TheWoWDBIn case it isn't clear, you use Arcanometer at the mouth of the cave(Which as the above co-ordinates). You do not need to enter the cave for this quest.
Quest
Monitoring the Rift: Winterfin Cavern
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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For those of you without coordinates, here's where it is on a Map
Co-ords for the cave are 40,19
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID12728
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12728))
What to do
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 77 of 182
RewardsCavernous Gauntlets, 
Spaulders of Echoing Truth, 
Wristguards of Rocky Horror, 21g, 5,150 XP
Cavernous Gauntlets, Spaulders of Echoing Truth, Wristguards of Rocky Horror, 21g, 5,150 XPDescription
I need to compile my notes and prepare a presentation for my colleagues in Dalaran. While I do, I must ask that you visit the Winterfin Cavern to the north. You must use the Arcanometer while standing in the mouth of the cavern. Return to me at once when you have the data. My documentation will be incomplete without it.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #114 45.0 33.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 45.0, 33.4
/way #114 45.0 33.4 - Objective areaBorean Tundra 39.9, 20.1
/way #114 39.9 20.1
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 Borean Tundra map
- Unleashing Judgment about 740 yards
- Arcane Unleashed about 740 yards
- King Mrgl-Mrgl about 750 yards
- Adopt a Tadpole about 750 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 780 yards
- Honor the Flame about 780 yards
- Warchief's Command: Borean Tundra! about 810 yards
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg about 810 yards
- A Tundra Conundrum about 820 yards
- A Bolt from the Blue about 1,020 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Borean Tundra, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:
- Amber Ledge, Borean Tundra
- Transitus Shield, Coldarra
- Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Choose one of these rewards:
Other quests on the Borean Tundra map
3D Model
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Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeCloth Hands
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +8 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for23 gold8 silver
TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for34 gold9 silver
TypeMail Wrist
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +5 Haste, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for23 gold97 silver
TypePlate Waist
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for23 gold35 silver
Reputation: Kirin Tor +350
The mages and archmages running the city of Dalaran. Faced with the rising threats of the Blue Dragonflight and the Scourge, they've transported their city to the heart of Northrend.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Kirin Tor reputation: Monitoring the Rift: Cleftcliff Anomaly (+150), Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm (+150), Prison Break (+250), Abduction (+250), The Borean Inquisition (+25), The Art of Persuasion (+150).
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
Borean Tundra
Part 77 of 182.
Previous: Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm · Next: Prison Break
- 72Unfit for Death
- 73The Culler Cometh
- 74The Assassination of Harold Lane
- 75Monitoring the Rift: Cleftcliff Anomaly
- 76Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm
- 77Monitoring the Rift: Winterfin Cavern
- 78Prison Break
- 79Abduction
- 80The Borean Inquisition
- 81The Art of Persuasion
- 82Sharing Intelligence
- 83A Race Against Time
Showing steps 72 to 83 of 182.
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.
- Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm
Did you feel that?! That was just an aftershock... you should've been here a few minutes ago! I'm afraid I must call upon your services again. My instruments indicate that there is an immense disruption just west of here, far beneath the water's surface.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Prison Break
Greetings, <class>. I am Donathan, a loyal representative of Dalaran. Forgive my abruptness, but we find ourselves in the midst of a crisis. Mages all across Azeroth are being abducted and I have been authorized to conscript anyone able to assist in the unraveling of this mystery.
Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean
Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:
- Them!
- Succulent Orca Stew
- Surrender... Not!
- Keymaster Urmgrgl
- Escape from the Winterfin Caverns
- The Emissary
- Traversing the Rift
- The Hunt is On
Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean
Its criteria name 23 quests; others include:
- Them!
- Succulent Orca Stew
- Surrender... Not!
- Keymaster Urmgrgl
- Escape from the Winterfin Caverns
- The Emissary
- Return My Remains
- The Plains of Nasam
The storyline at a glance
Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map
- Winterfin Retreat
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- The Veiled Ossuary
- The Blue Dragons
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.
Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10
- Nothing Boring About Borean: its criteria name 19 quests, this one included.
- Nothing Boring About Borean: its criteria name 23 quests, this one included.