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A Link to the Past

A World of Warcraft quest in The Waking Shores. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Aviendha09+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you get lost/distracted by herbs/mines like me and have no clue how to get back to the camp, its at 56.44.
This is the 1st day of the patch so it might be fixed soon, but for me it didnt show on the map where the quest was.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 70
LocationThe Waking Shores
CategoryAzerothian Archives
Quest ID75867

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(75867))

Description

Okay, calibrations complete! Mine too, so I'll be able to see what you see. Let's head over to that telescope and we'll see what we see.

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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.

The Waking Shores Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for A Link to the PastTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 56.4 44.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 56.4, 44.0/way #2022 56.4 44.0
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 56.4, 43.7/way #2022 56.4 43.7

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 The Waking Shores map

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

Getting there

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

  • Skytop Lookout (QD), The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 90 yards north-east
  • Uktulut Backwater, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 410 yards north-west
  • Life Vault Ruins, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 990 yards south-east

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.

Related
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

Storyline

Technoscrying: Concord Observatory

Part 2 of 3.

This encapsulates the one-off quests for Technoscrying at the Concord Observatory

Previous: Attune to the Observer · Next: A Window into the Future

  1. 1Attune to the Observer
  2. 2A Link to the Past
  3. 3A Window into the Future

Also part of: Azerothian Archives (part 14 of 44).

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

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Attune to the ObserverLevel 70

    Can you believe this used to be an observatory? Our records indicate that the dragonkin here were mapping heavenly bodies in an attempt to predict the future. How do you think they did it? I'm picking up a partial signature that matches the time window we're shooting for.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Window into the FutureLevel 70

    Those lenses are a wondrous integration of technology and arcane artifice. I'm sure we could learn much, and maybe even upgrade my own invention. But first we'll need to find it. You're a dragonrider, right? Can you fly up and recover the lens?

The storyline at a glance

Technoscrying: Concord Observatory has 3 steps, from Attune to the Observer to A Window into the Future.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (3).

Other storylines on The Waking Shores 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.