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The Root of the Problem

The Root of the Problem is a quest for level 30-35 in Dread Wastes. It is step 17 of 58 in the Dread Wastes storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dread Wastes at 57.4, 57.9. It rewards 4,800 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 3 achievements.

Description

Kypari Zar is dying.

A creature of terrible darkness corrupts it from deep beneath its roots.

The tree cannot be saved, but at least we can lessen its pain.

Look. The vile creature has carved a path to its own lair. We need only follow it down the hill, just behind this tower.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Top Comments

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1
Samanthers+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The entrance to Coldbite Burrow can be found at coords 58.7, 59.5

Avoid the purple eggs or they will hatch into baby spawns and you will have to kill them. Not bad if you only have one or two, but if you trample over all of them you're gonna have a problem.

2
ldene+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

She's located under a tree (hence root :D), its west of the Lake of Stars (if u look at the zone map, it's where the road makes a loop). Careful as you enter as the eggs will spawn level 88/99 Coldbite Spawn (miniature crocs).

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyThe Klaxxi600,000
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s

Reward details

Currency: The Klaxxi x 600,000

Grants Reputation with The Klaxxi.

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 mapDread WastesTurn-in marker at 57.4, 57.9, 4 mapped points
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.

Dread Wastes Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Dread Wastes map showing where to go for The Root of the ProblemTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #422 57.4 57.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDread Wastes 57.4, 57.9/way #422 57.4 57.9
  • Objective areaDread Wastes 57.4, 57.7/way #422 57.4 57.7
  • Objective areaDread Wastes 58.4, 59.4/way #422 58.4 59.4
  • Objective areaDread Wastes 60.2, 59.5/way #422 60.2 59.5

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 Dread Wastes map

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

Getting there

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

  • Soggy's Gamble, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 440 yards south
  • The Briny Muck, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 800 yards west
  • Klaxxi'vess, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 830 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 70 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Dread Wastes

Part 17 of 58.

Previous: Kypari Zar · Next: Extending Our Coverage

  1. 12A Cry From Darkness
  2. 13Amber Is Life
  3. 14Feeding the Beast
  4. 15Living Amber
  5. 16Kypari Zar
  6. 17The Root of the Problem
  7. 18Extending Our Coverage
  8. 19Extending Our Coverage
  9. 20Crime and Punishment
  10. 21Crime and Punishment
  11. 22Better With Age
  12. 23Better With Age

Showing steps 12 to 23 of 58.

Also part of: Dread Wastes (part 39 of 72).

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.

  • Kypari ZarDread Wastes · Level 30-35

    What is that tree on the hill to the west? Can it be... Kypari Zar? <Korven the Prime lapses into silence.> When I returned from my final ravage, before being elevated to a paragon, I was given the honor of planting that very tree. I see it has grown into a great kypari, but...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Extending Our CoverageDread Wastes · Level 30-35

    The Klaxxi'va hear another paragon. His cries are weak and lost in darkness. The signal must be strengthened. There is a tower in Amberglow Hollow that has been silent for many years. It must sing; the Klaxxi demand it! This time I will go with you. You will help me repair it.

Also counted by Amber is the Color of My Energy

Its criteria name 10 quests; others include:

Also counted by Campaign: Dread Wastes

Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Dread Wastes has 58 steps, from Falling Down to Mazu's Bounty.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dread Wastes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (3).

Other storylines on the Dread Wastes 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 these achievements.

Amber is the Color of My EnergyRecover the following Klaxxi Paragons.10Campaign: Dread WastesComplete the Dread Wastes storylines listed below with a Timerunner.Greater Bronze CacheDread Haste Makes Dread WasteComplete the Dread Wastes storylines listed below.10
Related
The Rod of Lianthe
The Rook's Guard
The Root Cause
The Root of the Corruption
The Root of Things
The Rotting Orchard
The Roughnecks
The Royal Procession
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