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Classic questDungeon

The Archivist

Level
60
Required level
55
Faction
Both
Zone
Stratholme
Quest ID
5251

Classic 1.12 data, not Forever data. The game files do not include quest texts, so this page uses the free CMaNGOS Classic-DB database. Objectives, rewards, experience and positions may have changed in WoW Forever.

In WoW Forever

  • The WoW Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70205) includes this quest by its number (5251). That does not confirm its text, objectives or rewards are unchanged.
  • Blizzard says dungeon quests give extra experience beyond normal quest values in Forever, and build 1.60.1.70170 halved that extra. No figures were given, and the Classic experience on this page does not include it. Source See it in the list of changes

Objectives

  • Kill 1 × Archivist Galford
  • Archive Burned

Quest text: Travel to Stratholme and find Archivist Galford of the Scarlet Crusade. Destroy him and burn down the Scarlet Archive.

Starts

  • Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff <The Argent Dawn>Classic position: Eastern Plaguelands 71.6 · 50.1 · View on the map

Ends

  • Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff <The Argent Dawn>Classic position: Eastern Plaguelands 71.6 · 50.1 · View on the map

Classic 1.12 coordinates on the Forever map; it may be elsewhere in Forever.

Rewards

Money
1 g 80 s
Classic experience
8,300
Reputation
+150 Argent Dawn

CMaNGOS calculation for Classic 1.12: full value up to 5 levels above the quest, less after that. It may differ in Forever.

Classic 1.12 rewards. Blizzard says quest rewards were updated or expanded in Forever, so they may differ.

Quest chain · part 1 of 5

  1. The Archivist This quest
  2. The Truth Comes Crashing Down 60
  3. Above and Beyond 60
  4. Lord Maxwell Tyrosus 60
  5. The Argent Hold 60

Unlocks: The Truth Comes Crashing Down 60

Other quests from Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff

All Classic quests in StratholmeStratholme pageClassic quests

Classic 1.12 quest data: CMaNGOS Classic-DB (1.12.1 "Melting Pot v2", z2815), licensed under GPL v3 (github.com/cmangos/classic-db). Quest texts © Blizzard Entertainment, in their original English; we do not translate them. Zone, item, faction and spell names: WoW Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70205).

Quest titles, NPC names and quest texts are shown in English, as the Classic data has them.

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