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Comment by Amallah

Credits to the WoW Secret Finding & Collections Discord for figuring out the purpose of the Enigma Machine, which is where you insert the Ancient Shaman Blood. This comment is a consolidation of my original comment regarding the Enigma Machine, as well as information put together by several members of the community after its purpose was found.

This machine is found within the Karazhan Catacombs, specifically in the Ratt's Revenge scenario that's part of the Secrets of Azeroth hunt for the Felcycle. It's located beyond the doorway that has the red alarm spinning around. Interacting with the machine gives you a window with the text "<This contraption is non-functional.>" and an option to "<Do nothing.>" Choosing to do nothing simply closes the window.

On the machine is a small note you can interact with that reads, "This piece of junk hasn't worked for 20 years."

To be able to interact with the machine, you must ensure you've completed the previous steps of the Felcycle secret, such as collecting the Starry-Eyed Goggles and the Relic of Crystal Connections.

Once you've got them, go to Zul'Gurub -- the zone, NOT inside the instance. There you will find 5 Altars of Acquisition.

/way #50 78.24 43.99 Sin
/way #50 77.47 43.93 Corrupt
/way #50 77.05 44.88 Succubus
/way #50 77.08 46.31 Blood
/way #50 78.14 46.31 Shadow

Your objective is to stand with your Torch of Pyrreth near every Altar with a combination of Mount, Pet, Toys, Transmog, and/or item in your Bag. The Altars will reset the CD of appropriate toys. As you complete each altar, if you need a reminder as to what you've completed, you can run this script for progress:
/run for i,a in ipairs({"Sin","Corrupt","Succubus","Blood","Shadow","Chest"})do print(a,C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(84805+i))end

You need following things at the SAME time while near its Altar. If a player completes a collection, everyone near it will also complete it. It does NOT require you to be grouped.

For the Sin Altar, you need:

Pet: Sinheart
Toy: Bondable Sinstone
Transmog: Any Sinstone back cosmetic

For the Corrupt Altar, you need:

Mount: Any mount with "Corrupt" in its name.
Pet: Any pet with "Corrupt" in its name.
Toy: Ring of Broken Promises
Transmog: Any cloak that shares appearance with Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption

For the Succubus/Incubus Altar, you need:

Pet: Sister of Temptation
Toy: Steamy Romance Novel (use to acquire a novel in your bags)
Transmog: Fully hidden/naked transmog (Moroes' Famous Polish Toy works)

For the Blood Altar, you need:

Mount: Must have "Blood" in its name
Pet: Must have "Blood" in its name
Toy: Throbbing Blood Orb

And for the Shadow/Void Altar, you need:

Pet: Lesser Voidcaller
Toy: Void Totem
Toy: Shadowy Disguise
Transmog: Any black cloak that shares appearance with the Cloak of the Black Void (e.g. Obsidian-Flecked Cape)

After completing the 5 collections, a Spectral Chest will appear nearby that requires the use of the Starry-Eyed Goggles to loot it. It contains Ancient Shaman Blood, which is used to put in the Enigma Machine.

/way #50 78.27 47.81 (Chest - goggles)

This completes the 6 O'Clock Pylon.

Comment by WillowFae

They fixed the Sinheart pet, so it shows up even if you aren't Venthyr. Cannot be put in a Cage, though, so you'll have to wait for someone with it to swing by if you can't access Sinfall!

Comment by Enghla

If you loot the chest but don't have the Ancient Shaman Blood in your bag, check your mail.

Comment by Avishai

For the Lust alter, you can grab any Steamy Romance Novel (such as A Steamy Romance Novel: Nightborne of the Living Dead ) to get credit

Comment by Tharama

I've been helping a lot of people get past this step and some observations and additions I'd like to add on to Amallah's post:

For the Corrupt Altar, you need:
Mount: Any mount with a name starting with "Corrupted" (Uncorrupted Voidwing does not count but Corrupted Dreadwing/Fire Hawk do)

For the Succubus/Incubus Altar, you need:
Toy: Any Steamy Romance Novel in your bags. You can use the toy Steamy Romance Novel Kit to get one or buy a gray page from the AH. Apparently 'A Steamy Romance Novel' does not work, you need a different book.
Transmog: Fully hidden transmog (Moroes' Famous Polish Toy works) I couldn't get it to work naked and fully hidden means EVERY item slot. Without Moroes toy I had to buy a shirt and tabard and transmog them to Hidden to work.

For the Blood Altar, you need:
Mount: Only certain mounts with "Blood" in its name work. I used Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher and Bloodgorged Crawg to activate the altar but also saw Armored Bloodwing work. There's no consistency because Expeditionary Bloodswarmer does not work.

Comment by Taoma

The only pet which worked for me on the blood totem was Blood Boil

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