WoW Forever Dawn Waker Secret Guide

The Dawn Waker secret is the biggest hidden quest chain found so far in WoW Forever, and the community is still solving it. It starts with a ring and a torch, sends you across both continents from Zephras Isle to Mount Hyjal, and so far ends in front of Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul. Along the way you earn the sword Eluvi'ana, cleanse an ancient water globe and help a Shen'dralar scholar rebuild a weapon called the Dawn Waker. The final reward has not been found yet.

Below you will find every known step in order with coordinates, what each part needs in level and group size, the items you must keep, and what players think comes next. Expect the chain to grow as more of it is solved.

Dawn Waker Secret at a Glance

The chain has six known parts. They can be done at different levels, and only part 2 depends on your faction:

Keep every item the chain gives you. Players do not know yet whether the hilt, the sword, the tome or the globe can be replaced if you sell or delete them.

Before You Start: The Torch and the Ring

Two tools reveal hidden objects throughout the chain, so get both first.

Night Watchman's Torch

In Duskwood, look for a slain Night Watch Guard. He gives the quest An Unfortunate End, which you hand back to him at once for the Night Watchman's Torch. He spawns at one of several places at a time, among them Raven Hill Cemetery at about 17, 54, Brightwood Grove at about 66, 34, and spots near 21, 32 and 46, 78. Type /target Night Watch Guard as you ride through the zone.

The torch lights your way for five minutes. It goes out when you enter combat or swim, and it cannot be lit in inns or capital cities.

Ancient Heirloom

The Ancient Heirloom is a plain ring that lets you see hidden people and objects while you wear it. Skyborne players get it from the quest Coming of Age in Thendal Village on Zephras Isle. Everyone else, and anyone who lost theirs, can loot it from the top floor of a building in Thendal Village at about 41.7, 23.4. Zephras Isle is open to every race: airships fly there from Dalaran at the north of Alterac Mountains and from Skywatcher Plateau in Mulgore.

Part 1: The Ancient Sword on Zephras Isle

The first part gives you the sword Eluvi'ana and the hilt of a second blade.

1. Go to the back of the Ruins of Ban'aethal on Zephras Isle at about 58.1, 24.1 and light the torch. It reveals an ancient hilt and starts The Ancient Hilt. The world boss Altairus, Caller of the North Wind, guards the area, so pull him away and wait for him to fly off, or come while he sleeps. Combat puts the torch out.
2. Bring the hilt to Ealaane Nimbuswalker near Valanaar at about 65.9, 74.4. She returns the usable Ancient Hilt.
3. Find the Ancient Skyborne Blade, a small glowing blue object on the ground. It has several spawn points, including about 48.9, 72.7, 47.5, 71.5, 50.4, 44.3, 66.3, 43.2 and 59.9, 82.2.
4. Bring the blade to Ealaane for the quest Eluvi'ana and its reward, the sword Eluvi'ana.

Eluvi'ana is a green one-handed sword with item level 15 and no stats, so it is a key item rather than a weapon. Ealaane also tells you that both works come from the magesmith Luminarian, whose family came from the city that is now Blackfathom Deeps.

Part 2: The Befouled Water Globe

This part differs by faction, and both versions end with the Befouled Water Globe that the rest of the chain revolves around.

Alliance: Baron Marinous in Darkshore

1. Collect 20 Mathystral Amulet Fragment from the Stormscale naga around the Ruins of Mathystra in Darkshore and combine them into the Mathystral Amulet.
2. Use the amulet at the Fathom Stone at the bottom of the spiral stairs, at about 59.0, 22.6. It summons Baron Marinous, a level 21 elite, so bring help.
3. He drops the Clouded Water Globe, which starts Baron Marinous. Bring it to Onu at the Grove of the Ancients, at about 43.6, 76.4.
4. Talk to Onu again and ask for the globe back. He gives you the Befouled Water Globe.

Horde: Baron Aquanis in Blackfathom Deeps

1. In Blackfathom Deeps, summon Baron Aquanis at the Fathom Stone. He drops the Strange Water Globe, which starts a quest for the Horde.
2. Bring it to Je'neu Sancrea at Zoram'gar Outpost in Ashenvale, at about 11.6, 34.2.
3. Talk to Je'neu again and ask for the globe back to get the Befouled Water Globe.

Our WoW Forever Blackfathom Deeps guide covers the dungeon and the Fathom Stone.

Part 3: The Highborne Spirit and Narassin

1. Wear the Ancient Heirloom, carry the globe and go to Zoram Strand in Ashenvale, at about 15.7, 19.3. A Highborne Spirit appears only with the ring on, and with the globe in your bags he talks about its corruption and names Athrikus Narassin.
2. Climb the Tower of Althalaxx in Darkshore at about 56.4, 26.5 and kill Athrikus Narassin at the top. He drops the Azsharan Key.
3. Open Narassin's Strongbox behind him for Narassin's Tome.
4. Bring the tome to the Highborne Spirit. He sends you to a member of the Shen'dralar.

Part 4: Mordent Evenshade and the Three Reagents

Mordent Evenshade waits at Evenshade's Overlook in Shen'dralas, north of Dire Maul, at about 35.0, 46.5. Bring Narassin's Tome, the Ancient Hilt, Eluvi'ana and the Befouled Water Globe. He asks for three reagents to finish the second blade, Eluvi'tor. Talk to him before you gather them, because the tears only drop after that conversation.

Return to Mordent with all three, and he sends you to a font of arcane power on Mount Hyjal.

Part 5: The Ritual at the Shrine of Coalescence

Go to the Shrine of Coalescence in Mount Hyjal at about 72.7, 37.2 with the Star of Elune, the Abyssal Mote, 20 Tears of Anguish and the Befouled Water Globe. Use the globe from your bags and finish the cleansing channel. It becomes the Cleansed Water Globe, the last remnant of the elemental defender of a Highborne city.

Back at Mordent, the tome is nearly deciphered. He names the traitor Tortheldrin, who was in contact with Narassin, and sends you to him.

Part 6: Prince Tortheldrin and What Comes Next

Prince Tortheldrin waits at the end of the west wing of Dire Maul. When you ask him about Eluvi'ana and Eluvi'tor, he refuses: this knowledge is only for those honored in his royal court. That is where the solved part of the secret ends.

Players expect the next step to need Honored reputation with the Shen'dralar, the faction of Dire Maul. Reputation comes from turning in class books and librams in Dire Maul, and from the Quel'Serrar questline for Warriors and Paladins. Nobody has confirmed the step or the reward yet, and Blizzard has not commented on the secret. We will add the rest of the chain here as soon as it is solved.

Dawn Waker Secret Tips

• Collect the tools early. The torch and the ring take minutes at any level, and several later steps are invisible without them.
• Wear the ring for the spirit and the vault. Without it, the Highborne Spirit and the Feralas switches do not appear.
• Organize the Feralas vault. Put one player on each switch and count down together in voice chat to hit the 15-second window.
• Start the Azsharite chain early. It is the longest of the three reagents, so pick it up while you level through the 40s and 50s.
• Never sell chain items. The hilt, the sword, the tome and the globe look like vendor fodder, but you need them later.

The secret is one of several hunts in WoW Forever. Our WoW Forever Alcaz Operative toy guide covers a shorter one that ends in a Defias disguise.

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