Quick Facts

Series

1.	Puzzling...
2.	The Cell

Storyline
Borean Tundra Enlistment Day A Time for Heroes The Siege Death From Above Plug the Sinkholes A Soldier in Need Cultists Among Us Notify Arlos Enemies of the Light Further Investigation The Hunt is On Military? What Military? Pernicious Evidence Reference Material It's Time for Action Take No Chances Repurposed Technology Fruits of Our Labor One Last Delivery Weapons for Farshire Call to Arms! Thassarian, My Brother The Late William Allerton Lost and Found In Wine, Truth A Deserter Cowards and Fools Hellscream's Vigil The Defense of Warsong Hold The Defense of Warsong Hold The Defense of Warsong Hold The Sky Will Know Boiling Point Motes of the Enraged Return to the Spirit Talker Vision of Air Farseer Grimwalker's Spirit Kaganishu Return My Remains Taking Back Mightstone Quarry Cutting Off the Source Wind Master To'bor Magic Carpet Ride Tank Ain't Gonna Fix Itself Mobu's Pneumatic Tank Transjigamarig Super Strong Metal Plates! Tanks a lot... The Plains of Nasam Untold Truths Nerub'ar Secrets Message to Hellscream Reinforcements Incoming... The Warsong Farms Get to Getry Foolish Endeavors The Wondrous Bloodspore Pollen from the Source Karuk's Oath Gamel the Cruel A Father's Words The Trident of Naz'jan The Emissary A Mission Statement Help Those That Cannot Help Themselves Khu'nok Will Know Kaw the Mammoth Destroyer Nedar, Lord of Rhinos... Happy as a Clam The Abandoned Reach Not On Our Watch The Nefarious Clam Master... Unfit for Death The Culler Cometh The Assassination of Harold Lane Monitoring the Rift: Cleftcliff Anomaly Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm Monitoring the Rift: Winterfin Cavern Prison Break Abduction The Borean Inquisition The Art of Persuasion Sharing Intelligence A Race Against Time Reforging the Key Taking Wing Rescuing Evanor Dragonspeak Traversing the Rift Nuts for Berries Keep the Secret Safe Basic Training Hatching a Plan Drake Hunt Cracking the Code Puzzling... The Cell Keristrasza Bait and Switch Saragosa's End Mustering the Reds Springing the Trap The Son of Karkut A Suitable Test Subject Not Without a Fight! Muahit's Wisdom Spirits Watch Over Us The Tides Turn The Mechagnomes What's the Matter with the Transmatter? Check in With Bixie Oh Great... Plagued Magnataur! There's Something Going On In Those Caves Rats, Tinky Went into the Necropolis! Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge I'm Stuck in this Damned Cage... But Not For Long! Let Bixie Know Back to the Airstrip Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds! Just a Few More Things... Hah... You're Not So Big Now! Plan B It Was The Orcs, Honest! Re-Cursive Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty The Gearmaster Finding Pilot Tailspin A Little Bit of Spice Lupus Pupus Emergency Protocol: Section 8.2, Paragraph C Emergency Protocol: Section 8.2, Paragraph D Give Fizzcrank the News Scouting the Sinkholes Fueling the Project A Bot in Mammoth's Clothing Deploy the Shake-n-Quake! Learning to Communicate Winterfin Commerce Oh Noes, the Tadpoles! Them! I'm Being Blackmailed By My Cleaner Grmmurggll Mrllggrl Glrggl!!! Succulent Orca Stew The Spare Suit Surrender... Not! Keymaster Urmgrgl Escape from the Winterfin Caverns Surrounded! Thassarian, the Death Knight Finding the Phylactery Buying Some Time Words of Power Last Rites The Invasion of Gammoth Gammothra the Tormentor Trophies of Gammoth Hellscream's Champion Load'er Up! The Power of the Elements Patching Up Scouting the Sinkholes The Heart of the Elements The Horn of Elemental Fury The Collapse Sage Highmesa is Missing A Proper Death Stop the Plague Find Bristlehorn Fallen Necropolis The Doctor and the Lich-Lord Return with the Bad News What Are They Up To? Master the Storm Weakness to Lightning Souls of the Decursed Cleaning Up the Pools The Sub-Chieftains Defeat the Gearmaster Shrouds of the Scourge The Bad Earth Blending In The Fall of Taunka'le Village Across Transborea

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Comments

Comment by 180979

Energy Core - 24,29
Prison Casing - 27,20

Comment by redandgray

In case it's not obvious, step outside the Shield area and use this item to continue the quest line. It will summon a quest giver.

Comment by sephtin

This quest has a prereq quest called Puzzling...
That starts from a drop: Scintillating Fragment

Couldn't figure out why the person I was grouped with had this quest, but it wasn't available for me!

Comment by 40338

What`s a good mod for finding the co-ordinates you posted

Comment by 12906

General Cerulean: 26, 20
Warbringer Goredrak: 24, 29

Comment by ArgentSun

Leads to Keristrasza.

Comment by 214369

When I picked up the second piece, Malygos appeared above me. He just kinda flapped his wings then despawned. Did I miss something cool?

Comment by 165396

Your have to kill the monster that is standing on the platforms

24,29 for the core and
27,20 for the casing

Comment by 255344

To get to the blue circular platforms, go into the Nexus and go up the ramp lining the wall. You will see a tri-sprocket ramp system. Follow the sprocket ramp you are on to the center where a blue glowing shere is featured. Each of the other 2 sprocket ramps lead outside. Just around the corner - outside the building - you will see a blue platform with the requisite boss featured in the center. You must kill the boss for the quest item to drop. Hope this helps.

Comment by 61412

To clarify, the platforms they are on are the ones on the ground. They are at the same level as the snow. They are not on the glowing blue platforms floating in the sky.

Comment by 254598

Nevermind know it now

Comment by Kaliopae

This does count towards Nothing Boring About Borean.

Comment by 736423

Soloed on my 69 Pally, not hard at all... you'd at least expect them to be elites.
They're even easier if you kite them. Into the trees or something, so you don't get attacked by anything else.

Comment by orkoapprentice

I realized something interesting when I finished this quest. One of the mobs you have to kill is named Cerulean, which besides being a reference to the color blue, also happens to be the name of a city in the Pokemon game. Making this really interesting is the quest reward, which is essentially a Pokeball.

Comment by adamkade

Not on the blue circles in the sky, there are blue circles on the floor with blue dragon king standing on them.

Comment by subby

Step out of the shield and use this item, leads to Bait and switch.

Comment by 406368

As many people are still fleshing out their WotLK / Northrend content in this starting zone, or even trying to wrangle some The Wyrmrest Accord reputation, I felt this mini-guide would be extremely helpful to new and experienced players alike. It should be noted that the majority of these quests count towards Nothing Boring About Borean which also leads one towards . =^)

These quest series begin by discovering a Scintillating Fragment (right-click on this item in the player's bags), dropping from one of the Coldarra Spellbinders, which then starts the first quest chain .
*Player note: Do not confuse the Coldarra Spellbinders (humanoids) with Coldarra Spellweavers (which are dragonkin)*

Puzzling... which after turning in to Raelorasz at the Transitus Shield gives players...

The Cell where you search for two other fragments of an arcane prison (Prison Casing / Energy Core. Items acquired at this point become Augmented Arcane Prison upon turn-in.
*Player note: Both items are found only on the two blue dragon micro-bosses (General Cerulean / Warbringer Goredrak) in the center of the blue round magic circles outside of the The Nexus fissures.*

Here it appears this chain ends, but actually continues on in a 2nd chain. If you lose your Augmented Arcane Prison at any time, speak to Raelorasz at the Transitus Shield for a free replacement.
*Player note: Just be certain that it wasn't placed in the bank during a side trip, as there aren't any banks within a large portion of this zone (including the Hold). If he doesn't automagically give you the option to replace it, try clicking the "What is the cause of this conflict?" to bring it up.*

Upon right-clicking Augmented Arcane Prison, player then releases Keristrasza who then begs for assistance to confront Malygos by talking to her once the player is ready for the The Nexus raid zone.

Keristrasza allows players to speak to her again to continue the chain.
*Player note: If she somehow gets lost or the player drops the quest, it is best advised to go just outside of the Shield and summon her for each next quest, as other locations sometimes quest error or are incorrect areas.*

Bait and Switch has players collect 10 Crystallized Mana Shards (which are the pink crystal plants all over Coldarra) to make bait to beat his blue dragon guardian, Saragosa human form / Saragosa (dragon non-quest form). Pretty self-explanatory, just turn them in when done.

Once collected she calls for Saragosa's End and gives players a Arcane Power Focus with which to bait Saragosa and drag back Saragosa's Corpse for another quest.
*Player note: When ready, talk to Keristrasza and she will teleport the player to Saragosa's platform up way above. Use the Arcane Power Focus to summon her and she'll arrive in dragon form then change to human form for the fight. When dead, call Keristrasza and turn in the quest, accept the next quest and stop talking to her. Speak to her again for a FREE teleport back down to the ground for the next turn-in.*

Mustering the Reds is where she asks players to carry her to Raelorasz back at Transitus Shield (in the Prison). Turn it in!

Raelorasz then wants players to start Springing the Trap by using Raelorasz' Spark to light a signal fire on some bundles of wood to the northwest of the Nexus at coords 25.5, 22.
*Player note still valid by user beachboy:
1. Open your map. Move your character so that the arrow representing your position is directly above the "N" and to the left of "The" in "The Nexus" on the map. The bundle of wood you have to light is outside, in the snow.
2. Light the bundle of wood using the item provided to you, Raelorasz' Spark.
3. Take your hands off your keyboard and mouse, sit back, and enjoy the show. After a few minutes of NPC dialog and a scene where you ride a dragon, you should complete the quest. You do not have to do ANYTHING.
4. Turn in the quest at Transitus Shield.*

~Nexus Location Map~

Finally Raelorasz asks the player to lay to rest the corrupted aspect of the Prisoner of War, Keristrasza, which shows her as insane probably due to being forced to become Malygos's new consort. Could also explain Keristrasza's Broken Heart
*Player note: Players will have to defeat all of the bosses in the The Nexus in order to be able to finally release Keristrasza's corrupted aspect. Each boss is connected to one of the three click-able spheres to release her (Grand Magus Telestra=Telestra's Containment Sphere / Anomalus=Anomalus' Containment Sphere / Ormorok the Tree-Shaper=Ormorok's Containment Sphere). Proven exception is the Horde Commander and Alliance Commander, which are trash bosses that can be skipped, though Heroic replacements Commander Stoutbeard and Commander Kolurg have blue gear loot.*

FINAL NOTE: Killing each of the bosses in the The Nexus yields MULTI-FACTION REPUTATION! For advice on defeating Keristrasza then Click Here

ACHIEVEMENTS! All achievements possible through completing the The Nexus:

~~~Overall~~~
The Nexus Defeat the bosses in the The Nexus
Nothing Boring About Borean Complete 130 Alliance quests in Borean Tundra
Nothing Boring About Borean Complete 150 Horde quests in Borean Tundra
Loremaster of Northrend Loremaster of Northrend (Alliance)
Loremaster of Northrend (Horde)

~~~Heroic Mode~~~
Heroic: The Nexus Defeat the bosses in Heroic Difficulty
Heroic: The Nexus Guild Run Herioc Guild Run
Chaos Theory Anomalus extra credit
Split Personality Telestra extra credit
Intense Cold Keristrasza extra credit
<There is no achievement for Ormorok the Tree-Shaper>

These achievements do not include those available for exploration, holidays, skills, professions, The Oculus, The Eye of Eternity, or the quest chain from Dragonblight. All research, testing, cross-research, linkages, and typographical errors are mine. If someone sees any mistakes or patch changes, please reply and I will eventually update it (ratings checked monthly). Thank you! =^)

Comment by 1440987

The Cell http://youtu.be/5d87yoLVig4

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Cell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U615zFOM84

Comment by linda535

Be careful, Warbringer Goredrak throws you into other mobs periodically. Best to kill off his sidekicks - or at least a few of them - first.

Comment by Wowzir

/way Borean Tundra 27.3, 20.4 General Cerulean
/way Borean Tundra 24.1, 29.6 Warbringer Goredrak

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The Cell

Raelorasz at the Transitus Shield wants you to obtain the Prison Casing from General Cerulean and the Energy Core from Warbringer Goredrak.

	Energy Core (1)
	Prison Casing (1)

Description

You've discovered a fragment of a special prison, <name>.

Malygos' minions use similar prisons to hold their captured mages and other arcane entities, but this prison was constructed to hold something... stronger.

In hopes that the enemy of our enemy will prove to be a friend, you must search for the prison's remaining fragments.

They are likely to be in the possession of Malygos' most trusted underlings.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Augmented Arcane Prison

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with The Wyrmrest Accord

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11943))