TheWoWDBRequires you to collect the three parts of the 'Book of Runes' - Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
Each drops off the Iron Rune Stonecallers/Binders, and you then combine the Chapters to create 'The Book of Runes'.
Quest
The Book of Runes
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Giants run starts at 66, 23
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11346
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11346))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Requires one ofDown to the Wire, The Yeti Next Door, I'll Try Anything!
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 144 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
The vast rocky area to the southeast, Giants' Run, has been overrun by Iron Dwarves. Scouts have reported seeing the dwarves coaxing stone giants from the ground, then carving runes on them. I can't fathom their motives, but I suspect they're somehow trying to turn the giants into weapons. The iron rune stonecallers and binders carry large tomes with them, which must contain the runes they're carving on the giants. Capture the pieces of this book, assemble them, and bring it back to me, {name}.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #117 62.3 17.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inHowling Fjord 62.3, 17.2
/way #117 62.3 17.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 68.7, 25.6
/way #117 68.7 25.6
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 Howling Fjord map
- Honor the Flame about 270 yards
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 1,830 yards
- To Northrend about 2,500 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Howling Fjord, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:
- Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord
- Valgarde Port, Howling Fjord
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Reward details
Reputation: Explorers' League +250
This organization seeks to find the origin of the dwarven race by collecting Titan artifacts. Their most recent research has led them to various archeological sites in Northrend.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Explorers' League reputation: My Daughter (+10), See to the Operations (+10), Danger! Explosives! (+250), Send Them Packing (+250), Leader of the Deranged (+250), The Rune of Command (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Howling Fjord
Part 144 of 162.
Previous: Keeper Witherleaf · Next: Mastering the Runes
- 139The Fallen Sisters
- 140Wild Vines
- 141Spawn of the Twisted Glade
- 142Seeds of the Blacksouled Keepers
- 143Keeper Witherleaf
- 144The Book of Runes
- 145Mastering the Runes
- 146The Rune of Command
- 147March of the Giants
- 148The Lodestone
- 149Demolishing Megalith
- 150See to the Operations
Showing steps 139 to 150 of 162.
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.
- Keeper Witherleaf
You have been a great friend and ally to us, <name>. There is one more thing I must ask of you. You have seen the corruption of the Twisted Glade and the beasts that dwell there.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Mastering the Runes
I've got a set of picks, hammers, and chisels with me, but they won't work for carving these runes. The tools used by the Iron Dwarves are imbued with magic during their forging. When they're used to carve runes, the symbols form much more than mere words.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.
The storyline at a glance
Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Howling Fjord map
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.