Quick Facts

Series

1.	Cabal Orders
2.	The Shadow Tomb

Storyline
Terokkar Forest Vessels of Power Olemba Seeds Stymying the Arakkoa Thin the Flock Unruly Neighbors The Firewing Liaison Thinning the Ranks Fel Orc Plans Timber Worg Tails The Elusive Ironjaw WANTED: Bonelashers Dead! Torgos! Speak with Private Weeks Who Are They? Kill the Shadow Council! Olemba Seed Oil And Now, the Moment of Truth Arakkoa War Path Stymying the Arakkoa An Unwelcome Presence The Firewing Liaison What Happens in Terokkar Stays in Terokkar An Unseen Hand Vestments of the Wolf Spirit Patriarch Ironjaw Welcoming the Wolf Spirit WANTED: Bonelashers Dead! Torgos! Speak with Scout Neftis Who Are They? Kill the Shadow Council! Strange Energy Clues in the Thicket It's Watching You! By Any Means Necessary Wind Trader Lathrai A Personal Favor Investigate Tuurem What Are These Things? What Are These Things? Report to the Allerian Post Report to Stonebreaker Camp Attack on Firewing Point Attack on Firewing Point The Final Code The Final Code Letting Earthbinder Tavgren Know Letting Earthbinder Tavgren Know Speak with Rilak the Redeemed The Eyes of Skettis Seek Out Kirrik Veil Skith: Darkstone of Terokk Veil Rhaze: Unliving Evil Veil Lithic: Preemptive Strike Veil Shalas: Signal Fires Return to Shattrath The Skettis Offensive Missing Friends The Tomb of Lights Vengeful Souls Recover the Bones Helping the Lost Find Their Way Before Darkness Falls The Infested Protectors Cabal Orders The Shadow Tomb Taken in the Night For the Fallen Terokkarantula Return to Sha'tari Base Camp The Dread Relic Evil Draws Near Digging Through Bones Fumping The Big Bone Worm An Improper Burial A Hero Is Needed The Fallen Exarch

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Comment by 10162

Enter the Shadow Tomb (31, 52)

Drape of Aruunen - end of room (32, 51)
Gavel of K'alen - end of room (29, 51)
Scroll of Atalor - end of room (31, 46)

Comment by Miyagui

There's 1 in each room.

Comment by apparentbliss

Prereq/leadin: "Cabal Orders" (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10880).

Comment by 18519

The tomb is divided in 3 wings, there a chest at the end of each wing.

Comment by 15882

I was soloing this as a level 64 rogue, and found one hallway already cleared, so I was able to loot the chest with no problem.

Another hallway respawned just as I was entering, and I thought I could clear it with no consequence, but the respawn rate was out of control and I ended up dying once.

Be aware that the spawn rates vary and can get slightly hairy.

Comment by 18962

Easily solo'd as a 65 rogue. had imp sap but not really sure it's necessary. just sap the mobs closest to the chest and stand at max range to open them.. not 1 death and didn't have to kill a single mob. although the experience for clearing the rooms is probably decent.

Comment by DJTyrant

One of the best things to do is clear the rooms as quickly as you can. Even better though is to get a few friends and finish this and the escort quest (inside the big room) at the same time, Escaping the Tomb (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10887) which has pretty decent rewards if you didn't raid in the old world.

Comment by Lindenkron

Took alot of work for a level 64 holy paladin. I did 5 Corps runs. :) Ress, kill 1 mob, loot, and find next. Die, kill 1 mob, loot find next, ect ect.

Comment by 9646

The respawn rate isn't too much different than on the surface, but perhaps it was fixed to the rate I am reporting currently. Many early reports on respawn were due to the rate being higher than intended to make up for the high quantity of people entering the zones all at once at the very beginning. Currently a single person can clear out a wing of the Shadow Tomb, loot and be about halfway through the other side before the first respawn begins appearing. So I guess it is quick, but not insanely fast.

It is the high number, normal for Terrokkar, mob per foot ratio combined with an annoyingly high agro range that makes this section aggravating. I didn't die once, but I was a pet class. When one mobs agros there is usually a second, so unless you have a pet another person or CC will be very helpful.

Returning the respawn rate, I did notice that the Interrogator guarding the escort mission NPC did respawn three times before the guards outside the room respawned. She respawned a fourth time as I was trying to line up a pull on a single guard that had respawned outside the doorways. Plus I noticed she tended to pass me and make a bee-line to assist the mob my pet was attacking half a room away. I will try to remember to test her again late to see if this was a lone bug or working as intended.

Comment by IceShadow

There's also an escort located in the back hall of this tomb, don't forget to pick it up on your way out :)

He's kneeling on the left side of the back hall in the corner with a Cabal Interrogator standing right in front of him, the NPC is a draenei, unfortunately I forgot the name of this guy sorry.

Comment by 28526

The respawn rate for this quest is just ridiculously stupid. I killed the interrogator by the escort quest guy, and then mana'd/ate up. I start the escort quest, walk 5 feet and the interrogator respawns only to add to the two door guards I already had.

Comment by 75173

that was fast,y dosent everyone anwser my questions that fast!!!??!!>:(

Comment by adamb10

This quest is HARD! The Abjurists shoot out arcane Missles and they are close to the tomb raiders so you will get alot of aggro.

Comment by silkmoon

The cords for the "Scroll of Atalor" 31-46 are right on. solo'd at lvl 67. took my time..a piece of cake.

Comment by 72048

It was ok, just be carefull and everything will be fine.
Died once tho in left room, had 4 mobs on me, 2 of them casters.

Beware, the casters run away in fear when almost dead.

There is 1 chest in every room, so really can't miss that.
Respawn rate is high, so you might wanna keep up the pace.
But overall, it's not that hard to solo.

Lvl 66 Warrior.

Comment by 60687

hehe...

This quest is SO easy, well.... If ur a lock or hunter at least...

Go down, kill left side, empty the box, kill right side, and yes, Empty the box...

Go down the middle, kill everything... Quite easy to pull separately, max 2 ppl agro... End mob u can take alone... Pulling the Spellcasters = no agro..

After this, take Escort-quest... He hits VERY hard, he was almost able to solo the way out... But he DOES take dam., so be carefull...

All u need to keep in mind is HURRY, coz of very fast respawn from mobs...

Did this as 63 Aff. Lock.. Easy to solo... No need for Pots or stones.. ;)

Comment by 54007

This quest is ridiculous. I went in solo on my 66 holy pally, and while I didn't die during the quest, it was beyond tedious. These guys respawn incredibly fast, beware-- by the time I cleared enough to get to the end of the room, the ones by the door had already respawned. And forget being able to do this quickly, they hit so hard you'll have to drink and eat after every other kill or so. Also forget being able to walk down one side of the room without aggro'ing the other. All these guys were 2-3 lvls below me, and I put blessing of salvation up, but still could not manage to get through the room without clearing them all.

While it's ENTIRELY possible to solo the whole thing, doing so is quite boring and time-consuming. Get a group.

Comment by Ilekrevs

Locs on map

Comment by 124538

Coord confirmed.
Not easy to solo, but duable.
Soloed as a rogue 63, luring one at the time, without aggroing more than 2.

Comment by Quesac

Did this as a 64 hunter and with another 65 hunter. With both of us killing as fast as we could, we still had respawns as we left.

The last room straight ahead, seemed to have the most mobs, at one point, we had aggroed 4 of them. Aside from that, soloing this should be doable, but taking a friend will make it a ton easier, even if you are a class with a pet.

We were in and out in 10 minutes.

Comment by 152100

I dunno if they made it easier or not,but easily soloable as a 66 lock.

Comment by 34524

Completed it with ease with a 65 Shaman.
The enemies did however respawn when i was going back in the largest room, but not really a problem. Just pull them one and one and it shouldnt be a problem for anyone.

Comment by 108550

I read the stuff here and expected a hard quest, but most of this is totally misleading. This quest is stupidly easy. The mobs die fast and very easily, you can grab all 3 things near enough before getting even one respawn. Either they've made it easier or the people here weren't using DPS classes.

Comment by 152011

Soloed as a level 63 (64 by the end) Frost Mage. Completely single pulls with the exception of one double pull where Polymorph comes in handy.

Comment by 179945

So everyone goes on about the difficulty of this quest and the high aggro rate of the mobs. As a lvl64 BM hunter I thought I would give it a shot.

Went in guns a blazing... yep aggro is a bit nasty... and yep the respawn is a lot higher than other mobs in other places... but as long as you catch the casters before they run you should be able to do this pretty easy.

There are tricks to helping with your "downtime"... like using the highest lvl food and water. Or if you are a hunter, send your pet in to attack and then start eating and drinking (have to be fast -get in before pet pulls aggro or you will be classed as "in combat").

Not a hard quest. Not a nice quest either. If you did the quests of Zanga and Hellfire you should have pretty good rings already... so if you wanna skip this one... do.

That said when you are between lvl63-65 there is always room for 13k xp!

Comment by darthveda

After 3.0.2, the two caster rings awarded by this quest will have the exact same stats.

Comment by Aldun

As a rogue with MoD and Dirty Tricks I managed to get all 3 without any fight.

Stealth through everywhere, sap anyone who is close. At 1 item I needed to blind someone, take it, and vanish.

Easy!

Comment by 138657

ran solo as a 65 hunter no problem

Comment by 207530

Two of the quest rewards are now exactly the same because of the change from spell damage/bonus healing to spell power as of 3.0.2.

Comment by 239335

Yeah, two of the rewards are the same.

Minor thing of interest, the music in the tombs really reminds me of Diablo 2, but I can't remember which area there had the same kind of music.

Comment by 438817

The heirloom signet of convalescence is no longer obtainable, as of the 3.2 patch. The quest only has two reward options.

Comment by 491158

not sure if anyone else has had this problem. i've gotten everything but the Drape of Arunen. i know where it is, but when i get there it is not available. i camped it for about a half hour, killed the whole room three times, and it never spawned. the chest is there, but no action icon comes up when i mouse over it. wtf? about to abandon this quest, i've run through there at least five times already.

Comment by 924646

Just did this and I guess yer not kiddin! Ya cant daudle! BE FAST...As a 65 NE Warrior it was nice to be able to shoot or throw n draw each mob away from help then stun, disarm n devistate...very quick! Each cost no mo than 5 hlth. In the last room (the center one) an MOB got a chance to run n get his zapper 2 take over. Just switch yer aim to the zapper n go back to 1st when needed. The Big Lady isn't any prob either. The mistake I made was to grab the escort prior to leaving n got a fail on escape part. So MAKE SURE YOU GET THE ESCORT ON THE WAY OUT. Cause he'll use up his part n wont b there for the escape. All in all tho a pretty easy Q. And if you can move fast, a fun one too! I did get the main part tho it was disappointing to see a "Failed" on the escape. Just flew in over the entrance, dropped in unnoticed, ran down n started pullin em to me! At the ramp on the way out, got my gryph n autorotated up n away w/ no prob from da outside creeps!Good Quest after the hohum crap with goin thru the entire bird village tryin for 30 Arakkoa feathers

Comment by 785443

The entrance is at 31.25, 52.68

Comment by nicholberry

I found the entrance to the Tomb in the middle of Cabal's camp - you can fly right in without incident but then get ready for the mob's ahead. They respawn quickly so don't dawdle. You'll find your chests in each of the hallways - one left, one right and one center. Don't accept the escort quest until you're done with that room. I found I could get the Atalor relic by killing all mobs in the middle and then just the mob on the right... I was careful and didn't end up fighting the Boss for it. Then got the escort quest and out we went. Wasn't too difficult for my 63 druid.

Comment by 1013719

aww man! I ended up in the shadow tomb earlier today before I received the quest. I went down there looking for the Cabals (initiates?, turned out they were in a totally different area) I needed to kill in a different quest. I killed everyone in all the rooms. Now, later in the day, I get the quest and after googling it to try to figure out where this Shadow Tomb is, I now find out it's the same place I did earlier today! :( Well, at least I know what to expect.

For the person who said the escort quest was too difficult, I agree it was for em earlier, the guy I was escorting walked right into 8 mobs and we both died. I ended up abandoning that quest to retry but wasn't able to find him again, he didn't respawn for quite a while.

Comment by 350763

After getting
Scroll of Atalor
Drape of Arunen
Gavel of K'alen

Go to 55.9 ; 47.6 and use The Tongue of Ba-Shon from your invertory.Than Lorewalker Cho will appear and give the quest back.And new quests series will start.Every time you should call back Lorewalker to finish every quest.

Comment by 1440987

The Shadow Tomb http://youtu.be/KR1zXROmzx0

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Shadow Tomb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nYpJCrcwXE

Comment by Aurleis1

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

1. The Shadow Tomb
• Accept the quest, The Shadow Tomb, from Mekeda at coords 37.2, 50.6 (Refugee Caravan).
• Travel west, to the Shadow Tomb, to coords 31.1, 52.7.
• Enter the Shadow Tomb, by entering its underground passageways.
• At the first four-way, turn right (east) to coords 32.1, 51.2.
• Loot the Drape of Arunen from the Cabal Chest.
• Turn around and travel straight ahead (west) to coords 29.7, 51.7.
• Loot the Gavel of K'alen from the Cabal Chest.
• Exit the room and turn left (north), traveling down the stairs to coords 31.2, 46.7.
• Loot the Scroll of Atalor from the Cabal Chest.
• Exit the Shadow Tomb.
• Travel east, to the Refugee Caravan, to coords 37.2, 50.6.
• Turn in the quest to Mekeda.

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=aEgpQhwGJZc&feature=youtu.be

Comment by wexxius

none of theese cirteria for loremaster is right. get the right information about theese chapters etc. please..
the last quest for this chapter is... Helping the Lost Find their Way

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The Shadow Tomb

Go into the Shadow Tomb, west of the Refugee Caravan and retrieve the Drape of Arunen, the Gavel of K'alen and the Scroll of Atalor. Return to Mekeda at the Refugee Caravan after you've completed this task.

	Drape of Arunen (1)
	Gavel of K'alen (1)
	Scroll of Atalor (1)

Description

Many believe it was the Shadow Council that caused the explosion that tore Auchindoun apart. It is rumored they awoke a great evil inside.

If that is true, then that evil must have turned against them. According to these orders, part of the Shadow Council is fleeing Auchindoun. They are using the Shadow Tomb to store powerful artifacts from Auchindoun.

Three of these are sacred, for they belonged to the powerful patriarchs Arunen, K'alen and Atalor. I must ask you to retrieve them.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Heirloom Signet of Willpower			Heirloom Signet of Valor

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

350 reputation with Lower City

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10881))