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Investigating the Unknown

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 36-80
ZoneZaralek Cavern
Quest ID74557

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(74557))

What to do

StorylineInherited Sin, step 8 of 10
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

We can only assume that something ambushed the marching djaradin. Who could have done this? We should investigate it before we proceed.

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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 6 mapped points
Zaralek Cavern map showing where to go for Investigating the UnknownTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2133 53.6 30.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZaralek Cavern 53.6, 30.2/way #2133 53.6 30.2
  • Objective areaZaralek Cavern 53.6, 30.1/way #2133 53.6 30.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zaralek Cavern 53.5, 30.4/way #2133 53.5 30.4

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:

  • Obsidian Rest, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 270 yards north-west
  • Loamm, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south
  • Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 2,100 yards south-west

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

Inherited Sin

Part 8 of 10.

Previous: Air Superiority · Next: Break Them Out

  1. 1Here We Go Again
  2. 2The Obsidian Rest
  3. 3Report: Battlefield Ruins
  4. 4Blow It Up
  5. 5Thinning Their Defenses
  6. 6Intercepting Communications
  7. 7Air Superiority
  8. 8Investigating the Unknown
  9. 9Break Them Out
  10. 10Worst of the Worst

Also part of: Zaralek Cavern (part 49 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.

  • Air SuperiorityZaralek Cavern · Level 36-80

    <As Ignax looks up, you see a small smile appear on his face.> Few of my soldiers have experience fighting alongside dragons. What a glorious day. Their presence gives us confidence, <class>. Now we must put an end to the djaradin's advance once and for all.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Break Them OutZaralek Cavern · Level 36-80

    Cages, chains and transportation carts... I think we all know where this leads. If the drakonids plan on capturing and enslaving the slitherdrakes, then they are no better than the djaradin. See what you can do to thwart their plans.

The storyline at a glance

Inherited Sin has 10 steps, from Here We Go Again to Worst of the Worst.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zaralek Cavern (10).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

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.