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A Floating Ruin

A Floating Ruin is a quest for level 45 in Eredath. It is step 1 of 15 in The Crown of the Triumvirate storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Eredath at 51.5, 86.9. It rewards 775 experience and money.

Description

We knew the Legion to be a formidable foe, but recent events demonstrate that we do not possess the necessary strength to continue. We have come too far to fail at this critical moment.

I know of a relic on Eredath, my ancient home, that may be our salvation. We must take the Vindicaar beyond the surface of Argus, to the floating ruin suspended above us.

Perhaps there we will find the salvation we so desperately need.

Rewards

Money5 gold5 silver50 copper
Experience775 XP
Top Comments

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Devious05+73via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This can be confusing if you've already done the quest on another toon (and forgotten what to do) as you already have the waypoints open in Mac'Aree. You need to be selecting the Vindicaar in Mac'Aree. Completely obvious I'm sure but I managed to go to each waypoint trying to remember what to do.

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amirof+24via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

One of quest chains in Eredath for quest completests.
Current quest highlighted

The Speaker Calls
Visions of Torment
Dire News
Storming the Citadel
Scars of the Past Preventive Measures Chaos Theory
A Touch of Fel Heralds of Apocalypse Dark Machinations
Dawn of Justice
Lord of the Spire
Forming a Bond
A Floating Ruin
Eredath, Jewel of Argus
Defenseless and Afraid Khazaduum, First of His Name
Consecrating Ground
The Path Forward
Not-So-Humble Beginnings
Conservation of Magic Invasive Species
The Longest Vigil
Gatekeeper's Challenge: Tenacity Gatekeeper's Challenge: Cunning Gatekeeper's Challenge: Mastery
The Defiler's Legacy
The Sigil of Awakening

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP775
MoneyGold5g 5s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapEredathTurn-in marker at 51.5, 86.9, 1 mapped point
Turn-in mapThe Vindicaar
Objective areaThe Vindicaar2 mapped points
Objective areaThe Vindicaar
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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.

Eredath Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Eredath map showing where to go for A Floating RuinTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #882 51.5 86.9

The Vindicaar Quest turn-in
The Vindicaar Objective area 2 mapped points
The Vindicaar map showing where to go for A Floating RuinObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #831 42.9 23.9

The Vindicaar Objective area

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEredath 51.5, 86.9/way #882 51.5 86.9
  • Objective areaThe Vindicaar 42.9, 23.9/way #831 42.9 23.9
  • Objective areaThe Vindicaar 40.2, 23.4/way #831 40.2 23.4

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 Eredath map

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

Getting there

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

  • Vindicaar, EredathAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • Triumvirate's End, EredathAlliance and Horde · about 250 yards north
  • City Center, EredathAlliance and Horde · about 700 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 9,400 yards south-east (on The Vindicaar map)
  • Objective areaabout 9,400 yards south-east (on The Vindicaar map)
  • Objective areaabout 7,500 yards south (on The Vindicaar 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

The Crown of the Triumvirate

Part 1 of 15.

Next: Eredath, Jewel of Argus

  1. 1A Floating Ruin
  2. 2Eredath, Jewel of Argus
  3. 3Defenseless and Afraid
  4. 4Khazaduum, First of His Name
  5. 5Consecrating Ground
  6. 6The Path Forward
  7. 7Not-So-Humble Beginnings
  8. 8Conservation of Magic
  9. 9Invasive Species
  10. 10The Longest Vigil
  11. 11Gatekeeper's Challenge: Tenacity
  12. 12Gatekeeper's Challenge: Cunning
  13. 13Gatekeeper's Challenge: Mastery
  14. 14The Defiler's Legacy
  15. 15The Sigil of Awakening

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.

  • Eredath, Jewel of ArgusEredath · Level 45

    The shattered ruin below us is all that remains of Eredath. We called it the Jewel of Argus. It was here that my fellows in the triumvirate guided our people to prosperity. That was a long time ago. <Velen lapses into a moment of silence.> Join me on the surface.

The storyline at a glance

The Crown of the Triumvirate has 15 steps, from A Floating Ruin to The Sigil of Awakening.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eredath (14), The Vindicaar (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Eredath 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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