Quick Facts

Series

1.	A Not-So-Modest Proposal
2.	Getting Down to Business
3.	Formal Introductions
4.	A Promising Start
5.	Troublesome Distractions
6.	Securing the Celestial Ridge

Storyline
Netherstorm Distraction at Manaforge B'naar Measuring Warp Energies Naaru Technology B'naar Console Transcription Shutting Down Manaforge B'naar Attack on Manaforge Coruu Shutting Down Manaforge Coruu Shutting Down Manaforge Duro Shutting Down Manaforge Ara Sunfury Briefings Outside Assistance A Dark Pact Aldor No More Socrethar's Shadow Ishanah's Help Deathblow to the Legion Manaforge B'naar Bloodgem Crystals High Value Targets Shutting Down Manaforge B'naar Stealth Flight Behind Enemy Lines A Convincing Disguise Information Gathering Shutting Down Manaforge Coruu Return to Thalodien Shutting Down Manaforge Duro Shutting Down Manaforge Ara Kick Them While They're Down A Defector Damning Evidence A Gift for Voren'thal Bound for Glory Turning Point You're Hired! Assisting the Consortium Assisting the Consortium Report to Engineering Essence for the Engines Elemental Power Extraction Invaluable Asset Zapping Dr. Boom! Consortium Crystal Collection A Heap of Ethereals Warp-Raider Nesaad Request for Assistance Rightful Repossession An Audience with the Prince Triangulation Point One Triangulation Point Two Full Triangle Special Delivery to Shattrath City Pick Your Part One Demon's Trash... Declawing Doomclaw Warn Area 52! Doctor Vomisa, Ph.T. You, Robot Back to the Chief! The Archmage's Staff Rebuilding the Staff Malevolent Remnants The Annals of Kirin'Var Searching for Evidence A Lingering Suspicion Capturing the Phylactery Destroy Naberius! Curse of the Violet Tower The Sigil of Krasus The Sunfury Garrison Down With Daellis A Fate Worse Than Death The Unending Invasion Potential Energy Source Building a Perimeter Krasus's Compendium Torching Sunfury Hold Unlocking the Compendium Summoner Kanthin's Prize Ar'kelos the Guardian Finding the Keymaster Capturing the Keystone Run a Diagnostic! Deal With the Saboteurs To the Stormspire Diagnosis: Critical Testing the Prototype All Clear! Success! A Not-So-Modest Proposal Getting Down to Business Formal Introductions A Promising Start Troublesome Distractions Securing the Celestial Ridge The Ethereum Ethereum Data Potential for Brain Damage = High S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E Delivering the Message Recipe for Destruction On Nethery Wings Dimensius the All-Devouring

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Comment by 1296

It is in the cave under Manaforge Ultris (61, 42).

Comment by Killa

The name of this quest is a literay allusion to the work

A Modest Proposal, by Johnathan Swift

Comment by 11279

Follow the green things on the ground, it leads you to it and there is another quest NPC by it. He sends you to kill a voidwalker in the other side of the cave.

Comment by mrgamer

This quest is damn hard, the power-pack is IN A MINE, so you've to find the entrance. Outside the mine there is a guy that will give you a quest for burn corpses (it helps a lot if you can't stealth), and by the power pack you will find another consortium guy that will ask you to slain an easy mob inside the cave.

Done that, you can use your powerpack at position 71, 39 in celestial ridge.

Comment by carbonic

If you keep wondering where the small paracidic flesheaters come from, they appear when you get too close to a body on the group. Walk around them and you only have to deal with the red ones.

Comment by 17114

Follow the Protectorate Tracers inside the cave to find what you need :)

Comment by Fugazi

It is behind NPC in the cave.

Comment by dmalburg

Solo difficulty : Very Hard.

As a demonology warlock (70) doing this just for the money of the quest, this is one quest that doesnt pay for itself. As a warning:

1. Step on a corpse, get a 6k hps mob would will give you a disease that will spawn 2 more mobs (about 800 hps)

2. Any pets or guardians you might have can "step" on the corpses, spawning mobs on you. There are tight squeezes where you might be able to get around a corpse, but your pet will not.

3. The patrolling mobs have nearly 7k hps. And you dont have room to move around and cant always see whats coming

all in all, if your doing this for the gold alone, bring a friend. Without one, the risk of repair bill and lost time is high.

Comment by 20917

easy quest, if you picked up The Flesh Lies quest at 59,45, its just near cave entrance

Comment by Flyv

Yeah, this quest can be easy. Grab The Flesh Lies and burn the corpses before you step on them. Dismiss your pets. Stealth if you can.

Comment by Jakobud

I have no clue how you are supposed to know where "Image of Wind Trader Marid" is to turn this quest in, without looking it up online. I have no clue at all where to turn this quest in.

Comment by 20724

It's near the bottom of the path on your way down. I had a really hard time finding it because it was small and hard to see on my flying mount. The coordinates are correct.

Comment by Rumpelstiltz

The is at 60,41 inside the cave. To get to it, stay left all the way down after entering the cave - follow the green crystals (Protectorate Tracer).

Use you got from the quest The Flesh Lies (59,45) on Withered corpses to avoid them turning into Parasitic Fleshbests, which are extremly annoying.

You get the quest Arconus the Insatiable from the NPC just infront of the Power Pack. Arconus the Insatiable is at 60,39 in the very same cave.

Comment by Frei

This quest is like r-tarded as hell.. I couldnt found any NPC in the cave what so ever.. And I wandered around in the cave for about 15min untill I abboned this q...

Comment by 27541

I wish I knew this quest drop didn't drop from a flesh thing. Wasted alot of time..

Comment by 18017

For those without a coordinate mod, to turn this quest in, you go to the "Ethereal Teleport Pad," which is to the east of the Manaforge. As you go down the ramp, it is at the bottom on the left.

Comment by Massacher

this quest is retarded, when u use the igniter it says out of range and this mutated slug spawns which proceeds to kill u. and u don't get credit for the kill which is stupid.

Comment by littlidabbi

The item : 60.42 in the cave

Where to take it: 71.39

Comment by 11253

Quest seems to be bugged for me.
His image does not seem to appear, on the platform or anywhere near it.

Comment by 73436

I took this quest, found the other NPC inside, did his quest and totally missed the power pack. Completed the NPC's quest. Now i have to go back and do this one AND the related one. *sigh* trust me, those buggers were a pain. Doing this while Solo as a lv 70 lock

Comment by Khazio

I must admit i think all the comments above is a bit tricky, well, if you make it simple, just go inside the cave, untill you find the npc where you can get a q, behind the npc, there is a item, just click it, and youre done!

Comment by Motoki

If this is your first time in the Celestial Ridge, be careful. The teleporter is located all the way down at the bottom of the Ridge, and you'll have you fight your way through nether drakes and dragons (68-70, non-elite).

Comment by 114124

This quest is very agrivating!!! First of all pick up the quest from the guy outside before you go in, make sure you follow the map on the screenshot given very helpful.....after you get the teleported BEHIND the quest giver, do the quest he gives you and along the way burn the bodies, or else they will turn into little flesheaters and they are a pain to kill!!!

AGGRO RATE IS VERY HIGH!!!!

Comment by 54990

If you've done the Netherwing questline in SMV these dragons will not be hostile, making this quest much easier to finish.

Comment by 344039

im so so so confused, i cant even find the entrance! help please?

Comment by suchy

One of the most annoying quests in the game - after completing objectives I hearthstoned out of there for the sake of my sanitity...

Comment by 484069

I cant find any NCP in this cave... DOnt know what is wrong..

Comment by vizoere

Entrance to cave is at 61, 46.

Comment by Nymphetaminexx

If you kept entering the palace-like structure like I did and can't find the entrance for the life of you, fly to about 60.7, 46.6. Land, and you'll be there. And that pesky exclamation point you keep seeing, but aren't able to pick up (The Flesh Lies...) is to the left of the cave on the same level.

Comment by Arazida

Well that was an annoying quest! Glad to be done with it lol

Comment by 423524

For 95% of quests coords are sufficient to find a location even inside a cave but this is one of the few that you'll actually need some explanation. I'll break it down nice and smooth:

Step #1 If you haven't gotten the quest (The Flesh Lies) go get it and do it at the same time. You can pick up The Flesh Lies at coords 59.42, 45.05. Have some fun burning all the Withered Corpses instead of fighting Parasitic Fleshbeasts along the way.

Step #2 The entrance to the cave is at coords 61, 46.

This is where everyone gets confused. If you read the quest text which most people don't it says to follow some markers - the little green like crystal things sticking out of the ground-

Step #3 You'll notice a Left and a kind of Straight tunnel take the Left tunnel and follow the markers. You'll eventually get there. After you go down a spirally portion of the cave you should be able to see a guy offering another quest and a thing behind him.

Step# 4 Get the Quest that guy is offering (Arconus the Insatiable) and the Jet Pack that's just behind him.

Step #5 Find your way back out to the main entrance of the cave. Then if you want to hurry through (Arconus the Insatiable) go right back in the straight path of the cave and then it'll turn right follow through and you'll come up to Arconus, kill him and then you’re done with that little side quest.

Step #6 Your done and wasn't that easy compared to the 30 minutes I took finally realizing there was 2 levels to the damn annoying cave in the same spot as the coords. Congratulate yourself for following my easy instructions instead of reading through all the previously unuseful comments.

Comment by 835071

new cooordinates 60,47

Comment by athenerus

61.0 46.1 at the entrance point.

Comment by 823485

The easy directions were good up to the point you need to make a right at the 2nd intersection, then another left.

Comment by Kaley115

I couldn't find coords for the entrance the entrance, so I went down the path to the right of Manaforge until I saw a tent with a wooden shaft behind it. The coords for the entrance is 61, 45. Good luck!

Comment by radicarl

One of those quests where being a Rogue or a Druid gives you a huge advantage. While I wouldn't call the enemies in here (the cave) hard, there are A LOT of them, and they do respawn pretty fast, so if you don't know what it is you're supposed to be doing, it can be very aggravating. I highly recommend you look at the 'map' image somebody uploaded. I found it very helpful.

Comment by 1096347

hey first wowhead comment. hopefully its useful to someone. This quest was in fact bugged for me. i went to the exact location that it shows on wowhead (im very positive i was in the right spot you can trust me or not), the character ya-six was not present nor could i click on the battery. it was there in front of me but gave me no option to click on it. this may be the same case for someone else. hope it helps. I simply moved on without doing this quest.

Comment by Kittytreets

At first, I was just running around killing stuff looking for the the quest giver or quest object...I left the cave and started over. When you first enter the cave you'll notice a green crystal, follow those. There's a smaller tunnel to the left when you first enter the cave, that's the direction I took and lead me straight to the quest giver and object. ;o) Hope this helps--I was getting sorta frustrated at first!

Comment by Revocxam

Updated nov19

Confirmed.
Entrance to the cave at 61,45
Once you enter, turn left and follow the green cristals on floor.

You will find the teleporter that you have to click to loot the item, and close to the teleporter and npc (Agent Ya-six) will give you a quest about killing a mob inside the cave also.

Have fun and upvote this comment with the arrows in the left if you find it useful

Comment by WokkaD

.. and remember to destroy the Withered Corpses or they'll come to life and attack you.

If you have completed the quest, but not handed it in, you can use the fire item directly from your bags, and don't have to be targeting the withered corpse. It's an auto target devide which will target the closest within range.

Remember also that many will have respawned before you are heading out.

Comment by 1440987

A Not http://youtu.be/zNPSI5Xe3_g

Comment by Boxofbeer

A Not-So-Modest Proposal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODygFVoIJVg

Comment by Aurleis1

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-sWgNObunA

1. A Not-So-Modest Proposal
• Accept the quest, A Not-So-Modest Proposal, from Wind Trader Marid at coords 58.2, 31.6.
• Travel southeast to Access Shaft Zeon, a mine whose entrance is located at coords 61.1, 45.5.
• Enter Access Shaft Zeon, and turn left (northwest) at coords 61.0, 44.5, and follow that passage straight ahead. Turn left (west) at coords 60.5, 43.5, and follow the passageway. Turn left (northeast) at coords 60.2, 42.3, and follow that passage briefly, and past Agent Ya-six.
• Pick up the Teleporter Power Pack, located behind Agent Ya-six.
• Turn around, and follow the passage to 60.1, 42.3, where you will follow the path to the right (southwest). Turn right (southeast) at coords 60.2, 42.3, follow that passage to 61.0, 44.5, and turn right (south) to exit the mine.
• After exiting Access Shaft Zeon, head northeast to coords 71.2, 39.0.
• Turn in the quest to Image of Wind Trader Marid (summon it first by clicking on the Ethereum Transporter Pad).

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=_MCYnO7n2KY&feature=youtu.be

Comment by kileytoo

This quest gives Consortium reputation but the rest of the questline does not.

Comment by lovallie

Cave entrance /way 61.02, 45.92

Links

A Not-So-Modest Proposal

Retrieve the Teleporter Power Pack and bring it to the Ethereal Teleport Pad on the Celestial Ridge to the east of Manaforge Ultris. Activate the pad and give the Teleporter Power Pack to the Image of Wind Trader Marid so he can install it.

	Teleporter Power Pack (1)

Description

From the look on your face, I can tell you're a <race> who appreciates a good profit.

I've built a reputation as a dealer in exotic goods, and I'm about to launch a new venture.

I need a reliable subcontractor to procure the goods from the Celestial Ridge.

First, you'll need to re-energize a teleport pad. There is a spare power pack in Access Shaft Zeon, which is on the south side of Manaforge UItris. The Protectorate is operating in there, so you may be able to follow their tracers to your goal.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with The Consortium

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10270))