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Aggressive Excavation

A World of Warcraft quest in Zereth Mortis. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Sarthorius+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Blizz and their "you're in combat so you won't do sh*t" annoyance, prevents you from even using the rubble blocked door of one of the rooms on this one. It isn't enough to have that area cluttered with mobs, below and above, only some classes able to drop agro. I wonder why they don't put an item to drop agro on all new zones then, since the one from Vol'dun worked wonders outside of BfA, until they decided it was too fun.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 60
Quest ID64811

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(64811))

What to do

StorylineCrown of Wills, step 11 of 17
Rewards25g 74s, 10,200 XP

Description

Elder Eru said that we could find the most complex examples of the First Ones' language out here. We'll need to fight our way to the vaults, and then infuse the helm once we find those phrases. On a personal note, I never thought I'd have the chance to fight alongside my father. Though with the stakes this high, it somehow feels like exactly the place I'm supposed to be. I am ready when you are.

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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.

Zereth Mortis Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Zereth Mortis map showing where to go for Aggressive ExcavationTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1970 57.2 31.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZereth Mortis 57.2, 31.1/way #1970 57.2 31.1
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 62.8, 22.1/way #1970 62.8 22.1
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 66.3, 25.5/way #1970 66.3 25.5
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 59.5, 32.4/way #1970 59.5 32.4
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 57.2, 31.2/way #1970 57.2 31.2

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

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:

  • Tertius LocusAlliance and Horde · about 290 yards north-west
  • Quintus LocusAlliance and Horde · about 320 yards west
  • Gravid Repose LocusAlliance and Horde · about 390 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 400 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 430 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 480 yards 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
Money25 gold74 silver
Experience10,200 XP

Storyline

Crown of Wills

Part 11 of 17.

Previous: Oppress and Destroy · Next: Where the Memory Resides

  1. 6Cryptic Catalogue
  2. 7The Not-Scientific Method
  3. 8Two Paths to Tread
  4. 9One Half of the Equation
  5. 10Oppress and Destroy
  6. 11Aggressive Excavation
  7. 12Where the Memory Resides
  8. 13What We Wish to Forget
  9. 14What Makes Us Strong
  10. 15What We Overcome
  11. 16Forge of Domination
  12. 17The Crown of Wills

Showing steps 6 to 17 of 17.

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.

  • Oppress and DestroyZereth Mortis · Level 60

    What we seek is in the vaults of the Endless Sands. To reach them will require strength and numbers. Together we will destroy the Mawsworn. I look forward to taking the fight directly to them. Remember, they will be vulnerable to the broken shard from the Helm of Domination.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Where the Memory ResidesBastion · Level 60

    I think I know what will be asked of us in Bastion. It will not be easy. With this half of the Helm, we have collected the first part of what is needed to resist Domination. But there are those of us who have also suffered from it. Lived through it. In a way, it has marked us. All of us.

The storyline at a glance

Crown of Wills has 17 steps, from The Broken Crown to The Crown of Wills.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zereth Mortis (11), Bastion (4), The Runecarver's Oubliette (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Zereth Mortis 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.