Auchenai Crypts has six quests in TBC Anniversary. Both factions get four: The Ward of Wakening, Everything Will Be Alright, I See Dead Draenei and Wanted: The Exarch's Soul Gem. The Horde also gets a two-part chain, Auchindoun... and What the Soul Sees. Most of them start at the entrance in Terokkar Forest's Bone Wastes or in Shattrath City.
All Auchenai Crypts quests at a glance
| Quest | Quest / required level | Faction | Giver (where) | Objective |
| I See Dead Draenei | 67 / 64 | Both | Ha'lei (Terokkar Forest) | Talk to Ramdor the Mad on the bone pile outside the crypts |
| Everything Will Be Alright | 67 / 64 | Both | Greatfather Aldrimus (outside the crypts) | Kill Exarch Maladaar inside the dungeon |
| Auchindoun... | 68 / 66 | Horde | A'dal (Shattrath City) | Kill Exarch Maladaar to free the spirit of D'ore, then turn in to D'ore |
| What the Soul Sees | 68 / 66 | Horde | D'ore (after Auchindoun...) | Find a Soul Mirror in the crypts, use it at the Ancient Orc Ancestors in Nagrand and destroy 15 Darkened Spirits; turn in to Mother Kashur |
| Wanted: The Exarch's Soul Gem | 70 / 70 | Both | Wind Trader Zhareem (Lower City, Shattrath) | Bring back The Exarch's Soul Gem |
| The Ward of Wakening | no fixed level / 70 | Both | Morthis Whisperwing (Cenarion Refuge, Zangarmarsh) | Bring 10 Bogblossoms, 10 Ancient Lichen and 10 Dreaming Glory |
Quick facts
- Location: Auchindoun, in the Bone Wastes of Terokkar Forest.
- Final boss: Exarch Maladaar. Three quests need him dead, so one full clear handles all of them.
- Reputation: Lower City. On Normal, the crypts stop giving reputation at Honored. Heroic keeps giving it all the way to Exalted.
- Heroic key: sold by Lower City at Revered. In the Anniversary version it is a Bind-on-Account item.
- Source: all six quests come from Questie's quest database, which is based on the game's own quest data.
Which quests should I pick up before going in?
Take I See Dead Draenei from Ha'lei and hand it in to Ramdor the Mad at the dungeon entrance. Greatfather Aldrimus stands right there with Everything Will Be Alright. If you play Horde, get Auchindoun... from A'dal in Shattrath before you leave the city. Then a single kill of Exarch Maladaar completes every boss objective at once.
How does the Horde Soul Mirror quest work?
Killing Maladaar frees D'ore, who gives you What the Soul Sees. Find the Soul Mirror inside the crypts. Take it to the Ancient Orc Ancestors in Nagrand and use it to summon Darkened Spirits. Kill 15 of them, then turn the quest in to Mother Kashur. Part of the quest happens outside the dungeon, so leave time for the trip to Nagrand.
Is The Ward of Wakening really done in the dungeon?
Not exactly. Questie's database files it under Auchenai Crypts, but the objective is purely about herbs. You bring Bogblossoms, Ancient Lichen and Dreaming Glory to Morthis Whisperwing at the Cenarion Refuge, and you need level 70 to take it. Herbalists can gather the herbs themselves. Everyone else can buy them.
What level should I be for Auchenai Crypts?
The two starter quests need level 64, and the Horde chain needs 66. The Soul Gem bounty and The Ward of Wakening both need level 70. Most groups clear Normal around 65 to 67, then come back at 70 for Heroic and the bounty.
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