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Comment by 5338

The spawns for each relic are in random places around the excavation, sometimes being up a hill with some equipment. Each looks like something different: a tall and skinny vase, a stone chest, a short and wide vase, and a pile of loose dirt. Not positive which one is which.

Comment by OverlordQ

Ados - Ancient Relic (Crypt)
Golm - Ancient Relic (Short Fat Vase)
Modr - Ancient Relic (Tall Skinny Vase)
Neru - Loose Soil

These are random spawns throughout the excavation site so it will take a while to find them all.

Comment by skyoverheaven

If you're having trouble finding an item or two, don't forget to look on the ledge where Sarltooth spawns -- often you'll find one just in front of him. Other easy to miss places are under the bridges that span the dig site and the area just behind the raptor eggs, where the purple raptors are (near the ramp that leads up to the quest NPCs).

Comment by 70346

Note the screenshots: each fragment is in a different type of case; except the Neru Fragment, which is in "loose soil". Each one spawns all over the camp. The place is swarming with level 25-27 raptors.

Note that there is another quest to kill those very raptors: the second of the chain of Omer's Revenge.

Comment by 62198

Good quest to do along with Ormer's Revenge part two, where you need to kill the kind of raptors that are all over the site.

Comment by 84907

I found another spot. from the ledge the boss is on, jump down to another ledge to the east. you have to go past the boss. I'm not sure if this is the same ledge you see from the cave where the NPCs are, or if that's another ledge, and whether the relics might be able to appear on that one as well or not.
I wasted probably an hour trying to find that. and it rained at one point.

Comment by 96586

Damn loose soil was in stealth mode...

Comment by 104742

all 4 items in big vase @ 36.48

Comment by 83915

Modr - Large Jug - 34,47
Ados - Stone Box - 34,46
Golm - Large Jug - 33,51 up path near named raptor
Neru - Pile of Dirt - 37,50

Item location is random though; this is where I found them.

Comment by 52125

The pile of dirt seems to be the tough one. I also found the pile of dirt at 33.5, 49.

Comment by dbodinem

Paired it with Ormer's Revenge Part 2, finished this one before I'd finished killing all the Raptors. Pair it, you'll be glad you did. Even if you don't finish it before part 2, you can still work on it while you are trying to find and kill Sarltooth.

Comment by LordBen

I found a really evil one. I had 2, the tall and the fat vases. Well, i found the crypt and looted. I was about to go, but i saw glimmer. THE LOOSE SOIL WAS INSIDE THE CRYPT!! Ah. By the way, their usual place (random):
Always check behind Sarltooth ,
The great tree at the roads leg which leads to the dwarves,
The little house-wreck,
In the middle of the site.

Comment by 132098

i cannot find this loose soil i looked behind the tree and everything

Comment by 167573

"'Divine plan" and a "Doomed prophecy.'"
"'Old Gods. . .Chained Beneath the Land.'"

Theory

Divine Plan: Titans imprisoning the Old Gods beneath the land, so they do no more harm.

Doomed Prophecy: The Old Gods will eventually break free of their bonds and terrorize Azeroth once more.

Comment by 168886

:S in a big fat vase i found 3! the other one i found in loose soil. how lucky is that! ;D

Comment by KristianG

Thanks for this incredible tip!

And to everyone else:

If you have looked behind the tree and not found anything...

Look again!

And you don't find anything then, you know what?

Keep looking! ...and look...and look...and look...

I was sooo certain that I have looked there, so I ended up spending at least 20 minutes going over the excavation site and killing everything four times and looking every where at least ten times. Could not find the darn Neru Fragment in the Loose Soil.

Comment by 194689

Also you can check 34.7 52.6 - a ground behind Sarltooth

Comment by 227817

Ran around looking for the dirt pile for a LOOOOONG time.
Finally found it at 36,50.

So, check 36,50 if you can't find the dirtpile.

Comment by Anallogy

i got the Stone of Relu off one of the raptors in that mining place

Comment by 102674

I saw the most painful thing when doing this quest. I spent a good hour or so painfully collecting each one, then watched the new ones all spawn right next to each other. The agony.

Comment by 318108

Horrible quest.I spent over an hour at the site doing the 3 killing grind quests but was the skinny vase there containing the Modr thing ?......no it was NOT THERE ANYWHERE.Went back next day no problem.

Comment by 4336

This can be a pretty horrible quest if you don't know the tricky places to look.

All the fragments are inside the excavation site so don't go looking for them elsewhere:
- Far north behind a tree next to one of the smaller raptors.
- Far east. If you're standing next to the quest-givers, just jump down facing west and there might be a relic hiding there. Be carefull not to fall all the way at once or you might just die.
- Far south, up the hill right next to Sarltooth.
- If you jump down to the plateau exactly east of Sarltooth, there may be a fragment hiding there.

These are the tricky places you wouldn't think to look, the fragments are normally out in the open, but there's usually always a single one hiding somewhere.

Comment by deadgirl

found Ados at 35.16.48.96
Modr at 35,65.48,00
Golm at 32,32.48,53
Neru at 32,76.51,09 next to sarltooth

Comment by 336769

I found everything in the middle of the whole thing :D

Comment by 368042

Can't find Modr...but the writing is refering to the Titans imprisoning Yogg-Saron in Ulduar.

Comment by 262743

Most. Annoying. Quest. In. The. Game.

I had forgotton how freaking annoying this quest was. I gave up after an hour of searching for the non-existant Modr vase.

Comment by 429541

I've heard you have to get all the fragments in a certain order, is that true?

Comment by Hairband

Here's one: I have done this quest many times and have seen the Ados fragment (the one in the very large flat cement looking chest) spawn in different places. After a half hour of frustration I gave up ready to call it a night and what do I spy at the bottom of the ramp from Ormer's cave, right by the raptor eggs? The Ados fragment. I've never seen it spawn there and so I never thought to look there myself.

Comment by Alamandaros

The two most common areas that people will miss are at the bottom of the ramp leading up to the quest giver, and in the area where Sarltooth can spawn (up the ramp on the opposite side of the pit).

Comment by Lainea

Unless they have recently made this quest easier, Im not sure what everyone had such an issue with. I completed the quest in less than 10 mins. I jsut kept a keen eye open for the sparkling that comes with things you gotta get. Killed the raptors, loot, and off we go. Easy as pie as a Lvl 25 warrior.

Comment by samcro

If you get Ormer's Revenge with this quest you will cover 85/90% of the area.... read the comments.... great info

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Uncovering the Past

This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.

Prospector Whelgar wants you to scour the excavation site in search of the 4 missing tablet fragments: Ados, Modr, Golm and Neru.

	Ados Fragment (1)
	Modr Fragment (1)
	Golm Fragment (1)
	Neru Fragment (1)

Description

Just before the invasion I uncovered a large tablet called the Goaz Stone. The translated text breaks off in 4 places. The text speaks of a "divine plan" and a "doomed prophecy."

I fear we are running out of time. I am too old to go down and brave those beasts. But you are strong.

Scour the excavation site and uncover the 4 missing tablet fragments: Ados, Modr, Golm and Neru. Search for them in ancient artifacts or where the soil is loose. Bring them to me so I can begin unlocking the mystery!

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Silk Mantle of Gamn

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Ironforge

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(299))