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Ghosts in the Machine

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 73-75
Quest ID82785

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(82785))

What to do

StorylineRoutine Maintenance, step 3 of 7
Rewards14g 46s, 4,950 XP

Description

There's a substation directly below us? Perhaps that is where Arbauch went to hide it... Disregard, we must investigate. With luck, Arbauch may still be here. The entrance should be to the north, near the pool of water from the burst pipe. Please, come with me. He may need our help. I will explain everything once he is located.

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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.

The Ringing Deeps Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
The Ringing Deeps map showing where to go for Ghosts in the MachineTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2214 54.2 62.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Ringing Deeps 54.2, 62.4/way #2214 54.2 62.4
  • Objective areaThe Ringing Deeps 54.3, 61.6/way #2214 54.3 61.6
  • Objective areaThe Ringing Deeps 54.8, 64.2/way #2214 54.8 64.2

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 The Ringing Deeps map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Ringing Deeps:

  • Camp Murroch, The Ringing DeepsAlliance and Horde · about 80 yards south
  • Shadowvein Point, The Ringing DeepsAlliance and Horde · about 730 yards north
  • Opportunity Point, The Ringing DeepsAlliance and Horde · about 890 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 40 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 100 yards south-east

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.

Related
Money14 gold46 silver
Experience4,950 XP

Storyline

Routine Maintenance

Part 3 of 7.

Previous: Antifogmatic · Next: Undoing the Damage

  1. 1A Functional Favor
  2. 2Antifogmatic
  3. 3Ghosts in the Machine
  4. 4Undoing the Damage
  5. 5Duty of Care
  6. 6Stone Tracing
  7. 7Decommissioning Darkness

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.

  • AntifogmaticThe Ringing Deeps · Level 73-75

    Machine speakers have no love for fog beasts. Where there is fog, rust is sure to follow. Still, I'd prefer not to harm them. Arbauch always said it was bad luck. Take this device. The glands you collected should provide enough power to disperse the fog without hurting the fog beasts within.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Undoing the DamageThe Ringing Deeps · Level 73-75

    Apologies. Arbauch was not here for repairs--he stole that golem. Arbauch and I worked alongside it for years in the darkest reaches of the Deeps. The work took its toll on the golem. It became erratic, dangerous even. We planned to decommission it, but when the time came, Arbauch couldn't bear it.

The storyline at a glance

Routine Maintenance has 7 steps, from A Functional Favor to Decommissioning Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Ringing Deeps (7).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Ringing Deeps 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.