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Search the Bole

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

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cephadex+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Key drops from Crazed Ancients/Withered Ancients. Go down the road until you see a short stone pillar to your left (on the map this area is indicated by a dotted path to the left of the main road). Turn left, keep hanging left down a dirt path in half a circle till you go upward into a cave. Go through the cave, many more crazed ancients/withered ancients on your way, then you'll wind up in a little outdoor area depicted in the screenshots on this page. The box is on a bench to your right. Using the key open the box and inside is your item.

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974325+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you have done (part of) this questline pre-cataclysm, you might have the key already.
After killing a lot of Crazed Ancients/Withered Ancients I remembered having some keys in the bank from when the keyring dissapeared, got it out of the bank and opened the chest

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 7-30
ZoneAshenvale
Quest ID26477

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26477))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineAshenvale, Alliance, step 18 of 50
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

I wish your tidings were better. Raene is correct, I know about Dartol's creation and the treants in the area--at least I did once. They've become corrupted now, their nature twisted. To find the next piece of the rod, you'll have to find the key to open the chest it's in. The wooden key is on one of the treants northeast of here near the Felwood border, at the Howling Vale. Once you have it, look for a small glade through the tunnel at the vale. The chest should be hidden around there.

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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.

Ashenvale Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Ashenvale map showing where to go for Search the BoleTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #63 59.2 59.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAshenvale 59.2, 59.7/way #63 59.2 59.7
  • Objective areaAshenvale 55.0, 40.7/way #63 55.0 40.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ashenvale 54.5, 37.5/way #63 54.5 37.5

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 Ashenvale map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ashenvale:

  • Stardust Spire, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,500 yards west
  • Astranaar, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,500 yards west
  • Forest Song, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,600 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 770 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 890 yards north

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 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationDarnassus +250

Reward details

Reputation: Darnassus +250

This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Ashenvale that reward Darnassus reputation: Supplies to Auberdine (+500), Don't Forget the Horde (+250), Of Their Own Design (+250), Naga of the Strand (+250), West to the Strand (+10), Delivery for Orendil (+25).

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

Ashenvale, Alliance

Part 18 of 50.

Previous: Dryad Delivery · Next: Playing Possum

  1. 13A Trip to the Moonwell
  2. 14He Who Would Be Forgiven
  3. 15In the Hands of the Perverse
  4. 16All's Well
  5. 17Dryad Delivery
  6. 18Search the Bole
  7. 19Playing Possum
  8. 20Retaking Mystral Lake
  9. 21The Goblin Braintrust
  10. 22Three Friends of the Forest
  11. 23In a Bind
  12. 24Clear the Shrine

Showing steps 13 to 24 of 50.

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.

  • Dryad DeliveryAshenvale · Level 7-30

    Ah, there you are, <name>. I've pored over the notes Teronis has made and it sounds like your next course of action is to find the other pieces of Dartol's rod. I would start by heading east along the road to Raynewood Tower. A dryad there named Shael'dryn is better suited to guide you.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Playing PossumAshenvale · Level 7-30

    The last piece of the rod is held by druids of the claw. I asked their leader, Oso Bramblescar, to give it to me, but he and his guardians nearly killed me! Clearly they too were affected by the Horde's corruption of the Forest Heart.

The storyline at a glance

Ashenvale, Alliance has 50 steps, from Bathran's Hair to The Forest Heart.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ashenvale (50).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Ashenvale 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.