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Back Through the Waygate

Back Through the Waygate is a quest for level 20-30 in Sholazar Basin. It is step 64 of 65 in the Sholazar Basin storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Sholazar Basin at 64.6, 48.6. It rewards 3,100 experience and money.

Description

You speak the truth, <race>. I can sense the very essence of Sholazar Basin begin to fray by the blight of undeath even as we speak.

I've bound my being into the rune, <race>. Deliver it to she who sent you here -- for only her power can grant me passage to her lands.

Rewards

Money7 gold87 silver50 copper
Experience3,100 XP
Top Comments

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1
cribby+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

a bit of handy information; after you've completed the questline, the portal to Un'Goro remains open. Tho if you jump down, the ledge back up to the portal is inaccessible making it a one way trip. EDIT: there is no spoon. or in otherwords, one way trip, folks.

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

Force of Nature Quest Tree From Whiterock

      S)Force of Nature
      j)An Issue of Trust
      j)Returned Sevenfold──>k)Salvaging Life's Strength
      k)The Fallen Pillar
      l)Cultist Incursion
      /                  \
m)Weapons of Destruction m)Exterminate the Intruders
      \                  /
      n)The Lifewarden's Wrath
      o)Freya's Pact
      p)Powering the Waygate - The Maker's Perch
      q)Powering the Waygate - The Maker's Overlook  q)A Timeworn Coffer
      #)The Etymidian
      #)The Activation Rune
      r)Back Through the Waygate
      s)Reclamation

Legend:
S menas Skippable
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,100
MoneyGold7g 87s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSholazar BasinTurn-in marker at 64.6, 48.6, 1 mapped point
Objective areaUn'Goro Crater1 mapped point
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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Sholazar Basin map showing where to go for Back Through the WaygateTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #119 64.6 48.6

Un'Goro Crater Objective area 1 mapped point
Un'Goro Crater map showing where to go for Back Through the WaygateObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #78 47.4 9.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 64.6, 48.6/way #119 64.6 48.6
  • Objective areaUn'Goro Crater 47.4, 9.2/way #78 47.4 9.2

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Sholazar Basin:

  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 730 yards south-west
  • Warsong Camp, WintergraspHorde · about 950 yards south-east
  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards north

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Sholazar Basin

Part 64 of 65.

Previous: The Activation Rune · Next: Reclamation

  1. 54Salvaging Life's Strength
  2. 55Cultist Incursion
  3. 56Exterminate the Intruders
  4. 57Weapons of Destruction
  5. 58The Lifewarden's Wrath
  6. 59Freya's Pact
  7. 60Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Perch
  8. 61Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Overlook
  9. 62The Etymidian
  10. 63The Activation Rune
  11. 64Back Through the Waygate
  12. 65Reclamation

Showing steps 54 to 65 of 65.

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 Activation RuneSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    This colossal being appears to be inactive. You notice an empty rune-shaped slot on its chest. Perhaps you might be able to find the missing rune inside the nearby overlook.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • ReclamationSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    It is time, <name>. The Etymidian is one of the most destructive forces ever created by the titans and I am loathe to unleash him in my lands. There is little choice, however. Our enemies have forced my hand and the fury of the titans will cleanse all.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.

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