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Series

1.	Grom'tor, Son of Oronok
2.	The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge
3.	The Cipher of Damnation - The First Fragment Recovered

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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Comment by 17514

Around 45,27

You need to kill the Nagas all around coilskar point, they will drop keys which open the coilskar chests laying about.

I got mine on my second chest.

Comment by 16848

Keys seem to be about a 20% drop rate, and I got the fragment in the 4th chest I opened at Coilskar Point.

Person I was doing it with had to open about 12 chests... I guess it can be one of those irritating drop rates. Stick with it, the rewards are nice.

Comment by 20093

let' just say that I was less lucky, droped from my 13 chest. So I guess the fragment drop is just about luck. The drop rate oon the key seems to be as metioned above 20%.

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 doubleohess

Mine dropped on my first chest. Guess I got lucky.

Comment by 14862

lol i got it first chest too... even already had a key lol

Comment by 19672

First chest, lawl

Comment by decker12

Heh, first kill, first chest, 2 minutes tops.

Comment by 23774

Got this Fragment on my second chest, only had two keys so it worked out. Random drop on the keys, about 35% for me, and just be patient w/ it.

Avoril
-Firetree 70 Druid

Comment by 26280

First Naga killed, key dropped. First chest opened, documents.

Comment by katn

if you got no luck on the documents
drop it and try again
got it on first box

Comment by 26219

killed sirens. They drop keys and you use them to open the boxes in the area. Found it on my 4th chest opened.

Comment by 16754

if only fish oil vendored for more :/

Just come prepared with some food/water

Comment by 34106

Pretty frustrating. Had to open roughly 20 chests.

Comment by 35894

I fail to see the point in "haha, got it on 1st box" or "arrgh, took forever." There is no need to keep posting tha same inane crap. The key is a random drop based on a % chance, and you can't pick the lock. It could take a while. The end.

Comment by Marfu

Took me quite a few chests to open. But in the end; This might be a coinsidence, but there are 3-4 chests around Lady Shav'rar at 45, 29 where I got my fragment at the top of their base.

Comment by 27662

Got this in my second chest. So far with all these quest chains, I have gotten really good drop rates.

Comment by Zeratul

46.31 after maybe 15 atempts, but good thing was that from every chest fish oil droped, wich shamans need for water walking

Comment by 43561

I got the key on my 3rd kill, and fragment on first chest got lucky

Comment by 41292

yeah i found mine at 48,29 also. gl

Comment by Unholyacid

Went through 5 or 6, got it behind Shav'rar aswell.

Comment by 52738

got my on the first one :P

Comment by 27085

Got mine from the 1st chest ^^

Comment by 34916

It is NOT necessarily in the chest behind Shav'rar. I just found fish oil. It's random.

Comment by 38338

First kill, first key, first chest =)

Comment by 53439

i got the Key on my 6th or 7th mob but Fragment in my first chest.... lcuky on both my Warrior and Mage

Comment by 39479

Took me about 12 keys, off maybe 25 guys or so. Wasnt too bad, the non-mage ones never dropped one key for me. I went up to the boss and did not get it and then got it from the chest just to her left a ways.

Comment by Mubaris

47,28 Second Kill, First Chest just to left of main gate

Comment by 42043

Second enemy for key, first chest for fragment.

Comment by 73668

I got the frag on the second chest.

It was very easy.

I picked off some of the outside guards, trying to take them out without dealing with mobs. Also, it's easy to find chests that are away from NPC's.

Comment by 72660

Got it from quite deep within the Cistern, after having to kill about 15 mobs before my first key dropped, I then consecutively got keys from each mob. 5 chests opened in all.

Borg.

Comment by Mymloch

Abysmal drop rate on both keys and the item for me

two thumbs down

Comment by 76827

I get a %50 drop rate on the keys.

Opened chests for miles and still looking for the frag. :|

Seems individual experience with this one varies pretty widely.

Comment by 77639

I dropped at 44,27 killed two Naga and an Elemental.. The second of the two Naga dropped the key and used it to open the chest right next to me to claim the Cipher. Thanks

Comment by 81081

Walked up, killed the first mob I saw, it dropped a key, after reading the comments here decided to try the chest near the named mob. I'm a priest so I mind soothed most of the mobs and didn't have to fight anything on my way there, aggroed the named mob and killed it. Opened the chest directly behind her, bingo. First cipher.

Easiest quest ever.

Comment by shortleif

Well opened like 10-12 chest with no key, found the fragment behind the Lady..

Comment by 37792

I got the fragment from behind the named mob also. It's worth trying definitely.

Comment by Dakai

got it on my first chest, just after i hit lvl 70. felt good.

Comment by Cybersonix

here is the key: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30426#unlocks

Comment by Infernus

I killed three guys, got three keys, got the cipher on the first chest i opened.

Infernus, Dawn of Damnation, Quel'dorei

Comment by 90015

easy quest, 3rd mob i killed dropped key, and first chest had cipher, just luck with this i think

Comment by 76410

Quite Surprising...

As of day after 2.3 Patch, the correct chest sparkled like an herb.

May get fixed, but certainly makes life easier for now.

Comment by 104031

since 2.3 u may have noticed quest items that u need to loot sparkle (as do herbs, and mining nodes i think)

well for this quest that means the chest with the cipher frag is sparkly too.
i killed 3 naga to get key, opened sparkly chest and got cipher 1st try. i'm not sure if its ment to be the same chest every time but mine was on the podium near a named naga, aprox: 44,29

Happy hunting.

Comment by 110318

Once you get a key , dont waste u time opening all the lock boxes. Look for a lock box which glows. This will surely have the quest item.

Ps :- I realised it after 10 attempts.. lol

Tyrage - Rogue

Comment by 74836

SPARKLING BOX

Comment by 111697

After the new patch, the chest you need sparkles. This should save time.

Comment by 52390

In the last patch, they made it so that groundspawns for quests sparkle. I think this is something that they did by an automated process rather than manually, based on whether a groundspawn is *specifically* for a quest, because it appears that the chests containing the cipher are a different spawn object than the other chests. In any case, as of the patch you can tell which chests have the cipher, because they sparkle.

Incidentally, if you head into the cave system directly beneath Oronok One-Eye, not only can you get the keys off the naga, but there's an arseload of chests to be found. While you're at it, there is an Earthmender Whatserface who you can get a quest to escort out in the north end of the cave system.

Comment by 114563

Agree with the previous post, the quest item is in the chest that sparkles, don't bother opening the other... You just have to find the sparkling one :-)

Comment by 123392

Since the patch where quest items sparkle, just look for the naga chest that is sparkling and it will contain the cipher of damnation. 100% chance

Comment by MeatGolem

One more for the confirmation list.

Did it last night, first chest i opened. Thanks very much blizz :P

Meatshiéld, 70 Fury Warr, Dragonmaw EU

Comment by aamiic

Confirmed, defintetly sparkles, near named at 44.5, 28.8

Comment by 41367

The chests are pickable to a rogue with max skill (and most likely lower since it is green at 350).

Comment by 128821

the keys happened to be a 100% drop for me i killed about 5 of the nagas and got 5 keys, then i flew around looking for a shiny chest and i got the cipher from the shining chest...easy quest

Comment by 99597

@ 46,25 is a box that sparkles!this is the one!!

Comment by JustMax

Completely random. Got mine at 44,31. As of 2.3 this chest sparkles :P

Comment by frenik

I'm not really sure you guys, this might need some testing, but the chest that's sparkling has the cipher in it. You're welcome for this new information.

Comment by 137706

45,26 - Found the chest sparkling, first chest

Comment by 134417

Yup since patch 2.3.0 chest with fragment is sparkling so you can find it easyer then before

Comment by Magla

Yesssss finally got it, its taken me over 55 chests but ive got it!!!!
(If you dont get the point of this comment ill spell it for you. The drop rate is the biggest ^&*! over in the whole game of WoW)

Comment by Subache

WTS
well....the one behind lady whoever succeeded for me...

i think ill keep my fish oil.

Comment by jelito

after opening 30 chests (i dont want even know how many naga kills it took me to gather keys) i saw on thot scrnshot with that tower, went there and did open 3 chests... cipher was in third... im not sure but its highly possible that nearby that tower is greater chance for drop then anywhere else. 74,29

Comment by 129612

My first naga killed got the key, :], first chest it dropped. The chest did sparkle for me, every chest seemed to sparkle for me. Above there are sparkle theories, I don't think they're true unless it's a 100% chance. Coincidence may have been what it was. None of the chests had non sparkles for me.

Comment by 138583

All the chests sparkled for me, whether i did or did not have the keys. I tried all your golden spots and none worked. All in all like all quests like this its a matter of luck, not a golden spot. All chests are equally good. Got mine after opening 20+.

I'd suggest farming a few keys before you actually start opening, it goes much faster this way (in comparison to "getting a key - opening a chest" strategy). Prefered non-caster mobs due to annoying bubble of the caster ones. Plenty of those can be found at the gates, a pair at each.

Comment by 92712

Dont know why, but the chest behind Lady Shav'rar seems to have a bigger drop chance..

Looted 2 chest near the entrance and went up to kill Shav'rar after reading this.

Voila, got it.

Comment by 172465

it droped for me on the first moob LOL

Comment by 180092

I went strait for the Lady and there was no chest behind her 0.o

Comment by Corvan

i think its pretty obvious, judging by these comments, that both the key drop and chest are random, so pointing out witch chest that randomly worked for you obviously does no good.

same as pointing out witch mob dropped your key, its random.

Comment by 168347

As of the 2.4.1 patch, ALL of the chests sparkle. i did this quest on another toon before it was nerfed and it was a single sparkling box. but when i rolled through with my alt, all the boxes were sparkling. this quest sucks now. wasted 20 mins at least opening boxes.

Comment by 216395

Well after reading these posts i tried all the chests around Lady Shav'rar with no luck so i kept killing and opening with nothing but a stack of fish oil to show for it... had this crazy idea to try the Cistren area and the first chest i opened had the quest item.

Comment by 227157

I think it has been changed for Echoes of Doom yet again, as I am currently holding a key, yet none of the chests are sparkling, so I think it is now a random drop from all chests. But I will confirm this when I can.

Confirmed just looted it from a non sparkly normal looking coilskar chest.

Comment by 241750

Ok ive opened the chest next to Lady Shav'rar a couple times and nothing but fish oil....

Comment by 241750

ok after about 7 chests i got one at 45-31 next to a hunt temple thing that has 1 naga n it.

Comment by 281179

Chest indeed seems to be random, but the named naga in the hut had a 100% drop chance for the keys at least for me, so if you see her be sure to drop her and get a key.

Comment by 31064

no more sparkles, it's just random.

Comment by Azarik

Hello all,
I just did this quest. No sparkly chests anymore. I found the fragment in the cave in a chest along the wall. It was about 7th chest I opened. I'd guess the key drop rate is about 30% - 40% from the Naga. I'm also thinking the location of the fragment is completely random.

Comment by 299678

None of the chests sparkled for me, I got the Fragment on the second chest I opened. The chest wasn't anything special, was was one of the random ones stuck over behind a fallen wall.

So: no sparkles, random key drop, random chest.

Comment by Banerick

Doing quest now, chests are sparkly again, key drop rate still sucks out loud

Comment by 789692

This is totally random. I had to open around 12 different boxes. Not to mention the drop rate of the keys is ridiculous.

Comment by 733706

When I did this one all the chests sparkled whether I had a key or not. It took me about 10 chests and I got the fragment from the one to the laft of Lady Shav'ra.

Comment by 941288

I must be lucky. 7 kills, 2 keys and found the fragment in the 2nd box.

Comment by 972679

1 kill, 1 key, and got the fragment in the 1st chest ... lucky me :)

Comment by surfingbird

i got mine from a box that was in the same spot as the quest marker on the map, there was a room full of boxes and i opened the one in the middle

Comment by 1440987

The Cipher of Damnation http://youtu.be/tIBV4RuXwbE

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX6v42mLovY

Comment by Aurleis1

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MWSQgjG22U

1. The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge
• Accept the quest, The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge, from Grom'tor, Son of Oronok at coords 44.6, 23.6 (Coilskar Point).
• Travel east, to Coilskar Cistern, at coords 53.1, 25.5.
• Enter Coilskar Cistern.
• Kill Coilskar mobs, and loot Coilskar Chest Key from their corpses.
• Use the Coilskar Chest Key to open Coilskar Chest.
• After receiving the First Fragment of the Cipher of Damnation from the Coilskar Chest, exit Coilskar Cistern
• Travel west to coords 44.6, 23.6.
• Turn in the quest to Grom'tor, Son of Oronok.

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=oF2rpnc6o5o&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Dzerro

Lootboxes in 2007 confirmed

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The Cipher of Damnation - Grom'tor's Charge

Grom'tor, Son of Oronok at Coilskar Point in Shadowmoon Valley wants you to recover the First Fragment of the Cipher of Damnation.

	First Fragment of the Cipher of Damnation (1)
	Coilskar Chest Key (1)

Description

This naga filth is the sixth one I've interrogated today. He's got the fancy armor so I figured he knew something. Those other ones were useless.

<Grom'tor points to the corpses of the naga around him.>

I only had to beat him once and he told me everything.

The first part of the cipher is hidden in a naga chest at Coilskar Point or Coilskar Cistern, east of here. He says naga carry the keys. Kill 'em, take their keys and use them to open the Coilskar chests. Return to me when you find the cipher.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10522))