TheWoWDBLikely a reference to the Annie Lennox 1992 song, "Walking on Broken Glass" from her Diva album. :)
Quest
Walking on Broken Glass
A World of Warcraft quest in Vol'dun. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Walking on Broken Glass is Vol'dun world quests and you can start it at The Forgotten Marsh subzone at 28.55 48.92 when it is active.
For this quest you need to collect [item=159790] from items on the ground or from MurlocsTomTom: /way Vol'dun 28.55 48.92 Walking on Broken Glass world quest
Walking on Broken Glass quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0IYU2rfm0
Is there a theoretical point to this quest? I get that it's content, but... what is the point of collecting shards of broken glass?
Quest facts
Quest ID51223
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(51223))
Requirements
Quest typeWorld Quest
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
Sea Glass x 30
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #864 29.1 46.7
Coordinates
- Objective areaVol'dun 29.1, 46.7
/way #864 29.1 46.7
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 Vol'dun map
- In the Dunes about 190 yards
- Sethrak Persuasion about 190 yards
- Heavy is the Head about 190 yards
- Mechanical Liberation about 190 yards
- Tooling Around Vol'dun about 190 yards
- Lines In the Sand about 270 yards
- Temple of Sethraliss: Booking on a Favor about 270 yards
- Penning In Protection about 270 yards
- Brush With Death about 270 yards
- A Powerful Prisoner about 280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Vol'dun, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Vol'dun:
- Sanctuary of the Devoted, Vol'dun
- Shatterstone Harbor, Vol'dun
- Goldtusk Inn, Vol'dun
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.
Objective targets
Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.
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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Vol'dun map
- Dunes of Vol'dun
- Champion of the Arena
- The Warguard's Fate
- Blood on the Sand
- Port of Zem'lan
- Goldtusk Inn
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.
- Wide World of Quests: its criteria name 849 quests, this one included.