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Quest
On Borrowed Time
A World of Warcraft quest in Thaldraszus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You likely picked up this quest at the same time you grabbed Align in the Sand, and did them together. If you go to the completion ? for this one you find nothing, but if you highlight Align in the Sand it'll take you to Chromie who has them both.
Turn in is located at another "copy" of Chromie on a rocky ledge at
/way 61 80
Quest facts
Quest ID76142
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(76142))
Description
I need you to fetch me some time-lost essence. The creatures around here are filled to the brim with the stuff. Snuff them out and then use this epoch extractor to collect their essence. We'll make good use of it for our next step! And yes, this is going to be a multi-step process. You know how crazy these time shenanigans get!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2025 61.4 79.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inThaldraszus 61.4, 79.7
/way #2025 61.4 79.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Thaldraszus 58.3, 80.9
/way #2025 58.3 80.9 - Objective areaThaldraszus 52.3, 79.5
/way #2025 52.3 79.5
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 Thaldraszus map
- Temporal Tuning about 180 yards
- Return to the Present about 230 yards
- Back to Reality about 230 yards
- Time-Locked Timewalkers about 230 yards
- Catching Up to Chromie about 230 yards
- The Once and Future Team about 230 yards
- Cracks in Time about 230 yards
- The Never-Final Countdown about 230 yards
- Back to the Future about 230 yards
- Tumbling Through Time about 230 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thaldraszus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thaldraszus:
- Temporal Conflux, Thaldraszus
- Shifting Sands, Thaldraszus
- Eon's Fringe, Thaldraszus
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Flightstonesx 10
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP
Reward details
Currency: Flightstones x 10
Earned from completing world quests, raids, dungeons, battlegrounds, arena matches, and other activities. Used to upgrade max-level gear.
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
Dawn of the Infinites
Part 3 of 8.
Previous: Align in the Sand · Next: Chro-me?
- 1Dawn of the Infinite
- 2Align in the Sand
- 3On Borrowed Time
- 4Chro-me?
- 5Morchie Mayhem
- 6Who's That Chromie?
- 7Dawn of the Infinite: Chrono-Lord Deios
- 8Rewind and Reconcile
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.
- Align in the Sand
So, the timeways, yeah? They're VERY misaligned. And you know how we bronzes hate that! So we need to realign time with these temporal hourglasses. Just plop them down throughout Eon's Fringe. But you know me, always needing to help! So I'll be placing another hourglass nearby.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Chro-me?
One result of your "time realignment" is that it seems to have summoned... me? Well, alternate timeline versions of me. I've never seen so many Chromies in one place! And while they all may be cute, they're playing havoc on the local timeways.
The storyline at a glance
Dawn of the Infinites has 8 steps, from Dawn of the Infinite to Rewind and Reconcile.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thaldraszus (8).
Other storylines on the Thaldraszus map
- Thaldraszus
- Dragon Isles Emissary
- Time Management
- Azerothian Archives
- Valdrakken, City of Dragons
- Rebel Resurgence
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.