Quick Facts

Series

1.	The Hand of Gul'dan The Hand of Gul'dan
2.	Enraged Spirits of Fire and Earth
3.	Enraged Spirits of Water
4.	Enraged Spirits of Air
5.	Oronok Torn-heart
6.	I Was A Lot Of Things...
7.	A Lesson Learned
8.	The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History

Storyline
Shadowmoon Valley Spleendid! The Second Course... The Main Course! The Path of Conquest Breaching the Path Blood Elf + Giant = ??? Tabards of the Illidari Dissension Amongst the Ranks... Besieged! To Legion Hold Setting Up the Bomb Blast the Infernals! The Deathforge Minions of the Shadow Council The Fate of Flanis The Summoning Chamber Bring Down the Warbringer! Gaining Access Invasion Point: Cataclysm The Art of Fel Reaver Maintenance The Fel and the Furious News of Victory What Strange Creatures... Frankly, It Makes No Sense... Felspine the Greater The Path of Conquest Breaching the Path When Worlds Collide... Tabards of the Illidari Dissension Amongst the Ranks... Besieged! To Legion Hold Setting Up the Bomb Blast the Infernals! The Deathforge Minions of the Shadow Council The Fate of Kagrosh The Summoning Chamber Bring Down the Warbringer! Gaining Access Invasion Point: Cataclysm The Art of Fel Reaver Maintenance The Fel and the Furious News of Victory Illidari-Bane Shard Illidari-Bane Shard Capture the Weapons Capture the Weapons The Hermit Smith The Hermit Smith Additional Materials Fresh from the Mechanar The Lexicon Demonica Underworld Loam Tear of the Earthmother Bane of the Illidari Quenching the Blade The Sketh'lon Wreckage Find the Deserter The Sketh'lon Wreckage Find the Deserter Asghar's Totem The Rod of Lianthe Sketh'lon Feathers Imbuing the Headpiece Thwart the Dark Conclave A Ghost in the Machine Harbingers of Shadowmoon Teron Gorefiend - Lore and Legend A Haunted History Spectrecles Teron Gorefiend - Lore and Legend Divination: Gorefiend's Armor Divination: Gorefiend's Cloak Divination: Gorefiend's Truncheon Teron Gorefiend, I am... Teron Gorefiend, I am... Enraged Spirits of Fire and Earth Enraged Spirits of Water Enraged Spirits of Air Oronok Torn-heart I Was A Lot Of Things... A Lesson Learned The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History Grom'tor, Son of Oronok The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The First Fragment Recovered Ar'tor, Son of Oronok Demonic Crystal Prisons Lohn'goron, Bow of the Torn-heart The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The Second Fragment Recovered Borak, Son of Oronok Of Thistleheads and Eggs... The Bundle of Bloodthistle To Catch A Thistlehead The Shadowmoon Shuffle What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets... The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered The Cipher of Damnation Karabor Training Grounds A Necessary Distraction Altruis Karabor Training Grounds A Necessary Distraction Altruis Against the Legion Against the Illidari Against All Odds Illidan's Pupil The Book of Fel Names Return to the Aldor Varedis Must Be Stopped Return to the Scryers Varedis Must Be Stopped Tablets of Baa'ri Oronu the Elder The Ashtongue Corruptors The Warden's Cage Tablets of Baa'ri Oronu the Elder The Ashtongue Corruptors The Warden's Cage Proof of Allegiance Akama Seer Udalo A Mysterious Portent The Ata'mal Terrace Akama's Promise Kindness Seek Out Neltharaku Neltharaku's Tale Infiltrating Dragonmaw Fortress To Netherwing Ledge! The Force of Neltharaku Karynaku Zuluhed the Whacked Zuluhed the Whacked Ally of the Netherwing Ally of the Netherwing Blood Oath of the Netherwing In Service of the Illidari Your Friend On The Inside The Great Netherwing Egg Hunt Enter the Taskmaster A Job Unfinished...

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Comments

Comment by 14235

Pretty easy, just go directly north and a bit to the east, u will see the eggs on the floor.

Just be aware of the Ravenous Flayer Matriarch, a lvl 70 elite Beast that wanders the area.

Comment by marskid2

The Cipher of Damnation is an extremely long quest line in Shadowmoon Valley. It is a prerequisite for attunement to The Eye in Tempest Keep and Mount Hyjal in Caverns of time.
"*" Indicates quests with rewards.

Quest Line
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10680 - "The Hand of Gul'Dan"
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10681 - "The Hand of Gul'Dan"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10458 - "Enraged Spirits of Fire and Earth"
3 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10480 - "Enraged Spirits of Water"
4* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10480 - "Enraged Spirits of Air"
5 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10513 - "Oronok Torn-Heart"
6* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10514 - "I Was A Lot Of Things..." - Most annoying quest ever implemented in World of Warcraft.
7 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10515 - "A Lesson Learned"
8 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10519 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Truth and History"

At this point, the quests diverge into three separate lines (which can be done in any order) for each of Oronok's three sons who will in turn help you obtain the three Fragments of Damnation.

Quest Line I - First Fragment of Damnation
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10521 - "Grom'tor, Son of Oronok"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10522 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge"
3* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10523 - "The Cipher of Damnation - The First Fragment Recovered"

Quest Line II - Second Fragment of Damnation
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10527 "Ar'tor, Son of Oronok"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10528 - "Demonic Crystal Prisons"
3 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10537 - "Lohn'goron, Bow of the Torn-heart"
4 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10540 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Ar'tor's Charge"
5* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10541 - "The Cipher of Damnation - The Second Fragment Recovered"

Quest Line III - Third Fragment of Damnation
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10546 "Borak, Son of Oronok"
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10547 - "Of Thistleheads and Eggs..."
3 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10550 - "The Bundle of Bloodthistle"
4 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10570 - "To Catch A Thistlehead"
5 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10576 - "The Shadowmoon Shuffle"
6 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10577 - "What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets..."
7 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10578 - "The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge"
8* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10579 "The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered"

After completing the quests for the three Fragments of Damnation, the lines converge and you need to kill one last boss.
Final* - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10588 - "The Cipher of Damnation"

Rewards:

Everyone gets http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31074 - Fire Resist Neck

Choose one of the following:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31036 - Caster Staff
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31038 - Healer Staff
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31062 - Paladin/Shaman 2H Axe
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31071 - Tanking 1H Axe
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31072 - Bow
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31073 - Melee Dagger

After completing the quest, you will get a message in the mail from Khadgar. If you go to Shattrath, he will tell you to talk to A'Dal, who unlocks the the three Trials. These are prerequisites for attunement to The Eye in Tempest Keep and Mount Hyjal in Caverns of time.

Comment by Flyv

Druids can break the eggs while flying in Crow form. I was able to hover out of aggro range and avoid fighting any mobs.

Comment by kanezfan

I'm always one to complain about yet another "Kill X number of "somethings" and then a quest like this comes along and it makes me ask "why didn't they just ask me to kill 12 of these stupid flayers?" This was one of the most frustrating quests in WoW.

Comment by 25788

Annoyance confirmed. Watch out for the elite as aforementioned by someone else. She has a 1min debuff that slows your movement and some poison I think. Fearable, however.

Comment by Siggy

Hadn't read the comment about breaking while in crow form but i just flew from egg to egg and only aggroed a mob once, so with a flying mount you should be able to do the same thing. As long as you keep an eye out for the elite you should be fine, and priests can use soothe humanoid as well to get even closer w/o aggroing.

Comment by 9160

wow, i run over to an egg to try and destroy it, next thing i know i aggro 1 flayer, then 3 more lol, i let my felguard take the damage while we ran away and we did eventually. Then I went destroying more, killed a flayer and the elite agro'd on to me, got em down to 17k health but then i agro'd more of the flayers and it just went to hell.

Comment by 37128

As long as you clear first, you'll be fine. I finished this in 10 minutes-- (After dying the first time; not knowing that they would all attack me when I destroy their egg, lol) Pull them one by one, and clear everything. It's better than getting raped by 4-5 them.

Comment by 27389

Druids can destroy the eggs in flight form.

Comment by 45677

Very handy to use Mind Soothe as priest. Makes you able to bypass killing many of the mobs while running around there.
Note: Mind Soothe disappear when they run for a board-corpse to feast on.

Comment by 80719

QUEST BUGGED ATM TODAY AUGUST 19 11PM(SERVER HOUR) HAKKAR

Comment by 67196

Also to note if you're attempting to fight as few of them as possible: periodically a felboar carcass will appear in random places, and any nearby flayers will run over to eat it. try not to be standing next to one for long if you can help it.

Comment by 22012

As of patch 2.3.3, breaking in Druid flight form no longer works.

Suggestion: don't die. The run back from the graveyard is a major PITA. :)

Comment by r0b126

quest seems to be broken. can open eggs all day and it doesn't count.

Comment by 151763

Almost as as the quest before it

I would pull one mob about 20 yards away from anything else and get two more...

Comment by 215071

While doing this quest I noticed that some of the eggs glowed much brighter than others, one was just a big ball of light. So I decided to see what made them different. Turns out that the eggs often spawn on top of eachother, I found one egg that was actually 5+ eggs in one!
I attacked it 4 times and there was still an egg there when I was done, so it was at least 5 piled up. Target these and you can get the quest done a lot faster.
The brighter they glow the more that are stacked up. Definitely worth knowing about.

Comment by StarFire2686

Druids can complete in flight form as of 5.4

Comment by 1440987

A Lesson Learned http://youtu.be/FOYeP1wGHa8

Comment by Boxofbeer

A Lesson Learned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNcirCXB8Fk

Comment by Aurleis1

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZN_OubTL94

1. A Lesson Learned
• Accept the quest, A Lesson Learned, from Oronok Torn-heart at coords 53.8, 23.4 (Oronok's Farm).
• Travel north, to the Shattered Plains, to the area of coords 56, 16.
• Destroy 10 Ravenous Flayer Egg, located on the ground
• Travel south, to Oronok's Farm, to coords 53.8, 23.4.
• Turn in the quest to Oronok Torn-heart.

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKLUHGbKWCY&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Zuckerguss

Great tool for helping you figure out where you are in this chain: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/completed-quests-checker

Comment by WokkaD

This is relatively easy with a flying mount.
You can find eggs which don't have flayers near them, drop down, destroy the egg, mount up and move on.
Druids can do this in flight mode.

Links

A Lesson Learned

Oronok Torn-heart at Oronok's Farm in Shadowmoon Valley wants you to destroy 10 Ravenous Flayer Eggs on the Shattered Plains.

	Ravenous Flayer Egg Destroyed (10)

Description

We need to show those flayers what happens when you mess with Oronok's business!

I want you to go back to the Shattered Plains and destroy every flayer egg that you see. They'll be deep in flayer territory so keep your guard up.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10515))