TheWoWDBSome advice when completing this quest - you want to toggle on walk (rather than run) so that you can slowly walk over the runes. If you run too fast, you miss spots, and it can be pretty finicky as the quest credit requires that you cover EVERY little spot on the runes.
I toggled on walk and slowly completed each rune one by one, and had much less hassle with this.
The default key for toggle run/walk is Num Lock /. You change this key by going to Game Menu --> Key Bindings --> Movement Keys and changing the key for "Toggle Run/Walk"
Quest
Pop Quiz: Advanced Rune Drawing
A World of Warcraft quest in Azsuna. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I do believe we've found the most irritating quest of this expansion.
When you accept the quest, a pattern will appear on the floor. It is the pattern of the first rune you need to trace.
When you run over the pattern, it will fill in with a visual effect wherever you touch it. The effect corresponds to whatever the rune is, i.e. arcane, fire or frost.
The idea is to run over the entire pattern, so all the lines are filled in with the spell effect. When the pattern is filled in correctly, it will disappear with a flash and it will be replaced by the next rune that needs to be traced. When you have traced the final rune, the quest will complete.
When the pattern seems all filled-in but you do not get credit for it, it is likely that there is a small spot not filled in somewhere that is difficult too see. In this case you may have to trace the pattern again. It can help slowing down to walking pace, instead of running, when tracing the pattern.
Edit: Just did this quest again in patch 8.3 and it looks like it has been heavily nerfed, i.e. the pattern is marked as complete before you have filled it in in its entirety, making the quest much easier.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneAzsuna
Quest ID37729
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(37729))
What to do
StorylineAzsuna versus Azshara, step 14 of 20
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP
Description
Still aching to get into the headmistress' study, eh? I suppose I can let you in... as long as you prove that you've been studying. Proper rune formation is essential when it comes to spellcasting. If you can draw a rune, you can cast a spell. I will provide outlines for you. You can simply use your feet to trace the runes.
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 #630 51.0 36.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzsuna 51.0, 36.5
/way #630 51.0 36.5 - Objective areaAzsuna 51.3, 36.5
/way #630 51.3 36.5
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 Azsuna map
- Knocked for a Loop about 100 yards
- Prepping For Battle about 330 yards
- Sentinel's Final Duty about 330 yards
- The Magister of Mixology about 330 yards
- Presentation is Everything about 330 yards
- The Druid's Debt about 340 yards
- Cursed, But Convenient about 340 yards
- The Absent Priestess about 340 yards
- Battle for Azsuna about 340 yards
- A Rather Long Walk about 340 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azsuna, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azsuna:
- Azurewing Repose, Azsuna
- Illidari Stand, Azsuna
- Felblaze Ingress, Azsuna
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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Reward details
Reputation: Court of Farondis +150
The ghostly Court of Farondis and its allies continue the fight against an onslaught of invaders on the cursed island of Azsuna.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Azsuna that reward Court of Farondis reputation: From Within (+150), They Came From the Sea (+150), Our Very Bones (+150), Dark Revelations (+250), Saving Stellagosa (+150), The Walk of Shame (+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
Azsuna versus Azshara
Part 14 of 20.
Previous: Study Hall: Combat Research · Next: The Headmistress' Keys
- 9Dressing With Class
- 10Hit the Books
- 11The Haunted Halls
- 12Wanding 101
- 13Study Hall: Combat Research
- 14Pop Quiz: Advanced Rune Drawing
- 15The Headmistress' Keys
- 16The Tidestone: Shattered
- 17Save Yourself
- 18The Head of the Snake
- 19Eye of Azshara: Wrath of Azshara
- 20Eye of Azshara: The Tidestone of Golganneth
Showing steps 9 to 20 of 20.
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.
- Study Hall: Combat Research
What's this? A new, confused student, desperately trying to win the favor of the headmistress, wandering the halls without anything to do? Perfect! I need help with my research. I'm writing a paper on combat. Grab me some books from the shelf over there.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Headmistress' Keys
I have a suspicion you are avoiding your studies - but I can see you're anxious to see the Headmistress. Very well! Headmistress Azuremoon can be found up ahead, though I doubt she will enjoy being interrupted.
The storyline at a glance
Azsuna versus Azshara has 20 steps, from Those Who Remember to Eye of Azshara: The Tidestone of Golganneth.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azsuna (18), Eye of Azshara (1), Dalaran (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Azsuna map
- Defending Azurewing Repose
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Enchanting
- Behind Legion Lines
- Balance of Power
- Against the Giants
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.