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Quest
The Core's Keeper
A World of Warcraft quest in The Storm Peaks. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The entrance on map. Fly mount req. Entrance looks almost like an old clock.
Since nobody else has, I thought I should say...
It looks bloody amazing inside that vault!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneThe Storm Peaks
Quest ID13274
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13274))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Storm Peaks, step 63 of 113
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Prospector Soren's notes say that Norgannon's Core is in the keeping of a sentinel named Athan, one of Mimir's creations. Soren says the vault where Athan resides is called "Loken's Bargain" these days. Loken, eh? The earthen have mentioned him. The vault is said to be southwest of the ruined Explorers' League camp, with a round entrance on a mountainside overlooking the Valley of Ancient Winters. Find this Athan and get the core from him, but I wouldn't be surprised if you were in for a fight.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #120 56.3 52.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Storm Peaks 56.3, 52.2
/way #120 56.3 52.2 - Objective areaThe Storm Peaks 56.4, 52.1
/way #120 56.4 52.1 - Objective areaThe Storm Peaks 37.3, 49.7
/way #120 37.3 49.7
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 The Storm Peaks map
- Operation: Troggageddon about 40 yards
- Gnomercy! about 40 yards
- For Gnomeregan! about 40 yards
- Spark of Genius about 1,360 yards
- Telemetry Online about 1,360 yards
- A Signal in Storm Peaks about 1,390 yards
- The Huntsman's Creed about 1,640 yards
- Homeward Bound about 1,660 yards
- Reverberation about 1,660 yards
- Walk a Mile in Her Shadows about 1,750 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Storm Peaks, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Storm Peaks:
- Dun Niffelem, The Storm Peaks
- Camp Tunka'lo, The Storm Peaks
- Ulduar, The Storm Peaks
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Storyline
The Storm Peaks
Part 63 of 113.
Previous: Going After the Core · Next: Forging the Keystone
- 58Fate of the Titans
- 59Fury of the Frostborn King
- 60The Master Explorer
- 61The Brothers Bronzebeard
- 62Going After the Core
- 63The Core's Keeper
- 64Forging the Keystone
- 65Xarantaur, the Witness
- 66The Witness and the Hero
- 67Memories of Stormhoof
- 68Distortions in Time
- 69Where Time Went Wrong
Showing steps 58 to 69 of 113.
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.
- Going After the Core
With Norgannon's Shell in hand, only half of the archive key remains to be found. Luckily, I've had the Explorers' League hard at work chasing down leads about the whereabouts of Norgannon's Core.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Forging the Keystone
Aha! Here it is: the Temple of Invention, the seat of Keeper Mimir himself! Of course, that's where one would go to join the two parts of the key. According to the prospector's notes, the Temple of Invention is one of the highest points on the western side of the Terrace of the Makers.
The storyline at a glance
The Storm Peaks has 113 steps, from Clean Up to The Reckoning.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Storm Peaks (110), Zul'Drak (2), Crystalsong Forest (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on The Storm Peaks map
- Never Hunt Alone
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- Titanstrike
- Hunt for the Harbinger
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.