Quest Log

Demonic Runes (Warrior)

Demonic Runes is a quest for level 45. It is step 2 of 7 in the Chronicles of Skyhold III storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Skyhold at 58.4, 84.8. It rewards 7,700 experience and money.

Description

Hodir valiantly went through that demonic portal. He should've earned an honorable death, but instead was taken prisoner by Legion scum.

We always imagined the battles of the end days to take place here in Azeroth, but we shall bring the fight to the enemy if it means sparing one of our own that terrible fate.

Hymdall thinks that with the right power source, he can reactivate and redirect the Legion's own gateways. Gather demonic runestones from the Legion and let the final conflict begin!

Rewards

Money40

Experience7,700 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Skyhold 58.4, 84.8 /way #695 58.4 84.8
Go to Stormheim 38.2, 40.2 /way #634 38.2 40.2
Go to Suramar 37.4, 75.7 /way #680 37.4 75.7
Go to Highmountain 26.9, 38.4 /way #650 26.9 38.4
Named in the quest text: Azeroth, Hodir, Hymdall.

Known issues

Top Comments

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1022996Sep 1, 2016+146via Wowhead

An easy way to farm this BS quest. Fly to Azsuna, Illidari Stand and complete the quest that rekindles the outer defenses. Then stand on the inner defense, in the middle, and SW:Pain everything. They'll all run to you and die, and you'll be swimming in these Runes in no time.

LegzoneSep 10, 2016+63via Wowhead

How to cheese...I mean, efficiently complete this quest:
Fly to Illidari Stand in Azsuna.
Complete the quest to active the inner defenses, if you haven't already. This will activate the pillars with purple orbs in them. Those orbs will demolish any demon NPC that gets close.
Then just stand on the ridge on the edge of town, where a row of 3-4 defense orbs are set up. Mobs spawn all the time and siege the town - just pull them with something like Heroic Throw (or SWP if you are here for the Priest quest).
Drag the mobs under the defenses (you have to get pretty close) and everything dies within 1-2 seconds. You'll get a nice pile of bodies and your runestones should pile up quickly. Took me 10-15 minutes once I landed.
If you don't have coords, it's within the red diamond on this map.
http://imgur.com/a/gnQ4A

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Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1022996Sep 1, 2016+146via Wowhead

An easy way to farm this BS quest. Fly to Azsuna, Illidari Stand and complete the quest that rekindles the outer defenses. Then stand on the inner defense, in the middle, and SW:Pain everything. They'll all run to you and die, and you'll be swimming in these Runes in no time.

LegzoneSep 10, 2016+63via Wowhead

How to cheese...I mean, efficiently complete this quest:
Fly to Illidari Stand in Azsuna.
Complete the quest to active the inner defenses, if you haven't already. This will activate the pillars with purple orbs in them. Those orbs will demolish any demon NPC that gets close.
Then just stand on the ridge on the edge of town, where a row of 3-4 defense orbs are set up. Mobs spawn all the time and siege the town - just pull them with something like Heroic Throw (or SWP if you are here for the Priest quest).
Drag the mobs under the defenses (you have to get pretty close) and everything dies within 1-2 seconds. You'll get a nice pile of bodies and your runestones should pile up quickly. Took me 10-15 minutes once I landed.
If you don't have coords, it's within the red diamond on this map.
http://imgur.com/a/gnQ4A

stricken79Sep 5, 2016+22via Wowhead

A really good place to do this is Grizzleweald in Val'sharah. The grell there are all over the place, respawn fast, don't do much damage and they drop runes alot. Gather them up and aoe them down.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	7,700
Money	Gold	40g 44s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Skyhold	Turn-in marker at 58.4, 84.8, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Stormheim	4 mapped points
Objective area	Suramar	37 mapped points
Objective area	Highmountain	7 mapped points

World Map

Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Stormheim map showing where to go for Demonic Runes — **Stormheim** Objective area 4 mapped points

Suramar map showing where to go for Demonic Runes — **Suramar** Objective area 37 mapped points

Highmountain map showing where to go for Demonic Runes — **Highmountain** Objective area 7 mapped points

Coordinates

Turn-inSkyhold 58.4, 84.8/way #695 58.4 84.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Stormheim 37.8, 39.1/way #634 37.8 39.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 35.3, 74.3/way #680 35.3 74.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 59.3, 63.3/way #680 59.3 63.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 56.1, 57.7/way #680 56.1 57.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 39.3, 80.0/way #680 39.3 80.0
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 29.8, 80.6/way #680 29.8 80.6
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 30.1, 64.4/way #680 30.1 64.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Highmountain 25.0, 40.6/way #650 25.0 40.6

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Skyhold map

Odyn and the Valarjar same spot
The Hunter of Heroes same spot
Weapons of Legend same spot
The Sword of Kings same spot
Odyn's Summons same spot
Ulduar's Oath same spot
Maw of Souls: Message to Helya same spot
More Weapons of Legend same spot
One More Legend same spot
A Glorious Reunion same spot

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Skyhold, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Quest Line

Storyline

Chronicles of Skyhold III

Part 2 of 7.

Previous: Will of the Valarjar · Next: Black Rook Hold: Greater Power

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Will of the ValarjarLevel 45
As we prepare to launch an attack on the Legion's own world, it is important to not give reprieve to our enemies in this one. As your armies seek to secure enemy gateways, you would do well to return to the Broken Isles and carry on the battle against those who stand against you.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Black Rook Hold: Greater PowerLevel 45
The raw power of the runestones will allow Hymdall to temporarily open a tear into demonic worlds, but it's not enough. The Legion hides its presence in far away worlds with dark magic. Bring a greater runestone so that Hymdall can hone in on our enemies across the cosmos.

Other quests with this name

This one: Warrior · Level 45.

Demonic RunesPriest · Level 10-45

The storyline at a glance

Chronicles of Skyhold III has 7 steps, from Will of the Valarjar to Champion: Hodir.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Skyhold (7).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

A Legendary Campaign Complete 12 class order campaigns.
The Battlelord's Campaign Complete the Warrior class Order Campaign.
A Heroic Campaign Complete three different class Order Campaigns.

Other storylines on the Skyhold map

Becoming Valarjar16 steps, starts with An Important Mission
Chronicles of Skyhold I11 steps, starts with The Call of Battle
Chronicles of Skyhold II5 steps, starts with Maw of Souls: Message to Helya
Chronicles of Skyhold IV16 steps, starts with Recruitment Drive
Weapon of Legend25 steps, starts with Blades of Destiny

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Demonic Runes. They differ in the classes/level/category shown here.

Quest	Classes	Level	Category	ID
Demonic Runes (this page)	Warrior	Level 45	Warrior Campaign	42918
Demonic Runes	Priest	Level 10-45	Priest Campaign	43384

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