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The History Beneath Us

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 70-73
ZoneIsle of Dorn
Quest ID79716

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(79716))

What to do

StorylineHidden Edicts, step 5 of 9
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

The titan console is a huge find. And look at these ruins! There has tae be more here! But goin' out into the site is dangerous. Accordin' to Brinthe, now that the titan vault has been unearthed, elementals have come. Elementals dunnae like order magic, an' titan relics just ooze the stuff. They're on a rampage! Can ye go out there an' get some relics back from the elementals? We need tae preserve what we can!

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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.

Isle of Dorn Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Isle of Dorn map showing where to go for The History Beneath UsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2248 61.6 70.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIsle of Dorn 61.6, 70.2/way #2248 61.6 70.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Isle of Dorn 62.5, 71.1/way #2248 62.5 71.1
  • Objective areaIsle of Dorn 61.7, 70.2/way #2248 61.7 70.2

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 Isle of Dorn map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Isle of Dorn:

  • Durgaz Cabin, Isle of DornAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards north
  • Freywold Village, Isle of DornAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 yards west
  • Dornogal, Isle of DornAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 90 yards south-east

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
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

Storyline

Hidden Edicts

Part 5 of 9.

Previous: Charge for a Charge · Next: The Anachronism

  1. 1Not Enough Minerals
  2. 2The Opalfront
  3. 3Golgrin's Reach
  4. 4Charge for a Charge
  5. 5The History Beneath Us
  6. 6The Anachronism
  7. 7A Place Forgotten
  8. 8The Old Orders
  9. 9The Old Guard

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.

  • Charge for a ChargeIsle of Dorn · Level 70-73

    I am pleased Dagran has brought you here. I need help with a dangerous task. I used Dagran's opals to repair the titan console we recently recovered from this site.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The AnachronismIsle of Dorn · Level 70-73

    Insert the batteries into the cylindrical holes on the console. Then, titans willing, we will see what it holds.

The storyline at a glance

Hidden Edicts has 9 steps, from Not Enough Minerals to The Old Guard.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Isle of Dorn (9).

Other storylines on the Isle of Dorn 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.