Quest Log

Digging Through the Past (Alliance)

Digging Through the Past is an Alliance-only quest for level 50. It rewards 1,700 experience and money.

Description

Let's see, Jane Hudson probably still has her book on ancient runes and carvings. And I believe Tal'ana has a few scrolls he picked up from Ulduar.

OH! And Toopa found what appeared to be some type of codex the last time he ventured out. I remember seeing the runes on it and they bear a striking resemblance to the ones in this book.

If you could convince them to uh... lend us those items for a bit, I believe I just might be able to create a translation for you. I won't even charge you for it!

Rewards

Money5

Experience1,700 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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BetonkockaMar 13, 2019+7via Wowhead

You can talk to the guy, marked on the map, but just buy the Scrolls of the Stonefather from Tal'ana. (18 gold)

ReflexwolfMar 27, 2019+1via Wowhead

You can get the Codex from Chronicler Toopa next to the Inn.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(49571))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

BetonkockaMar 13, 2019+7via Wowhead

You can talk to the guy, marked on the map, but just buy the Scrolls of the Stonefather from Tal'ana. (18 gold)

ReflexwolfMar 27, 2019+1via Wowhead

You can get the Codex from Chronicler Toopa next to the Inn.

MachinusNyeNov 9, 2020+1via Wowhead

You just go talk to the people marked on your map. Shadowlands quest UI update trivializes the quest since it points you exactly where to go.
But that's besides the point. I want to know more about Marcus.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	1,700
Money	Gold	5g 85s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Boralus

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.

Boralus Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Boralus map

The Missing Chapter same spot
A Promising Beginning same spot
Polished Up same spot
Setting Things Right same spot
A Friend in Needle about 40 yards
A Stitch in Time about 40 yards
Hammering Out Information about 40 yards
A Recipe For the Ages about 40 yards
Anvil's Away about 40 yards
Casting the First Stone about 40 yards

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Boralus:

Tradewinds Market, Tiragarde SoundAlliance · about 160 yards south-west
Hatherford, Tiragarde SoundAlliance · about 640 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 120 yards west
Objective areaabout 180 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 60 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

Where this quest fits

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Level 50.

Digging Through the PastHorde only · Level 50

Other storylines on the Boralus map

Trouble in Tiragarde Sound47 steps, starts with Battle for Azeroth: Tides of War
Welcome to Mechagon17 steps, starts with Fame Waits for Gnome One
Mission from the King7 steps, starts with The War Cache
The Battle for Stromgarde6 steps, starts with To the Front
Enemies Within6 steps, starts with Prepare for Trouble

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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Digging Through the Past. They differ in the faction shown here.

Quest	Faction	ID
Digging Through the Past (this page)	Alliance	49571
Digging Through the Past	Horde	49586

Community notes from Wowhead · 5 comments

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Digging Deeper

Digging for Prayer Beads

Digging for Scraps

Digging Through Bones

Digging Through the Past

Digging Up Treasure

Digsite Status

Dimensius the All-Devouring

Database

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