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Critical Mass

Critical Mass is a quest for level 80 in Azj-Kahet, added in The War Within. It is step 3 of 6 in the Strength Amidst Ruins storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Azj-Kahet at 35.5, 52.4. It rewards 11,750 experience and money.

Description

This is exactly what I had feared.

Thalen Songweaver's notes on the mana bomb he devised to devastate Theramore were under guard in Dalaran. Few knew of this.

I argued they should be destroyed. But others argued if such a bomb was again created, we would need them to disarm it.

And now those notes are both the problem and the solution.

Thankfully, I have read these notes, <name>. I will walk you through disarming the mana bomb.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money30 gold98 silver
Experience11,750 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyValorstones15
ExperienceXP11,750
MoneyGold30g 98s

Reward details

Currency: Valorstones x 15

Earned from completing quests, raids, dungeons, battlegrounds, arena matches, radiant echoes, and other activities at max level. Used to upgrade max-level gear.

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 mapAzj-KahetTurn-in marker at 35.5, 52.4, 13 mapped points
Quest Line

Storyline

Strength Amidst Ruins

Part 3 of 6.

Previous: Arcane Cold War · Next: Preserve the Legacy

  1. 1A Helping Hand
  2. 2Arcane Cold War
  3. 3Critical Mass
  4. 4Preserve the Legacy
  5. 5Too Powerful, Too Dangerous
  6. 6Farewell, City of Magic

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

Quest chain

  1. 1Arcane Cold War
  2. 2Critical Mass
  3. 3Too Powerful, Too Dangerous

Step 2 of 3. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Arcane Cold WarIsle of Dorn · Level 80

    A few mages have come but... I expected more to act on Aethas's call to action. But perhaps that was wishful thinking. We need more help despite what you and Kalecgos did at Mourning Rise. Aside from Kel'Thuzad's pendant, the kobolds' plunder was middling-powered artifacts.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Preserve the LegacyAzj-Kahet · Level 80

    The larger threat has been contained, <name>, but I believe there are still other artifacts important to our legacy--good and bad--here in Azj-Kahet. While they are still dangerous, their knowledge may benefit us in the long run.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Strength Amidst Ruins has 6 steps, from A Helping Hand to Farewell, City of Magic.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Isle of Dorn (4), Azj-Kahet (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Azj-Kahet 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.

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.

Azj-Kahet Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Azj-Kahet map showing where to go for Critical MassTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2255 35.5 52.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzj-Kahet 35.5, 52.4/way #2255 35.5 52.4
  • Objective areaAzj-Kahet 35.3, 52.6/way #2255 35.3 52.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azj-Kahet 35.5, 52.3/way #2255 35.5 52.3

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 Azj-Kahet map

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

Getting there

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

  • Wildcamp Or'lay, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 850 yards west
  • Wildcamp Ul'ar, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 920 yards south-east
  • Weaver's Lair, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 30 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 30 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 40 yards south-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.

Build history

First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight patch 12.0.7, the oldest build in our datamine).

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