These hieroglyphs are undoubtedly titan, but the markings below it...
If I had to hope, this is the same passage written over and over again in an entire assortment of ancient languages. We might be able to use this to decipher the hieroglyphs!This quest, and the rewards (Rosy Tablet belt) are a reference to Rosetta Stone, an inscribed stone who permitted to dechiper hieroglyphs.
The text on the stone was written three times, in three different "languages" (hieroglyphs, egyptian demotic script and ancient greek).
Quest
The Grand Tablet
A World of Warcraft quest in Tanaris. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Good job, Mineka
So... is this the end of the quest chain? Is there naught else?
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25107))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
At the bottom of the chest, you find a large tablet. Made of a material resembling stone, but completely smooth and flawless, it is covered in strange writing. While some resembles the writing on the walls, other scripts appear completely different. Andoren would probably like to see this.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #71 33.3 77.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inTanaris 33.3, 77.0
/way #71 33.3 77.0 - Objective areaTanaris 37.8, 84.1
/way #71 37.8 84.1
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 Tanaris map
- Not Today, Fate about 440 yards
- The Fate We Make about 440 yards
- Butterfly Effects about 440 yards
- Violence Will Solve It about 450 yards
- Warchief's Command: Uldum! about 590 yards
- Tearing at the Seams about 1,970 yards
- Warbands: Twinsposition about 2,440 yards
- The Great Detective about 2,500 yards
- Warn the Detective about 2,500 yards
- Toy Trouble about 2,500 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Tanaris, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tanaris:
- Dawnrise Expedition, Tanaris
- Ramkahen, Uldum
- Bootlegger Outpost, Tanaris
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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Reward details
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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
Tanaris
Part 48 of 48.
Previous: The Grand Tablet
- 37Ancient Obstacles
- 38Laying Claim
- 39Fragments of Language
- 40The Secrets of Uldum
- 41Thunderdrome: Grudge Match!
- 42Laying Claim
- 43Fragments of Language
- 44Ancient Obstacles
- 45The Secrets of Uldum
- 46What Lies Within
- 47The Grand Tablet
- 48The Grand Tablet
Showing steps 37 to 48 of 48.
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.
- What Lies Within
As you lay your hand upon the chest, a faint rumbling can be heard. The sound of grinding movement echoes behind you as the chest begins to shut itself. Something is approaching!
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Tanaris · Level 15-30.
Also counted by Tanaris Quests
Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:
- Captain Dreadbeard
- Just Trying to Kill Some Bugs
- Sandscraper
- You Too, Brute?
- The Grand Tablet
- Thunderdrome: Grudge Match!
The storyline at a glance
Tanaris has 48 steps, from Seaside Salvage to The Grand Tablet.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaris (48).
Other storylines on the Tanaris map
- Suspicious Munitions
- Warbanding Together
- Bronze Reconciliation
- Cataclysm Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Legion Engineering
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.
- Tanaris Quests: its criteria name 9 quests, this one included.