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Know Thy Enemy

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

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AkiraD+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

While you are on this quest, I cannot stress this enough, get all the treasures and kill all the rares in Zaqali Caldera!

The buff and damage that Ebyssian provides is overpowered and amazing. I was curious to try soloing a rare after taking on a few groups of elites without losing health and quickly noticed I was able to solo the elite rares as a Havoc Demon Hunter ilvl 400. (I started an LFG group to "tank" for others that needed the rares as well, cause why keep all this power to yourself?) Although someone with cloth armor may have a harder time tanking, I encourage any DPSer out there to hold onto the buff as long as you can and get some good value out of it, as well as progress towards Adventurer of Zaralek Cavern!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-80
ZoneZaralek Cavern
Quest ID72910

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(72910))

What to do

StorylineThe Ancient Bargain, step 4 of 16
RewardsDark Nail, Staff of the Unlit Sky, Grounded Stone Focus, 28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

That djaradin called her people the "Zaqali"--but my troops did not report any information regarding a second active djaradin tribe in the Dragon Isles. I detest an unknown in war. We will need to learn what we can about them--and quickly--in order to assess their strengths and weaknesses. I have found the best way to know a culture is to examine how they make war. Slay any you find in the nearby area and take their armaments. I will expect your report.

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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 12 mapped points
Zaralek Cavern map showing where to go for Know Thy EnemyTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2133 30.3 41.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZaralek Cavern 30.3, 41.0/way #2133 30.3 41.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zaralek Cavern 32.8, 42.5/way #2133 32.8 42.5
  • Objective areaZaralek Cavern 30.3, 40.9/way #2133 30.3 40.9
  • Objective areaZaralek Cavern 35.4, 41.9/way #2133 35.4 41.9

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:

  • Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards south-east
  • Obsidian Rest, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards north-east
  • Loamm, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 380 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP
ReputationValdrakken Accord +130

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePolearm Two-Hand
Item level382
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon559 - 1,039 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+295 Strength, +442 Stamina, +135 Versatility, +104 Haste
Suited toFrost, Blood, Unholy, Retribution, Arms, Fury
Requires level70
Sells to vendors for116 gold57 silver
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level382
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon679 - 919 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+295 Agility, +442 Stamina, +125 Haste, +115 Mastery
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Requires level70
Sells to vendors for116 gold15 silver
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level382
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+249 Stamina, +70 Mastery, +65 Haste, +509 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Requires level70
Sells to vendors for56 gold76 silver
TypeGun Ranged
Item level382
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon466 - 866 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+295 Agility, +442 Stamina, +132 Haste, +108 Critical Strike
Suited toMarksmanship, Beast Mastery
Requires level70
Sells to vendors for117 gold
TypeWand Ranged
Item level382
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon126 - 210 damage, speed 2.0
Stats+147 Intellect, +221 Stamina, +68 Haste, +52 Mastery
Suited toArcane, Fire, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction
Requires level70
Sells to vendors for116 gold53 silver
TypeShield Shield
Item level382
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor1,801
Stats+166 Strength, +249 Stamina, +73 Mastery, +62 Versatility, +509 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Requires level70
Sells to vendors for60 gold76 silver

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +130

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Other quests in Zaralek Cavern that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: Secrets From Our Father (+60), Sight Beyond Sight (+130), Legends of the Zaqali (+130), Take Out the Head (+130), Battlefield Triage (+130), Rushing Quality (+130).

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

The Ancient Bargain

Part 4 of 16.

Previous: Legends of the Zaqali · Next: Take Out the Head

  1. 1Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
  2. 2Sight Beyond Sight
  3. 3Legends of the Zaqali
  4. 4Know Thy Enemy
  5. 5Take Out the Head
  6. 6Consequences
  7. 7Battlefield Triage
  8. 8Rushing Quality
  9. 9Alliance of Convenience
  10. 10Shut Them Down
  11. 11A Scale for a Scale
  12. 12From Hell's Heart

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 16.

Also part of: Zaralek Cavern (part 29 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.

  • Legends of the ZaqaliZaralek Cavern · Level 10-80

    Because of our recent conflicts, I have been researching the djaradin. Our archives had little information on their elders. Legends say that they were once great warlords who now slumber beneath the earth.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Take Out the HeadZaralek Cavern · Level 10-80

    While you and Ebyssian were away, I had an epiphany. That corrupted caldera is at the center of the Zaqali elder's slumbering prison and their war camps. Whatever is located within is the key to what the Primalists are planning. It is lightly guarded as well. Only a Primalist and a Zaqali priest.

The storyline at a glance

The Ancient Bargain has 16 steps, from Where There's Smoke, There's Fire to In the Wake of the Ashes.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zaralek Cavern (15), Valdrakken (1).

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.