- Loch Modan: Head to Mo’grosh Stronghold and enter the cave in the northeast corner. Follow the cave to the left until you reach a small room where you’ll find the book tucked into the wall.
- Silverpine Forest: Enter Ambermill’s large town hall building. You’ll find this book on a bookshelf in the back left corner of the main room.
- Stonetalon Mountains: Find a small cabin near one of the larger buildings at Grimtotem Post. You’ll see this book on top of some barrels.
- Westfall: Head to Moonbrook and look for a small house with a yellow roof on the edge of town. You’ll find this book on the bookshelf inside.
- Wetlands: Head to Whelgar’s Excavation Site to the west to find a piece of pottery half buried underground. The book will be tucked under it.
- Barrens 1: The first book in Barrens can be found in Sludge Fen in the northeast. Climb the enormous structure and enter the control room at the top. You’ll see the book sitting on one chair.
- Barrens 2: The second book can be found in Ratchet’s Engineering shop. Find the strange-looking building near Flight Master and you’ll see the book on the table upstairs.
- Barrens 3: The third book can be looted from the cave leading to Wailing Caverns dungeon. Follow the cave to the large cave where the dungeon portal is located. The book is located on the ground behind the twin stone pillars.
Finally, turn in 10 of these books and you’ll get Icy Veins Rune. I highly recommend planning your route in advance. It will make your mission much more efficient!
