TheWoWDBIf you're getting slaughtered, the fight in this quest is relatively easy to beat if you understand what to do. Don't fight the mobs head on. Go off to the side of the room and let the NPC guards take the brunt of the fight.
There are two packs. At the beginning of each fight, one of the mobs will break off and run towards you. After you kill this one, pick off the rest one at a time. Rinse and repeat for the second pack.
Quest
A Mysterious Voice
A World of Warcraft quest in Zereth Mortis. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This bugged out for me and I couldn't see the oracle. Disabling addons and relogging didn't help. Eventually I abandoned the quest, ran out to the central ring road, and then came back - that worked.
The following dialogs appear during the events of this quest:
Spoiler
Pelagos says: If we focus our efforts we can break it open!
Oracle says: [ First Ones language ]
Pelagos says: Over there! She must be the one calling for help!
Oracle says: [ First Ones language ]
Oracle says: ...assist...
Pelagos says: Wait, I understood that! Yes, we are here to help you.
Pelagos says: Look out, more devourers. Ready yourself!
Oracle says: [ First Ones language ]
Oracle says: ... must... restore...
Pelagos says: Help protect her, <name>!
The Culler gestures hungrily at the Oracle.
Pelagos says: I think that was the last of them.
Oracle says: [ First Ones language ]
Oracle says: Help... restore... Shadowlands.
Pelagos says: What do you mean? Restore how?
Oracle says: ... seek knowledge... seek...
Quest facts
LevelLevel 60
ZoneZereth Mortis
Quest ID64219
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(64219))
What to do
StorylineForming an Understanding, step 2 of 12
Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP
Description
So much destruction. The devourers are insatiable. I hope the creature we heard is not badly hurt. This door is not going to open normally. Perhaps we can force our way through together! Whatever is on the other side needs our help.
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.
Turn-inTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1970 39.9 78.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inZereth Mortis 39.9, 78.0
/way #1970 39.9 78.0 - Objective areaZereth Mortis 40.0, 77.2
/way #1970 40.0 77.2
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 Zereth Mortis map
- Key Crafting about 390 yards
- Take Charge about 390 yards
- Unchecked Growth about 390 yards
- Flora Frenzy about 390 yards
- Herbal Remedies about 390 yards
- Nip It in the Bud about 390 yards
- Pluck from the Vines about 420 yards
- Root of the Problem about 420 yards
- In the Weeds about 420 yards
- Our Last Option about 450 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Zereth Mortis, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zereth Mortis:
- Haven, Zereth Mortis
- Faith's Repose, Zereth Mortis
- Rondure Alcove
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Zereth Mortis map
Reward details
Reputation: The Enlightened +50
Once members of Cartel Al, the Enlightened have abandoned the pursuit of profit and glory out of devotion to the First Ones. By earning their favor, the brokers may be willing to share the knowledge they have gleaned.
Reputation group: Shadowlands.
Other quests in Zereth Mortis that reward The Enlightened reputation: Core of the Matter (+75), Acquaintances Forgotten (+100), Lifetimes To Consider (+100), The Turning Point (+100), For Every Soul (+100), Technical Difficulties (+100).
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.
Storyline
Forming an Understanding
Part 2 of 12.
Previous: Danger Near and Far · Next: Core of the Matter
- 1Danger Near and Far
- 2A Mysterious Voice
- 3Core of the Matter
- 4Seeking the Unknown
- 5Finding Firim
- 6Security Measures
- 7Unseen Agents
- 8Now You May Speak
- 9Surveying Cyphers
- 10Cyphers of the First Ones
- 11The Way Forward
- 12Patterns Within Patterns
Also part of: Patch Intro (part 31 of 40).
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.
- Danger Near and Far
We have done all we can about the Jailer for now, my friend. Other matters require our attention. Like the devourer rifts I recently saw opening to the east! If we do not stop them, those beasts will wreak havoc on this place. Will you help me take care of them, <name>?
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Core of the Matter
She has fallen, but appears to still be alive. There must be something we can do to help her. Let us see if the Enlightened know anything. I will find some way to transport her and meet you back in Haven.
The storyline at a glance
Forming an Understanding has 12 steps, from Danger Near and Far to Patterns Within Patterns.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zereth Mortis (12).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Zereth Mortis map
- Forging a New Path
- We Battle Onward
- Crown of Wills
- A Means to an End
- Into the Unknown
- Jiro to Hero
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.