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The Motherlode (Level 45)

The Motherlode is a quest for level 45 in Broken Shore. It is step 1 of 6 in the Excavations storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Broken Shore at 45.0, 52.3. It rewards 1 reward item, 1 reputation reward, 6,150 experience and money.

Description

Pst... Come 'ere! I just got a tip about a cave on this island that is a treasure trove of loot! This could be my biggest score yet.

Problem is, I uhh... sprained my ankle. Yeah, I would be right there with you battling those demons to get this treasure, but I shouldn't be putting any weight on this leg of mine. Shucks.

How about you go check on this cave and report back to me. I'll mark your map where the cave entrance is. I've been told it's pretty hidden, so you've got to look around.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
ReputationArmies of Legionfall +75
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Boxofbeer+175via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You have to trave to 47 67 point, there you'll see Peculiar rope under a tree. Use it and you'll enter to Secret Treasure Lair.
Iks'reeged will be trapped by Karla and start to trade treasure chest keys for Nethershards.
If you remember The Timeless Isle from Mists of Pandaria, thats the same mechanic.

TomTom:
/way Broken Shore:broken isles 47.8 67.4 Peculiar rope


Excavator Karla quest chain
1
Spiders, Huh?
[item=146955]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJw4fYpp-Q0
2
Grave Robbin'
[item=146956]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pkIr_FCAGk
3
Tomb Raidering
[item=146957]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Im2SRtpPQ
4
Ship Graveyard
[item=146958]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCR-7Jb9VtY
5
We're Treasure Hunters
[item=146653]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAzFnu-EzNw
6
The Motherlode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuyirXQ4Buk


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The Motherlode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuyirXQ4Buk

3
legendaryw8forit+82via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Just looted this pet [item=146953] from one of the Wyrmtongue caches

EDIT: Just summing up, so far it is possible to loot the following from the chests:

- TOY: [item=147867]
- PET: [item=146953]
- [item=147870] (Strange Dimensional Shard)
- [item=147869] (Fel Meteorite)
- Artifact Power
- Gold
- Nethershards
- Order Resources

will update in case I find more

Read all 82 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
ReputationArmies of Legionfall+75

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeKey
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
UseOpening

Reputation: Armies of Legionfall +75

The coalition of orders dedicated to defeating the Legion at the Tomb of Sargeras and Broken Shore.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Broken Shore that reward Armies of Legionfall reputation: Spiders, Huh? (+75), Grave Robbin' (+75), Tomb Raidering (+75), Ship Graveyard (+75), We're Treasure Hunters (+75), The Mage Tower (+75).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBroken ShoreTurn-in marker at 45.0, 52.3, 3 mapped points
Quest Line

Storyline

Excavations

Part 1 of 6.

Next: We're Treasure Hunters

  1. 1The Motherlode
  2. 2We're Treasure Hunters
  3. 3Ship Graveyard
  4. 4Tomb Raidering
  5. 5Grave Robbin'
  6. 6Spiders, Huh?

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Quest chain

  1. 1The Motherlode
  2. 2Treasure Master Iks'reeged

Step 1 of 2. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • We're Treasure HuntersBroken Shore · Level 45

    I have a feeling you're just using me for tips on where all the best treasure is. From now on I'm naga tell you anything. Did I say, "naga" just then? I meant to say, I'm not gonna to tell you naga. I mean nada! Darn it! Okay. Seems you got me on this one.

Other quests with this name

This one: Broken Shore · Level 45.

The storyline at a glance

Excavations has 6 steps, from The Motherlode to Spiders, Huh?.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Broken Shore (6).

Other storylines on the Broken Shore 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.

World Map

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.

Broken Shore Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Broken Shore map showing where to go for The MotherlodeTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #646 45.0 52.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBroken Shore 45.0, 52.3/way #646 45.0 52.3
  • Objective areaBroken Shore 48.1, 67.9/way #646 48.1 67.9
  • Objective areaBroken Shore 39.5, 71.7/way #646 39.5 71.7

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 Broken Shore map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Broken Shore:

  • Deliverance Point, Broken ShoreAlliance and Horde · about 300 yards south
  • Vengeance Point, Broken ShoreAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards north
  • Aalgen Point, Broken ShoreAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 420 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 540 yards south-west

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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name The Motherlode. They differ in the level/zone/rewards shown here.

QuestLevelZoneRewardsID
The Motherlode (this page)Level 45Broken Shore6,150 XP, Wyrmtongue's Cache Key46666
The MotherlodeLevel 80The Ringing Deeps11,750 XP80145
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