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Salvaging the Past

Salvaging the Past is a Horde-only quest for level 1-30 in Ghostlands. It is step 22 of 41 in the Ghostlands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ghostlands at 46.0, 31.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Can you believe it? We have an actual functioning arcane sanctum up and running southeast of here: the Sanctum of the Sun. All manner of important magisters have come to take part in running it.

Of course they've all forgotten about the Sanctum of the Moon. Not much remains of it and its energies have given rise to bizarre creatures.

I'm not one to let good resources go to waste, however. Go to the Sanctum of the Moon and see if you can recover the crystallized essences from the creatures there.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationTranquillien +1,000
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationTranquillien+1,000

Reward details

Reputation: Tranquillien +1,000

Once a high elf town, Tranquillien became abandoned after the Scourge invaded Quel'Thalas. It has now been reclaimed by the Forsaken and the blood elves who seek to rid the Ghostlands of the Scourge.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Ghostlands that reward Tranquillien reputation: Suncrown Village (+1,000), Goldenmist Village (+1,000), Windrunner Village (+3,000), The Fallen Courier (+1,000), Delivery to Tranquillien (+250), The Plagued Coast (+1,000).

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 it comes from
Turn-in mapGhostlandsTurn-in marker at 46.0, 31.9, 13 mapped points
World Map

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.

Ghostlands Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #95 46.0 31.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGhostlands 46.0, 31.9/way #95 46.0 31.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 33.1, 33.2/way #95 33.1 33.2

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 Ghostlands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ghostlands:

  • Tranquillien, GhostlandsHorde · about 40 yards north-west
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Zul'Aman, GhostlandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 430 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Ghostlands

Part 22 of 41.

Previous: Tomber's Supplies · Next: The Plagued Coast

  1. 17Bring Me Kel'gash's Head!
  2. 18WANTED: Knucklerot and Luzran
  3. 19Culinary Crunch
  4. 20Trouble at the Underlight Mines
  5. 21Tomber's Supplies
  6. 22Salvaging the Past
  7. 23The Plagued Coast
  8. 24Down the Dead Scar
  9. 25Rotting Hearts
  10. 26Spinal Dust
  11. 27Investigate An'daroth
  12. 28Into Occupied Territory

Showing steps 17 to 28 of 41.

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.

  • Tomber's SuppliesGhostlands · Level 1-30

    How am I supposed to supply the war effort when I cannot even safely get my supplies here? I was promised an escort that never came. And then, I had to leave one of my carts behind to the west when I was attacked by a band of ghouls! Want to help out, and get me open for business in the process?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Plagued CoastGhostlands · Level 1-30

    To find a cure for the plague we need to understand how it affects different creatures, from the most complex life forms to the lowliest subspecies. I've come here to study the murlocs since, like us, they've retained free will in undeath. What makes these lowly mongrels so special?

Also counted by Ghostlands Quests

Its criteria name 21 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Ghostlands has 41 steps, from The Forsaken to The Traitor's Destruction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ghostlands (41).

Other storylines on the Ghostlands 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.

Ghostlands QuestsComplete the Ghostlands storylines listed below.20
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Salvaging What's Left
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