TheWoWDBCoords for the tomes:
/way 78.18 27.96
/way 76.43 29.75
/way 78.36 26.92
/way 76.25 27.89
/way 77.74 26.44
/way 77.24 29.69The Vengeful Highbornes drop the scrolls.
Quest
A Life's Work
A World of Warcraft quest in Nazjatar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest items:[item=168169]Dropped 100% of time by [npc=154285]s.[item=168170]ttd]This looks identical to [item=168238] which must be found in the quest Forgotten Memories. The tomes are always found in a stone ruin or patio - they don't drop from npc's. Once you locate 6 you'll know most of the locations where [item=168238] can be found.
After release of 9.1 the daily questionmarks isn't currently visible on the world map. Here is a list of all quest locations for Farseer Ori:
/way 56.6 29.2 Forbidden Rituals
/way 78.4 26.8 Forgotten Memories
/way 78.5 28.7 A Life's Work
/way 31.0 37.8 Plug the Geysers
/way 25.4 26.4 Mgglurky's Mugglrgl
/way 60.6 51.0 Plug the Geysers
/way 56.3 15.1 Void Cache
/way 45.8 76.6 Plug the Geysers
/way 44.6 45.2 Plug the Geysers
/way 31.6 37.6 Pearls of Unimaginable Power
Quest facts
Quest ID55636
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55636))
Requirements
Quest typeCombat Ally Quest
RepeatsDaily
Read from the Blizzard quest API and the quest filters in the current retail client build.
What to do
WhereNazjatar, around 78.4, 28.6
Rewards23g 40s
Description
<A voice whispers to you from beyond the veil of death.> I spent more than one-thousand years researching the mysteries of the arcane before the Great Sundering tore our world apart. I perished amidst the destruction and my work was lost. Search the area for my ancient writings and put my spirit to rest...
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1355 78.4 28.6
Coordinates
- Objective areaNazjatar 78.4, 28.6
/way #1355 78.4 28.6
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 Nazjatar map
- Forgotten Memories about 50 yards
- The High Life about 110 yards
- Saving Corin about 120 yards
- Shoring Up Mana Reserves about 170 yards
- There's Something in the Water about 170 yards
- Utama's Vengeance about 180 yards
- Poor, Unfortunate Souls about 210 yards
- On Ghostly Wings about 210 yards
- Plug the Geysers about 310 yards
- Secrets in the Ruins about 370 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Nazjatar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Nazjatar:
- Kelya's Grave, Nazjatar
- Orise's Vigil, Nazjatar
- Utama's Stand, Nazjatar
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.
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Money23 gold40 silver
Reward details
Currency: Prismatic Manapearl x 3
A glistening sphere of arcane energy found around Nazjatar. These can be traded for rare and powerful items, or used to empower Benthic armor.
Currency: Nazjatar Ally - Farseer Ori x 10,000
Grants combat experience for Farseer Ori.
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Where this quest fits
Other daily quests in Nazjatar
- More Mouths To Feed
- Unchained Resistance
- Rank 2 - Poen test
- Pearls of Unimaginable Power
- Fighting Venomous With Venom
- The Sunken Chest
- Poor, Unfortunate Souls
- Making Kelpberry Wine
Other storylines on the Nazjatar map
- Welcome to Nazjatar
- Secrets in the Sea
- Turning the Tide
- Azshara's Trap
- Allies in Dark Places
- Making a Friend
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.