World Of Warcraft: Season Of Discovery — Dark Rider Questline Walkthrough

Embark on the Dark Rider questline with our World of Warcraft: Season of Discovery guide.

The plethora of runes added to World of Warcraft: Classic during its Season of Discovery all have new and intriguing ways of obtaining them. The methods of obtaining these ability-granting items include: finding hidden treasures, killing unique monsters, and performing obscure rituals. Additionally, some runes can be discovered through doing covert favors for NPCs, or even completing secret quests.

Unlike some other rune-rewarding quests, the Dark Rider questline is not class specific, nor does it reward only one or two certain runes. The final quest of this line awards a rune specific to the class of the character that completes it.

The Rune Rewards

Each class can add a powerful rune to their collections by completing the quests tied to the Dark Riders. Depending on your character's build, some of these runes can be a must-have for your adventures.

The runes, listed by class, are:

Class	Rune	Description
Druid	Rune of the Jungle King	Engraves your boots with the Tiger's Fury-enhancing ability King of the Jungle
Hunter	Rune of Combat	Engraves your belt with the Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite-altering ability Melee Specialist
Mage	Spell Notes: Missile Barrage	Engraves your belt with the Arcane Missiles-enhancing ability Missile Barrage
Paladin	Rune of Infusions	Engraves your belt with the Holy Shock-enhancing ability Infusion of Light
Priest	Luminous Epiphany	Engraves your boots with the Spirit of Redemption-altering ability Spirit of the Redeemer
Rogue	Rune of the Assailant	Engraves your boots with the Ambush and Backstab-enhancing ability Waylay
Shaman	Rune of Two-Handed Mastery	Engraves your chest-piece with the two-handed weapon-enhancing ability Two-Handed Mastery
Warlock	Rune of Forbidden Knowledge	Engraves your boots with the demonic bond-enhancing ability Demonic Knowledge
Warrior	Rune of Ruthless Precision	Engraves your belt with the Slam-altering ability Precision Timing

Where To Start The Dark Riders Quests

In order to find the Dark Riders and obtain your precious runes, you first need to travel to the place of their inception: Deadwind Pass in the Eastern Kingdoms.

The tower looming in the south of this zone, Karazhan, was where these former con-artist salesmen were cursed into their current state by Medivh, the last Guardian of Tirisfal. Suitably, the quests that send you to seek them out begin in the abandoned camp of their leader, Ariden's Camp.

Ariden's Camp is found at the back of a crag in the northeast corner of Deadwind Pass, just north of the road running through the zone. The entrance to this crag has direct access to said road, and the crag itself is short and free of any hostile mobs.

Once you reach this abandoned camp, you will find a friendly human mage NPC investigating the site. This Dalaran Agent will lament the theft of certain Dalaran Relics from the Kirin Tor's magical city by the Dark Riders, and will ask you if you'd like to help her recover these artifacts.

If you agree to her offer through her dialogue options, she will give you the Ariden's Sigil trinket,

which will allow you to find and confront the Dark Riders.

There are seven Dark Riders to find, and seven Dalaran Relics to retrieve from them. They are scattered across both the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor.

How To Use Ariden's Sigil

While the Dalaran Agent doesn't offer any official quests concerning the Dark Riders, she does say that they have dispersed across Azeroth, and that they normally will only be seen if they wish to be. Luckily, the trinket she gives you, Ariden's sigil, will force the Dark Riders to reveal themselves and become attackable when you use it.

All the Dark Riders are level 41 elite mobs, so bring a friend or two on your journey, or be several levels higher than them.

At each location where a Dark Rider lurks, they will be invisible. You will only know that they are present by two subtle phenomena occurring if you have Ariden's Sigil equipped. First, a greenish-purplish ghostly face will flash above your character's head.

Second, a buff will appear in the top right of your screen called Dark Presence. If you encounter these, use Ariden's Sigil to pull the lurking Rider out of hiding, and be prepared to fight.

All Dark Rider Locations

Dark Rider	Location Description	Image
Arathi Highlands Dark Rider	The Dark Rider of Arathi Highlands wanders east of Dabyrie Farmstead and north of the road to Hammerfall.
The Badlands Dark Rider	The Dark Rider of the Badlands wanders east of the Valley of Fangs and south of Hammertoe's Digsite.
Deadwind Pass Dark Rider	The Dark Rider of Deadwind Pass wanders on the shore of the pond at the northern end of the river running through this zone.
Duskwood Dark Rider	The Dark Rider of Duskwood wanders the southeast corner of Raven Hill Cemetery.
Swamp of Sorrows Dark Rider	The Dark Rider of the Swamp of Sorrows wanders north of the Pool of Tears and southeast of Fallow Sanctuary.
The Barrens Dark Rider	The Dark Rider of the Barrens wanders east of the Lushwater Oasis and south of The Crossroads, on the eastern side of the Gold Road.
Desolace Dark Rider	The Dark Rider of Desolace wanders south of Nijel's Point, in-between the road leading to the Stonetalon Mountains and the road leading to Sargeron.

The Dalaran Relics

With each Dark Rider dropping a different Dalaran Relic, we thought that a list of which Rider drops which Relic would be helpful in tracking which ones you need, should you split your journey up into different play sessions.

The Dalaran Relics are:

Dalaran Relic	Dropped By
Creepy Dalaran Relic	Dropped by the Dark Rider of Desolace
Curious Dalaran Reli	Dropped by the Dark Rider of Deadwind Pass
Glittering Dalaran Relic	Dropped by he Dark Rider of Duskwood
Heavy Dalaran Relic	Dropped by the Dark Rider of the Barrens
Odd Dalaran Relic	Dropped by the Dark Rider of the Swamp of Sorrows
Slippery Dalaran Relic	Dropped by the Dark Rider of the Badlands
Whirring Dalaran Relic	Dropped by the Dark Rider of Arathi Highlands

While none of these relics start a quest to bring them back to the Dalaran Agent in Deadwind Pass, upon bringing them to her, she will offer seven versions of the "Curious Dalaran Relic" hand-in quest.

Once all seven are handed over to her, she will then offer the quest "A Service to Dalaran". This quest is simply her showing you her thanks, as just talking to her completes it, awarding you one gold coin and a Supply Bag. Within this bag is your runic treasure.

You do not need to hand-in all of the Dalaran Relics at once. "A Service to Dalaran" only becomes acceptable once all seven are accounted for, however.