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Deciphering the Journal

Deciphering the Journal is a Horde-only quest for level 15-30 in Grizzly Hills. It is step 109 of 115 in the Grizzly Hills storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Grizzly Hills at 65.2, 47.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Vor'takh is right -- we cannot allow this opportunity to slip through our fingers.

Fortunately, I think I know of a way to translate the journal of this Brann.

The shamans of the Redfang furbolgs, who congregate at the Heart's Blood Shrine south of the camp, grow an herb known as spiritsbreath. An experienced mystic can use incense made from it to seek wisdom from the spirits of the ancestors.

Seek out the shaman known as Grumbald One-Eye. He should carry the herb for his devotions to Ursoc.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Taunka +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationThe Taunka+250

Reward details

Reputation: The Taunka +250

These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Grizzly Hills that reward The Taunka reputation: The Damaged Journal (+250), The Runic Prophecies (+250), An Intriguing Plan (+250), The Unexpected 'Guest' (+250), From the Ground Up (+250), We Have the Power (+250).

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 mapGrizzly HillsTurn-in marker at 65.2, 47.8, 2 mapped points
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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.

Grizzly Hills Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Grizzly Hills map showing where to go for Deciphering the JournalTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #116 65.2 47.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGrizzly Hills 65.2, 47.8/way #116 65.2 47.8
  • Objective areaGrizzly Hills 66.6, 58.8/way #116 66.6 58.8

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 Grizzly Hills map

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

Getting there

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

  • Camp Oneqwah, Grizzly HillsHorde · about 30 yards north
  • Camp Winterhoof, Howling FjordHorde · about 1,200 yards south
  • Zim'Torga, Zul'DrakAlliance and Horde · about 2,100 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 390 yards south

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

Grizzly Hills

Part 109 of 115.

Previous: The Damaged Journal · Next: The Runic Prophecies

  1. 104From the Ground Up
  2. 105We Have the Power
  3. 106... Or Maybe We Don't
  4. 107Bringing Down the Iron Thane
  5. 108The Damaged Journal
  6. 109Deciphering the Journal
  7. 110The Runic Prophecies
  8. 111Pounding the Iron
  9. 112In the Name of Loken
  10. 113The Overseer's Shadow
  11. 114Cultivating an Image
  12. 115Loken's Orders

Showing steps 104 to 115 of 115.

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.

  • The Damaged JournalGrizzly Hills · Level 15-30

    This battered, mud-stained journal has seen better days. Leafing through the pages, you discover dozens of notes, diagrams, and maps in the dwarven language. The only text you're able to decipher is the name of Brann Bronzebeard scrawled at the end of one of the entries.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Runic PropheciesGrizzly Hills · Level 15-30

    Brann's journal also contained a guide to iron dwarf symbols. I've inscribed these on a keystone which will help you to understand the words inscribed on the rune plates. From the journal entries, it seems Brann may be chasing after clues to the origins of his people.

The storyline at a glance

Grizzly Hills has 115 steps, from Local Support to Loken's Orders.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Grizzly Hills (115).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Grizzly Hills 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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