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Quest
Arms: The Thieving Apprentice
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The next quest to empower your artifact is Professionally Good Looking. Full list of quests for each class and spec can be found the the guide here.
Still works for Legion Remix too.
Quest facts
Quest ID44914
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44914))
Requirements
ClassWarrior
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
The Focusing Iris has been stolen from the Dalaran Vaults! The thief was a mage of some skill, but we've been unable to track him. Fortunately, the thief dropped a note from his master, addressing him as one of his "apprentici." I know of only one mage who uses that particular pluralization - Archmage Xylem. I'll need you to investigate. In Azshara you will find his tower where he trains his apprentices. Go there, and see what Xylem is up to. Specialization: Arms Warrior
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.
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzshara 25.0, 38.5
/way #76 25.0 38.5 - Objective areaDalaran 28.6, 49.9
/way #627 28.6 49.9
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 Azshara map
- Xylem's Asylum about 40 yards
- Wasn't It Obvious? about 170 yards
- Easy is Boring about 170 yards
- The Trial of Shadow about 550 yards
- Chasing Gallywix about 550 yards
- Still Beating Heart about 560 yards
- Field Promotion about 560 yards
- Extermination about 570 yards
- Head of the Snake about 570 yards
- Ticker Required about 570 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azshara, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azshara:
- Gates of Sothann, Hyjal
- Valormok, Azshara
- Bilgewater Harbor, Azshara
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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Money2 gold2 silver
Experience775 XP
Storyline
Xylem Challenge
Part 5 of 10.
Previous: Survival: The Thieving Apprentice · Next: Professionally Good Looking
- 1Subtlety: The Thieving Apprentice
- 2Havoc: The Thieving Apprentice
- 3Frost: The Thieving Apprentice
- 4Survival: The Thieving Apprentice
- 5Arms: The Thieving Apprentice
- 6Professionally Good Looking
- 7Order of Incantations
- 8The Archmage Accosted
- 9A Portal Away
- 10A Gift From the Six
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.
- Survival: The Thieving Apprentice
The Focusing Iris has been stolen from the Dalaran Vaults! The thief was a mage of some skill, but we've been unable to track him.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Professionally Good Looking
The archmage has recently locked himself away in his tower. If you wish to enter, you'll need help from some of his apprentices. I'm afraid you won't get it dressed like that. Xylem has a thing for... outfits, and his apprentices use them to show rank.
The storyline at a glance
Xylem Challenge has 10 steps, from Subtlety: The Thieving Apprentice to A Gift From the Six.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (8), Dalaran (2).
Other storylines on the Azshara map
- Azshara
- Twilight Highlands
- A Golden Opportunity
- The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist
- Mists of Pandaria
- Legion Blacksmithing
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.