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Cracking the Code

A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11931

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11931))

What to do

StorylineBorean Tundra, step 94 of 182
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

I sense a distinct peculiarity in the drakes here but the meaning of the runes that cover their bodies still eludes me. Without a codex, it will take more time than we can afford for me to interpret them. Not far from here is a Kirin Tor traitor, Caleras, who is likely to have a copy of the tome I require. His underlings hold the runes I will need for my translation. Hurry, mortal. Malygos gains strength with every passing moment.

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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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Cracking the CodeTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 33.3 34.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 33.3, 34.5/way #114 33.3 34.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 33.7, 27.9/way #114 33.7 27.9
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 32.7, 27.8/way #114 32.7 27.8

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

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

  • Transitus Shield, ColdarraAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 680 yards east
  • Warsong Hold, Borean TundraHorde · about 770 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 260 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 260 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.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Wyrmrest Accord +250

Reward details

Reputation: The Wyrmrest Accord +250

With the Blue Dragonflight's violent upheaval against all mortal users of magic, the remaining dragonflights have banded under the leadership of the Red Dragonflight to combat their wayward kin.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward The Wyrmrest Accord reputation: Basic Training (+250), Drake Hunt (+250), Hatching a Plan (+250), Puzzling... (+250), The Cell (+250), Keristrasza (+10).

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

Borean Tundra

Part 94 of 182.

Previous: Drake Hunt · Next: Puzzling...

  1. 89Nuts for Berries
  2. 90Keep the Secret Safe
  3. 91Basic Training
  4. 92Hatching a Plan
  5. 93Drake Hunt
  6. 94Cracking the Code
  7. 95Puzzling...
  8. 96The Cell
  9. 97Keristrasza
  10. 98Bait and Switch
  11. 99Saragosa's End
  12. 100Mustering the Reds

Showing steps 89 to 100 of 182.

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.

  • Drake HuntBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    The blues have begun to cover their drakes in mysterious runes. I must discover their significance. <Raelorasz pokes his hand with a spear and coats the tip with his blood.> Take this and use it on one of them. Wait for it to become subdued, then bring it here to me before it expires.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Puzzling...Borean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Something about this scrap of metal prevents you from casting it aside. Perhaps Raelorasz might be able to shed some light on its purpose.

Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean

Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:

Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean

Its criteria name 23 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • D.E.H.T.A's Little P.I.T.A. Uphold D.E.H.T.A's beliefs by completing all of the quests up to and including the Assassination of Harold Lane.
  • Mrglgrgl of Grglmrgl Complete the storylines involving King Mrgl-Mrgl in Borean Tundra, Highmountain, and Zul'Aman.

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.

Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10