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Recovering Ancient Fire

Recovering Ancient Fire is a Horde-only quest for level 20-60 in Nazmir. It is step 6 of 7 in the This is the Pits storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Vol'dun at 66.2, 58.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 8,150 experience and money.

Description

Zaluto has a crazy plan to kill Zulajin. Never thought a guard could come up with something so clever.

Dere is ancient mojo throughout dis place... who knows what it used to be? But I sense something I can use.

De statues sinking in de tar pits have de fire mojo still burning in dem. We will need it to kill Zulajin.

Take my fetish and use it to absorb what's left of de fire in dese statues.

Just don't get dat fire too close to de tar!

Rewards

You will receive:

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationZandalari Empire +75
Top Comments

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varenne+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Use quest item [item=156480] near the statues

/way 25.53 51.56 Statue 01
/way 24.66 50.17 Statue 02
/way 25.98 47.78 Statue 03
/way 24.56 45.26 Statue 04

Recovering Ancient Fire quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPgjVOdYMPs
This quest is part of the Nazmir Сaravan to Vol'dun questchain. All Nazmir quests: The Dark Heart of Nazmir <= more info inside

ID
#
Name
Questchain
Questgiver
Subzone
Video
118
An Unfortunate Event
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=135784]
Burial Mound
https://youtu.be/9yj0Rzor4Js
119
1
Won't Leaf Him to Die
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/qsgGS7jt0LM
120
2
No Problem Tar Can't Solve
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/Gd_kLzPGprk
121
3
On The Run
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=130930]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/v38453mD0a4
122
Don't Go into the Light
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/v-SZiVH0r8E
123
Bad To The Bone
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=130930]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/GnrK2s9_JGA
124
Recovering Ancient Fire
Сaravan to Vol'dun [currency=1553]
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/xPgjVOdYMPs
125
Catch Me if You Can
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=130930]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/1tfwmz54mXI

Id column is approximate quest № In Nazmir storyline
# is additional ordering info. Can take multiple quests at the same time if you see a number there

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyAzerite50
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
ReputationZandalari Empire+75

Reward details

Reputation: Zandalari Empire +75

The oldest empire of Azeroth, the Zandalari are powerful trolls who bargain with fearsome loa and whose navy is unmatched on the Great Sea.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Nazmir that reward Zandalari Empire reputation: Won't Leaf Him to Die (+75), No Problem Tar Can't Solve (+75), On The Run (+75), Don't Go into the Light (+10), Bad To The Bone (+75), Catch Me if You Can (+150).

Currency: Azerite x 50

The blood of Azeroth crystalizes into chunks of Azerite, an extremely potent and powerful material.

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 mapVol'dunTurn-in marker at 66.2, 58.8, 3 mapped points
Objective areaNazmir2 mapped points
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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.

Vol'dun Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Vol'dun map showing where to go for Recovering Ancient FireTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #864 66.2 58.8

Nazmir Objective area 2 mapped points
Nazmir map showing where to go for Recovering Ancient FireObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #863 25.6 51.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVol'dun 66.2, 58.8/way #864 66.2 58.8
  • Objective areaVol'dun 66.7, 52.5/way #864 66.7 52.5
  • Objective areaVol'dun 66.6, 56.4/way #864 66.6 56.4
  • Objective areaNazmir 25.6, 51.6/way #863 25.6 51.6
  • Objective areaNazmir 26.1, 47.7/way #863 26.1 47.7

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 Vol'dun map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Vol'dun, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vol'dun:

  • Vulpera Hideaway, Vol'dunHorde · about 760 yards north-west
  • Zo'bal Ruins, NazmirHorde · about 920 yards north-east
  • Zul'jan, NazmirHorde · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 290 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 120 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 100 yards north-east (on the Nazmir map)

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

This is the Pits

Part 6 of 7.

Previous: Bad To The Bone · Next: Catch Me if You Can

  1. 1On The Run
  2. 2No Problem Tar Can't Solve
  3. 3Won't Leaf Him to Die
  4. 4Don't Go into the Light
  5. 5Bad To The Bone
  6. 6Recovering Ancient Fire
  7. 7Catch Me if You Can

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.

  • Bad To The BoneNazmir · Level 20-60

    I will not leave here without killing Zulajin, or else it will just go after de next caravan dat comes through. I have a plan, but we must work together to pull it off. Dere are skeletal raptors roaming in de area. I do not know what voodoo brought dem here, but we need dem gone.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Catch Me if You CanNazmir · Level 20-60

    Alright, de time has come for you to face Zulajin yourself! Jin'Tiki's fetish has de power of some ancient fire in it now. You will ride my raptor here to lure Zulajin into de tar pits. After dat... you will use de fetish to light de tar pits on fire! Dat should be enough to kill Zulajin.

The storyline at a glance

This is the Pits has 7 steps, from On The Run to Catch Me if You Can.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazmir (6), Vol'dun (1).

Other storylines on the Vol'dun map

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.

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