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The Road Not Taken Twice

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

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Wookierunner+113via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You can find the Portal to the Forgotten Depths at 43.79, 69.75

When you get inside you'll reach a room where you think you place the item on your map. It's actually way farther up, and you'll see a small cave to your left facing the room that takes you up top.

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Mypciscraze+45via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Hi all

On This Quest You need to at first go to portal /way 43.13 71.24, and place Rift Slipper is in top of cave. after place move to next portal /way 49.60 96.99, then go down and go to last room on right /way 33.11 47.42, place Rift Slipper press egein to get teleport out then go back to quest giver.

See My Video if need it - https://youtu.be/wxCn4gjLEXw

Hope that help You :).

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Soundscape+24via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So, if you're like me and could not figure out where to go...

As @Wookierunner mentioned, the entrance to the portal that you want (to get to the cave) is at /way 43.79, 69.75.

There is a small opening to a ramp that leads to an upwards spiral. Before you reach the top of the spiral there is an unclear (at least to me) split/fork in the road (Here: https://imgur.com/a/TuKkabp ). Follow that up and eventually (before the room with the rope to go down) you will find the slippers on the ground (Here: https://imgur.com/a/BEKhv0G )

I hope that this helps some! I felt so silly with how long this took me to figure out.

Edit: This is just for one of the quest three quest parts.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 80-90
LocationVal
CategoryVoid Assaults
SideBoth
SharableYes
Added inMidnight
Quest ID96496

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(96496))

What to do

WhereVal, around 59.5, 22.1
Rewards30g 98s, 23,550 XP

Description

During our surveys of this iced desert, our scouts identified two areas worth keeping an eye on, but with a major problem: they're only accessible through single points of entry. Before I'm comfortable sending out more forces, we need to secure their exits. We've been working on teleportation crystals for faster local travel that leverage the domanaar's existing portal network, and we're close to a solution. You just need to field test them. Set up these prototype rift slippers and report back.

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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.

Val Objective area 1 mapped point
Val map showing where to go for The Road Not Taken TwiceObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2599 59.5 22.1

Coordinates

  • Objective areaVal 59.5, 22.1/way #2599 59.5 22.1

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 Val map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Val:

  • Umbral Base CampAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards north
  • Steam RavineAlliance and Horde · about 300 yards south
  • Void AcropolisAlliance and Horde · about 330 yards south

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
  • Spell: Rift SlippersAllows the use of Rift Slippers to quickly exit underground locations on Val.
Money30 gold98 silver
Experience23,550 XP

Where this quest fits

Also counted by Prepared for a Showdown

Its criteria name 7 quests; others include:

Other storylines on the Val 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Prepared for a ShowdownComplete the following quests on Val and Naigtal.5