TheWoWDBThe titles of the books are all puns on popular "self-help" books:
- Act Like A Crone, Think Like A Sage
- Curses: A Practical Guide
- The Art of Darkness
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Hexxers
- Eat, Scry, Love
There may be more, but a given title can appear in more than one location, and can be looted more than once to count towards the six you need for the quest. I think I ended up turning in three copies of The Art of Darkness just because I happened to keep finding them.
Quest
Forbidden Knowledge
A World of Warcraft quest in Talador. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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"What kind of sick individual burns a book full of perfectly good dark arts?"
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If you're having trouble finding the tomes, they look like small red books. They take a few minutes to respawn, so if you can't find any, it's likely that many have been looted already and you'll need to be patient.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 20-40
ZoneTalador
Quest ID33581
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33581))
What to do
StorylineThe Plight of the Arakkoa, step 9 of 10
Rewards16g 98s, 5,450 XP
Description
<Darkscryer Raastok narrows his eyes and looks you up and down.> So, you are Iskar's hired hand? Well, I care not whether you are a {race} or an overgrown moth, so long as you are willing to help. The Adherents of Rukhmar are closed-minded fools! They forbid the study of shadow magic, branding as heretics anyone who dares to seek answers in the dark. We kept many tomes of forbidden knowledge in Veil Shadar. Bring any you find to me, and I will reward you for keeping them from the flames.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #535 71.2 57.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inTalador 71.2, 57.5
/way #535 71.2 57.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 75.8, 63.5
/way #535 75.8 63.5 - Objective areaTalador 71.3, 57.4
/way #535 71.3 57.4
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
- While We're in the Neighborhood about 480 yards
- Vicious Viziers about 480 yards
- Orbs of Power about 480 yards
- The Final Step about 480 yards
- Dropping In about 480 yards
- Dropping Bombs about 500 yards
- Supply Recovery about 500 yards
- Prized Repossessions about 500 yards
- Punching Through about 500 yards
- Powering the Defenses about 630 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
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Talador:
- Terokkar Refuge, Talador
- Anchorite's Sojourn, Talador
- Exarch's Refuge, Talador
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Reward details
Reputation: Arakkoa Outcasts +250
Working from the shadows, the Arakkoa Outcasts seek to bring a brighter tomorrow.
Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.
Other quests in Talador that reward Arakkoa Outcasts reputation: What the Draenei Found (+250), The Purge of Veil Shadar (+250), Kura's Vengeance (+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.
Storyline
The Plight of the Arakkoa
Part 9 of 10.
Previous: The Purge of Veil Shadar · Next: Kura's Vengeance
- 1As the Smoke Rises
- 2Burning Sky
- 3Pieces of Us
- 4Barum's Notes
- 5Pyrophobia
- 6What the Draenei Found
- 7The Purge of Veil Shadar
- 9Forbidden Knowledge
- 10Kura's Vengeance
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 Purge of Veil Shadar
Not all arakkoa are alike. <Iskar lifts his sleeve to reveal a mangled, useless wing.> It is no illusion. They did this to me. Before I was even given a name, I was given a place in society: at the bottom. We are many. We make our homes in the places this world has forgotten.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Kura's Vengeance
I was a wing-guard myself, once upon a time. One afternoon, I was caught away from my post. I just wanted an hour to watch the festival... Kuuan was supposed to cover for me, but instead he sold me out to gain favor with our superiors.
The storyline at a glance
The Plight of the Arakkoa has 10 steps, from As the Smoke Rises to Kura's Vengeance.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (9).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Talador map
- Establishing your Outpost
- In the Shadows of Auchindoun
- The Battle for Shattrath
- Garrison Campaign
- Gorefiend
- Against 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.