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Hidden in the Midden

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

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Pandalones+27via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So for those who were totally confused, like me, when you need to get the bar back towards "fire" click on the little lava blobs running around. And it would be really nice if the "helper" you get didn't stand right on the totem so it's hard to see. Clunky mechanics, Blizz.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 70
LocationZaralek Cavern
CategoryAzerothian Archives
Quest ID76032

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(76032))

Description

<This dragon statue is similar to others found in the region but has been covered in paint. Googly eyes, stink lines, whiskers, and all manner of other rude drawings decorate the otherwise-imposing stone. The paint looks old and is flaking in places but is not as old as the statue itself. Roska will want to have a look at this!>

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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.

Zaralek Cavern Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Zaralek Cavern map showing where to go for Hidden in the MiddenTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2133 47.7 48.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZaralek Cavern 47.7, 48.6/way #2133 47.7 48.6
  • Objective areaZaralek Cavern 47.6, 48.6/way #2133 47.6 48.6

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 Zaralek Cavern map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zaralek Cavern:

  • Loamm, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 650 yards south-east
  • Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Obsidian Rest, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north

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
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

Storyline

Azerothian Archives

Part 25 of 44.

Previous: Surveying the Tower · Next: Antiquated Antics

  1. 20Back to Headquarters!
  2. 21Finally, An Archivist!
  3. 23Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion
  4. 24Surveying the Tower
  5. 25Hidden in the Midden
  6. 26Antiquated Antics
  7. 28Excavation: Winglord's Perch
  8. 29Surveying the Cliffside
  9. 30The Cache in the Crag
  10. 31A Taste of the Past

Showing steps 20 to 31 of 44.

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.

  • Surveying the TowerLevel 70

    Get a load of those rock formations! Surveying doesn't get much better than this. This tower has been here for ages. The black dragonflight used it for some seriously dark stuff, but that's not why we're here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Antiquated AnticsLevel 70

    Well, there's two factors at play here, eh? We should do our due diligence and figure out who this was a statue of. But between you and me? I'm much more interested in learning about the jokesters that turned it into this work of art.

The storyline at a glance

Azerothian Archives has 44 steps, from To the Archives! to Graduation Day.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thaldraszus (14), The Forbidden Reach (9), Zaralek Cavern (8), Ohn'ahran Plains (4).

Other storylines on the Zaralek Cavern 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.