Quest Log

The Cache in the Crag

The Cache in the Crag is a quest for level 70. It is step 30 of 44 in the Azerothian Archives storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Forbidden Reach at 14.2, 15.0. It rewards 9,500 experience and money.

Description

<This barrel is salt-encrusted and buried amongst the rubble but remarkably intact.

It looks like the sort of mundane cache that villagers would use to store goods, but no one has lived here for thousands of years. Could there still be something inside?

Roska will want to have a look at this!>

Rewards

Money28

Experience9,500 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at The Forbidden Reach 14.2, 15.0 /way #2151 14.2 15.0

Known issues

Top Comments

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BasesqtJan 17, 2024+16via Wowhead

90% of the times the totem doesn't appear because it spawns in the he slanted terrain. Another untested quest. Be patient and keep on clicking. Binding an interaction key myght make things easier.

MarrimJan 19, 2024+7via Wowhead

So in order to make this work, I had to
1. Accept the quest from the cache
2. Fly far away and come back
3. Accept the quest from Roska
4. Fly far away and come back.
5. Accept the dialog to start the quest.
Only then did the whole interface appear
oh and only when there was no one else trying at the same time.
REALLY BLIZ, DID YOU TEST THIS BUGGY MESS BEFORE PUTTING IT OUT?

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(77151))

Top Comments

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

BasesqtJan 17, 2024+16via Wowhead

90% of the times the totem doesn't appear because it spawns in the he slanted terrain. Another untested quest. Be patient and keep on clicking. Binding an interaction key myght make things easier.

MarrimJan 19, 2024+7via Wowhead

So in order to make this work, I had to
1. Accept the quest from the cache
2. Fly far away and come back
3. Accept the quest from Roska
4. Fly far away and come back.
5. Accept the dialog to start the quest.
Only then did the whole interface appear
oh and only when there was no one else trying at the same time.
REALLY BLIZ, DID YOU TEST THIS BUGGY MESS BEFORE PUTTING IT OUT?

TigerReiJan 18, 2024+1via Wowhead

My problem is that I can get the totem to spawn but I can't start digging. Edit: Ok, I had to drop the quest, fly away, fly back and then pick it up again for it to work.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	9,500
Money	Gold	28g 9s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	The Forbidden Reach	Turn-in marker at 14.2, 15.0, 2 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inThe Forbidden Reach 14.2, 15.0/way #2151 14.2 15.0
Objective areaThe Forbidden Reach 14.1, 14.7/way #2151 14.1 14.7

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 Forbidden Reach map

The Scary Vault of Ur about 1,340 yards
Zskera Vault: Az about 1,340 yards
Zskera Vault: Ix about 1,340 yards
Zskera Vault: Kx about 1,340 yards
Wings of Mercy about 1,590 yards
Return to Viridia about 1,600 yards
Stemming the Irontide about 1,600 yards
An Eclectic Accord about 1,600 yards
Return to the Reach about 1,620 yards
Sending Stone: Protest about 1,640 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

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Forbidden Reach:

Morqut Islet, Forbidden ReachAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-east
Morqut Village, The Forbidden ReachAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards south-east
Wingrest Embassy, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 4,200 yards south

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

Azerothian Archives

Part 30 of 44.

Previous: Surveying the Cliffside · Next: A Taste of the Past

Showing steps 25 to 36 of 44.

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.

Surveying the CliffsideLevel 70
Nothing like brisk ocean air to get you in the mood to dig! We're standing in the rubble of an ancient dragonkin fishing village. These dragonkin were ancestors of the blue dragonkin that live on the island today.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

A Taste of the PastLevel 70
Usually, we go to great lengths to avoid busting artifacts open, but I think in this case we'll learn more about the past from what's inside than just staring at a sealed barrel. That said, there's someone we should get permission from first. It's her history, after all.

The storyline at a glance

Azerothian Archives has 44 steps, from To the Archives! to Graduation Day.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thaldraszus (14), The Forbidden Reach (9), Zaralek Cavern (8), Ohn'ahran Plains (4).

Other storylines on The Forbidden Reach map

Evoker Tablets16 steps, starts with Sending Stone: Protest
A Creche Divided10 steps, starts with Hidden Legacies
Adamanthia3 steps, starts with Our Destiny
The 5th Essence3 steps, starts with Our Destiny
Technoscrying: Dragonskull Island3 steps, starts with The Fate of Scalecommander Abereth

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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