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Hints of the Past

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

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Why in bob's name would he write all that crap down? Surely he should've realized it MIGHT GET FOUND? Dar'Khan, you may have once had a stylin' hat, but you are just stupid as hell. (And you ain't got chicken neither.)

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 1-30
Quest ID9162

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(9162))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineGhostlands, step 35 of 41
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

As you skim through the pages in the journal you're overcome by an unnerving sense of being watched. The contents are unsettling. Dar'Khan's soul was one filled with hatred and contempt for his own people. The extent of his machinations and plots are all documented in great detail. Perhaps there is something here that Vynna will find useful.

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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.

Ghostlands Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Ghostlands map showing where to go for Hints of the PastTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #95 72.0 32.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGhostlands 72.0, 32.6/way #95 72.0 32.6
  • Objective areaGhostlands 79.6, 17.6/way #95 79.6 17.6

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 Ghostlands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ghostlands:

  • Zul'Aman, GhostlandsAlliance and Horde · about 760 yards south
  • Tranquillien, GhostlandsHorde · about 880 yards west
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 1,600 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 420 yards north-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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationSilvermoon City +250

Reward details

Reputation: Silvermoon City +250

The capital of Quel'Thalas, home of the blood elves. Though nearly destroyed by Arthas' attack on the Sunwell, Silvermoon is once again a thriving city.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Ghostlands that reward Silvermoon City reputation: Dealing with Zeb'Sora (+250), Missing in the Ghostlands (+75), Bearers of the Plague (+250), Curbing the Plague (+250), The Traitor's Shadow (+250), Vanquishing Aquantion (+250).

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

Ghostlands

Part 35 of 41.

Previous: The Farstrider Enclave · Next: Report to Magister Kaendris

  1. 30Deactivate An'owyn
  2. 31Goldenmist Village
  3. 32Windrunner Village
  4. 33The Sanctum of the Sun
  5. 34The Farstrider Enclave
  6. 35Hints of the Past
  7. 36Report to Magister Kaendris
  8. 37The Twin Ziggurats
  9. 38Captives at Deatholme
  10. 39War on Deatholme
  11. 40Dar'Khan's Lieutenants
  12. 41The Traitor's Destruction

Showing steps 30 to 41 of 41.

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.

  • The Farstrider EnclaveGhostlands · Level 1-30

    Magisters and Farstriders may not see eye to eye all the time, <name>. When it comes to Dar'Khan, however, we're all in agreement that a way must be found to defeat him and his legions.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Report to Magister KaendrisGhostlands · Level 1-30

    The magisters at the Sanctum of the Sun have made great progress in analyzing the Scourge's weaknesses with the aid of the Forsaken. Magister Kaendris will know what to do with this information. You'll find the Sanctum of the Sun southwest of here. You must hurry, <name>.

The storyline at a glance

Ghostlands has 41 steps, from The Forsaken to The Traitor's Destruction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ghostlands (41).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Ghostlands 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.