Round 14 verified progression data · reviewed 2026-07-25
Rune Mysteries
Quick answer
Finish Ratcatcher, then find Zanik near the river below the Temple road. Complete the objectives in order and keep inventory space for Stone Pickaxe, runes and Tome of Woodcutting.
Verified objective order
- Bring 50 Ash Logs to Zanik.
- Mine Rune Essence and build a Rune Altar.
- Craft Air and Astral Runes, then return to Zanik.
Before you start
Repair the equipment required by the named gathering or combat step, empty enough inventory slots for quest items and activate a nearby respawn or Lodestone when the route crosses a dangerous region. Keep quest items until the tracker advances; dropping or storing the hand-in item can make a correct route look incomplete.
Reward and completion check
The recorded reward is Stone Pickaxe, runes and Tome of Woodcutting. After the last conversation or boss hand-in, verify that the objective leaves the active tracker and that every recipe, tome, item or access reward appears in the appropriate inventory or interface. If it does not, relaunch on the current build before repeating the entire chain.
Editorial limits and next step
This page answers one player task and is not a renamed copy of the parent hub. It does not invent coordinates, drop rates, damage values or hidden prerequisites. If an Early Access patch changes the objective text, use the live quest tracker as the final authority and report the version before applying an older workaround.