TheWoWDBEntrance at the base of the tower (51.9,33.0). Research notes will be highlighted laying on tables or in bookshelves. They are guarded by lesser mobs.
Quest
Research Ruination
A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
Quest ID59772
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(59772))
Requirements
RepeatsDaily
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereIcecrown, around 45.0, 44.8
Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP
Description
The Cult of the Damned continue their work within the halls of Aldur'thar. Infiltrate their chambers and destroy their research. It may not stop them, but it will buy us valuable time.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #118 45.0 44.8
Coordinates
- Objective areaIcecrown 45.0, 44.8
/way #118 45.0 44.8
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 Icecrown map
- Scourge War Machines same spot
- Frozen Solid same spot
- A New Foothold same spot
- Cult Couture same spot
- Secrets in Shadows same spot
- A Message from Above same spot
- Only Shadows Remain same spot
- Fighting for Attention same spot
- Bursting the Bubble same spot
- Frontline Resupply same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Icecrown, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Icecrown:
- The Shadow Vault, Icecrown
- Death's Rise, Icecrown
- Argent Tournament Grounds, Icecrown
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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 3 comments
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/way 51.9 34.5 Entrance
The entrance is not at the base of the tower, but on the first tier. The coordinates given are right for location of entrance.
Reward details
Reputation: Argent Crusade +75
Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Currency: Argent Commendation x 3
Commendation from the Argent Crusade in northern Icecrown for actions taken against the invading forces of the Shadowlands.
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 this quest fits
Other storylines on the Icecrown map
- Icecrown
- Return of the Scourge
- Class Mount: Death Knight
- An Uncertain Fate
- Lorewalking: Arthas
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.