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Rune of Opening
Item Level 1Quest
Use: Rune of Opening
Not sold on the Auction House
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Rune of Opening Effects
- Use: Rune of Opening
Opens certain Dalaran-sealed containers.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Rune of Opening is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Rune of Opening among Quest, all from Classic like Rune of Opening.
| Item | Item Level | Details | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rune of Opening (this item) | 1 | Not listed | |
 Telemancy Orbs | 1 | Use: Throw Telemancy Orb | 1 silver on 57 realms |
 Iskaaran Harpoon | 1 | Use: Harpoon | 1 silver on 54 realms |
 Security DELTA Data Access Card | 1 | 10 silver on 53 realms | |
 Imbued Crystal | 1 | 500 gold on 72 realms | |
 Monstrous Egg | 1 | 300 gold on 73 realms | |
 Mysterious Grimoire | 1 | 300 gold on 69 realms | |
 Ornate Weapon | 1 | 300 gold on 68 realms | |
 A Treatise on Strategy | 1 | 250 gold on 72 realms | |
 Banner of the Fallen | 1 | 400 gold on 64 realms | |
 Captured Insignia | 1 | 225 gold on 69 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Telemancy Orbs at 1 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Rune of Opening in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Rune of Opening is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Rune of Opening next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Rune of Opening in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Rune of Opening is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is Rune of Opening in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Rune of Opening is common quality, item level 1 with no level requirement.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for Rune of Opening
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70205, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4