Objective Locations Related records Rewards Sources Keep for turn-in Have
Relevant locations Area Alterac Mountains Hillsbrad Foothills Hide pins
! Classic in-game map · 1 baseline placements. Select a pin for its name and coordinates. Not live spawn tracking.
Coordinates and linked records Description One of the letters on this table is encrypted and inscrutable.
Rewards Money: No monetary value supplied
XP and reputation totals are withheld here: this server-derived baseline can disagree with live Classic values.
Progress text Yes, adventurer? Do you have some business with me?
Completion text What is this? Hold a moment... let me take a closer look.
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Hm, I have never before seen this form of encryption, but I must admit that my knowledge in that area is by no means complete.
Class and race requirements Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome · Classes: All.
Sources and coverage Quest source items: Pinned Classic QuestDB source · rewards source-item field, with item-started quests distinguished. Original records retained; not independent live-client verification.
Reviewed turn-in item references Encrypted Letter · Pinned required-item consumption · Classic eligibility reference . Reviewed 2026-10-15; exact source-item and required-slot reference, not independent live-server verification.
Map artwork credits Classic in-game map artwork by Blizzard Entertainment, served by Zamimg. Placement data and area hierarchy are credited separately below.
Image credits Loremaster Dibbs · Screenshot by Unnamed Wowhead contributor, via Wowhead · 2008-03-13.Entity identification references, including historical captures. Screenshot client builds are not independently confirmed.
LibQuestDB Vanilla tables; CMaNGOS classic-db factual baseline with client corrections. Not independent live-server verification.
Never use this Classic record as confirmation of Forever content. The Forever database contains its own observed records.
Pinned LibQuestDB release · Compare Classic source page · Coverage and missing data · Attribution
Classic Era Syndicate Documents reference · Reviewed quest-starting object identities; original assignments retained. Additional document objects have no reviewed coordinates here; their positions are not inferred.
Cleverly Encrypted Letter × 1 with you when completing this quest. This is the item provided with the quest, not an additional item to farm.