Lessons From the Past is a quest for level 30-35 in Uldum. It is step 54 of 101 in the Uldum storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Uldum at 64.5, 28.0. It rewards 4,800 experience and money.
This unfortunate explorer has clearly suffered a bit of bad luck in the recent past.
Prudence dictates that you perform the unenviable task of searching the corpse for clues that might shed light on your surroundings...
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To complete this quest, take it, and talk to the NPC again. Take the second option, and voila, quest complete.
The NPC you're looking for is Schnottz Scout. He's in the same room located around 63,32.
Are you sure? When I saw him he was a normal human that happened to be dead. Also, there is a big ! floating over him...
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 4,800 |
| Money | Gold | 10g 30s |
| Turn-in map | Uldum | Turn-in marker at 64.5, 28.0, 3 mapped points |
|---|
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #249 64.5 28.0
TheWoWDB/way #249 64.5 28.0/way #249 63.2 33.3Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Uldum, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Uldum:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 54 of 101.
Previous: Be Prepared · Next: Be Prepared
Showing steps 49 to 60 of 101.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Every adventurer worth their salt knows never to step foot in a cave, dungeon, crypt or tomb without an ample supply of rope... right? You can never have too much of this stuff! You resolve to scrounging every scrap of it you can find from the skeletons here.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Every adventurer worth their salt knows never to step foot in a cave, dungeon, crypt or tomb without an ample supply of rope... right? Well, mine was in that wagon full of explosives that you set off. How about searching around here and seeing if you can't find some.
Uldum has 101 steps, from Easy Money to The Coffer of Promise.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Uldum (101).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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