TheWoWDBNote: you have to summon Image of Lorewalker Cho using The Tongue of Ba-Shon in your inventory in the zone Valley of Emperors on order to turn this quest in.
Quest
The Tomb of Shadows
A World of Warcraft quest in Kun-Lai Summit. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The Cave Entrance for Tomb of Shadows is at 56,46.
The artifacts can be found:
One in middle of room, and the other two, one on each side.
To go to the cave go to 55.9, 46.2, which is up the stairs from the quest give location.
Shen Dynasty Rubbing: 57.1, 43.5 on the right of the big statue.
Way Dynasty Rubbing 56.3, 43.4 under the pillar, its half covered.
Qiang Dynasty Rubbing 57.1, 45.0 by a red chest.
Use The Tongue of Ba-Shon to hand in the quest.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 20-35
ZoneKun-Lai Summit
Quest ID30799
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30799))
What to do
StorylineKun-Lai Summit, step 46 of 88
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
Given the artifacts you found on the altar, I would guess they were attempting to perform a Spiritbinding ritual. Most of the texts involving Spiritbinding were locked away in the Tomb of Shadows. Perhaps we will find the answers we seek there. Look for anything that might help us. You'll find the tomb on the first rise closest to the ritual altar.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #379 57.9 48.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inKun-Lai Summit 57.9, 48.8
/way #379 57.9 48.8 - Objective areaKun-Lai Summit 57.1, 43.5
/way #379 57.1 43.5 - Objective areaKun-Lai Summit 57.1, 45.1
/way #379 57.1 45.1
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 Kun-Lai Summit map
- To the Valley! about 250 yards
- Clearing a Path about 250 yards
- Legacy of the Korune about 250 yards
- Trapping the Leader about 250 yards
- The Kun-Lai Expedition about 310 yards
- Memory Wine about 310 yards
- Ties with the Past about 310 yards
- The Harmonic Mallet about 320 yards
- It's Never Easy about 420 yards
- The Monkey King about 570 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Kun-Lai Summit, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kun-Lai Summit:
- One Keg, Kun-Lai Summit
- Temple of the White Tiger, Kun-Lai Summit
- Zouchin Village, Kun-Lai Summit
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Storyline
Kun-Lai Summit
Part 46 of 88.
Previous: It Was Almost Alive · Next: Breaking the Emperor's Shield
- 41One Traveler's Misfortune
- 42Seeker's Folly
- 43Seeker's Folly
- 44The Tongue of Ba-Shon
- 45It Was Almost Alive
- 46The Tomb of Shadows
- 47Breaking the Emperor's Shield
- 48Stealing Their Thunder King
- 49Lessons from History
- 50Chasing the Storm
- 51Fisherman's Tale
- 52A Celestial Experience
Showing steps 41 to 52 of 88.
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.
- It Was Almost Alive
A ritual took place here, and from the looks of it wasn't successful. Among the abandoned items a book lies open. The text on the pages is foreign to you. Carrying the whole book may be difficult, but a single page might be enough.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Breaking the Emperor's Shield
The Mogu have been scattered and sparse in number for many years. Their purpose in the valley makes sense now. With this many restless spirits they can build themselves an army using the guardians buried in each tomb. Combined with the Zandalari forces this would be devastating!
The storyline at a glance
Kun-Lai Summit has 88 steps, from Call Out Their Leader to Unbelievable!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Kun-Lai Summit (87), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Kun-Lai Summit map
- Dominance Offensive
- Operation Shieldwall
- Mogu at the Gates
- Class Mount: Monk
- Escalation
- The Voice of Thunder
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.