Quest

Into the Dark

A World of Warcraft quest in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Hjorthie2023-06-23T07:07:54-05:00+24via Wowhead

This quest takes place inside a specific kind of Aberrus instance. You need to access this specific Aberrus instance through either Sabellian or Wrathion whom are both located at 48 , 13. You talk to either of them, and they'll send you to the correct instance.
DO NOT FLY INTO THE ACTUAL RAID.

sarahlogic2023-06-02T10:25:31-05:00+17via Wowhead

When I jumped down into the cosmic pool before Sarkareth's chamber, I died from falling damage. This doesn't happen when running the raid, and doesn't seem to be related to a storyline aspect, so possibly a bug.
Update: this has happened in the raid a few times to me and several of my raid members during normal and heroic raid. There is some speculation that it's related to network lag, but it is still a bit of a mystery as it doesn't happen every time and hard to find a definitive commonality.

KazzakMonk2023-06-06T14:27:51-05:00+17via Wowhead

Don't you find it strange that the 2 dragons need to ride a flying taxi instead of just flying?. Perhaps it is to add the "sneaky-stealth mission" feeling to the whole ordeal...

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-80

ZoneAberrus, the Shadowed Crucible

LocationZaralek Cavern, Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible, Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible, Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible

Quest ID75018

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(75018))

Requirements

Requires all ofHonorbound, A Traitor's Due, Remnants

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

My Blacktalon forces continue to secure the laboratory, but I think we are done here, {name}. We have secured some slitherdrakes to take us down to the central platform. From there we can continue below, to where Sarkareth fell. I am certain Ebyssian and Emberthal will benefit from our presence.

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.

Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Quest turn-in no plotted point

Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Objective area no plotted point

Coordinates

Turn-inZaralek Cavern 48.3, 10.2/way #2133 48.3 10.2

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 Zaralek Cavern map

Restless Death about 1,100 yards
Stain Removal about 1,100 yards
Cataloging Horror about 1,100 yards
A Ghastly Legacy about 1,100 yards
A Tower Yonder about 1,710 yards
Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion about 1,850 yards
Antiquated Antics about 1,860 yards
Surveying the Tower about 1,860 yards
Hidden in the Midden about 1,860 yards
The Tools of the Dragonkillers about 2,060 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:

Obsidian Rest, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 800 yards south
Loamm, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 2,200 yards south
Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 2,900 yards south

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.

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Money28 gold9 silver

Experience9,500 XP

Into the Darkest Depths

Into the Darkest Memories

Into The Darkness

Into the Darkway

Storyline

A Flame, Extinguished

Part 5 of 8.

Previous: Honorbound · Next: All the Broken Pieces

Also part of: Zaralek Cavern (part 67 of 72).

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.

HonorboundAberrus, the Shadowed Crucible · Level 10-80
<The djaradin's body is gaunt and wasted, its life energy siphoned away by the hungry machines that power this dark laboratory. Perhaps there are other djaradin imprisoned here that can be spared from this horror.>

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

All the Broken PiecesAberrus, the Shadowed Crucible · Level 10-80
Emberthal is in mourning. In truth, she has been grieving for Sarkareth for some time now. The way forward is for her to determine. We can only be there to support her along the way. There are shards of Sarkareth's signet scattered all over this room. Would you gather them?

The storyline at a glance

A Flame, Extinguished has 8 steps, from A Flame, Extinguished to Symbol of Hope.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zaralek Cavern (6), Valdrakken (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Embers of Neltharion Complete the following storylines leading up to, and inside, Zaralek Cavern.

Other storylines on the Zaralek Cavern map

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
Inherited Sin10 steps, starts with Here We Go Again

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.