Order is:
1. Arcane
2. Frost.
3. Fire.
4. Shadow.for the quest after, this.
Quest
Professionally Good Looking
A World of Warcraft quest in Azshara. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Anyone on Remix getting leaving the timeline and getting ported to Dalaran while trying to fly there? Im on heroic Tier if that changes anything.
The apprentices aren't phased - you may end up standing around for a while waiting for them to respawn because someone else just bested them.
Have "fun".
Quest facts
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Description
The archmage has recently locked himself away in his tower. If you wish to enter, you'll need help from some of his apprentices. I'm afraid you won't get it dressed like that. Xylem has a thing for... outfits, and his apprentices use them to show rank. If you wish his apprentices to help you, you'll need to appear their superior. Such is their desire to impress the archmage, many of his apprentices will battle each other for the best pieces. I think you know where this is going.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #76 25.0 38.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzshara 25.0, 38.5
/way #76 25.0 38.5 - Objective areaAzshara 80.8, 32.0
/way #76 80.8 32.0 - Objective areaAzshara 62.5, 16.1
/way #76 62.5 16.1 - Objective areaAzshara 45.5, 18.4
/way #76 45.5 18.4
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 Azshara map
- Xylem's Asylum about 40 yards
- Wasn't It Obvious? about 170 yards
- Easy is Boring about 170 yards
- The Trial of Shadow about 550 yards
- Chasing Gallywix about 550 yards
- Still Beating Heart about 560 yards
- Field Promotion about 560 yards
- Extermination about 570 yards
- Head of the Snake about 570 yards
- Ticker Required about 570 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azshara, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azshara:
- Gates of Sothann, Hyjal
- Valormok, Azshara
- Bilgewater Harbor, Azshara
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Storyline
Xylem Challenge
Part 6 of 10.
Previous: Arms: The Thieving Apprentice · Next: Order of Incantations
- 1Subtlety: The Thieving Apprentice
- 2Havoc: The Thieving Apprentice
- 3Frost: The Thieving Apprentice
- 4Survival: The Thieving Apprentice
- 5Arms: The Thieving Apprentice
- 6Professionally Good Looking
- 7Order of Incantations
- 8The Archmage Accosted
- 9A Portal Away
- 10A Gift From the Six
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.
- Arms: The Thieving Apprentice
The Focusing Iris has been stolen from the Dalaran Vaults! The thief was a mage of some skill, but we've been unable to track him.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Order of Incantations
The barrier shielding the tower can only be opened by activating the imbued gems in the correct order. The order is only known to Xylem and his inner circle of apprentices. No others have yet been able to decipher the code, and mistakes are met with deadly consequences.
The storyline at a glance
Xylem Challenge has 10 steps, from Subtlety: The Thieving Apprentice to A Gift From the Six.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (8), Dalaran (2).
Other storylines on the Azshara map
- Azshara
- Twilight Highlands
- A Golden Opportunity
- The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist
- Mists of Pandaria
- Legion Blacksmithing
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.