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Hints From The Past

Hints From The Past is a quest for level 30-35 in Timeless Isle. It is step 5 of 11 in The Siege of Orgrimmar storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Timeless Isle at 34.5, 53.6. It rewards 1 reward item, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

There is much to learn of this place, yet it does not yield its secrets willingly.

Something you mentioned the last time that we spoke intrigues me. This Mistweaver Ai, she carries a time-worn journal, if I recall? This may be the answer to many of our questions, or it may simply raise more. I suppose that it all depends on the diligence of the explorer that put pen to paper in this preposterous place.

Obtain a time-worn journal and return to me with it. We shall delve into its mysteries together.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Top Comments

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Pocahuntess+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you have completed this quest once, you can mail the book that Kairoz rewards you at turn in to your alts and not have to spend an additional 500 timeless coins. I usually just leave it in the alts mail until I have the quest and upon taking it out of the mail, I get credit for obtaining it. Don't know if this is intended.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyTimeless Coin500
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeMiscellaneous
Item level1

“An old journal describing various creatures and treasures of the Timeless Isle.”

Currency: Timeless Coin x 500

You feel the shadowy fingers of previous and future owners of this coin playing across your hand, as if time itself blurs. Spend upon the Timeless Isle to earn powerful and fluid rewards.

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapTimeless IsleTurn-in marker at 34.5, 53.6, 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.

Timeless Isle Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Timeless Isle map showing where to go for Hints From The PastTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #554 34.5 53.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTimeless Isle 34.5, 53.6/way #554 34.5 53.6
  • Objective areaTimeless Isle 42.7, 55.7/way #554 42.7 55.7

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 Timeless Isle map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Timeless Isle:

  • Huojin Landing, Timeless IsleHorde · about 380 yards north-west
  • Tushui Landing, Timeless IsleAlliance · about 390 yards south-west
  • Pearlfin Village, Jade ForestAlliance · about 2,400 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Siege of Orgrimmar

Part 5 of 11.

Previous: Time In Your Hands · Next: Timeless Treasures

  1. 1Journey to the Timeless Isle
  2. 2Time Keeper Kairoz
  3. 3A Timeless Tour
  4. 4Time In Your Hands
  5. 5Hints From The Past
  6. 6Timeless Treasures
  7. 7The Last Emperor
  8. 8Timeless Nutriment
  9. 9Wayshrines Of The Celestials
  10. 10Drive Back The Flame
  11. 11The Archiereus Of Flame

Also part of: The Siege of Orgrimmar (part 5 of 11).

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.

  • Time In Your HandsTimeless Isle · Level 30-35

    Inhabitants of this strange island barter with a special currency, immune from the fickle fluctuations of time. You would do well to gather as many of these "timeless coins" as possible! They can be found hidden away in small caches, or gathered from creatures all around the island.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Timeless TreasuresTimeless Isle · Level 30-35

    The journal indicates that treasures abound across the island, sometimes temptingly out of reach, and other times hidden in dark caves and hollows. What might have been secreted away here, many generations ago? And perhaps more importantly, by whom?

The storyline at a glance

The Siege of Orgrimmar has 11 steps, from Journey to the Timeless Isle to The Archiereus Of Flame.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Timeless Isle (11).

Other storylines on the Timeless Isle 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.

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