TheWoWDBThere are 5 Obelisks on the beach. They are not marked on the map and don't have any interaction option, so you just need to walk past them.
/way 38.97 76.26 Obelisk 1
/way 62.10 62.28 Obelisk 2
/way 64.92 50.17 Obelisk 3
/way 66.47 39.43 Obelisk 4
/way 50.31 42.95 Obelisk 5
Quest
Dark Obelisk Investigation
A World of Warcraft quest in Silvermoon City. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The rough locations in Zul'Aman's Broken Throne are:
/way 47, 76 Obelisk 1
/way 42, 68 Obelisk 2
/way 44, 58 Obelisk 3
/way 41, 50 Obelisk 4
/way 53, 54 Obelisk 5
..... in case anyone else is lost, you gotta be *IN* a ritual site scenario to find the obelisks.
Quest facts
Quest ID95552
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(95552))
What to do
WhereSilvermoon City, around 47.7, 49.7
Rewards34g 16s
Description
{race}, we have reports that the leaders of the Ritual Sites are using dark obelisks to bolster their forces with malevolent boons. I need you to investigate the objects they are using to gain these boons.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2393 47.7 49.7
Coordinates
- Objective areaSilvermoon City 47.7, 49.7
/way #2393 47.7 49.7
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 Silvermoon City map
- Ritual Problems same spot
- Ritual Interest same spot
- Ritual Site Studies: Week 1 of 3 same spot
- Ritual Site Studies: Week 2 of 3 same spot
- Ritual Site Studies: Week 3 of 3 same spot
- Advanced Ritual Site Studies: Week 4 of 6 same spot
- Advanced Ritual Site Studies: Week 5 of 6 same spot
- Advanced Ritual Site Studies: Week 6 of 6 same spot
- Raising Magical Alarms same spot
- Traces in the Dark same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Silvermoon City, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Silvermoon City:
- Sanctum of Light, Silvermoon City
- The Royal Exchange, Silvermoon City
- Fairbreeze Village, Eversong Woods
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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Money34 gold16 silver
Other quests on the Silvermoon City map
Where this quest fits
Also counted by Challenging Sites
Its criteria name 8 quests; others include:
- Ritual Site Challenge Report: Tendrils
- Tainted Sample
- Raising Magical Alarms
- Thin Their Ranks
- Misappropriated Treasures
- Manifested Density
- Questionable Power
Other storylines on the Silvermoon City map
- Lesser Evil
- Whispers in the Twilight
- Fear and Fel
- Astalor's Temptations
- Advanced Studies
- Scootin' Through Silvermoon
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 this achievement.
- Challenging Sites: its criteria name 8 quests, this one included.