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Breaking the Keystone

Breaking the Keystone is a level 42 quest for the Alliance and the Horde, open from level 30 in Arathi Highlands. You take it from Stone of Inner Binding (36.2, 57.4) and turn it in to Keystone (36.1, 58.1). Reward: 3,450 XP.

Classic data, to confirm on Forever

Quick facts

Quest level
42
Required level
30
Faction
Alliance and Horde
Zone
Arathi Highlands
Type
Elite, Long
Start
Stone of Inner Binding(36.2, 57.4)
Turn in
Keystone(36.1, 58.1)

Where to take and turn in Breaking the Keystone

Our map of Arathi Highlands shows where you take the quest, where its objectives are and where you turn it in, from Classic spawn points: check them in game.

Map of Arathi HighlandsAlterac MountainsHillsbrad FoothillsThe HinterlandsWetlands

Wheel (after a click on the map) or + and - to zoom, drag or arrow keys to move, double-click to zoom in, 0 to fit the route, Escape to leave full screen.

Our map of Arathi Highlands, drawn from the game's data: subzones and named places from Forever's game files, flight points from its tables, the other NPCs from Classic. North is up. Not a game image.

Inns, trainers, repairs, stables and banks come from Classic data (cMaNGOS): check them in game.

  1. 1.Take the quest: Stone of Inner Binding(36.2, 57.4)
  2. 2.Objective: Rod of Order(67.7, 37.7)
  3. 3.Turn in: Keystone(36.1, 58.1)

Objectives

One objective, from the Classic data:

Rewards

What the Classic data gives for Breaking the Keystone. Experience is the full amount at the quest's level: in Classic a player 6 or more levels above gets less.

Experience
3,450 XP

Quest chain

Where Breaking the Keystone sits in its chain, from the Classic data: what opens it and what it opens.

Whole chain (3 parts)

  1. 1.The Princess Trapped[37]
  2. 2.Stones of Binding[38]
  3. 3.Breaking the Keystone(this quest)

Done before it

In our leveling guide

The free leveling route of Arathi Highlands (Alliance), Arathi Highlands (Horde) names this quest: open it at its step to see it in order with the others, or why the route skips it.

On Forever

Not confirmed on Forever yet: no player record of this quest so far. Everything above is Classic's, and Forever changed some zones (new quests, levels raised): check the quest giver in game.

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