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Ritual Ruination

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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zhengmaii+52via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)
Gul'dan yells: Ah, the Book is here at least... borne by one whose meddlesome handwork I know well! Come to join the winning side, "hero"?

So, Gul'dan identified the dude with the book as the Commander back on Draenor, the one that messed with him repeatedly, including busting HFC and killing his ex-employer Archimonde.

Yet he trusted him with THE most powerful stick in the entire universe, one that, if used properly, might just finish his assignment then and there, believing that this Commander, this General/Warlord, this leader of Council of the Black Harvest, was there only because he has defected.

And he got betrayed. Backstabbed.

The idiocy is...wow...just...wow.

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golgotha72+41via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So i have submitted comments to this error on Blizzards forums, and i seemed to receive a lot of hate for complaining about the fact that they have not fixed this issue. I got 10 dislikes (down votes). But not one single reply to tell me that i was wrong or making a hasty judgement.
As others have experienced, there sometimes is a bug when trying to complete the destruction warlock artifact quest chain Ritual Ruination. If you go through the process and get to the point where you select the scepter of sargeras, but then experience not being able to complete the last section (ruin the ritual) by clicking the alter, the quest will not finish. It's hung logic. The way it is written you won't be able to finish it because it is saying you have the scepter already and left the area. QA from Blizzard has to go in and do one of three things - 1. wipe the quest completely, causing you to start over from the beginning. 2. hard delete the scepter from your warlock's inventory cache on their backup of your account so that the quest will recognize you did not pick it up yet, therefore allowing you to pick it up again, thereby triggering the rest of the event as intended. 3. hard complete that section of the quest for you on their server and porting you directly to the class order hall in order to complete the end of the artifact chain.
A few other key notes. Users have tried everything within their reach to fix this - i.e. waiting for the NPC to respawn and kill him again, dying to see if that resets it, closing the game and coming back on, closing the game and deleting the WTF, CACHE, and INTERFACE files from the WoW folder to reset these from the main server, trying to abandon the quest - which will not work based on the fact that you have the scepter in hand. So it is clear that Blizzard's QA must get involved in order to fix this one issue. I am sure they are trying to fix many other issues out there, but for those of us that wish to play as destruction, you are out of luck. If you didn't pick another artifact, choosing to start with destruction, you can't get into the class order hall, you can't open your artifact to display the talent tree, you can't pick a starting zone, and you can't begin your warlock specific quest chains.
I'd say this is a pretty significant problem that is not being addressed.

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iymeko+26via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I managed to get past the unclickable scepter bug. I dunno which part of this is essential but here's what I did:

1. Relogged

2. Had to fight Allaris again

3. Got the unclickable scepter bug again

4. Reloaded UI (/reload)

The scepter was clickable after reload. Hope this works for someone else.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
CategoryArtifact
Quest ID43254

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43254))

Requirements

ClassWarlock

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereDreadscar Rift, Dalaran, Dalaran, Broken Shore
StorylineScepter of Sargeras, step 3 of 3
Rewards60g 66s, 18,400 XP

Description

Time for main event, friend! Gul'dan wants to begin his big ritual, cause end times for this world. Calydus confident getting the Scepter will stop that plan. Take this bat to Tomb of Sargeras, find ritual, steal Scepter. Oh... and get out! Calydus will help when he can! Good luck, friend!

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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.

Dreadscar Rift Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Dreadscar Rift map showing where to go for Ritual RuinationTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #717 37.8 30.7

Dalaran Quest turn-in no plotted point
Dalaran Objective area 5 mapped points
Dalaran map showing where to go for Ritual RuinationObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #627 75.0 43.0

Broken Shore Objective area 4 mapped points
Broken Shore map showing where to go for Ritual RuinationObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #646 60.6 25.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDreadscar Rift 37.8, 30.7/way #717 37.8 30.7
  • Objective areaDalaran 75.0, 43.0/way #627 75.0 43.0
  • Objective areaDalaran 60.9, 44.6/way #627 60.9 44.6
  • Objective areaBroken Shore 60.6, 25.3/way #646 60.6 25.3
  • Objective areaBroken Shore 59.0, 26.8/way #646 59.0 26.8

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 Dreadscar Rift map

Other quests whose map markers the client places on Dreadscar Rift.

Related
Money60 gold66 silver
Experience18,400 XP

Storyline

Scepter of Sargeras

Part 3 of 3.

Previous: An Eye for a Scepter

  1. 1Finding the Scepter
  2. 2An Eye for a Scepter
  3. 3Ritual Ruination

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.

  • An Eye for a ScepterLevel 10-45

    Sounds simple? Make nice with Shadow Council friend must... for now. Help with ritual enough to gain trust, then turn tables! Council made portal device to Tol Barad here. Go, help Shadow Council find Eye of Dalaran, earn spot in big ritual! Then steal Scepter!

After this quest

Taken from a quest that requires this one.

  • The Heart of the DreadscarLevel 10-45

    Friend has the artifact! Now Jagganoth does not stand a chance! Quickly, you must go back to Dreadscar Rift! You may still be able to save your friends from Jagganoth's vengeance. If you take the heart of the overlord, his army will be yours to command!

The storyline at a glance

Scepter of Sargeras has 3 steps, from Finding the Scepter to Ritual Ruination.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (1), Dalaran (1), Dalaran (1).

Other storylines on the Dalaran 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.