Quest

Creating the Ink

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

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seitori2014-12-23T12:41:33-06:00+18via Wowhead

This quest line requires the Arcane Sanctum at your outpost.

Collypso2014-11-15T11:06:14-06:00+3via Wowhead

This is kind of a rare drop, most of the mobs that I killed didn't have any.

Trecman2014-12-21T18:34:44-06:00+1via Wowhead

The good news is they drop 5 or 6 at a time, and are not so rare at all. 5 Drops of 6, from 9 mobs. Not bad at all.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40

ZoneTalador

Quest ID34634

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34634))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineEstablishing your Outpost, step 16 of 27

Rewards16g 98s, 5,450 XP

Description

We're going to need a way to create an artificial nexus at your tower. I know where we can get what we need, but it's heavily protected. We don't have the firepower to just waltz in the front door. I have a plan - a scroll of mass teleportation. The fungal giants and spore creatures down below are covered in pustules filled with an oily substance. If we gather enough of the oil I can craft a makeshift ink substitute for the scroll.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inTalador 84.5, 31.8/way #535 84.5 31.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 82.8, 28.8/way #535 82.8 28.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 81.5, 29.4/way #535 81.5 29.4
Objective areaTalador 84.7, 30.7/way #535 84.7 30.7

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 Talador map

What the Draenei Found about 260 yards
Pyrophobia about 630 yards
As the Smoke Rises about 730 yards
The Battle for Shattrath about 780 yards
Pieces of Us about 1,040 yards
Burning Sky about 1,040 yards
Barum's Notes about 1,040 yards
Kura's Vengeance about 1,290 yards
Forbidden Knowledge about 1,290 yards
The Purge of Veil Shadar about 1,290 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Talador:

Zangarra, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 350 yards north-west
Vol'jin's Pride, TaladorHorde · about 820 yards west
Sha'naari Refuge, Tanaan JungleAlliance and Horde · about 850 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 160 yards north-west
Objective areaabout 200 yards north-west
Objective areaabout 50 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.

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Garrison Resourcesx 35

Money16 gold98 silver

Experience5,450 XP

Other quests on the Talador map

Reward details

Currency: Garrison Resources x 35

Earn resources to build-up and expand your garrison.

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

Establishing your Outpost

Part 16 of 27.

Previous: Making Acquaintances · Next: Forming the Scroll

Showing steps 11 to 22 of 27.

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.

Making AcquaintancesTalador · Level 20-40
It's nice to see someone else taking a vested interest in the arcane arts, you know. It's all too rare these days if you ask me! Unfortunately, I must meet Cordana to handle an important matter, but we're in luck!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Forming the ScrollTalador · Level 20-40
For this plan to work, we'll need infused parchment. The latent arcane energy at this nexus quickly froze the ancients in place and settled in their bark. If we rip off strips from the few that haven't been destroyed by the fungal creatures, I can form them into parchment.

Quests that require this one

Next Steps

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Talador · Level 20-40.

Creating the InkAlliance only · Talador · Level 20-40

The storyline at a glance

Establishing your Outpost has 27 steps, from The Quarry Quandary to Joining the Ranks.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (27).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Don't Let the Tala-door Hit You on the Way Out Complete the Talador storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Talador map

In the Shadows of Auchindoun24 steps, starts with Holding the Line
The Battle for Shattrath15 steps, starts with Through the Looking Glass
The Plight of the Arakkoa10 steps, starts with As the Smoke Rises
Garrison Campaign3 steps, starts with Garrison Campaign: The Fall of Shattrath
Gorefiend2 steps, starts with Garrison Campaign: Onslaught at Auchindoun
Against the Warsong21 steps, starts with The Might of the Warsong

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.