Quick Facts

Series

1.	Proving Your Worth
2.	A Hidden Message
3.	To Ravenholdt
4.	To Catch a Thief
5.	Our Man in Gilneas
6.	Assassinate Creed
7.	The Deed is Done

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Comment by Jakki

The secret message is 'Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.'(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##hatman555##DELIM##

Comment by stuffeh

Just did this quest on PTR. Your rogue can be logged out while the ring is charging. Corastrasza is located at 29.0, 25.0 in the middle/under the big tree.

Once the ring is charged, use it and turn in the quest and walk outside of the tree to talk to Mostrasz who will fly you Ravenhordt when you talk to him.

BTW, exalted faction rep with Ravenhordt will be of no help in the next quest. All the guards will still be very hostile.

Comment by GMChocolate

To complete this quest as Alliance you must first visit Thaumaturge Rafir who is in Stormwind located at 50.6, 61.3 and pay him 10.000 gold.
As Horde you go to Thaumaturge Altha located at 57.6, 65.5 in Orgrimmar and also pay 10.000 gold.
He will then give you a Charging Decoder Ring which will turn into a Charged Decoder Ring after 12 hours.

After you have your Decoder Ring charging you go to Corastrasza located in the Twilight Highlands at 29.0, 25.0. She will provide you with a Singed Cipher which you decode with the Charged Decoder Ring after its ready and create Solved Cipher.

Comment by triggz

> Your Pick Pocket misses Hagara the Stormbinder
> Hagara the Stormbinder hits you 200k
> You die.

wtf man.

Comment by TheGrimSage

I was hoping Lord Afrasastrasz would find us a competent <class>.

Intriguing

Comment by 590346

Ten thousand! Outrageous! I'll kill you while you sleep!

Well then.
It is good that I no longer sleep.

Comment by 919240

Is it A must to pay 10.000? I have waiting since yesterday now and my ring is still not charged?

Comment by 507047

Had to pay 10k, then saw a duration on my item freaked me the hell out. Then i came onto wowhead and realized i have to WAIT 12 hours to use the ring. Made me think i had 12 hours to figure it out before i would have to pay another 10k.

Comment by 632709

Corastrasza is using wrathful shoulders.
Marry me! :c

Comment by 919481

As i see the 2 last quests of the chain are for alliance. What will happen as a Horde?

Comment by Graveheart

that feeling when you're about to embark on this questline and you find out you need 10k gold... I should have known.

Comment by 798406

Just wanted to confirm that in 4.3 it did not change. It is 12 hrs real time not in game time. So if you raid with your guild at night and pickup the quest item then just logout and in the morning (12 hrs later) you will be able to finish that part of the quest.

I am mentioning this because all other replies about the 12 hrs are from PTR. Good luck on your legendary!

Comment by 920712

After turning in Proving Your Worth Proving Your Worth, you will need to go to the Ethereals in SW/Org. This is where you now Reforge, Transmog and use Void Storage.

You must have 10k gold in order to charge your Cryptomancer's Decoder Ring http://www.wowhead.com/item=74256. An Ethereal, that you can only talks to, Thaumaturge Rafir Thaumaturge Rafir (Alliance); Thaumaturge Altha Thaumaturge Altha (Horde).

Once you pay him your WOW life savings. It will put a 12hr timer on it. This will complete while logged off.

You then take your newly Charge Decoder Ring Charge Decoder Ring to Corastrasza Corastrasza at Vermillion Redoubt, Twilight Highlands. Get the Signed Cipher from her and use it to decode your ring.

She will give you To Ravenholdt To Ravenholdt

Comment by Uinri

Note that unlike the staff legendary, whose gold cost derives from Sands of Time, this 10,000g fee is immune to all discounts. Bartering and Reputation are useless in the face of an Ethereal.

Well, we've been stealing from mobs for so long, it now time for the mobs to rob us blind as revenge, I guess.

Comment by 820341

10k gold? But... But that's... OVER NINE THOUSAND!

Comment by Nobbel

Here is a video I made on the first stage of the legendary questline. It's a how to/look how cool this questline is.
Enjoy!
part 1 "What happened to my egg?":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdYDF6WvgEk&hd=1

Part 2 "Please don't break my legs":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_0328xVo-U&hd=1

Comment by 705616

At this point to proceed with a quest you have to pay 10.000 golds and you have to wait 12 hours for the ring to charge (you can be log-out for the whole time, no need to be in-game for 12 hours).

Comment by NomadDC

Not written by myself, found in comments of 1st stage.

Pathal said:
I will be updating this (as I am my guild's) as I discover new things, and if Blizzard changes the questline again. I'm still working on verifying certain facts, trying to read between the lines and discover new quests and quest items, but everything below appears to fit and be viewable on the PTR.

The stage one daggers have a name currently, as they were dug out of the quest text: Ominous Razor and Ominous Shanker. My guess is the Shanker is the MH, since Shankers have predominantly been slower daggers so far in this game. I will add a caveat, that these could be placeholders, since they do feel slightly generic for being the beginning of a legendary item.

If this gives the Wowhead News team something to go on, then by all means take it and run with it. It would be cool to see you guys (and gals) be able to publish a definitive guide before anyone else. In any case, I will continue to work on adding to this over time.

The Charging Decoder Ring lasts 12 hour of /played time for A Hidden Message. You just need 12 hours /played in order for it to fully charge up. Seems like a weird hurdle to have, especially when it can be accomplished by sitting /afk in, say, Silithus, and after you just forked over 10k gold.

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--- Items ---
-(Item #77951)
-(Item #77952)
-Stage 1 ((Item #77946) and (Item #77945) -- http://i.imgur.com/qa5xF.jpg)
-Stage 2 ((Item #77948) and (Item #77947))
-Stage 3 ((Item #77950) and (Item #77949))
-(Item #77954)
-(Item #78339)
- Charging Decoder Ring
- Charged Decoder Ring

- Proving your worth ( Proving Your Worth)
Need to pickpocket "Hagara the Stormbinder", 4th boss. The pocket refills in 15 minutes, or a reset.

Starts and ends at Lord Afrasastrasz (Lord Afrasastrasz) at Wyrmrest Temple inside the Dragon's Soul raid.

- A Hidden Message ( A Hidden Message)
Go to the Ethereals in SW/Org, charge your decoder ring at Thaumaturge Rafir (http://i.imgur.com/rUlWf.jpg). Then get the Singed Cipher from Corastrasza (Corastrasza) at Vermillion Redoubt. Charging the ring costs 10k gold. You must wait 12 hours /played after paying Rafir for the ring to turn into a Charged Decoder Ring. I would recommend leaving Warcraft open while you do other things, and have your character be /busy in an obscure location.

People have used auto keypress programs on the PTR to progress through those 12 hours while they sleep, you are responsible for any risks involved. Just a word of warning.

End at Corastrasza, at Vermillion Redoubt in the Twilight Highlands.

Lastly, you can move after right clicking the Charged Decoder Ring, it will not cancel the cast.

- To Ravenholdt ( To Ravenholdt)
Speak with Mostrasz (Mostrasz) at the Vermillion Redoubt at the entrance under the tree, and fly to Ravenholdt. Talk with Mostrasz once you land.

- To Catch A Thief ( To Catch a Thief)
Stealth through Ravenholdt for the egg, it's located in the basement. Talk to Wrathion at Ravenholdt to end it.

You will gain a somewhat large red circle around you character. It looks similar to: http://i.imgur.com/zxKpL.jpg. This is your safe stealth range, as enemies approach the edge of it, they will become suspicious and look in your direction. They must be either sapped or distracted so you can move past them. Do note that there is a limit to how close you can get to distracted targets. If you can't see the back edge of your "safety zone", then make sure your camera is zoomed out since you can still get attacked from behind.

You will need to get behind Ravenholdt Manor (http://i.imgur.com/VI4L8.jpg), climb up onto the roof and then enter at the top of the spire (http://i.imgur.com/W1gS1.jpg). Once inside you will walk down to the second floor, look for a specific mob that pats underneath you, make sure they are at either end of their pat so you don't land near them, distract them if necessary. Quickly fall to the main floor and run under the stairs so you fall into the basement.

The easiest way I found was to go counter clockwise around the premises, either along the side of the hills or by going straight up to the building and taking a right.

Once you get into the basement, there is a brief cut scene. As of Oct 18th all you see is a placeholder. Wrathion will appear and walk upstairs while talking to you, all the Ravenholdt NPCs are now friendly and you embark on Wrathion's quest by talking to him.

- Our Man in Gilneas ((Quest #30092))
Go to Zazzo (70.1, 40.7 @Gilneas). http://i.imgur.com/r7AaG.jpg

You can find him on the north side of the northeast bridge.

- Assassinate Creed ((Quest #30093))
Find Creed ((NPC #57802) - 58.6, 67.6 @Gilneas City) in the middle of the military district and kill him, enter in through Merchant's square and stealth to him, make heavy use of Sap and Distract. Zazzo will pull you out if you're bad at being a ninja. You can avoid the last few mobs by jumping into the stream under the bridge leading into the Military District.

Creed has 1,859,760 health, and is a two phase fight. He is susceptible to all forms of CC, incapacitates, snares, stuns, etc.

Phase 1 lasts until 75% health, he casts two spells:
- Consuming Darkness - 1 second cast that spawns an AOE underneath the player that does roughly 9k per tick.
- Blackhowl's Will - 1.5 second cast that hits the target for roughly 20k shadow damage.
In phase 2 he adds another spell to his arsenal:
- Shadow Breath - 1 second cast warm up, 3 second channeled duration that deals shadow damage in front of him. The channeled part of the cast is not affected by Mind Numbing Poison.

Strategy(ies) soon.

- The Deed is Done ((Quest #30106))
Return to Wrathion after killing Creed.

Wrathion will reward you with the stage 1 daggers.

- Cluster Clutch ((Quest #30107))
Collect 50 Shadowy Gems from creatures in Dragon Soul. Quest text seems to indicate they will drop from Elementium Gem Clusters, but this seems somewhat odd. It could be a way to reduce the number of people working on the legendary at the same time if the Rogue is required to go back and loot the same item, albeit tedious.

Turn in to Wrathion, in Ravenholdt.

- Our Man in Karazhan ((Quest #30108))
Go to Zazzo, SE of Karazhan.

- Blood of the Betrayer ((Quest #30109))
Sneak into the Master's Cellar at Karazhan (Yay!), and defeat Nalice. It appears that effective use of Stealth and Distract is of the essence for this part. Pick Lock might be used, but who cares.

Might need Arcane Storage Devices to beat Nalice, they should be scattered throughout the cellar.

Grab a vial for Wrathion off the dead body of Nalice, most likely turned into Zazzo, however.

- Victory in the Depths ((Quest #30113))
Take the Vial of Preserved Dragonsblood, O

Comment by BlooPhish

I like how the quest reward is 16g 54s... Thanks, that helps a lot after I just gave you 10,000 gold.

Comment by 846355

Ehm i just charged my ring and it says duration:12 hours does that mean its gonna dissapare in 12 hours or?

Comment by 258432

Anyone else amused by the fact that the quest text says "Hurry! Time is ticking..." to only be followed by a mandatory 12hr timer?

Amuses me to no end.

Comment by predzod

I was wondering, Is it 12 hours /played or just 12 hours. Meaning if i took the quest at 12pm today will it be ready at 12 am tommorow while i sleep or after 12 hours of me playing the game?

Comment by nakata9559

The second quest of the chain to obtain Golad, Twilight of Aspects and Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages, Fangs of the Father.

Comment by Ackie

You do not have to wait for your Charging Decoder Ring to turn into Charged Decoder Ring to get Singed Cipher from Corastrasza
After completing Proving Your Worth you can go straight to Twilight Highlands and speak to Corastrasza to get the Singed Cipher

Comment by 829205

Word of Warning: DO NOT be doing any other action when agreeing to pay the 10k gold. If you click "Okay" while doing something like applying poison or respecing talents, you will get an error message saying "Another Action Is In Progress" and you WILL NOT receive "Charging Decoder Ring" however you will lose your 10k gold. Sad face.

After 2 tickets, a GM refunded my 10k gold so that I could repeat this part of the quest.

Comment by bahaled

I take pride in the fact that I am a thieving, sneaky rogue and the fact that I have to pay goes against ALL my principles (or lack of them) as a rogue. Let the noble minded paladin pay, let HIM be noble, just, hardworking etc. I am a Rogue let me steal, thieve and do some dirty deed to earn a fee like that but forcing me as rogue to act morally and PAY ....

I feel sick!

I mean its like blizzard giving a paladin a quest to waylay a a bunch of grandmothers on the way to ten pin bowling... its totally out of character.

Comment by roguesanonymous

i made a rogue specificly for this quest not knowing most of the requirements. i read it requires 10k g just for one part of the quest. no thanks blizz. ive never EVER been good at making money on wow and i have 3 85s. people say "oh just farm expensive goods" so i do and by the end ive made 300-400g with cata goods.

Comment by 998364

Charging Decoder Ring duration is 12 hours (real time) .Never mind that you are be online or offline, it is charging in both state.

Comment by 998364

predzod,
dont worry , you can rest , sleep and so one , dont need to be online all 12 hours and it dosent depend on /palyed time, just need to w8 exactly 12 hours for Charging Decoder Ring, after you pay 10k Gold, even can offline all the 12 houre time, have a good game

Comment by epicdream

do you need to wait 12 hours when charged the ring for 10k + when you got the scroll from the wonen in the tree do you have to wait 12 hours?

Comment by unpwnt

If you delete your Decoder Ring accidentally while you're on this quest you will not be able to charge it, but don't worry, just walk in to Dragon Soul and talk to Afrasastrasz to the right of you as you enter, abandon your quest and retake it.

Comment by baiter

No offense but what a bunch of babies.. yes, it cost 10,000 gold BUT it's for legendary daggers! You're not spending all this gold on a title or just to finish a regular quest (or get greens/purples).

It took me 2 days to farm the gold by hitting old dungeons and raids, then AH my goods.. super easy and kind of fun too (hit Kara and absolutely destroyed all the bosses in no time... was actually fun because I remember how painful it was with my guild, back in the day).

I completely understand how much it sucks to part with that much gold though... but to complain and complain? lol

I'm also working on my legendary cloak quest line and would gladly pay twice that amount of gold to avoid having to spend weeks and weeks farming rep.

Comment by Vomitory

For the people who came here for legitimate information, since these comments have suddenly become Reddit with worthless information and useless puns that doesn't help any of us trying to figure out what to do for the quest...

Literally wait 12 hours. Lol.

Comment by chinacat

Go to your factions town first. Pay the 10,000 gold, then wait the 12hrs. It does no good to fly to TH after buying. You can only decode the cipher AFTER the 12 hours waiting time,.

Comment by Calucias

I made a video on how to get these daggers the quickest way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSSnSxvOmI4

Comment by auryunderground

The NPC dialogue at Vermillion Redoubt:

Players arrive at the large tree where they are to meet up with Corastrasza. If Mostrasz is spoken to before advancing through the quest, he will say the following:

Hail, <race>! If you're looking for Corastrasza, she's just inside.

<Mostrasz shifts his weight uncomfortably.>

She's not in a very good mood.

Upon entering the tree, the body of a Suspicious Infiltrator can be seen on the ground, with Corastrasza standing over him. Players can click the body to see the following text:

Corastrasza's dialogue reads, "Lost. Stolen! This is a terrible blow. Terrible!" Players then have the option to respond with one of the following:

( ) What happened here? What was stolen?
( ) Lord Devrestrasz sent me. He said you have a message to decode?

I chose to ask about what was stolen, and the option to choose the second question disappeared after the RP dialogue was finished. (I'm guessing that the second and first options both have roughly the same story though.) Here is the RP conversation if players choose the first question:

Are you familiar with the late dragon Rheastrasza? A little off, that one. She often lurked about the Badlands in the form of a mortal goblin.

Rheastrasza came up with a scheme to steal and purify a black dragon egg, severing its tie with the black dragonflight and the corrupted Earth Warder, Deathwing.

The player answers, "Of course! I helped her back when I was in the Badlands!"
*Please note: As far as I know, the quest chain involving Rhea in the Badlands isn't a pre-req for the rogue legendary quest line, so it's very likely that the answers I received are customized to that experience.*

<Corastrasza does a double-take.>

You! YOU helped Rheastrasza? And lived to tell about it?

I underestimate you, <race>. No wonder Lord Afrasastrasz sent you to me.

No doubt, you remember what happened next: Rheastrasza was killed by Deathwing, but thanks to her sacrifice a single purified black dragon egg was secreted away and hidden.

The player asks, "What happened to the egg?"

That's why you're here, <name>. The egg was hidden here at the Vermillion Redoubt. Days ago, it disappeared.

Whoever did it was able to elude our sharpest guards. One of the thieves was killed during the abduction, although now I believe he may have been a diversion - the egg is simply GONE.

On his corpse we found this note. It remains our only clue, but it is written in a dense code and it MUST be deciphered.

The player answers, "I'm your <man/woman>! Give me the coded message."

Corastrasza says: "Here's what's left of the message we found, <name>. Can you make any sense of it?"

Players use their Charged Decoder Ring to figure out the code, and once deciphered the Solved Cipher says:

<Much of the coded missive was destroyed by fire.>

...his calling...
...the will of Grand Master Fahrad that we act by dawn tomorrow. The one who calls is restless ... renewed urgency ....
...mustn't forgo the element of surprise ... an eventuality, you must divert attention away from the objec....
...but with all luck attributed to the Twilight's Hammer....

...fter the operation is done, both groups will reconvene back at Ravenholdt Manor. May you be fleet of foot and quiet of blade.

Burn this.

Links

A Hidden Message

Charge your Cryptomancer's Decoder Ring and use it to decode the Corastrasza's Singed Cipher.

	Decoder Ring Charged (1)
	Acquire the Singed Cipher (1)
	Solved Cipher (1)
	Singed Cipher (1)

Provided item:

	Cryptomancer's Decoder Ring (1)

Description

Corastrasza, currently stationed at the Vermillion Redoubt in the Twilight Highlands, has intercepted a coded message of grave importance. I'll let her explain the full situation, but we need your expertise to unravel the cipher!

Take your decoder ring to an ethereal thaumaturge in your capital city - he should know how to charge it. Acquire the encoded cipher from Corastrasza and use the ring to decode it for her. Hurry! Time is ticking...

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29802))

Guides

A Legendary Undertaking - Helping Your Rogue Pick Up A Pair Of Fangs Blizzard and Community References in WoW A Guide for Obtainable Feats of Strength Obtaining Legendary Items