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idWhile We Were SleepingZoneCoordinatesNoteVideo1Forbidden Reach58.43 70.5658.60 68.90 Cave Entrancehttps://youtu.be/M5SV69aLO5U?t=02Forbidden Reach58.93 72.3458.60 68.90 Cave Entrancehttps://youtu.be/M5SV69aLO5U?t=03[object=385830]Forbidden Reach55.37 35.87https://youtu.be/M5SV69aLO5U?t=446In Zskera Vault (Random)28.50 55.66Az Level 2https://youtu.be/M5SV69aLO5U?t=1227In Zskera Vault (Random)29.04 58.25Az Level 1https://youtu.be/M5SV69aLO5U?t=2098In Zskera Vault (Random)28.46 57.71Az Level 4https://youtu.be/M5SV69aLO5U?t=229
/way #2151 58.60 68.90 1 & 2 Cave Entrance
/way #2151 58.43 70.56 1 Sending Stone: Protest
/way #2151 58.93 72.34 2 Receiving Stone: Final Warning
/way #2151 55.37 35.87 3 Sending Stone: Initial Report
/way #2151 59.63 64.91 4 Journal Entry: Experiments
/way #2151 50.85 43.46 5 Journal Entry: RelicsINSIDE THE In Zskera Vault can take up to 30 [item=202196] to find the correct room. the dungeon resets each week
/way #2151 28.50 55.66 6 Journal Entry: The Creches
/way #2151 29.04 58.25 7 Journal Entry: Silence
/way #2151 28.46 57.71 8 Sending Stone: The Prisoner
Quest
Sending Stone: Initial Report
A World of Warcraft quest in The Forbidden Reach. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If you want to read the actual report for the lore, you need to inspect the floating book by Scalecommander Azurathel: [object=388711].
It will have all of the segments you've found so far (and its wowhead page also includes all the sections).
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Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(74902))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
<This sending stone still holds ancient words spoken from Adamanthia to Neltharion in an old draconic dialect.> <Scalecommanders would have a great interest in the contents of this document.>
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2151 35.4 59.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Forbidden Reach 35.4, 59.4
/way #2151 35.4 59.4 - Objective areaThe Forbidden Reach 55.4, 35.8
/way #2151 55.4 35.8
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 The Forbidden Reach map
- Honor the Flame about 50 yards
- Return to Viridia about 60 yards
- Stemming the Irontide about 60 yards
- An Eclectic Accord about 60 yards
- Wings of Mercy about 70 yards
- Return to the Reach about 140 yards
- The Scary Vault of Ur about 350 yards
- Zskera Vault: Az about 350 yards
- Zskera Vault: Ix about 350 yards
- Zskera Vault: Kx about 350 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Forbidden Reach, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Forbidden Reach:
- Morqut Village, The Forbidden Reach
- Morqut Islet, Forbidden Reach
- Wingrest Embassy, The Waking Shores
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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Reward details
Reputation: Dark Talons +350
Led by the brave Scalecommander Cindrethresh, the Dark Talons were trained to be the secret weapon of the black dragonflight. Today, these dracthyr use their skills to turn the tide of any battle regardless of how outnumbered they are.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in The Forbidden Reach that reward Dark Talons reputation: Creche Fallen (+250), The Best We Have (+150), Inheritance (+250), An Interdisciplinary Approach (+250), Keeping the Flame at Bay (+250), A Creche Divided (+250).
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
Evoker Tablets
Part 16 of 16.
Previous: Sending Stone: Protest
- 5Journal Entry: Experiments
- 6Journal Entry: Relics
- 7Journal Entry: The Creches
- 8Journal Entry: Silence
- 9Journal Entry: Experiments
- 10Sending Stone: The Prisoner
- 11Journal Entry: Relics
- 12Journal Entry: The Creches
- 13Journal Entry: Silence
- 14Receiving Stone: Final Warning
- 15Sending Stone: Protest
- 16Sending Stone: Initial Report
Showing steps 5 to 16 of 16.
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.
- Sending Stone: Protest
<This sending stone still holds ancient words spoken from Adamanthia to Neltharion in an old draconic dialect.> <Scalecommanders would have a great interest in the contents of this document.>
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · The Forbidden Reach · Level 70.
Also counted by While We Were Sleeping
Its criteria name 16 quests; others include:
- Sending Stone: Protest
- Sending Stone: Initial Report
- Sending Stone: The Prisoner
- Receiving Stone: Final Warning
- Journal Entry: Experiments
- Journal Entry: Relics
- Journal Entry: The Creches
- Journal Entry: Silence
The storyline at a glance
Evoker Tablets has 16 steps, from Sending Stone: Protest to Sending Stone: Initial Report.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Forbidden Reach (16).
Other storylines on The Forbidden Reach map
- A Creche Divided
- Azerothian Archives
- Adamanthia
- The 5th Essence
- Technoscrying: Dragonskull Island
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.
- While We Were Sleeping: its criteria name 16 quests, this one included.