Quest Log

Captivating Science

Captivating Science is a quest for level 80-90. It is step 2 of 4 in the Considering an Alternative storyline. It rewards 23,550 experience and money.

Description

The domanaar Impotus sounds like he can be persuaded to set his sights elsewhere.

Speaking with them directly will be challenging. They are distrustful, even of one another, as you can see from their projection devices.

We must set a trap.

Take this soul gem and hunt the beings that inhabit the Acropolis. We will use the Void energy of this place against them.

Rewards

You will receive:

Field Accoladex 25

Money30

Experience23,550 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Go to Val 49.4, 96.5 /way #2599 49.4 96.5
Named in the quest text: Void.

Known issues

Top Comments

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CarstiJul 12, 2026+5via Wowhead

Any idea why I every now get tremendous amounts of damage out of nowhere (visible) with no chance to counter? That's so unnerving.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(96475))

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CarstiJul 12, 2026+5via Wowhead

Any idea why I every now get tremendous amounts of damage out of nowhere (visible) with no chance to counter? That's so unnerving.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Currency	Field Accolade	25
Experience	XP	23,550
Money	Gold	30g 98s

Reward details

Currency: Field Accolade x 25

Maren Silverwing will exchange these for Void-Touched Caches in Silvermoon City.

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Void Acropolis
Objective area	Val	1 mapped point
Objective area	Void Acropolis

World Map

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.

Void Acropolis Quest turn-in

Val map showing where to go for Captivating Science — **Val** Objective area 1 mapped point

Void Acropolis Objective area

Coordinates

Objective areaVal 49.4, 96.5/way #2599 49.4 96.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

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

The Devouring IngressAlliance and Horde · about 280 yards north
Void AcropolisAlliance and Horde · about 290 yards north-east
Steam RavineAlliance and Horde · about 400 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 180 yards north-east (on the Val map)
Objective areaabout 30 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 100 yards 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

Considering an Alternative

Part 2 of 4.

Previous: A New Approach · Next: A Place to Negotiate

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.

A New ApproachLevel 80-90
For this threat, you'll need to think more like the domanaar. Luckily, I can do just that. What we need is a puppet. Someone we can give the reins who has no aspirations for your precious Azeroth. Those new domanaar you saw will need evaluation. Take this veil.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

A Place to NegotiateLevel 80-90
While you were attuning the gem to the Void, I managed to acquire one of Impotus's projection devices. We're going to use it to lure him to us, then prevent him from escaping with the gem. Not here, though. Let us find somewhere more discrete.

The storyline at a glance

Considering an Alternative has 4 steps, from A New Approach to A Shot at the Dark.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Void Acropolis (2), Val (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Frosty Domanaar Politics Complete the following quest lines on Val.

Other storylines on the Val map

Assault and Strike Back10 steps, starts with The Time to Strike
Assault and Strike Back: Val7 steps, starts with The Time to Strike
A Dance with Domanaar3 steps, starts with Vanquish the Warmonger
Umbral Blitz3 steps, starts with Disrupting the Order

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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MypciscrazeJul 8, 2026-1via Wowhead

Hi all
To Finish this Achievement Frosty Domanaar Politics. You need to do 3 Storylines. This Achievement is a part of A Trip Around the Stars.
List of Storyline in Val:
1. [storyline=6272] - See My Video if need it - https://youtu.be/vRLAd5APasI
Spoiler

1. Disrupting the Order:

- Slay 3 Mobs:
[npc=264669] - /way 38.09 54.89,
[npc=264677] - /way 38.20 67.72,
[npc=264680] - /way 56.25 84.37,

And any mobs from them until 100%. This Quest leade You to 'Port Of Entry' not on list in wowhead O_o.

2. Port of Entry - You need to take portal /way 34.44 75.68, and slay mobs next to oposite portal. This will open You next Quest

3. Victory Within Hindsight - Use portal to get out and wait for NPC then press on him /way 35.82 71.17, will be a conversation then go back to place when you take first Quest.

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2. [storyline=6291] - See My Video if need it - https://youtu.be/nHhYbEM82ts
Spoiler

1. A New Approach - Start in camp i Val. First use Quest item to transform will be on left on quest logs [item=275667]. Then Move ( i use teleport good at first to do quest Spatial Reasoning to activate teleports ) /way 47.24 71.06, and speak with Void, then take portal /way 49.46 97.05 inside bulding, and speak with NPC on left after portal, then You need to speak with Void on secound chamber is on other side then go down to the end and then move up /way 32.80 51.77, Then go back secound floor to return Quest /way 63.29 65.39,
2. Captivating Science - Slay Voids untill 100 % is hard to do solo on Heroic mode xD I started already with 50% You dont need to go far awey from NPC mobs are very close but hard solo. Return to Quest giver is same place.
3. A Place to Negotiate - Get Out From this Void palace xD and move to /way 61.79 69.97,
4. A Shot at the Dark - Interact with the projection device and slay [npc=267578] is next to quest giver. if not there just w8, i have like this and i waste a lot of time to try find him on map xD don't do my mistake :).

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3. [storyline=6297] - is up 22.07.2026. - https://youtu.be/nCcAX7-Q5SQ
Spoiler

1. Vanquish the Warmonger - Pick up in Val base. Go to Void Acropolis interior, you can go normal or use undercover. In Quest You need to get 100 by pressing on Supply Crates ( 6% ) or Wapons Crate ( 12 % ), or go with out under cover and slay mobs to get % to. When Get to 100% go to first chamber where is portal to get out and speak with [npc=267786] then You will be move in middle of chamber then slay [npc=265200] and loot [item=277116] then go back to base to return Quest.
2. Depose the Deranged - Not in Wowhead data base - Take a portal to Forgotten Depths /way 43.43 71.68, and inside deen investigate 3 objects, every time deeper in deen in 3rd one [npc=264939] will spown slay him and loot [item=276359] then go back to base.
3. Umbral Title Bout - Use [object=655933] /way 33.12 72.60, and at first Slay 3 waves of mobs ( i die 2 times ...... good that resp is next to it ) then slay [npc=264942] then go back to base that will finish story line and You will complete Frosty Domanaar Politics.

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Hope That Help You :).

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