
The Rosetta stele of the French Egyptologist Champollion. The Egyptian Stele (or obelisk) in London.Ĭ.

What Blizzard erroneously calls "runes", are in fact tall, Egyptian-style obelisks, that remind me of:Ī. You are not looking neither for runes, nor for Runestones you are in fact looking for OBELISKS, again to be found in the ruins of Eldarath in Azshara. This is Blizzard's fault, as the quest log speaks vaguely about mere "runes", failing to clarify. THESE ARE NOT, I REPEAT NOT, THE RUNESTONES YOU ARE LOOKING FOR! I couldn't emphasise this more, as these Runestones got me confused in the first place. This symbol emits a yellow or purple or blue glow, that alternates "occulting" between a strong and a faint glow. On them, is carved a symbol that remotely resembles the Nordic Rune Sig, to put it simply an "S" like symbol. I am writing this comment, following my having been severely confused, while trying to get the rubbings of the runes required.Īmidst the ruins of Eldarath in Azshara, you will find a lot of glowing stones, looking like tombstones of sorts or with some ancient Nordic runestones found in Sweden and Denmark. Remember to get the signal flaregun before you leave IF, you will need it for the helipad.Ĭomment by ThottbotLevel 56 Night Elf Hunter from the EU server Nordrassil Last few hints: use your mount a lot, healing, swimming and running potions will definately save your life!īest of luck, the quest isn't tough but trying stay alive heading the helipad will be. Lastly don't fall off the cliff where the runes are, because you will need to go all the way round to get back up via the north part of the map which is festering with lv53-55 mobs and several elites very near each other. They may be slow and you can outrun them but they hit very very hard. If you choose to go by land to get as close to the helipad as possible before the water, beware of the elite Giants. If you stay to fight you'll probably die from surrounding mobs joining in. Whether you choose to go by water or land KEEP moving when aggro'd eventually they will turn back after a while.

Always go via where the mobs are furthest away from it so by the time you get there they will turn back. The waters around the helipad are full of mobs. Along the northern and southern shores towards there, there are lv53-55 mobs both on the shore and in the water.and lv55 murlocs that will resist a hell of a lot and chase you a long way. Comment by ThottbotThe hardest part of this quest is not finding the runes or sketching them, the hardest part is getting to the helipad in one piece.
