TheWoWDBIf you are wondering where it is - it's inside L'ghorek - once you enter the area and turn in the pre-req you will go all the way to the right or left to the very back side.
Quest
Runestones of Binding
A World of Warcraft quest in Abyssal Depths. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Entrance is at 35,40
7 runestones in 14 kills.
The Twilight Candidates also drop Twilight Cage Key which starts a quest to release the horde prisoners in the same area.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneAbyssal Depths
Quest ID26141
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26141))
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Abyssal Depths, step 36 of 43
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
ON THE OTHER... SIDE OF... MY CHAMBER THERE... ARE... CANDIDATES FOR ASCENSION. WE WILL NEED... THEIR... RUNESTONES OF BINDING... TO CREATE A... MEANS OF CONTROLLING... A BOUND ELEMENTAL.
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.
Nearby on the Abyssal Depths map
- Full Circle about 700 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Abyssal Depths, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Abyssal Depths:
- Tenebrous Cavern, Vashj'ir
- Darkbreak Cove, Vashj'ir
- Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'ir
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Other quests on the Abyssal Depths map
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths
Part 36 of 43.
Previous: Communing with the Ancient · Next: Ascend No More!
- 31... It Will Come
- 32Unplug L'ghorek
- 33Fiends from the Netherworld
- 34Fiends from the Netherworld
- 35Communing with the Ancient
- 36Runestones of Binding
- 37Ascend No More!
- 38Prisoners
- 39Prisoners
- 40Twilight Extermination
- 41All that Rises
- 42Defending the Rift
Showing steps 31 to 42 of 43.
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.
- Communing with the Ancient
Place the dead merciless one upon your head to pose as one of their slaves. Enter L'ghorek. Commune with the ancient.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Ascend No More!
TO STOP... THEIR... RITUALS OF ASCENSION... YOU MUST DESTROY... THE ANCIENT CONDUITS. THEY USE... THE CONDUITS TO... SIPHON... MY ENERGIES AWAY... AND MAKE... ASCENDANTS. A FIGHT WITH... NEPTULON IS IMMINENT. THE TWILIGHT'S HAMMER... MUST BE DENIED... THESE CREATURES.
The storyline at a glance
Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths has 43 steps, from Bio-Fuel to Defending the Rift.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Abyssal Depths (30), Kelp'thar Forest (12), Vashj'ir (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Abyssal Depths map
- Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
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.