Alard's Workbench is the low brown table just inside the east entrance. You have to stand there for the non-existent mold.
Quest
The Keys to Success
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I feel embarrassed with how long I ran around searching for this.
Travel to Dalaran and find Alard Schmied in Blacksmith store, ask him to help with keys. You have to do the following things:
- Melt Metal Bar - stand close to the Forge and press extra button, Forge is between two ways out, looks like big metal door with hammer on it.
- Pour Slag - table that you need to get close to is left from the Forge
- Cool Mold - bath full of water is right from the Forge.
As you done, get back to Tae'thelan Bloodwatcher, you'll get [item=131744].The Keys to Success — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B_nIy_VGnI
Quest facts
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What to do
Description
I'd like you to take the mold to the blacksmith in Dalaran. Alard, I believe his name is. Have him help you forge a new set of keys. I found some writing on the back of the mold that may hold the answer to what these keys unlock. I'll stay here and try to translate the text.
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-inAzsuna 47.6, 42.7
/way #630 47.6 42.7 - Objective areaDalaran 44.1, 28.7
/way #627 44.1 28.7 - Objective areaDalaran 45.3, 29.7
/way #627 45.3 29.7
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 Azsuna map
- The Reliquary Calls same spot
- Echoes of My Ancestors same spot
- A Beacon of Hope same spot
- A Rather Long Walk about 60 yards
- Bottled Up about 60 yards
- The Magister of Mixology about 60 yards
- Presentation is Everything about 60 yards
- Links in the Chain about 60 yards
- Best Served Cold about 60 yards
- Naga Know-How about 60 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azsuna, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azsuna:
- Illidari Stand, Azsuna
- Azurewing Repose, Azsuna
- Shackle's Den, Azsuna
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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
Items you receive
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
Legion Archaeology
Part 3 of 3.
Previous: Tried and True
- 1Academic Exploration
- 2Tried and True
- 3The Keys to Success
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.
- Tried and True
I have realized through experience that the old methods are usually the best and for good reason. I'm done with alternate means of digging for now, and wish to focus on the right way to do things.
Also counted by A Keen Eye
Its criteria name 13 quests; others include:
- Corrupted Studies
- The Apocalypse Bringer
- Dark Secrets
- Darkheart Thicket: Through the Fog
- A Beacon of Hope
- Sifting Through the Rubble
- What Once Was Lost
- Uncovering the Orb of Sciallax
Also counted by Surveying the Land
Its criteria name 13 quests; others include:
- Corrupted Studies
- The Apocalypse Bringer
- Dark Secrets
- Darkheart Thicket: Through the Fog
- A Beacon of Hope
- Sifting Through the Rubble
- What Once Was Lost
- Uncovering the Orb of Sciallax
The storyline at a glance
Legion Archaeology has 3 steps, from Academic Exploration to The Keys to Success.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azsuna (3).
Other storylines on the Azsuna map
- Defending Azurewing Repose
- Azsuna versus Azshara
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Enchanting
- Behind Legion Lines
- Balance of Power
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 these achievements.
- A Keen Eye: its criteria name 13 quests, this one included.
- Surveying the Land: its criteria name 13 quests, this one included.
- This Side Up: its criteria name 13 quests, this one included.

