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Quest

Ancient Obstacles

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneTanaris
Quest ID25017

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25017))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineTanaris, step 44 of 48
RewardsGatewatcher Belt, Examiner's Monnions, Sandstone Pauldrons, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

For years, this valley has been sealed behind impenetrable gates. Now that the cataclysm has torn them down, the secrets within are ours to discover. There are yet some obstacles in the way. From within the gates, the bygone creations of the titans have awoken. They wander aimlessly across the sand, attacking any who approach. Someone needs to destroy the golems patrolling the valley; are you up to it?

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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.

Tanaris Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Tanaris map showing where to go for Ancient ObstaclesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #71 33.3 77.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTanaris 33.3, 77.0/way #71 33.3 77.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaris 37.0, 76.5/way #71 37.0 76.5

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 Tanaris map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tanaris:

  • Dawnrise Expedition, TanarisHorde · about 20 yards south
  • Ramkahen, UldumAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards west
  • Bootlegger Outpost, TanarisAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 270 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Waist
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+5 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +10 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for16 gold59 silver
TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for24 gold80 silver
TypeMail Shoulder
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for24 gold89 silver

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

Tanaris

Part 44 of 48.

Previous: Fragments of Language · Next: The Secrets of Uldum

  1. 37Ancient Obstacles
  2. 38Laying Claim
  3. 39Fragments of Language
  4. 40The Secrets of Uldum
  5. 41Thunderdrome: Grudge Match!
  6. 42Laying Claim
  7. 43Fragments of Language
  8. 44Ancient Obstacles
  9. 45The Secrets of Uldum
  10. 46What Lies Within
  11. 47The Grand Tablet
  12. 48The Grand Tablet

Showing steps 37 to 48 of 48.

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.

  • Fragments of LanguageTanaris · Level 15-30

    At the Southmoon ruins, just east of here, we've made some finds. My colleagues have found stone shards, engraved with ancient writings, newly exposed by the shifting sands. The writings are in no known tongue, though they bear resemblance to markings we've seen on other ruins of the titans.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Secrets of UldumTanaris · Level 15-30

    We are ready to enter the antechamber itself, <name>. This is a momentous occasion. From the writings you've brought us, I believe these ruins were in fact once the grand entrance to Uldum itself.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Tanaris · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Tanaris has 48 steps, from Seaside Salvage to The Grand Tablet.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaris (48).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Tanaris 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.