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Buried in the Dark

Buried in the Dark is a quest for level 88-90 in Voidstorm. It is step 2 of 4 in the Secrets in the Dark storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Voidstorm at 40.2, 56.1. It rewards 12,850 experience and money.

Description

We're at the brink of a monumental discovery! Hurry, there's no time to even call for backup. We must find this strange spirit!

With this residue, I can make a spell to adjust the vortex. It'll lead us to the source of this engraved rubble.

Based on the specter's guidance, I believe we'll find an entire cave.

Be ready, <name>.

Rewards

Money33 gold50 silver
Experience12,850 XP
Top Comments

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Tablet of Empire:
<The unfamiliar runes shimmer with Void magic, then shift. Suddenly, you can read the fragmented and broken text.>
Our great peoples...
...the cities we built... untold grandeur... Shimmering in the Sky...
Predacea... shone with knowledge... scholarship... our greatest weapon... in the wars to come.

Riftwalker Alayshen says: Did you carve this tablet, specter? Your people... your civilization... were they lost to war?
Mysterious Specter says: Only my beautiful weapons could stop the bloodshed.

Tablet of Conquest:
<The runes again Shift before your eyes, until you can read fragments of text.>
Empire of... first strike...
...City... lost... another. until no more...
...They needed me. They asked me... great Akintunde...
...make weapon... save them all...

Riftwalker Alayshen says: Specter... You are Akintunde? Some sort of weaponsmith?
Akintunde the Unstoppable says: My empire asked for a weapon to end the wars. I obliged.

Tablet of Annihilation:
<Once again, the runes Shift before your eyes, becoming legible.>
In the wake of my weapon... War ended.
...all ended... cities razed... no more war... no more...
Only... smallest life survived... evolved over eons... monsters, beasts now...
...In the final wave... before the end... my...
BETRAYED ME... LOCKED ME AWAY... PUNISHMENT... FOR GIVING WHAT THEY ASKED...

Riftwalker Alayshen says: No, it cant be... your weapons ended all civilization on Predacea? How could you live with yourself? How do you linger?
Akintunde the Unstoppable says: Only the strong survive. My people were weak. I overcame death itself! And now you will help my rebirth.
Riftwalker Alayshen says: We'll see about that.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP12,850
MoneyGold33g 50s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapVoidstormTurn-in marker at 40.2, 56.1, 6 mapped points
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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.

Voidstorm Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Voidstorm map showing where to go for Buried in the DarkTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2405 40.2 56.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVoidstorm 40.2, 56.1/way #2405 40.2 56.1
  • Objective areaVoidstorm 40.2, 56.4/way #2405 40.2 56.4
  • Objective areaVoidstorm 38.7, 58.8/way #2405 38.7 58.8

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 Voidstorm map

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

Getting there

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

  • The Ingress, VoidstormAlliance and Horde · about 380 yards south-west
  • Locus Point, VoidstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south
  • Masters' Perch, VoidstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 230 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 40 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 150 yards south-west

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

Secrets in the Dark

Part 2 of 4.

Previous: It's Not Just a Rock! · Next: Sifting Through Void

  1. 1It's Not Just a Rock!
  2. 2Buried in the Dark
  3. 3Sifting Through Void
  4. 4In Over My Head

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.

  • It's Not Just a Rock!Voidstorm · Level 88-90

    <name>, I have something strange, here. While scouting in the Storm Fields, I found this rock a beast was chewing. Look at it! Could these be runes? Writing? But so ancient? Here? What could it mean? Strangely, I think I've been hearing a voice in my head since I found this thing...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Sifting Through VoidVoidstorm · Level 88-90

    There's no rubble on the surface. The beasts are burrowing, so they must be finding it in a cavern underground. I've been thinking of how to get there. You've noticed the vortexes that dot the Storm Fields? They twist space, moving things from place to place.

The storyline at a glance

Secrets in the Dark has 4 steps, from It's Not Just a Rock! to In Over My Head.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Voidstorm (4).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Voidstorm 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.

Related
Buried Beneath
Buried History
Buried Hozen Treasure
Buried in Stone
Buried Power
Buried Remnants
Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets
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