TheWoWDBif you're stuck at 50 energy.. just abandon quest.. 50 drop from each pillar snap
Quest
Cracks in Time
A World of Warcraft quest in Thaldraszus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
"Pull" or "Yank" refers to backing away from the crystal while the stream is running.
When you snap the pillar, lootable crystal chunks appear on the ground. Loot them for the energy, 50 per side.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 40-70
ZoneThaldraszus
Quest ID65948
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(65948))
What to do
StorylineTime Management, step 12 of 15
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP
Description
When the temple locked down, the Wardens got sealed up with the temple doors. We need to pop that stasis bubble to get them out! Unfortunately, that'll need a fully empowered Timewalker staff... I know! You can drain the crystals here on the platforms! That should power up your staff enough. They have their own stasis fields, so just yank them out and absorb their energy with your staff. And don't feel bad if they shatter--the power is still there, even if it's in pieces!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2025 59.6 81.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inThaldraszus 59.6, 81.7
/way #2025 59.6 81.7 - Objective areaThaldraszus 58.5, 83.2
/way #2025 58.5 83.2 - Objective areaThaldraszus 60.8, 80.4
/way #2025 60.8 80.4
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 Thaldraszus map
- Dawn of the Infinite: Chrono-Lord Deios about 30 yards
- Rewind and Reconcile about 30 yards
- Storm Warning about 60 yards
- Who's That Chromie? about 200 yards
- Align in the Sand about 230 yards
- On Borrowed Time about 230 yards
- Chro-me? about 230 yards
- Morchie Mayhem about 250 yards
- A Dragon's Eye View about 580 yards
- Cavern Cleaning about 600 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thaldraszus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thaldraszus:
- Temporal Conflux, Thaldraszus
- Shifting Sands, Thaldraszus
- Eon's Fringe, Thaldraszus
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 15 comments
Top 3 shown aboveThe comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.
The top 3 are shown in Top Comments above. Read all 15 on Wowhead.
Reward details
Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +100
Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.
Reputation group: Dragonflight.
Other quests in Thaldraszus that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: Preventative Maintenance (+100), For the Ward! (+100), Refti Retribution (+100), The Once and Future Team (+150), Time-Locked Timewalkers (+100), Temporal Tuning (+100).
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
Time Management
Part 12 of 15.
Previous: Time-Locked Timewalkers · Next: Quelling Causalities
- 1The Flow of Time
- 2Temporal Difficulties
- 3Haven't Got Time For the Pain
- 4Time is Running Out
- 5Time in a Bottle
- 6Feels Like the First Time
- 7Times Like These
- 8If We Could Turn Back Time
- 9Closing Time
- 10Catching Up to Chromie
- 11Time-Locked Timewalkers
- 12Cracks in Time
- 13Quelling Causalities
- 14The Once and Future Team
- 15The Never-Final Countdown
Also part of: Thaldraszus (part 26 of 54).
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.
- Time-Locked Timewalkers
I'm so glad you're here! I need you to stabilize the situation here on the platforms while Dante and Zera help me hold our infinite dragon friend in place. The temple's security measures locked Eternus in a stasis bubble when she tried to take control of our Oathstone.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Quelling Causalities
The Infinite has forced the energies of time to aggression. This is not good. Please slay any time elementals you encounter while assisting Ambassador Chronormu. I will remain here and help her hold Eternus in place.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Time Management has 15 steps, from The Flow of Time to The Never-Final Countdown.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thaldraszus (15).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Thaldraszus map
- Dragon Isles Emissary
- Azerothian Archives
- Valdrakken, City of Dragons
- Rebel Resurgence
- The Blue Dragons
- The Silver Purpose
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.