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You will be ambushed by some bandits, so kill them and turn in the questKnowledge of the Past quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN3_sdP-E8c
This quest is part of the Vol'dun A City of Secrets questchain. All Vol'dun quests: Secrets in the Sands <= more info insideID#QuestQuest ChainQuestgiverSubzoneVideo43A City of Secrets[npc=130667]Temple of Akundahttps://youtu.be/CN3_sdP-E8c48A City of Secrets [currency=1553][npc=134533]Zul'Ahjinhttps://youtu.be/vBjR_EvioxwId column is approximate quest № In Vol'dun storyline Secrets in the Sands <= more info
# is additional ordering info. Can take multiple quests at the same time if you see a number there
Quest
Knowledge of the Past
A World of Warcraft quest in Vol'dun. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-60
ZoneVol'dun
Quest ID48896
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(48896))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineA City of Secrets, step 1 of 8
Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP
Description
An old friend of mine came to de sands willingly to gain knowledge of de past. If anyone can locate dis weapon, it would be Julwaba. Last I heard, she planned to excavate de ruins surrounding de great pyramid.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #864 47.4 82.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inVol'dun 47.4, 82.0
/way #864 47.4 82.0 - Objective areaVol'dun 52.7, 89.4
/way #864 52.7 89.4 - Objective areaVol'dun 47.6, 81.9
/way #864 47.6 81.9
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 Vol'dun map
- Dead Men Tell No Tales about 300 yards
- Seafaring Necessities about 300 yards
- The Chef's Apprentice about 310 yards
- Savage Saurolisks about 310 yards
- They Might Be Delicious about 310 yards
- Mystery Meat about 350 yards
- Hungry Mouths To Feed about 360 yards
- Vol'duni Fried Chicken about 360 yards
- Wasteland Survivor about 400 yards
- Stolen Goods about 410 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Vol'dun, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vol'dun:
- Scorched Sands Outpost, Vol'dun
- Temple of Akunda, Vol'dun
- Goldtusk Inn, Vol'dun
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Vol'dun map
Reward details
Reputation: Voldunai +75
Comprised of exiles and scavengers, the Voldunai use their knowledge of the sands to thrive where others would wither and die.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Vol'dun that reward Voldunai reputation: Into the Dunes (+75), Secrets in the Sand (+75), Searching for Survivors (+75), Restorative Venom (+75), A Balm to Calm (+10), Knickknack Takeback (+75).
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
A City of Secrets
Part 1 of 8.
Next: Searching the Ruins
- 1Knowledge of the Past
- 2Searching the Ruins
- 3Creeping Death
- 4Nature's Remedy
- 5Effective Antivenom
- 6The Secrets of Zul'Ahjin
- 7Hollow, Empty Eyes
- 8Sulthis' Stone
Also part of: Dunes of Vol'dun (part 35 of 66).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Searching the Ruins
Dese dunes are crawling with assassins. Nowhere is safe, but we must press on. De ruins aren't far from here. Let's continue our search on foot.
The storyline at a glance
A City of Secrets has 8 steps, from Knowledge of the Past to Sulthis' Stone.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vol'dun (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Vol'dun map
- Champion of the Arena
- The Warguard's Fate
- Blood on the Sand
- Port of Zem'lan
- Goldtusk Inn
- The Sands of Vol'dun
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.