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Root of the World

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

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MrGiblets+14via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Here are the scrolls and text, since they are easily missed. They’re all found in the nearby cave.

Scroll 1- Take left path down in cave and hug the left wall. Found by little bedroll and painted stone by the little pond.
Ways of the Roots--Part I: Serving
Serve the roots, and they will serve you.

Scroll 2- Keep going further into the cave and found on table by larger body of water.
Ways of the Roots-Part 2: Growing
[Page 1]
Many of the roots, and the Cradle, were here long before the haranir. Many came later. Nordrassil, Shaladrassil. Teldrassil, and others were planted over countless ages by those on the surface, but the roots reached out to Harandar.

[Page 2]
The roots speak their names in the languages of the surface folk who planted them. If the roots reach Harandar, we know Aln'hara blesses them and we welcome them to the great knot of Harandar.

[Page 3]
They are tended and protected, but we cannot protect them from the dangers above. The people of that world do not always protect the trees they have planted. We heal what we can. The branches may burn, but the roots will thrive.

Scroll 3- Take right path in cave then in larger area, go west until the pit. Jump along right side, over the root and hug the right wall (or glide over if Demon Hunter or Dracthyr). If you fall, you end up near Scroll 2; hug left wall to go back up.
Ways of the Roots-Part 3: Pruning
If you listen to the roots, they will tell you of most threats but what of threats they do not recognize? If we prune roots they see as healthy, will we be forgiven? Will the roots trust us again?

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 83-88
ZoneHarandar
Quest ID88998

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(88998))

What to do

StorylineLegends Relics, step 6 of 7
Rewards63g 80s, 91,300 XP

Description

The Root of the World is the first gift of the land to the haranir, or so it has been said. We have forgotten much about how the staff came to be in the possession of my people. But the root of the story, if you will permit, begins at a time not long after the haranir first came to Harandar. I trust that together, we can uncover its lost past. It is known that Ruilla the Huntress was a pivotal figure in the events that led to the creation of the staff. Go and see history through her eyes.

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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.

Harandar Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Harandar map showing where to go for Root of the WorldTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2413 54.2 53.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHarandar 54.2, 53.1/way #2413 54.2 53.1
  • Objective areaHarandar 44.3, 38.3/way #2413 44.3 38.3

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 Harandar map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Harandar:

  • The Den, HarandarAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • Har'athir, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east
  • Har'kuai, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,100 yards north-west

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
Money63 gold80 silver
Experience91,300 XP

Storyline

Legends Relics

Part 6 of 7.

Previous: Russula's Outreach · Next: Sky's Hope

  1. 1Wey'nan's Ward
  2. 2The Cauldron of Echoes
  3. 3Aln'hara's Bloom
  4. 4The Echoless Flame
  5. 5Russula's Outreach
  6. 6Root of the World
  7. 7Sky's Hope

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.

  • Russula's OutreachHarandar · Level 83-88

    A weather-worn spear haft, laced with pale mushroom threads, rests in silent vigil. The elders name it Russula's Outreach, yet no tale agrees on what that outreach was, or whom it spared. Was this weapon raised in fury, or lowered in mercy?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Sky's HopeHarandar · Level 83-88

    Sky's Hope: the stone that legend says fell from the sky. Little is known about it besides it being considered a symbol of hope. But why? Following in the path of our ancient ancestor, Awe'ohna, might shed some light on the matter.

Also counted by Legends Never Die

Its criteria name 7 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Legends Relics has 7 steps, from Wey'nan's Ward to Sky's Hope.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Harandar (7).

Other storylines on the Harandar 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Legends Never DieLearn the story of all of the Legends of the Haranir relics listed below.10
  • Legends Never Die: its criteria name 7 quests, this one included. Decor Reward: "On'ohia's Call".