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The Pupil Returns

The Pupil Returns is a quest for level 60 in Maldraxxus. It is step 7 of 25 in The House of Rituals storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Maldraxxus at 70.8, 28.9. It rewards 1,000 experience and money.

Description

Now that you have your disguise--and I have assurance of your loyalty--it is time you reported to your new master.

Find Kel'Thuzad within the Vault of Souls. Do whatever tasks he requires of you, but keep your eyes open for anything untoward.

My oculus will continue to accompany you so that I can provide guidance when the time is right.

We will uncover this new baron's true intentions.

Rewards

Money2 gold57 silver40 copper
Experience1,000 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,000
MoneyGold2g 57s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapMaldraxxusTurn-in marker at 70.8, 28.9, 2 mapped points
Turn-in mapVault of Souls
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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.

Maldraxxus Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Maldraxxus map showing where to go for The Pupil ReturnsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1536 70.8 28.9

Vault of Souls Quest turn-in

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMaldraxxus 70.8, 28.9/way #1536 70.8 28.9
  • Objective areaMaldraxxus 66.2, 32.1/way #1536 66.2 32.1

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 Maldraxxus map

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

Getting there

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

  • Renounced Bastille, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 740 yards south
  • Keres' Rest, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards west
  • Theater of Pain, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 320 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The House of Rituals

Part 7 of 25.

Previous: A Fitting Guise · Next: The Baron's Plan

  1. 2The Wayward Baron
  2. 3Playing Favorites
  3. 4Pilfered Power
  4. 5Burying Suspicion
  5. 6A Fitting Guise
  6. 7The Pupil Returns
  7. 8The Baron's Plan
  8. 9Mistress of Tomes
  9. 10Cantrip Collections
  10. 11Errant Enchantments
  11. 12The Hall of Tomes
  12. 13Necessary Ingredients

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 25.

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.

  • A Fitting GuiseMaldraxxus · Level 60

    The ritual to complete your disguise should be quite simple with the assistance of my oculus. Even a <class> like you should be able to manage it. When you are ready, simply hold the empowered crystal above Nelesis's corpse. My oculus will do the rest.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Baron's PlanMaldraxxus · Level 60

    You have done well in my service, Nelesis. When the time has come to take my rightful place, you will be well rewarded. Until then, I will require your utmost devotion and secrecy. Our preparations are almost complete. Come, walk with me, and I will show you the splendor of our works.

The storyline at a glance

The House of Rituals has 25 steps, from House of Rituals to The Better Part of Valor.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Maldraxxus (21), Vault of Souls (3), Seat of the Primus (1).

Other storylines on the Maldraxxus 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.

Related
The Protectors
The Prototype
The Public Servant
The Pulsing Madness
The Purespring
The Purespring
The Purge of Veil Shadar
The Purging Of Scourgeholme
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