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1.	A Thousand Worlds
2.	Stasis Chambers of Bash'ir

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Comment by 54503

The drop rate on the keys isnt very good, I looted 150 zaxxis insignias before I had all 5 keys.

After turning the 5 keys, Commander Ameer makes a new key and starts you on a quest called " Stasis of chamber Bashir" where you use the alpha key ( the one he made from the 5 keys you gave him) to open an alpha prison and a level 70 elite (gronn like) guy spawns. Myself (rogue), a priest and a warrior killed him easily.

The image of Commander Ameer at Bash'r's landing starts you on another quest called " The Mark of the Nexus King" that I believe requires you to go to mana tombs and kill the last boss there for a mark of the nexsus-king that you must turn to Commander Ameer.

That's how far I've gotten, will update when I have more info

Comment by 54445

Ethereum Prison Key:
Dropped by:
Ethereum Assassin 5% (1/21)
Ethereum Nexus-Stalker 5% (6/128)

Comment by Asfaril

This quest requires that you are revered with Consortium

Comment by 54590

About 2.5 hours of solo grinding as a pet spec hunter for 20.79 gold and 500 faction and opening up the Stasis Chamber of Bash'ir quest.

Comment by casualblair

So you got this far and you're probably wondering "what next?"

When I got here, the quests weren't filled in, so here is what happens:

1) You've already done the prequests and started on your keys. Key drop is low as stated above. 5% sounds right.

2) All ethereals drop them, but the ones around mana forge ultris seem to have the best drop rate.

3) They are SELLABLE. Do not make these cheap as they are a pain in the ass, as below...

4) You hand in your first key and get your follow up. 5 Keys.

5) Hand in 5 keys, and go to Bashir's Landing in BEM (North)

6) Open Stasis Chamber Alpha and fight an 80,000 hp Gronn. Does a knockback attack (probably aggro wiping, but i dont know...) and a daze attack, but hey Blizzard: If you're going to make a quest say "5 man" dont make the mob fearable. Solo'd the mob with a mage friend taking out repops. 8 minute fight :P

7) Hand in the Gronn's drop and take the next quest. It took several re-reads of the quest, but essentially...

Get 5 Keys
Hand in 5 keys for 1 bashir's landing prison key
Open prison and beat up mob
Mob has a CHANCE to drop Mark of the Nexus-King
Enjoy :P

8) Hand in mark for key to open stasis chamber in heroic mana tombs. I think this will iether be a new room with new boss and a whole lot of treasure. Enjoy phat loots.

Comment by aasartor

The Etherium in Blade's Edge Mountains (specifically Bashir's Landing) drop the keys as well. If you farm in Blade's Edge, you can get Apexis Shards and Etherium Prison Keys at the same time.

Since the Etherium Staging Grounds near Manaforge Ultris is currently overcrowded on my server with people farming for this quest, Blade's Edge provides a better alternative.

Comment by 33258

I can not get this quest for some reason. I completed Ethereum secrets (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10971) but ameer does not give this one to me. I only get the repeatable quest for the prisoner ID tags.

I am honored with consortium.

Comment by 32104

I am revered with Consortium. I want to tell 1 important thing - the Zaxxis Stalkers and Raiders DO DROP these keys!!!

Comment by Emperor

I got this quest and farmed the ethereals for about 2 hours, and no key dropped.
Next day I did heroic Mana Tombs and, guess what, 10 keys in the whole instance.

wow...

Comment by 34592

I highly recommend farming Zaxxis Stalker and Raider at The Heap, 30,77.

It's easier to do an AoE farm there and they also drop Zaxxis Insignia =)

After less than 45 minutes I got 50 Zaxxis Insignias and 6 Ethereum Prison Keys.

Comment by 60488

I am revered with The Consortium and I've completed the the other quests and yet I can't pick this one. Any ideas why?

Comment by 15689

This quest won't show up until you've completed Ethereum Secrets < http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10971 >

Comment by Heimdallen

OK, here's my question. I know the pre-req is the Ethereum Secrets, which turns into Ethereum Prisoner ID Catalogue...but that quest is repeatable for rep. I've done it a few times, and this quest (A Thousand Words) is not available yet. At what point does it decide you've done a repeatable rep quest enough to let you turn 5 keys into a stasis chamber key? (I'm exalted with consortium).

Comment by swotam

If you are working on Consortium rep this quest isn't the best use of your keys. This quest and the follow-on grant 1000 rep total. Using the 5 keys and turning in 5 Prisoner ID Catalogue's will get you 1250 rep so all things being equal you are better to skip this and keep turning them in for 250 rep each. Of course, once you hit exalted with them then it's a different story :-)

Comment by holman

This gives 20g 79s at 70.

Comment by 134301

I had 7 Ethereum Prison Key and decided to get ids since its better rep than completing this quest. I got 1750 rep with consortium from 5 ids and freeing a guy (500 rep right there, no id though) and 500 rep for lower city from freeing another guy.
I am not geared for any heroic, so i think its better to get rep first till you are able to run any heroic

Comment by boddiolla

It seems to me, completing this quest is a great waste of gold if you are not farming Constitorum rep, just gold. These keys sell for 25g EACH on AH, and 5 of them is worth MUCH more than a couple quests of 11g each (at lvl 70). But ofcourse, you have 3 choices. Sell them, complete the quest for rep, or use them for rep with other factions or a rare drop.

Comment by 152285

This quest isnt that hard with a 70 hunter...just fy around on epic flying mount with track humnoids on, fly around 2-3 times till you see a Jailor...

Comment by 337604

I dislike this quest because I am farming rep for this faction. The reason is if you are farming rep 5xEthereum Prison Key will give you the oppurtunity at 5 of the dog tags. Each dog tag is worth 250 rep. If u have 5 of the dog tags thats worth 1250 rep which is more than the 500 rep you get from the quest. Its a bad idea to do this quest if you are farming rep. Hope this helps! I would also liek to add that if you go for the dog tags this is much less work :P.

Comment by kurtiffrig

This quest is "ultra important" if you're going for Loremaster of Outland". Not because of this quest, but the one that follows which will take you to Blade's Edge. The followup is the "missing quest" that will complete the Blade's Edge portion of Loremaster if you find yourself one short (and you will).

Comment by 364840

After reading the above I took the quest, I was farming rep mainly but thought I may as well waste 5 keys on quest anyway, however, it may possibly improve drop rate if u have this quest active. I farmed zaxxis guys for over an hour before taking this quest and got 3 key. After I picked up this quest I got 7 keys in 30 minutes. The two may be totally unconnecrted and I'm sure some snob will say it is but really and truly you never know.

Comment by 413867

I'm not positive but having this quest in my log seems to increase the drop rate for the prison keys. I got 5 keys after I accepted the quest in the same amount of kills it took me to get one before I got the quest.

Comment by Jerodast

This flowchart illustrates the Consortium key/chamber/reputation/quest chain.

Comment by 658746

I did this quest once but since this new world patch it is available to me again.

I will not do it as it is a bad return rate for rep but found it interesting.

5 keys for 500 rep.

Comment by Viserate

I do not believe the keys drop from the mobs in Netherstorm anymore. I have cleared the area and no keys dropped. I will do the daily to get these keys. It's weird as they used to drop fairly regular.

Comment by 838112

I just completed both the initial and follow up requests that require obtaining prison keys. In my case, I already knew that farming Zaxxis Insignia was easy, so when I read that the prison keys drop from them, that's what I did. I did notice something though- my first 3 keys can relatively easily from the Zaxxis. I had to take a break, so I headed back to use 1 to get the prisoner ID, then turned in that quest. I went back afterwards to farm the keys for this quest, and I noticed a real difference in the drop rate. I *suspect* that Blizz has the drop rate higher for the first key that lets you do the ID quest, and since I didnt turn that in right away, I got higher drops on the first 3. Can't confirm without doing the test on multiple toons- but it might explain what people have already noticed. Just my 1.5c worth....

Comment by 851693

Dor the people just wanting to grind reputation to get exalted dont use the keys for this quest as delivering keys solo gives more rep

this quest leads to a chain quest which has a chance of dropping an item to unlock a boss in manatoms HC nothing special if your 70+

Comment by Jollygood

After using 11 keys on the prisons, I got 10 prisoner ID tags and one happy Cenarion Expedition Tauren druid. Turning in each ID tag gave me 275 rep (guild bonus is 25) with Mr. Bandagey nearby. If I was not exalted with CE already, I would have gotten rep with them.

On top of that, 10 of the prisons contained NPCs who seriously did not like me. Most of them gave me some decent greens, which I tossed into the AH for the price the AH recommends. It's a little bit of gold and makes other players happy, either with enchanting or filling gaps in their gear as they level.

However, if you are going for Loremaster, it may be worth doing this quest once.

Comment by sapristoire

The best way to farm this item for me is running Mana-Tombs in heroic mode. It routinely drops at least 3 keys after a complete run, and is trivial for level 85 toons.

If reputation grinders can't wait for the cooldown time of heroic instances, one can always farm Zaxxis Insignia or Obsidian Warbeads afterwards, as well as going through Shattrath City Consortium dailies.

Comment by ironskillet

you can clear all the mana-tombs trash on heroic without killing the bosses, just have to sneak past them, doable as any 85

doing all the trash will get u close to 2k each run + 2-4 keys per run

Comment by 1019104

WTH is going on why do they make the drop rate so damn low? is this so you lvl?

Comment by 1019104

OK LOOK FOR THE JAILORS they have them ever drop, found 2 in a row from them.

Comment by trevkno2

Heroic Mana Tombs is a great place to farm these. I usually get at least 2 keys from here, but have gotten up to 6 in one run before.

Comment by Barleduq

I'm hoping this wasn't removed in patch 6. I've got the repeatable turn-in at Ameer for single ID tags. How do I get from that to this quest? :( I have 20+ keys saved up from when you could get them from the guys giving quests in Shattrath (I should have more, not sure if I sold them or what).

-Barleduq

Comment by Vlad

Here is my experience summarized on how to get this item. I just did it on one of my characters to prepare for Timewalking in patch 6.2.

Before you start you might consider purchasing the required materials that will be required further into the quests. It can help reduce farm and speed up completion. At some point you'd need to turn in 10xEthereum Prison Key, but in addition you'd need one extra to continue the quest chain. So if I were you, buy at least 10 of these from the Auction House. Though this is not required, just saves you perhaps an hour of farm in total (if unlucky like me.)

Anyway start by doing these quests in the following order:
1. Seek Out Ameer (requires Honored)
2. A Mission of Mercy
3. Ethereum Secrets (repeatable, do once)
4. A Thousand Worlds (requires Revered)
5. Stasis Chambers of Bash'ir
6. Purging the Chambers of Bash'ir (repeatable, do once)
7. The Mark of the Nexus-King
8. Stasis Chambers of the Mana-Tombs
9. Nexus-Prince Shaffar's Personal Chamber (repeatable, do once)
10. The Eye of Haramad (requires Exalted)

One tip to greatly increase the speed of the farm is to actually enter Heroic Mana-Tombs because you can farm the last boss indefinitely. He will first spawn Ethereal Beacon and these mobs will spawn Ethereal Apprentice and these give 10 rep in Normal, and 21 rep in Heroic. If you have 4 hours to kill spamming one macro, basically create this:
/cleartarget
/targetexact Ethereal Apprentice
/use ABILITYTHATCANBESPAMMEDTOKILLSTUFF
/stopattack
/tar player
/use Battle Standard of Coordination
I've included the Battle Standard of Coordination to speed up the process. Also helps you not forget to spawn it once it is off cooldown and the old one despawns.

Once Exalted you can go to Image of Commander Ameer and complete the final quest The Eye of Haramad (only requires Exalted, nothing else) for The Eye of Haramad and you can spawn Yor each time you visit the instance - no need to farm keys for one time use consumables.

Comment by darkbiker1989

If you are planning to do for Loremaster, skip this quest is really time consuming and you can do 120/120 without this. Good luck !

Comment by Myzvale

The keys for this quest also drop in Mana Tombs, I got 3 in one run so the drop rate can't be too bad unless I'm lucky

Comment by NcJackson

These keys are obtained from Ethereum mobs near & around Manaforge Ultris . I have found Ethereum Jailor's to have the highest drop rate (92% to be exact) and had them drop one after the other.

These mobs are on the outskirts of Manaforge Ultris . There are three of them to the North, South and West. Travel Counter-Clockwise and by the time you get around to the North Jailor - he will be respawned. Use /Target Ethereum Jailor to pin point them down.

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A Thousand Worlds

Commander Ameer at the Protectorate Watch Post in Netherstorm wants you to bring him 5 Ethereum Prison Keys.

	Ethereum Prison Key (5)

Description

I have cracked the code! Each tag is broken up into several segments. The front side of the tag is always the same and states: "A Thousand Worlds..." I am unsure as to the meaning of this phrase but it sounds insidious.

On the back side of the tag are the vital statistics. The first set of runes indicates location and the second indicates prisoner type. Furthermore, it would seem that the keys can be combined to form a special key that accesses another prison type. Now I just need more keys...

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Completion

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with The Consortium

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10973))

Guides

Hidden Secrets of Outland