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A Taste of the Past

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 70
LocationThe Forbidden Reach
CategoryAzerothian Archives
Quest ID77154

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(77154))

Description

Usually, we go to great lengths to avoid busting artifacts open, but I think in this case we'll learn more about the past from what's inside than just staring at a sealed barrel. That said, there's someone we should get permission from first. It's her history, after all. In fact, I think she's the only person still around who might have a personal stake in this find. I'll see to getting this up the cliff. Ask if Atrenosh Hailstone wants to watch us crack 'er open, eh?

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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 Forbidden Reach Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
The Forbidden Reach map showing where to go for A Taste of the PastTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2151 17.2 16.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Forbidden Reach 17.2, 16.3/way #2151 17.2 16.3
  • Objective areaThe Forbidden Reach 34.6, 57.6/way #2151 34.6 57.6
  • Objective areaThe Forbidden Reach 17.3, 16.4/way #2151 17.3 16.4
  • Objective areaThe Forbidden Reach 14.2, 15.0/way #2151 14.2 15.0

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 Forbidden Reach map

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

Getting there

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

  • Morqut Islet, Forbidden ReachAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards south
  • Morqut Village, The Forbidden ReachAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-east
  • Wingrest Embassy, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 4,200 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,500 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 140 yards west

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
ReputationValdrakken Accord +250

Reward details

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +250

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

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

Azerothian Archives

Part 31 of 44.

Previous: The Cache in the Crag · Next: Technoscrying: Dragonskull Island

  1. 26Antiquated Antics
  2. 28Excavation: Winglord's Perch
  3. 29Surveying the Cliffside
  4. 30The Cache in the Crag
  5. 31A Taste of the Past
  6. 33Technoscrying: Dragonskull Island
  7. 34The Fate of Scalecommander Abereth
  8. 35Without Honor
  9. 36The Hidden Hand

Showing steps 26 to 37 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.

  • The Cache in the CragLevel 70

    <This barrel is salt-encrusted and buried amongst the rubble but remarkably intact. It looks like the sort of mundane cache that villagers would use to store goods, but no one has lived here for thousands of years. Could there still be something inside? Roska will want to have a look at this!>

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Technoscrying: Dragonskull IslandLevel 70

    I tuned my various sensors for Dracthyr relics, and they've triangulated a new location for us to investigate off the eastern coast of the Forbidden Reach. The local Drakonid tell me it's named Dragonskull Island. Ominous, no? You're not easily frightened, are you?

The storyline at a glance

Azerothian Archives has 44 steps, from To the Archives! to Graduation Day.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thaldraszus (14), The Forbidden Reach (9), Zaralek Cavern (8), Ohn'ahran Plains (4).

Other storylines on The Forbidden Reach 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.