Quest Log

Preservation of Knowledge

Preservation of Knowledge is a quest for level 30-70. It is step 7 of 17 in the Into the Archives storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Azure Span at 46.6, 40.1. It rewards 2 reputation rewards, 9,500 experience and money.

Description

Greetings, <race>. I am Althanus. I wish we could have met in a less... chaotic time.

We were helping the Kirin Tor study the history of this place just a few moments before the Primalists attacked.

I fear several tomes may still be out there, at risk of being destroyed in this dreadful assault.

Please, you must recover these tomes! If they're destroyed, the history of this place will be lost.

Rewards

Money28

Experience9,500 XP

ReputationValdrakken Accord +50, Kirin Tor +100

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at The Azure Span 46.6, 40.1 /way #2024 46.6 40.1
Named in the quest text: Althanus.

Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(67035))

Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	9,500
Money	Gold	28g 9s
Reputation	Valdrakken Accord	+50
Reputation	Kirin Tor	+100

Reward details

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +50

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Reputation: Kirin Tor +100

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.

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	The Azure Span	Turn-in marker at 46.6, 40.1, 12 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inThe Azure Span 46.6, 40.1/way #2024 46.6 40.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Azure Span 45.9, 39.7/way #2024 45.9 39.7

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 Azure Span map

Power Procurement about 90 yards
Nightborne Know-How about 90 yards
Curiosity is Key about 90 yards
A Gateway to Somewhere about 740 yards
The Vigilance of Tyr about 1,100 yards
The Abandoned Outpost about 1,100 yards
Suffusion Camp: Frostburn about 1,120 yards
Booty Bay about 1,840 yards
Incarnates on the Move about 1,840 yards
Zeroing Debt about 1,840 yards

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Azure Span, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Azure Span:

Camp Antonidas, Azure SpanAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards north
Cobalt Assembly, Azure SpanAlliance and Horde · about 750 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 80 yards west

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Into the Archives

Part 7 of 17.

Previous: Assemble the Defenses · Next: Wrath of the Kirin Tor

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 17.

Also part of: Azure Span Chapter 1 (part 14 of 20), The Azure Span (part 6 of 52).

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.

Assemble the DefensesThe Azure Span · Level 30-70
The Primalists have been hunting the Kirin Tor since we arrived in the Azure Span. They detest our practice of arcane magic. I'll send word to Kalecgos to return from the Azure Archives. In the meantime, we need to hold them off.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Wrath of the Kirin TorThe Azure Span · Level 30-70
I've assembled the pieces of the device you recovered. Place it near Khadgar and use it to repel the Primalists! We just need to hold out a little longer until Kalecgos arrives.

The storyline at a glance

Into the Archives has 17 steps, from Into the Azure to Aiding Azure Span.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Azure Span (16), Ohn'ahran Plains (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Azure Spanner Complete the following storylines in the Azure Span.

Other storylines on The Azure Span map

Iskaara Tuskarr Renown70 steps, starts with Stolen Tuskarr Totems
The Blue Dragons63 steps, starts with Keeper of the Ossuary
Tuskarr Troubles12 steps, starts with Ask the Locals
Vakthros12 steps, starts with Calling the Blue Dragons
The Veiled Ossuary20 steps, starts with Keeper of the Ossuary
Decayed Roots10 steps, starts with Breaching the Brackenhide

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.

Prepping For Battle

Presence of Power

Presentation is Everything

Preservation Capitalization

Preservation, Augmentation, or Devastation

Preserve the Legacy

Preserve the True Future

Preserved in Amber

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