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Return to the Temple of Earth

A World of Warcraft quest in Deepholm. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Upper World Pillar Fragment Quest Tree From Whiterock

The War Has Many Fronts{H}* The Battle Is Won. The War Goes On{H}*
|                             |
| S)Hero's Call: Deepholm!(A) | S)Warchief's Command: Deepholm!(H)
├──┼────────────┬─────────────┴──┘
|one out of four|
└┬──────────────┘
S)The Maelstrom
S)Deepholm, Realm of Earth
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a)Gunship Down a)Captain's Log a)The Earth Claims All a)Elemental Energy
 ├──────────────┴───────────────┘
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b)Diplomacy First──>b)The Admiral's Cabin──>b)Without a Captain or Crew
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b)All Our Friends Are Dead──>b)Take No Prisoners
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b)On Second Thought, Take One Prisoner
b)Some Spraining to Do
b)Return to the Temple of Earth──>c)Blood of the Earthwarder
c)Deathwing's Fall
c)Bleed the Bloodshaper    c)Twilight Research
c)Question the Slaves      c)Maziel's Revelation
c)The Forgemaster's Log    c)Maziel's Ascendancy
c)Silvermarsh Rendezvous
c)Quicksilver Submersion
c)The Twilight Overlook──>#)Into the Stonecore(Stonecore)
 |                   |
d)To Catch a Dragon d)Big Game, Big Bait
 |               ┌───┘
d)Testing the Trap                       #)Twilight Documents(Stonecore)
 |                \                      #)Followers and Leaders(Stonecore)
d)Block the Gates d)Abyssion's Minions
 |                /
d)The World Pillar Fragment   The Middle Fragment*
 |                            /
The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet*

Legend:
S menas Skippable
# means Other Zones
(A)/(H) means Alliance/Horde only.
{H} means Quest Have Horde Variant, click {H} for it.
* means another Quest Tree.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneDeepholm
Quest ID26255

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26255))

What to do

StorylineDeepholm, War & Gunships, step 43 of 57
Rewards10g 30s 50c, 3,600 XP

Description

You must get word back to the others at the temple. Chances are, the fragment is already getting moved to a more secure location. Tell Maruut what you know. I'm going to do a little investigating about this Twilight Council in the meantime.

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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.

Deepholm Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Deepholm map showing where to go for Return to the Temple of EarthTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #207 49.6 52.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDeepholm 49.6, 52.9/way #207 49.6 52.9
  • Objective areaDeepholm 64.3, 47.3/way #207 64.3 47.3

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 Deepholm map

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

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 770 yards east

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.

Related
Money10 gold30 silver
Experience3,600 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +150

Reward details

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +150

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Deepholm that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: The World Pillar (+75), The Earth Claims All (+250), Gunship Down (+250), Captain's Log (+75), Diplomacy First (+75), All Our Friends Are Dead (+250).

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

Deepholm, War & Gunships

Part 43 of 57.

Previous: Some Spraining to Do · Next: Deathwing's Fall

  1. 38The Admiral's Cabin
  2. 39Without a Captain or Crew
  3. 40Take No Prisoners
  4. 41On Second Thought, Take One Prisoner
  5. 42Some Spraining to Do
  6. 43Return to the Temple of Earth
  7. 44Deathwing's Fall
  8. 45Blood of the Earthwarder
  9. 46Bleed the Bloodshaper
  10. 47Question the Slaves
  11. 48The Forgemaster's Log
  12. 49Silvermarsh Rendezvous

Showing steps 38 to 49 of 57.

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.

  • Some Spraining to DoDeepholm · Level 30-35

    Hop on, <name>. Let's see what Mr. Ogreface has to say for himself. Don't be shy, Stormbeak's only ever dropped a passenger a couple of times before.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Deathwing's FallDeepholm · Level 30-35

    The Twilight's Hammer involvement in the disappearance of the World Pillar fragment makes complete sense. Let us hope that we can act swiftly enough to recover it. <Maruut places his hand on your shoulder.> I've established a spiritual bond with you.

The storyline at a glance

Deepholm, War & Gunships has 57 steps, from Where's Goldmine? to The World Pillar Fragment.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Deepholm (57).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Deepholm 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.