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A Colorful Key

A Colorful Key is a quest for level 45. It is step 1 of 2 in the Legion Jewelcrafting storyline, the opening step.

Description

<name>, I hear you're a jewelcrafter. I too am a master cutter, but I fear my designs will be lost to the Legion.

I hurried out of my home with the intention of returning, but I fear that may not be a possibility. You see, I left my most prized possession, a book of jewelcrafting designs.

But you, you're strong, you could fight your way into my home and recover my book!

However, I locked it away in a special chest that requires the gems of this land to unlock. You'll need one of each to open it.

Rewards

You will receive:

Stuck on this quest?

  • Go to Eredath 62.7, 56.6 /way #882 62.7 56.6

Known issues

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Hackman+365via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You need 1 of each new epic raw gem to unlock the chest,
so make sure you have them in your bags and not in your bank!

Look at the wall behind the chest and click each "Gem like item in the wall" to activate it, to get the Chest unlocked.
(You will lose all 6 gems needed)


  2. Argulite


    2. Hesselian


      2. Lightsphene


        2. Chemirine


          2. Labradorite


            2. Florid Malachite



            Screen shot of the wall thing.
            https://i.imgur.com/2nhzLEo.jpg

            (Also, Arrassi commented)
            The Next quest is A Crowning Achievement
            And for it, the total materials needed are
2
DWilly92+97via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is available as of September 5th, 2017. You unlock this quest by continuing the quest chain presented to you on The Vindicaar. I unlocked this quest after finishing the intro quest chain to Mac'Aree, which initially concludes with The Path Forward. I recommend going back to The Vindicaar and retrieving this quest immediately after completing The Path Forward, as the follow up quest (Not-So-Humble Beginnings) takes place near Vorel's House.

It would appear this is no Jewelcrafting requirement for this quest (or it's very low), as I was well below 800 when accepting it (around 750).

As stated in other comments, you will require 1 of each uncut Argus gem, which you can get from the AH or from prospecting Empyrium. There are 6 gems in total, and the gems you need are:

Be sure to have them in your bags with you when you make the trip out to Vorel's House, and look behind the chest, on the wall. There will be six places for you to place the gems. (Screenshot submitted)

Entrance to Vorel's House is at 62.76, 55.56 - Simply run straight when inside to run into the chest & vault.

/way Mac'Aree 62.76 55.56 Vorel's House

Happy Cutting!

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(48075))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Hackman+365via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You need 1 of each new epic raw gem to unlock the chest,
so make sure you have them in your bags and not in your bank!

Look at the wall behind the chest and click each "Gem like item in the wall" to activate it, to get the Chest unlocked.
(You will lose all 6 gems needed)


  2. Argulite


    2. Hesselian


      2. Lightsphene


        2. Chemirine


          2. Labradorite


            2. Florid Malachite



            Screen shot of the wall thing.
            https://i.imgur.com/2nhzLEo.jpg

            (Also, Arrassi commented)
            The Next quest is A Crowning Achievement
            And for it, the total materials needed are
2
DWilly92+97via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is available as of September 5th, 2017. You unlock this quest by continuing the quest chain presented to you on The Vindicaar. I unlocked this quest after finishing the intro quest chain to Mac'Aree, which initially concludes with The Path Forward. I recommend going back to The Vindicaar and retrieving this quest immediately after completing The Path Forward, as the follow up quest (Not-So-Humble Beginnings) takes place near Vorel's House.

It would appear this is no Jewelcrafting requirement for this quest (or it's very low), as I was well below 800 when accepting it (around 750).

As stated in other comments, you will require 1 of each uncut Argus gem, which you can get from the AH or from prospecting Empyrium. There are 6 gems in total, and the gems you need are:

Be sure to have them in your bags with you when you make the trip out to Vorel's House, and look behind the chest, on the wall. There will be six places for you to place the gems. (Screenshot submitted)

Entrance to Vorel's House is at 62.76, 55.56 - Simply run straight when inside to run into the chest & vault.

/way Mac'Aree 62.76 55.56 Vorel's House

Happy Cutting!

3
Arrassi+67via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I would also suggest you get additional materials before you head out as well for the follow-up quest.In order to complete this quest (A Crowning Achievement), you will need: 50- Empyrium 29- Gem Chips 3- Hesselian 3- Florid Malachite 1- Primal Sargerite

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Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Vindicaar
Turn-in mapThe Vindicaar
Turn-in mapThe Vindicaar
Objective areaEredath3 mapped points
World Map

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.

The Vindicaar Quest turn-in
The Vindicaar Quest turn-in
The Vindicaar Quest turn-in
Eredath Objective area 3 mapped points
Eredath map showing where to go for A Colorful KeyObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #882 62.7 56.6

Coordinates

  • Objective areaEredath 62.7, 56.6/way #882 62.7 56.6

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 Vindicaar map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Vindicaar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Vindicaar:

  • Vindicaar, KrokuunAlliance and Horde · about 100 yards north
  • Krokul Hovel, KrokuunAlliance and Horde · about 630 yards north-west
  • Destiny Point, KrokuunAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 9,500 yards north-west (on the Eredath map)
  • Objective areaabout 9,500 yards north-west (on the Eredath map)
  • Objective areaabout 9,500 yards north-west (on the Eredath map)

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Legion Jewelcrafting

Part 1 of 2.

Next: A Crowning Achievement

  1. 1A Colorful Key
  2. 2A Crowning Achievement

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Crowning AchievementLevel 45

    With my book nearly being lost forever, it occurs to me that I shouldn't keep all this knowledge in one place. I would like to pass it along to you, <name>. My most recent designs are ones that I am particularly proud of. I call them Empyrial Crowns.

The storyline at a glance

Legion Jewelcrafting has 2 steps, from A Colorful Key to A Crowning Achievement.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Vindicaar (2).

Other storylines on The Vindicaar map

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.

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