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The Cipher of Damnation

A World of Warcraft quest in Tanaan Jungle. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest is a part of In Pursuit of Gul'dan.

To get on the The Cipher of Damnation garrison campaign you have to complete all previous Tanaan Jungle campaigns:
All Hands On Deck, The Invasion of Tanaan - an introductory part of the Tanaan questline, can be completed on the same day.
Bane of the Bleeding Hollow, Dark Ascension, The Fate of Teron'gor - a random campaign will appear at your Tanaan Jungle Outpost. You can do only one campaign a week from this list, so it will take you 3 weeks.

The Cipher of Damnation quest chain:


  2. Garrison Campaign: The Warlock

  4. Breaching the Barrier
    Opens the path to [object=241666] treasure. Loot is [item=128320] which deals 13k damage a hit, good for aoe.

  6. The Cipher of Damnation
    [object=241671] becomes available after this quest. Loot is [item=128309].
    Oronok's Offer, after which [follower=468] will join your garrison.


Rewards:
[item=128225]
[item=124551]
[follower=468] follower
2500 reputation with [faction=1847] / [faction=1848]

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 40
LocationTanaan Jungle
CategoryGarrison Campaign
Quest ID39394

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39394))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineGul'dan Finale, step 3 of 3
RewardsBaleful Tunic, Empowered Apexis Fragment, 50g 94s, 1,350 XP

Description

Your ally and I will remove this barrier now, though it will take a greater part of our strength. What lies beyond will not be easy. Gul'dan will have empowered an elemental lord with the Cipher, driving it insane. He will use it to destroy the link between the elements and Draenor. If you destroy that elemental, we could recover the Cipher.

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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.

Tanaan Jungle Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Tanaan Jungle map showing where to go for The Cipher of DamnationTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #534 62.7 27.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTanaan Jungle 62.7, 27.7/way #534 62.7 27.7
  • Objective areaTanaan Jungle 62.2, 30.4/way #534 62.2 30.4
  • Objective areaTanaan Jungle 62.7, 28.0/way #534 62.7 28.0

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 Tanaan Jungle map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tanaan Jungle:

  • Lion's Watch, Tanaan JungleAlliance · about 1,100 yards south
  • Malo's Lookout, Tanaan JungleAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Vault of the Earth, Tanaan JungleAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 100 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 120 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.

Related
Money50 gold94 silver
Experience1,350 XP
ReputationHand of the Prophet +2,500

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeArmor
Item level44
BindingBinds when picked up
UseCreate Chest
Requires level40
Sells to vendors for1 copper
TypeArmor
Item level45
BindingBinds when picked up
UseEmpowering Item
Requires level40
Sells to vendors for5 gold

Reputation: Hand of the Prophet +2,500

Yrel has assembled the remaining Exarchs and is calling for a crusade in Velen's name. Together they are working to establish a foothold in Tanaan Jungle and to overthrow Gul'dan.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

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

Gul'dan Finale

Part 3 of 3.

Previous: Breaching the Barrier

  1. 1Garrison Campaign: The Warlock
  2. 2Breaching the Barrier
  3. 3The Cipher of Damnation

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.

  • Breaching the BarrierLevel 40

    The ritual site is already prepared, and it is protected by a barrier... one that I created. I can destroy the barrier, but I will need three items currently in use at Forge Camp Vengeance. If you can get those ritual items, I will meet you at the Corrupted Refuge and remove the barrier.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Level 40.

Also counted by In Pursuit of Gul'dan

Its criteria name 6 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Gul'dan Finale has 3 steps, from Garrison Campaign: The Warlock to The Cipher of Damnation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaan Jungle (3).

Other storylines on the Tanaan Jungle 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

In Pursuit of Gul'danComplete the Garrison Campaign chapters listed below.10