TheWoWDBBeryl Mage Hunters can be found around 42,40. They have a special attack called Frost Cut, which reduces attack speed, cast speed and movement speed by 5% per stack. Each successful strike will apply a stack. Debuff has a 1 second duration so if the attack misses or is dodged, the entire stack will wear off.
The drop rate of the keys is pretty decent as I got one after about 6 kills.
The prisons are located on the platforms. The one I used was at 41,42.
Quest
Prison Break
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You can actually use the key on the same prison over and over until you get the freed one. I too, had the 'it's too late for me' but it does work....maybe after three tries.
I hope this helps somebody.
I'm putting this as close to the top as I can in the hopes that I can prevent others from making the same mistake I did. You only need one key! Once it drops, you don't need another one. If the first prison box you open results in the prisoner dying, just try again with the same key on either the same or different box (I did the same box twice - the first time the prisoner died, the second time it resulted in quest completion)
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11587
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11587))
What to do
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 78 of 182
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
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. The camp just south of ours is where our investigation begins. I call upon you to rescue one of the imprisoned mages held there. You must obtain a key from one of the mage hunters and use it to open an arcane prison.
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 areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #114 45.3 33.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 45.3, 33.4
/way #114 45.3 33.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 41.6, 39.5
/way #114 41.6 39.5
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 Borean Tundra map
- King Mrgl-Mrgl about 750 yards
- Adopt a Tadpole about 750 yards
- Unleashing Judgment about 760 yards
- Arcane Unleashed about 760 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 760 yards
- Honor the Flame about 760 yards
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg about 800 yards
- A Tundra Conundrum about 800 yards
- Warchief's Command: Borean Tundra! about 820 yards
- A Bolt from the Blue about 1,030 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
- 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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Reward details
Reputation: Kirin Tor +250
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), Abduction (+250), The Borean Inquisition (+25), The Art of Persuasion (+150), Sharing Intelligence (+10).
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 78 of 182.
Previous: Monitoring the Rift: Winterfin Cavern · Next: Abduction
- 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
- 84Reforging the Key
Showing steps 73 to 84 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: Winterfin Cavern
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.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Abduction
<name>, we have a situation. I've just learned that one of our archmages en route from Dalaran has gone missing. Naturally, we suspect the mage hunters are behind her disappearance. Time is clearly of the essence.
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.