To complete the Unlocking the Secrets and get [spell=366736] you need to complete several zone achievements
- Explore Zereth Mortis - Easy enough, will auto unlock when you run around, no hard locations this time
- Curious Collections -Extremely easy, just collect 5 named treasures (not random) out of 27 in the zone
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idNameCoordinatesNoteVideo1[object=373543]58.84 77.15Press the tablet to unlock the chest[item=189447]https://youtu.be/JPenXWZdt502[object=370140]38.27 37.23Easy climb on the pillar[item=190637]https://youtu.be/WRHI7tZehc44[object=375272]60.61 30.55Easy, just kill adds and collecthttps://youtu.be/dKa0cdjP-Zc5[object=375376]51.55 09.92North at Antecedent Isle, jump down the cliffhttps://youtu.be/6AiNsmr-q1Q6[object=375354]60.06 18.00Farm [item=189704] 1% drop chance2H Sword & [item=189863]https://youtu.be/nPqN7EvRM6E7[object=375408]61.22 37.21Week 3 Upgrade Cypher* & Finding Tahli[item=187833]https://youtu.be/-K1axQRWHYY8[object=375422]35.24 44.11Road starts from the east side, then jumphttps://youtu.be/jb1Hx_0KTXU9[object=375413]35.17 70.23Week 2 Cypher*. Use [npc=181059] & click [npc=185282][item=190059]https://youtu.be/GNrIfW1Klr411[object=375483]34.04 67.65Path starts In Haven base, behind the tent[item=189863]https://youtu.be/PoyqF0Nqy2I12[object=375485]52.57 71.49On the floating orb jump from the mountainhttps://youtu.be/TzF9zL4_ue013[npc=185416]65.62 46.85Week 3 Upgrade Cypher* & Mysterious Greenery quests[item=190058]https://youtu.be/wZTosWS2Z6M14[object=375496]47.44 95.24Stack [spell=360945] 5 times[item=189451]https://youtu.be/nihETcYZwcw15[npc=180507]58.73 73.01Use [object=375766][item=190061] & [item=189863]https://youtu.be/Dzc1jM5ldGo16[object=373548]59.61 46.19Press the orb on the opposite side of the room[item=190060]https://youtu.be/e_WGAwyk4WY17[object=374976]52.62 63.01Press 4 consoles in the right order[item=190457] & [item=189863]https://youtu.be/uEjMqDmMXeM18[object=375281]37.90 65.19Jump Puzzle, Start from south-west / Use Fly Mounthttps://youtu.be/r2lXZu1MlYM19[object=375369]38.98 73.30Jump on the mountain from the Cradle entrancehttps://youtu.be/F6fqajJUFD420[object=375405]49.75 87.25Jump on orbs[item=189863]https://youtu.be/0HRkr69S_RM21[object=375382]56.78 64.17Find [object=375392] above the treasure then talk to [npc=185151]https://youtu.be/XsGsPl6CclM22[object=375411]53.57 72.22Collect 5 [item=190239] and bring it to the [npc=185446][item=189435]https://youtu.be/nH52M3KUnWk23[object=375423]34.82 56.04Easy, just collect[item=190339]https://youtu.be/jK7biywCDPc24[object=375481]60.88 42.96Need Door of Shadows / Fly. Top[item=190098]https://youtu.be/2w3e1RXkqFs25[object=375484]37.15 78.28Pet all the animals on top of the mountain[item=189478]https://youtu.be/qVJXlrYV1iw26[object=375492]76.87 58.83In cave 76.06 59.52 Cave Entrance[item=190457]https://youtu.be/VwAUdkOV7Lw27[object=375495]51.23 80.69Press 4 teleporter locks[item=189863]https://youtu.be/uV474fgAWXE
* Cypher Research Progress in main campaign Secrets of the First Ones up to the point when you get [npc=181059] (Chapter 3)
Each [npc=181059] research requires time. Sometimes up to 1 week. You will need at least 2 weeks to get the researches for treasures.
Tier 3 [order-advancement=1932] 1 week research
Upgrade of Tier 3 [order-advancement=1931] 1 more extra week research
There are 7 [item=189863] and they are related to the Sand, Sand Everywhere! achievement
Pocopoc skinns are related to the Fashion of the First Ones
/way 58.84 77.15 Library Vault
/way 58.96 81.88 Lexical Glade Entrance
/way 57.88 78.90 Tablet
/way 58.51 79.30 Tablet 2
/way 59.04 78.08 Tablet 3
/way 57.85 78.40 Tablet 4
/way 38.27 37.23 Damaged Jiro Stash
/way 66.81 69.44 Forgotten Proto-Vault
/way 63.38 73.19 Forgotten Proto-Vault Start climb with steps
/way 60.61 30.55 Mawsworn Cache
/way 51.55 9.92 Fallen Vault
/way 60.06 18.00 Domination Cache
/way 61.22 37.21 Architect's Reserve
/way 35.24 44.11 Overgrown Protofruit
/way 36.68 44.55 Overgrown Protofruit path up start
/way 35.17 70.23 Drowned Broker Supplies (Upgrade Pocopoc - Dealic Understanding)
/way 34.50 70.60 Drowned Broker Supplies Use Coreless Aurelid
/way 48.90 29.58 1 PE Collect Cosmic Energy
/way 50.60 31.94 2 PE Entrance to the Crypt
/way 59.85 40.37 3 PE Use teleport 3-d option
/way 47.81 28.93 4 PE Jump down
/way 46.65 30.93 5 Protomineral Extractor
/way 34.04 67.65 Stolen Scroll
/way 34.06 66.68 Stolen Scroll Climb Start
/way 52.57 71.49 Protoflora Harvester
/way 53.26 72.23 Protoflora Harvester Jump
/way 65.62 46.85 Ripened Protopear
/way 47.44 95.24 Bushel of Progenitor Produce
/way 58.73 73.01 Submerged Chest
/way 59.61 46.19 Template Archive
/way 52.62 63.01 Symphonic Vault
/way 52.83 63.04 SV Broken Console 4
/way 52.19 63.87 SV Broken Console 3
/way 52.50 62.62 SV Broken Console 2
/way 52.62 64.08 SV Broken Console 1
/way 37.90 65.19 Stolen Relic
/way 37.66 65.83 Stolen Relic start from here
/way 38.98 73.30 Gnawed Valise
/way 40.93 74.39 Gnawed Valise Path
/way 49.75 87.25 Filched Artifact
/way 56.78 64.17 Crushed Supply Crate
/way 56.66 64.19 Repair Tool ( On pillar Above the treasure)
/way 57.61 63.16 Hiu Fi
/way 53.57 72.22 Mistaken Ovoid
/way 34.82 56.04 Offering to the First Ones
/way 60.88 42.96 Pilfered Curio
/way 60.63 43.06 Pilfered Curio start from here
/way 37.15 78.28 Grateful Boon
/way 77.54 58.20 Syntactic Vault
/way 76.23 59.50 Syntactic Vault cave entrance
/way 51.23 80.69 Undulating Foliage
/way 49.63 77.00 UF Catalyst Wards Lock
/way 49.95 76.73 UF Teleporter Lock
/way 53.18 80.85 UF Teleporter Lock
/way 52.49 83.38 UF Bloomthorn Vine
/way 50.99 81.99 UF Teleporter Lock- Path to Enlightenment - This one will need some time, but also nothing hard so far, just complete the sidelines
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/way 34.70 66.30 Small Pet Problems start Look Who I Found!
/way 61.89 53.51 The Waters of Grace start Lost Grace
/way 33.74 64.69 Not Al Are Lost start Enlightened Exodus- Tales of the Exile - Easy, collect 8 scrolls, scroll have 10 mins respawn time, so will take 1-2h max
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- You need to find 8 scrolls in Zereth Mortis to get Tales of the Exile
- All playes share CD to collect them and respawn time is ~10 minutes
- It looks like if someone else just collected the page, you still can pick it up, just like flowers
- After you collect them, you can sell them for 10 gold each
All 8/8 Tales of the Exile: https://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TEidNameCoordinatesSubzoneNoteVideo1[item=189575]35.75 55.46The Great VeldtOn the hill near the Path of Inceptionhttps://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=2022[item=189576]41.74 62.44Provis FaunaIn the nest near [npc=181352]https://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=373[item=189578]37.54 46.01Exile's HollowUnder the busheshttps://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=2504[item=189579]49.82 76.56Dimensional FallsOn the edge near the [npc=184940]https://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=735[item=189580]39.03 31.09The Devoured CacheIn Cave to the right sidehttps://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=06[item=189581]67.42 25.18Endless SandsIn sand area near the wallhttps://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=1537[item=189582]64.83 33.64Arrangement IndexIn the middle of the sand area small circlehttps://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=1178[item=189753]34.25 48.70Faith's ReposeOn Firim tablehttps://youtu.be/ClhBrOur7TE?t=290
/way 35.75 55.46 Part 1
/way 41.74 62.44 Part 2 (In the nest near [npc=181352] )
/way 37.54 46.01 Part 3 (Under the bushes)
/way 49.82 76.56 Part 4
/way 39.03 31.09 Part 5 (In Cave to the right side)
/way 67.42 25.18 Part 6
/way 64.83 33.64 Part 7
/way 34.25 48.70 Part 8 (On Firim table)- Adventures in Zereth Mortis - Easy, because most rares in the area don't have puzzles and you will probably kill more than 10 in the first day
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idNameCoordinatesNoteVideo1[npc=178778]53.08 93.06Need to pull out 5 Bulging Rootshttps://youtu.be/drEYc0qvOAg2[npc=178229]61.82 60.61Can drop cool helm [item=189970]https://youtu.be/dS_P4NLwjso3[npc=183927]53.39 47.08Goes under the ground at 50% hphttps://youtu.be/XHuXZyC73R44[npc=179006]64.67 33.82Giant worm on top of the Sandworn Chesthttps://youtu.be/R9rg3HL3OFE5[npc=183925]49.99 40.02High above. Need main story chapter 6 or Spell / Flyhttps://youtu.be/2KvlhPjtK4Y6[npc=179043]54.71 68.75Shared cd with [npc=185487]https://youtu.be/cf2l1-30Rkg7[npc=183747]47.06 46.97Hard hits channel spell Dreadful Pulsehttps://youtu.be/oJPS3jcCz7A9[npc=181249]54.62 72.62Kick Earthquake and Stone Bolthttps://youtu.be/45_qX_OZYms10[npc=180746]38.88 27.63Requires 2 playershttps://youtu.be/Djs3bQTEOJ011[npc=180924]69.07 36.64Find 3 [item=188523] and feed [npc=183554]https://youtu.be/HXSNy2p4y9A12[npc=180978]52.36 75.51Underwater, no data how to kill yet. Drops [item=187676]13[npc=183814]58.65 40.36Kill 2 Eliteshttps://youtu.be/UVpGBBY-llM14[npc=183748]58.09 68.293 Worms have shared hphttps://youtu.be/QOy38ojixI015[npc=183516]43.93 75.07Save [npc=183505] and the rare will spawnhttps://youtu.be/a2-qskmx7oA16[npc=183746]43.35 89.20Healinghttps://youtu.be/lxI-X4UixfE17[npc=180917]53.63 44.36Easy, north-east of Forge of Afterliveshttps://youtu.be/CNi2mjhSggI18[npc=183737]64.06 49.76On the edge ot he hill invisible, but can easyly pullhttps://youtu.be/m_hPetXAvZ019[npc=183596]50.20 67.99Patrolling the areahttps://youtu.be/ot5TvkvJ0kc20[npc=183722]35.88 71.22In the middle of the poolhttps://youtu.be/gKisWnOvLSQ21[npc=184409]47.48 45.14Dispell [spell=365009] stackshttps://youtu.be/Ahapy_7aID822[npc=178563]52.52 25.03Hard to find, strange respawn timehttps://youtu.be/n2yDVB6vt4I23[npc=178963]75.64 45.53It has 3 spawn locations 75.64 45.53, 80.18 46.24, 75.43 60.38https://youtu.be/g39k6JYlzWQ24[npc=184413]42.30 21.00Drains Lifehttps://youtu.be/yynSgZUTqIA25[npc=178508]54.05 34.96Inside of the cavehttps://youtu.be/1tDO8XgPPlM26[npc=183646]64.49 58.61Collect 3 keys to open the [object=373621]https://youtu.be/hEDAX6Izdto27[npc=183764]43.11 31.99Hit small wasps and stack 20x [spell=362976]https://youtu.be/znzal-Au5cA28[npc=183953]47.46 62.22Summons adds & break the shield to stop the aoehttps://youtu.be/l3sSqjLsZIU29[npc=181360]39.35 56.08Summons wolf adds, can be hard to solohttps://youtu.be/U7iwjVG10Lo
/way 53.08 93.06 Gluttonous Overgrowth
/way 61.82 60.61 Feasting
/way 53.39 47.08 Sand Matriarch Ileus
/way 64.79 33.75 Akkaris
/way 49.99 40.02 Tahkwitz
/way 54.71 68.75 Orixal
/way 47.06 46.97 Vitiane
/way 59.65 21.42 General Zarathura
/way 54.62 72.62 Tethos
/way 38.88 27.63 Protector of the First Ones
/way 42.49 26.78 Mysterious Sigil 1
/way 43.02 25.19 Mysterious Sigil 2
/way 41.37 24.31 Mysterious Sigil 3
/way 40.54 23.94 Mysterious Sigil 4
/way 69.07 36.64 Garudeon
/way 67.20 36.76 Energizing Leporid 1
/way 67.23 38.49 Energizing Leporid 2
/way 67.92 39.40 Energizing Leporid 3
/way 52.36 75.51 Hirukon
/way 58.65 40.36 Otaris the Provoked
/way 58.74 38.04 Otaris the Provoked entrance
/way 58.08 68.28 The Unbroken location
/way 43.93 75.07 The Engulfer
/way 43.35 89.20 Otiosen
/way 53.63 44.36 Destabilized Core
/way 64.06 49.76 Xy'rath the Covetous
/way 50.20 67.99 Chitali the Eldest
/way 35.88 71.22 Sorranos
/way 47.48 45.14 Euv'ouk
/way 52.52 25.03 Hadeon the Stonebreaker
/way 75.64 45.53 Gorkek location 1
/way 80.18 46.24 Gorkek location 2
/way 75.43 60.38 Gorkek location 3
/way 42.30 21.00 Shifting Stargorger
/way 54.05 34.96 Mother Phestis
/way 55.86 32.76 Mother Phestis cave entrance
/way 64.49 58.61 Suspiciously Angry Vault
/way 62.57 59.82 Empowered Key
/way 64.00 57.31 Empowered Key
/way 64.45 60.41 Empowered Key
/way 43.11 31.99 Zatojin
/way 47.46 62.22 Corrupted Architect
/way 39.35 56.08 Vexis- A Means to an End - it is the 6-th chapter of the Secrets of the First Ones main zone storyline, probably will be Renown gated (Week 3 or 4 of 9.2?)
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You can start this questchain in Haven from [npc=182556]
/way 35.46 65.05 Haven Something Wonderful quest
This questchain rewards the A Means to an End and you will need it to get the [spell=366736]
Full questchain:QuestQuestchainQuestgiverVideo
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In order to fly in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands patch 9.2's new location of Zereth Mortis, you will have to complete 6 achievements to get this meta achievement achievement titled Unlocking the Secrets.
Complete video guide: https://youtu.be/5y9j1g0viis
The six achievements are:
1. Explore Zereth Mortis - self explanatory, uncover the map
2. Curious Collections - Collect 5 named treasures, easy to do while uncovering the map. Video guide of 8 easy treasures: https://youtu.be/Y27_XZkjTWU
3. Tales of the Exile - Tales of the Exile. Collect Firim in Exile, Parts 1-7. Also easy to do while uncovering the map. Video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrxtJaDn6lQ
4. Adventures in Zereth Mortis - Kill 10 unique rares. Easy to do while uncovering the map, or questing.
5. Path to Enlightenment - Complete the storylines "Small Pet Problems", "Not Al Are Lost" and "A Return to Grace". These take about 15-20 minutes each.
6. A Means to an End - Complete chapters 1-6 of "Secrets of the First Ones" storyline. These will be time gated similar to how all the campaigns have been time gated.A means to an End coordinates
/way 34.70 66.30 Small Pet Problems (Look Who I Found)
/way 61.89 53.51 A Return to Grace (The Wellspring of the first ones)
/way 33.74 64.69 Not Al Are Lost start (Enlightened Exodus)Tales of the Exile
/way 35.75 55.46 Firim in Exile, Part 1
/way 41.74 62.44 Firim in Exile, Part 2 (In Bitterbeak nest )
/way 37.54 46.01 Firim in Exile, Part 3 (Under bushes)
/way 49.82 76.56 Firim in Exile, Part 4
/way 39.03 31.09 Firim in Exile, Part 5 (In Cave)
/way 67.42 25.18 Firim in Exile, Part 6
/way 64.83 33.64 Firim in Exile, Part 7
/way 34.25 48.70 Firim in Exile, Epilogue (On table)Featured Curious Collections
/way 34.0 67.6 Stolen Scroll
/way 37.9 65.2 Stolen Relic
/way 34.8 56.1 Offering to the First Ones
/way 35.2 44.2 Overgrown Protofruit
/way 38.3 37.2 Damaged Jiro Stash (walk up fallen stone bridge)
/way 56.8 64.1 Crushed Supply Crate
/way 52.6 63.0 Symphonic Vault (in cave)
/way 51.6 79.8 Undulating Foliage (need to unlock 4 locks)
Hey, FYI, my friend just got this achievement, but he was stuck on the ground despite relogging, his wyvern mount was running on the ground. Zoning to Oribos and back fixed it for him
Details
- Category
- Exploration › Shadowlands
- Points
- 15
- Faction
- Both factions
- Requirements
- 6 criteria lines
Reward
Unlock: Zereth Mortis Flying
Criteria
What this achievement requires, from the current game data.
More like this
Other achievements in Shadowlands.
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