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Surveying Cyphers

Surveying Cyphers is a quest for level 60 in Zereth Mortis. It is step 9 of 12 in the Forming an Understanding storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Zereth Mortis at 33.7, 49.4. It rewards 8,150 experience and money.

Description

There are many consoles such as that one scattered throughout Zereth Mortis.

They have all been beyond my understanding, but perhaps that creature intends to reveal their meaning to us?

Fortunately, I know where there are more. I will mark them on your map, and accompany you... for research, of course.

Let us see what this creature's purpose is.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Shammldavis+14via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Experienced a bug where I cannot see firim in the cave after completing the quest. I left the cave and came back in..i went to oribos and relogged, came bag and still no firim. I had to abandon the quest and redo it. I didn't hearth to haven this time after doing the 4th stage, and I had a successful turn in.

2
Monatoet+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

West Concordance /way 38.86, 48.45
Southwest Concordance /way 32.35, 62.94
South Concordance /way 49.27, 71.64
"Location" (cave entrance) /way 51.69, 62.74
(just travel through Provis Fauna, so you dont end up on top of the hill)

In the cave you have to kill "Maw-Frenzied Lupine" before you can attune Dormant Echoism.

Video: https://youtu.be/RtUpyQpbr94

Read all 12 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyCyphers of the First Ones5
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s

Reward details

Currency: Cyphers of the First Ones x 5

|L290-Echoes of the power used to forge reality itself. Can be deciphered at Firim's Cypher Console in Exile's Hollow.|l

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 mapZereth MortisTurn-in marker at 33.7, 49.4, 11 mapped points
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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.

Zereth Mortis Quest turn-in 11 mapped points
Zereth Mortis map showing where to go for Surveying CyphersTurn-inTurn-inTurn-inTurn-inTurn-inTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1970 33.7 49.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZereth Mortis 33.7, 49.4/way #1970 33.7 49.4
  • Turn-inZereth Mortis 34.6, 48.2/way #1970 34.6 48.2
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 38.9, 48.6/way #1970 38.9 48.6
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 32.3, 62.8/way #1970 32.3 62.8
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 49.3, 71.5/way #1970 49.3 71.5
  • Objective areaZereth Mortis 52.4, 62.9/way #1970 52.4 62.9

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 Zereth Mortis map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zereth Mortis:

  • Faith's Repose, Zereth MortisAlliance and Horde · about 180 yards north-east
  • Haven, Zereth MortisAlliance and Horde · about 520 yards south
  • Rondure AlcoveAlliance and Horde · about 560 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 250 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 450 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 1,100 yards south-east

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

Forming an Understanding

Part 9 of 12.

Previous: Now You May Speak · Next: Cyphers of the First Ones

  1. 1Danger Near and Far
  2. 2A Mysterious Voice
  3. 3Core of the Matter
  4. 4Seeking the Unknown
  5. 5Finding Firim
  6. 6Security Measures
  7. 7Unseen Agents
  8. 8Now You May Speak
  9. 9Surveying Cyphers
  10. 10Cyphers of the First Ones
  11. 11The Way Forward
  12. 12Patterns Within Patterns

Also part of: Patch Intro (part 38 of 40).

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.

  • Now You May SpeakZereth Mortis · Level 60

    You truly brought me an oracle! Intact even! I have never known these divine beings to speak to anyone but automa. There is so much we could learn from her about Zereth Mortis. You must tell me everything!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Cyphers of the First OnesZereth Mortis · Level 60

    The way is not quite clear, but the first steps have been made. It seems the divine construct has taken more of a liking to you than to me. Now that it has given you the beginnings of understanding, see what else it wishes to show you. The results should be enlightening.

The storyline at a glance

Forming an Understanding has 12 steps, from Danger Near and Far to Patterns Within Patterns.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zereth Mortis (12).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Zereth Mortis 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.

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