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Secrets in the Ruins

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

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

I got it in Shadowplay. "Ancient Highborne Notebook <Most of the notebook is filled with notes from various magical experiments.> Once again my request for information on the process by which the weapon artificers in the Eternal Palace use to imbue their creations with power has been denied. I have already reached out to many of my contacts, but the identity of the artificiers is a well-guarded secret. It seems I will have to convince one of her handmaidens to let me study their weapon. <The book continues on, listing handmaidens of Azshara and the magical weapons they currently wield.>"

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50
ZoneNazjatar
Quest ID55570

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55570))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineTurning the Tide, step 6 of 13
Rewards23g 40s, 6,800 XP

Description

This was once a place of great power. The highborne who lived here would host lavish parties, living in splendor. Zin-Azshari was once on the shores of the Well of Eternity and drew powerful mages from all over the empire to study here. I suspect, despite the many years at the bottom of the sea, there are still treasures and powerful artifacts hidden away here. Speak with the spirits that remain and see what you can find. There must be something to help us overcome the Guardian of the Tidestone.

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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.

Nazjatar Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Nazjatar map showing where to go for Secrets in the RuinsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1355 74.2 40.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNazjatar 74.2, 40.1/way #1355 74.2 40.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Nazjatar 77.8, 27.2/way #1355 77.8 27.2
  • Objective areaNazjatar 74.6, 25.9/way #1355 74.6 25.9

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 Nazjatar map

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

Getting there

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

  • Orise's Vigil, NazjatarAlliance · at the same spot
  • Kelya's Grave, NazjatarAlliance and Horde · about 430 yards north
  • Utama's Stand, NazjatarAlliance · about 540 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 400 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 410 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
Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP
ReputationWaveblade Ankoan +75

Reward details

Reputation: Waveblade Ankoan +75

An ancient species of deep sea warriors, the Waveblade Ankoan traverse the deepest and most dangerous parts of the ocean.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Nazjatar that reward Waveblade Ankoan reputation: A Brief Respite (+500), Creature Study: Zanj'ir Naga (+150), The Laboratory of Mardivas (+500), Where the Road Leads (+150), The Lost Shaman (+25), Elemental Fury (+75).

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

Turning the Tide

Part 6 of 13.

Previous: Echoes of Pain · Next: Help Them See the Truth

  1. 1A Bolt Hole
  2. 2Utama's Vengeance
  3. 3What Remains of Zin-Azshari
  4. 4Shoring Up Mana Reserves
  5. 5Echoes of Pain
  6. 6Secrets in the Ruins
  7. 7Help Them See the Truth
  8. 8Purging the Defilers
  9. 9The Javelins of Azshara
  10. 10There's Something in the Water
  11. 11The Spear of Destiny
  12. 12Changing Tides
  13. 13The Eternal Palace: Queen's Gambit

Also part of: Welcome to Nazjatar (part 43 of 47).

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.

  • Echoes of PainNazjatar · Level 50

    These spirits... they are the Highborne. They were those Azshara held close. Azshara often played favorites, but these people... they were her favorites. I do not know why their spirits are here. We should investigate further.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Help Them See the TruthNazjatar · Level 50

    The information you have gleaned concerns me, <name>. These spirits cling to this place because they still, even now, believe in Azshara and her reign. She sold their lives to the void and they still believe in her. I know we have concerns that outweigh this, but I cannot leave them here like this.

The storyline at a glance

Turning the Tide has 13 steps, from A Bolt Hole to The Eternal Palace: Queen's Gambit.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazjatar (12), Zin-Azshari (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Nazjatar 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.