Dawn Waker Secret

Skyborne: the first quest gives it

Talk to Ailee Farheart in Thendal Village and take Coming of Age. Turn it in to Rorian the Dayseeker a few steps west, at the entrance of the great tree, and the ring is your reward.

Already past level 1 and sold or destroyed it? The ring on the rooftop below works for you too.

• Zephras Isle 42.8, 23.4Ailee Farheart/way
• Zephras Isle 42.1, 23.5Rorian the Dayseeker/way

Every other race: pick it up from a rooftop

You do not need the Skyborne starting quests. Fly to Zephras Isle, then climb to the top floor of the building at the waypoint in Thendal Village; the ring sits there as a lootable object.

Two skyboats run to the island, each about every 5 minutes. The Alliance route leaves from the northern side of Dalaran, the Horde route from northern Mulgore just north of Thunder Bluff, and either faction can ride either one. Both land at Valanaar in the south of the island.

• Zephras Isle 41.7, 23.4Ancient Heirloom/way
• Alterac Mountains 12.5, 51.8Skyboat from Dalaran (Alliance)/way
• Mulgore 34.3, 25.8Skyboat from Mulgore (Horde)/way

Equip the ring and keep it on. It is what lets you see the hidden spirit, the vault and the switches later in the chain, and nothing else in the game gives you another one.

A fallen Night Watch Guard lies somewhere along Duskwood's roads. Clicking the body offers An Unfortunate End, which you accept and turn in on the spot for the torch. No kills, no items.

The body moves between several spots, so it is the one step that can take a while. Our torch spawn guide has every location on one map and a riding loop that checks them in order.

The torch works from your bags, so it never takes a weapon slot.

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1 · Raven Hill17.0, 54.92 · North of Raven Hill23.6, 33.43 · Raven Hill Cemetery28.7, 33.34 · Addle's Stead22.0, 73.05 · East of Addle's Stead30.1, 67.36 · Twilight Grove road47.6, 59.47 · Southern road45.5, 79.28 · Brightwood Grove66.1, 34.09 · South-west of Darkshire68.8, 69.4

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Bring the torch back to Zephras Isle and ride to the Ruins of Ban'aethal in the north-east. Light the torch at the waypoint and the Ancient Hilt appears on the ground. Looting it starts the next quest.

Altairus patrols these ruins and hits far harder than anything else on the island. Wait at range until it settles into its rest, then light the torch, loot and leave. Getting pulled into combat can cut the torch's light, so a low-level character should not fight it.

• Zephras Isle 58.1, 24.1Ancient Hilt/way

Show the hilt to Ealaane

Take the hilt south to Ealaane Nimbuswalker in Valanaar. She asks you to find the blade that belongs to it.

• Zephras Isle 65.9, 74.4Ealaane Nimbuswalker/way

Check the four blade spots

The Ancient Skyborne Blade is a small object glowing blue on the ground, and it appears at one of four places. Ride the loop below; if a spot is empty, move on to the next instead of waiting.

Return the blade to Ealaane and she rejoins it with the hilt: Eluvi'ana, a rare one-hand sword, item level 15, unique and soulbound. Keep it, even once you outgrow it. The later steps ask you to bring it.

• Zephras Isle 48.9, 72.7Blade spot A/way
• Zephras Isle 50.4, 44.3Blade spot B/way
• Zephras Isle 66.3, 43.1Blade spot C/way
• Zephras Isle 59.9, 82.2Blade spot D/way

Alliance: Baron Marinous in Darkshore

In the Ruins of Mathystra, collect 20 Mathystra Amulet Fragments from the naga and combine them into the Mathystra Amulet.

Use the amulet at the Fathom Stone at the foot of the stairs by the water to summon Baron Marinous, a level 21 elite. He drops a murky water globe that starts the quest Baron Marinous (from level 17).

Turn it in to the Ancient of Lore Onu in the Grove of the Ancients, then talk to Onu again and take the globe back. Leaving after the first turn-in is the most common way to lose a trip here.

• Darkshore 58.9, 22.6Fathom Stone, Baron Marinous/way
• Darkshore 43.6, 76.4Onu/way

Horde: Baron Aquanis in Blackfathom Deeps

Defeat Baron Aquanis in Blackfathom Deeps. He drops the Strange Water Globe, which starts the dungeon quest Baron Aquanis (from level 21).

Take it to Je'neu Sancrea of the Earthen Ring at Zoram'gar Outpost in Ashenvale. After the turn-in, talk to Je'neu again and take the globe back.

• Ashenvale 11.6, 34.3Je'neu Sancrea/way

Either way you end up holding the Befouled Water Globe. Keep it in your bags from here to the cleansing ritual.

Wear the ring, carry the globe and go to Zoram Strand in north-west Ashenvale. A Highborne Spirit stands at the waypoint, visible only with the ring equipped.

Speak to it and show it the globe. It sends you to the Tower of Althalaxx in Darkshore to recover what Narassin left behind.

• Ashenvale 15.7, 19.3Highborne Spirit/way

Climb to the top of the Tower of Althalaxx and defeat Athrikus Narassin. He carries the Azsharan Key; use it on the chest behind him to take Narassin's Tome. A Rogue can pick the key from his pocket instead of fighting.

Bring the tome back to the Highborne Spirit at Zoram Strand. It points you to the Highborne who still live at Shen'dralas.

• Darkshore 56.4, 26.5Athrikus Narassin/way
• Ashenvale 15.7, 19.3Highborne Spirit/way

Shen'dralas is Forever's own zone, not the Shen'dralar wing inside Dire Maul. Find Mordent Evenshade at the waypoint and bring Eluvi'ana and the tome with you.

Mordent reads the tome and explains that the globe has to be cleansed first. For that he needs three reagents, which is the next stage.

• Shen'dralas 35.0, 46.5Mordent Evenshade/way

In the ogre-held temple at the Ruins of Isildien in southern Feralas stands a Shen'dralar Vault. It and its four switches are visible only with the ring equipped, so all five players need their own Ancient Heirloom.

Put one player on each switch and the fifth at the vault. Count down in voice or chat and pull all four switches together: they have to be activated within about 15 seconds. When the vault unlocks, the fifth player opens it for the Star of Elune.

• Feralas 58.5, 71.6Shen'dralar Vault/way
• Feralas 58.5, 71.0Switch 1 (upper floor)/way
• Feralas 57.3, 71.7Switch 2/way
• Feralas 59.7, 72.0Switch 3/way
• Feralas 61.1, 73.6Switch 4 (farthest)/way

The Abyssal Chest lies underwater off the south-east coast of Azshara, but it only lets you loot it once you have finished the demon-hunter chain that runs from Kirith the Damned in the Blasted Lands to Loramus Thalipedes in Azshara.

The chain has nine quests and ends with Azsharite; three of them are named The Name of the Beast and each one counts. It is level 50s content with elites, so bring a group for the harder steps.

• Azshara 66.0, 54.1Abyssal Chest/way

Kill the Anguished Highborne and Suffering Highborne around Lake Kel'Theril until you have 20 Tears of Anguish. They are not a guaranteed drop, so expect a few rounds of the lake.

The ring is not needed while you farm here.

• Winterspring 53.6, 43.2Lake Kel'Theril/way

With all three reagents and the Befouled Water Globe in your bags, go to the Shrine of Coalescence on Mount Hyjal and use the globe from your bags. It turns into the Cleansed Water Globe, whose text ties it to the elemental guardian of an ancient Highborne city.

Take the cleansed globe back to Mordent Evenshade in Shen'dralas. His new dialogue sends you to Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul.

• Mount Hyjal 72.7, 37.2Shrine of Coalescence/way
• Shen'dralas 35.0, 46.5Mordent Evenshade/way

Enter Dire Maul and talk to Prince Tortheldrin. He speaks of two Highborne blades: Eluvi'ana, which you carry, and Eluvi'tor, a second sword nobody has found yet.

He adds that those secrets are shared only with those who stand well in his court. That is as far as the trail has been mapped; the open leads are below.