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The Activation Rune

A World of Warcraft quest in Un'Goro Crater. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneSholazar Basin
LocationUn'Goro Crater
Quest ID12547

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12547))

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 63 of 65
RewardsSpaulders of the Runeseeker, Legguards of Guided Travel, Seeing-Eye Belt, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

This colossal being appears to be inactive. You notice an empty rune-shaped slot on its chest. Perhaps you might be able to find the missing rune inside the nearby overlook.

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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.

Un'Goro Crater Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Un'Goro Crater map showing where to go for The Activation RuneTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #78 47.4 9.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inUn'Goro Crater 47.4, 9.2/way #78 47.4 9.2
  • Objective areaUn'Goro Crater 48.2, 2.5/way #78 48.2 2.5

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 Un'Goro Crater map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Un'Goro Crater:

  • Mossy Pile, Un'Goro CraterAlliance and Horde · about 780 yards south
  • Marshal's Stand, Un'Goro CraterAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south
  • Shadebough, FeralasAlliance · about 1,800 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for34 gold45 silver
TypeLeather Legs
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for48 gold18 silver
TypeMail Waist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for25 gold20 silver
TypePlate Feet
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +11 Critical Strike, +8 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for35 gold25 silver

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

Sholazar Basin

Part 63 of 65.

Previous: The Etymidian · Next: Back Through the Waygate

  1. 54Salvaging Life's Strength
  2. 55Cultist Incursion
  3. 56Exterminate the Intruders
  4. 57Weapons of Destruction
  5. 58The Lifewarden's Wrath
  6. 59Freya's Pact
  7. 60Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Perch
  8. 61Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Overlook
  9. 62The Etymidian
  10. 63The Activation Rune
  11. 64Back Through the Waygate
  12. 65Reclamation

Showing steps 54 to 65 of 65.

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.

  • The EtymidianSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    It is time, <name>. The Waygate has been activated for the first time in seven centuries. Use it to travel to where our final hope lies. Let us put an end to those who would seek to bring the taint of undeath to this pristine land. Let us unleash the Etymidian.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Back Through the WaygateSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    You speak the truth, <race>. I can sense the very essence of Sholazar Basin begin to fray by the blight of undeath even as we speak. I've bound my being into the rune, <race>. Deliver it to she who sent you here -- for only her power can grant me passage to her lands.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Un'Goro Crater 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.