TheWoWDBGet a "brain" from each of the three hives by killing any of the elite mobs at each one. Drop rate is very high; I didn't have to kill more than 10 mobs at each place before the brain dropped.
Recommend having one other person with you, but the mobs are soloable, though difficult.
Recommend doing Glyph Chasing and Into the Maw of Madness in conjunction with this quest.
Once this quest and Glyph Chasing are completed, leads to Unraveling the Mystery.
Quest
Breaking the Code
A World of Warcraft quest in Silithus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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As of 2.3 these mobs are no longer elite.
Drop rates for quest items often include kills while not on the quest, and should be disregarded.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneSilithus
Quest ID8310
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(8310))
What to do
StorylineSilithus, step 7 of 12
Rewards21g, 5,150 XP
Description
I think I can formulate an elixir that will allow us to more readily decipher the glyphs and language of the silithid and Qiraji! What do I need? Glad you asked! I need brains! Normally I'd need a brain from each silithid type that inhabit the hives. Another brave explorer brought me two of 'em here... and never came back from Hive'Regal. Bring me back a silithid brain from Hive'Regal... and be careful not to end up like him!
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #81 46.0 79.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inSilithus 46.0, 79.4
/way #81 46.0 79.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Silithus 60.7, 75.7
/way #81 60.7 75.7
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 Silithus map
- Paid in Blood about 340 yards
- The War Within about 940 yards
- The Speaker's Perspective about 960 yards
- A Dying World about 960 yards
- Khadgar's Request about 1,030 yards
- No Spies Allowed about 1,050 yards
- The Source of Power about 1,050 yards
- Larvae By The Dozen about 1,050 yards
- Desert Research about 1,050 yards
- Lazy Prospectors! about 1,050 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Silithus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Silithus:
- Oasis of Vir'sar, Uldum
- Cenarion Hold, Silithus
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Reward details
Reputation: Cenarion Circle +250
The druids of Cenarion Circle are guardians of nature and make their home in tranquil Moonglade.
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in Silithus that reward Cenarion Circle reputation: Deadly Desert Venom (+150), Noggle's Last Hope (+250), The Twilight Lexicon (+250), Securing the Supply Lines (+150), Stepping Up Security (+250), Noggle's Lost Satchel (+250).
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
Silithus
Part 7 of 12.
Previous: Glyph Chasing · Next: Unraveling the Mystery
- 1Twilight Geolords
- 2Vyral the Vile
- 3The Twilight Mystery
- 4Dearest Natalia
- 5Into The Maw of Madness
- 6Glyph Chasing
- 7Breaking the Code
- 8Unraveling the Mystery
- 9The Deserter
- 10The Twilight Lexicon
- 11True Believers
- 12A Terrible Purpose
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.
- Glyph Chasing
After our initial foray into the hives and Mistress Mar'alith's subsequent madness the three hives have been spewing out bugs! The increased activity might be tied into the glyphs covering those strange crystals.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Unraveling the Mystery
We're on the verge of a breakthrough, <name>! The rubbings you recovered have allowed us to recreate the glyphs on this crystalline prism. They are apparently a means for the Qiraji and other unknown entities to communicate various messages to the silithid.
The storyline at a glance
Silithus has 12 steps, from Twilight Geolords to A Terrible Purpose.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silithus (12).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Silithus map
- Visions of Azeroth
- Dalaran Intro
- The Elemental Lords I
- The Heart of Azeroth
- Never Hunt Alone
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.