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Quest
Tainted Cores
A World of Warcraft quest in Maldraxxus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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For anyone not being familiar with the background of the name of this quest: [item=31088] were a core mechanic in the fight of [npc=21212], final boss of the Serpentshrine Cavern Raid during The Burning Crusade. A rather annoying one, to be precise, as the [npc=22009] dropping it would despawn 15 seconds or so after killing it; all the while tons of other adds would have to be managed. To make things even better, originally the player holding a [item=31088] was rooted, requiring them to throw it to another raid-member within range thus building a daisy-chain all the way to one of the pylons where they had to be used in order to deactivate [npc=21212]'s shield.
PS: This is also why [npc=162487], her dead counterpart within Maldraxxus (Shadowlands), refers to the hero as being the person having killed her.
If you are used to put out the item (crystal) before you starting to kill your target you need to be fast because the crystal despawn in like 3 sec and you don´t get credit if you are to slow.
Just relax and do it after the you killed the minions.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-54
ZoneMaldraxxus
Quest ID59210
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(59210))
What to do
StorylineMatron of Spies, step 5 of 10
Rewards24g 33s 60c, 7,350 XP
Description
This lich seeks a reward for his assault on the House of Eyes. But the power he craves will be his downfall. We will use our knowledge of his secret ritual to lure him out of the House of Rituals. Take these crystals, {name}. Charge them with anima reclaimed from Mor'Bitan's slain minions. But fracture them first, so that they shatter as the ritual nears completion... but not before Mor'Bitan believes that it has begun. That is when we will strike.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1536 73.6 44.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inMaldraxxus 73.6, 44.6
/way #1536 73.6 44.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Maldraxxus 67.7, 45.9
/way #1536 67.7 45.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Maldraxxus 71.1, 51.1
/way #1536 71.1 51.1 - Objective areaMaldraxxus 67.7, 46.0
/way #1536 67.7 46.0
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 Maldraxxus map
- To Maldraxxus about 330 yards
- Ritualistic Murder about 330 yards
- A Plague a Day Keeps the Doctor Away about 330 yards
- I Don't Even Work Here about 330 yards
- A Poor Imitation about 330 yards
- Get Your Jabs about 330 yards
- RSVP: Baroness Vashj about 380 yards
- Baroness Vashj's Best Friend about 380 yards
- Akarek Avenged about 460 yards
- You Can Only Die about 460 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Maldraxxus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Maldraxxus:
- Renounced Bastille, Maldraxxus
- Keres' Rest, Maldraxxus
- Plague Watch, Maldraxxus
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Money24 gold33 silver
Experience7,350 XP
Other quests on the Maldraxxus map
Storyline
Matron of Spies
Part 5 of 10.
Previous: War is Deception · Next: Entangling Web
- 1A Common Peril
- 2Prey Upon Them
- 3Glorious Pursuits
- 4War is Deception
- 5Tainted Cores
- 6Entangling Web
- 7Vaunted Vengeance
- 8Seek Your Mark
- 9Straight to the Heart
- 10Her Rightful Place
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.
- War is Deception
You have proven a useful ally, <name>. Mephiles undoubtedly possesses a wealth of information for us. However, the House of Rituals is unforgiving when it comes to betrayal. He will not talk. Not that it matters. The House of Eyes has ways to...
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Entangling Web
It would seem we have a means of luring Mor'Bitan to us. But what good is a web if the prey can run free? For these rituals to work, the liches require a magical conduit. They draw runes with finely ground maldracite to channel anima.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Matron of Spies has 10 steps, from A Common Peril to Her Rightful Place.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Maldraxxus (10).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Maldraxxus map
- A Golden Dawn
- The House of Rituals
- Theater of Pain
- Righteous Retribution
- House of Constructs
- The House of Eyes
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.