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Quest
The Runic Keystone
A World of Warcraft quest in Grizzly Hills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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In order to be eligible for this quest, you need to do The Damaged Journal quest
Or you could just get the runic keyston fragments from the people down in Thor Modan.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneGrizzly Hills
Quest ID11988
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11988))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineGrizzly Hills, step 34 of 115
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Brann's journal mentions that he used a runic keystone to illuminate the important runes on the plate he discovered. Without the keystone, the plate's contents would be little better than gibberish. At the end of Brann's last entry, he describes the iron dwarf defenders seizing the keystone from him, shattering it, and dividing it among themselves. Before we can decipher the runed plate, we must hunt down the fragments. Any of the dwarves within Thor Modan or the buildings around it may carry fragments.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #116 59.8 27.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inGrizzly Hills 59.8, 27.4
/way #116 59.8 27.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Grizzly Hills 63.4, 28.2
/way #116 63.4 28.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Grizzly Hills 66.6, 24.4
/way #116 66.6 24.4
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 Grizzly Hills map
- When Dreams Become Nightmares about 550 yards
- To The Hills about 550 yards
- The First Trial of Ursol about 600 yards
- The Second Trial of Ursol about 600 yards
- The Third Trial of Ursol about 600 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,780 yards
- Hero's Call: Grizzly Hills! about 1,860 yards
- In Worg's Clothing about 1,970 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,980 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Grizzly Hills, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Grizzly Hills:
- Westfall Brigade, Grizzly Hills
- Zim'Torga, Zul'Drak
- The Argent Stand, Zul'Drak
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Other quests on the Grizzly Hills map
Storyline
Grizzly Hills
Part 34 of 115.
Previous: The Damaged Journal · Next: The Runic Prophecies
- 29Thinning the Ranks
- 30Descent into Darkness
- 31Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again
- 32Hollowstone Mine
- 33The Damaged Journal
- 34The Runic Keystone
- 35The Runic Prophecies
- 36Softening the Blow
- 37Brothers in Battle
- 38Uncovering the Tunnels
- 39The Fate of Orlond
- 40Steady as a Rock?
Showing steps 29 to 40 of 115.
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.
- The Damaged Journal
This battered, mud-stained journal has seen better days. Leafing through the pages, you discover dozens of notes, diagrams, and maps. The author's handwriting seems vaguely familiar, but you're unable to place it until you discover an entry signed with the name of Brann Bronzebeard.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Runic Prophecies
We've no time to lose! Now that we've reassembled the runic keystone -- well, most of it -- we can decipher the contents of those very same runic plates Brann was working on before he fled.
The storyline at a glance
Grizzly Hills has 115 steps, from Local Support to Loken's Orders.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Grizzly Hills (115).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Grizzly Hills map
- Howling Fjord
- The Claws of Ursoc
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.