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Cracking the Codex

Cracking the Codex is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 1 of 14 in the Path of the Light II storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dalaran at 44.5, 23.3. It rewards 775 experience and money.

Description

I have been studying the Codex of Command that you recovered from Faronaar.

It is important to Balnazzar, but WHY? What does it say? I'm sure we could gain valuable knowledge if we could just crack this code.

I have a friend who might be able to help us: a priestess named Delas Moonfang. She has been studying Eredun, the language of the demons.

Take the sigil to her in Dalaran. Tell her I sent you.

Rewards

Money2 gold2 silver20 copper
Experience775 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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jeffois+17via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

One thing I don't see mentioned here is that you must be the appropriate level to advance your Order Hall quest or the NPC won't spawn either. There is only a mention of this in your Quest Log, and if you're using BTW Quests it's a little out of whack since it's expecting the original levels from when Legion was current retail (e.g. lvl 103 required for next quest.) With addons I almost never open the actual quest guide and the lvl 30 requirement wasn't showing on the quest tracker.

If you've come here from Legion Remix like me, you're probably needing to wait until Level 30 - for all the posts about Delas not spawning, I didn't see one that mentioned the level requirement. It starts from Aponi Brightmane in your order hall.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43486))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

2
jeffois+17via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

One thing I don't see mentioned here is that you must be the appropriate level to advance your Order Hall quest or the NPC won't spawn either. There is only a mention of this in your Quest Log, and if you're using BTW Quests it's a little out of whack since it's expecting the original levels from when Legion was current retail (e.g. lvl 103 required for next quest.) With addons I almost never open the actual quest guide and the lvl 30 requirement wasn't showing on the quest tracker.

If you've come here from Legion Remix like me, you're probably needing to wait until Level 30 - for all the posts about Delas not spawning, I didn't see one that mentioned the level requirement. It starts from Aponi Brightmane in your order hall.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP775
MoneyGold2g 2s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDalaranTurn-in marker at 44.5, 23.3, 1 mapped point
Objective areaEastern Plaguelands1 mapped point
Objective areaLight's Hope Chapel
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.

Dalaran Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Dalaran map showing where to go for Cracking the CodexTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #627 44.5 23.3

Eastern Plaguelands Objective area 1 mapped point
Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for Cracking the CodexObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #23 76.4 50.4

Light's Hope Chapel Objective area

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDalaran 44.5, 23.3/way #627 44.5 23.3
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 76.4, 50.4/way #23 76.4 50.4

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 Dalaran map

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

Getting there

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

  • DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 260 yards south-east
  • Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north
  • Vengeance Point, Broken ShoreAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards east

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

Path of the Light II

Part 1 of 14.

Next: Blood of Our Enemy

  1. 1Cracking the Codex
  2. 2Blood of Our Enemy
  3. 3Assault on Violet Hold: The Fel Lexicon
  4. 4Delas in Dalaran
  5. 5Translation: Danger!
  6. 6Black Rook Hold: Lord Ravencrest
  7. 7To Felblaze Ingress
  8. 8Aponi's Trail
  9. 9Allies of the Light
  10. 10The Mind of the Enemy
  11. 11United As One
  12. 12Champion: Aponi Brightmane
  13. 13A New Path
  14. 14Champion: Delas Moonfang

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Blood of Our EnemyLevel 10-45

    I have seen demonic artifacts before, <name>. Legion sigils will only reveal themselves in the presence of demon blood. I sense that time is of the essence. Bring me a large quantity of demon blood, so that I may translate the book as soon as you retrieve it.

The storyline at a glance

Path of the Light II has 14 steps, from Cracking the Codex to Champion: Delas Moonfang.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Light's Hope Chapel (8), Dalaran (4), Azsuna (1), Niskara (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dalaran 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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