Quest Log

Hidden in the Midden

Hidden in the Midden is a quest for level 70. It is step 25 of 44 in the Azerothian Archives storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Zaralek Cavern at 47.7, 48.6. It rewards 9,500 experience and money.

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!>

Rewards

Money28

Experience9,500 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Zaralek Cavern 47.7, 48.6 /way #2133 47.7 48.6

Known issues

Top Comments

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leyhunterJan 16, 2024+50via Wowhead

This quest currently seems to be bugged, every effort to start excavating results in a despawn

PandalonesJan 24, 2024+27via Wowhead

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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Top Comments

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

leyhunterJan 16, 2024+50via Wowhead

This quest currently seems to be bugged, every effort to start excavating results in a despawn

PandalonesJan 24, 2024+27via Wowhead

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.

GrokironhideJan 16, 2024+17via Wowhead

seems like it resets every time someone else talks to the npc to start the excavation. As more new people show up they reset your progress without knowing.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	9,500
Money	Gold	28g 9s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Zaralek Cavern	Turn-in marker at 47.7, 48.6, 2 mapped points

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.

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

A Tower Yonder about 180 yards
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire about 590 yards
Six Hundred Feet Under about 590 yards
Honor the Flame about 640 yards
Raked Over the Coals about 670 yards
The Endless Burning Sky about 670 yards
Consequences about 690 yards
Take Out the Head about 690 yards
Battlefield Triage about 690 yards
No Dragon Left Behind about 720 yards

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Azerothian Archives

Part 25 of 44.

Previous: Surveying the Tower · Next: Antiquated Antics

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

Zaralek Cavern72 steps, starts with The Land Beneath
The Ancient Bargain16 steps, starts with Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
Sundered Legacy11 steps, starts with Future Aspects
The Dragons and the Scale Expedition11 steps, starts with Medicinal Fungi
Breaking Ground16 steps, starts with The Land Beneath
Inevitable Confrontation10 steps, starts with Fading Embers

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 19 comments

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Hezrul Bloodmark

Hidden Amongst the Leaves

Hidden Dealings

Hidden in Plain Sight

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