Quest

Gathering the Spark

A World of Warcraft quest in Talador. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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HobDawgh2014-11-14T09:55:22-06:00+12via Wowhead

There are 3 "balls" of energy that can be found at:

Kinda close to the quest giver, at 83, 29

Inside a cave at 80.6, 30

At the ground floor at 82.7, 27.1

Eido2015-04-26T21:38:01-05:00+3via Wowhead

"I have an artifact that can capture energy vortexes in the caldera below, so let's get moving."
"A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption. They are sometimes confused with volcanic craters. The word comes from Spanish caldera, and this from Latin caldaria, meaning "cooking pot." source

ikhaled2014-09-28T19:15:07-05:00+2via Wowhead

Figured it out. There are 3 different balls in different locations. You can only harvest the energy from a ball once. The 3rd ball is in a cave in the northern part of the area. The quest map doesn't help as it shows the entire area as a possible drop.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40

ZoneTalador

Quest ID34619

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34619))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineEstablishing your Outpost, step 17 of 25

Rewards16g 98s, 5,450 XP

Description

We need arcane energy to complete our scroll. It needs that to coalesce the scroll together. I have an artifact that can capture energy vortexes in the caldera below, so let's get moving.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inTalador 84.7, 31.2/way #535 84.7 31.2
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 82.4, 28.2/way #535 82.4 28.2
Objective areaTalador 85.0, 31.2/way #535 85.0 31.2

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

What the Draenei Found about 290 yards
Pyrophobia about 660 yards
As the Smoke Rises about 760 yards
The Battle for Shattrath about 1,000 yards
Pieces of Us about 1,070 yards
Burning Sky about 1,070 yards
Barum's Notes about 1,070 yards
Thaelin's Quick Fix about 1,310 yards
Decommissioned Mission about 1,310 yards
Vol. X Pages ? about 1,310 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

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

Zangarra, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 350 yards north-west
Sha'naari Refuge, Tanaan JungleAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards north-east
Fort Wrynn (Alliance), TaladorAlliance · about 970 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 180 yards north-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.

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Garrison Resourcesx 35

Money16 gold98 silver

Experience5,450 XP

Other quests on the Talador map

Reward details

Currency: Garrison Resources x 35

Earn resources to build-up and expand your garrison.

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

Establishing your Outpost

Part 17 of 25.

Previous: Forming the Scroll · Next: Next Steps

Showing steps 12 to 23 of 25.

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.

Forming the ScrollTalador · Level 20-40
We'll need arcane parchment to make the scroll. The arcane energy everywhere at this nexus froze the ancients in place and settled in their bark. If we take pieces from the few that haven't been destroyed by the fungal creatures, I can mold them into parchment.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Next StepsTalador · Level 20-40
We did it! We have all of the reagents for the scroll. Your arcane sanctum will be the talk of Draenor before long. I'll go back to Fort Wrynn to finish it and gather your men. Meet me there.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Talador · Level 20-40.

Gathering the SparkHorde only · Talador · Level 20-40

The storyline at a glance

Establishing your Outpost has 25 steps, from The Quarry Quandary to Due Cause to Celebrate.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (25).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Don't Let the Tala-door Hit You on the Way Out Complete the Talador storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Talador map

In the Shadows of Auchindoun24 steps, starts with Holding the Line
The Battle for Shattrath15 steps, starts with Through the Looking Glass
The Plight of the Arakkoa10 steps, starts with As the Smoke Rises
Garrison Campaign3 steps, starts with Garrison Campaign: The Fall of Shattrath
Gorefiend2 steps, starts with Garrison Campaign: Onslaught at Auchindoun
Against the Warsong21 steps, starts with The Might of 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.