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Comment by hellomynameis

Starts inside "Halls of Origination" at "Large Stone Obelisk"

Comment by hellomynameis

Starts inside Halls of Origination at Large Stone Obelisk

Comment by uriahworld

Zone Buff: Map of the Architects (Increase movement speed)
- Requires: Tol’vir Hieroglyphic

Comment by littleblueflash

One time use. Not permanent.

Comment by lunamoonraker

Currently the item required, Tol'vir Hieroglyphic is selling for anywhere around 1000g so you may prefer the gold to a one run buff. For other sites you have already solved all items then you may also sell those or use for the buff.

Comment by Felflame

Definetely not worth of spending Tol'vir Hieroglyphic for a small and temporary speed buff.
Save the hieroglyphic to yourself. If you don't need it, auction it.

Comment by wye43

Unless Tol'vir Hieroglyphic will go in the future for less than 10 gold a pop, I don't see anyone EVER using this preposterous quest.

And with the epic rewards from Tol'Vir, that will never happen. Not even in 2 expansion packs.

The quest designer needs to get down from the clouds of story telling and think more pragmatically.

Comment by alexiel

This movement speed buff you gain after completing the archeology daily quest in Halls of Origination is extremely useful for the achievement Faster Than the Speed of Light which requires you to kill all 4 mini-bosses in the Vault of Lights in 4:40. It is definitely worth buying or surveying a Tol'vir Hieroglyphic just for the achievement!

Comment by Ssateneth

The speed buff is actually 20.75% increased run speed. This does not stack with other run speeds (Meta, 15% from mut rogue / ret pala). Ghost wolf and feral cat druid will be faster than the speed buff

Comment by Goodwinn

If you have 425+ Archaeology skill you can click on the Large Stone Obelisk located at 48.7, 60.4 in Halls of Origination. This will start the quest Map of the Architects which allows you to exchange a Tol'vir Hieroglyphic for a zone-wide buff called Map of the Architects which increases your movement speed while in the dungeon. This buff is applied to all party members and will persist through death. New players joining a dungeon in-progress will also receive the buff if it was activated before they got there.

Other Archaeology buffs from Cataclysm dungeons include:

Dungeon	Object	Quest	Required Item	Buff Given
Blackrock Caverns	Stone Tablet	Dark Iron Contingency Plan	Dwarf Rune Stone	Dark Iron Contingency Plan
Grim Batol	Dwarven Bone Pile	Vengeance of the Wildhammer	Dwarf Rune Stone	Vengeance of the Wildhammer
Halls of Origination	Large Stone Obelisk	Map of the Architects	Tol'vir Hieroglyphic	Map of the Architects
Lost City of the Tol'vir	Tol'vir Grave	Tol'vir Hieroglyphics	Tol'vir Hieroglyphic	Tol'vir Secrets
The Stonecore	Broken Pillar	Might of the Earthen	Dwarf Rune Stone	Might of the Earthen
The Vortex Pinnacle	Magical Brazier	Whispers of the Djinn	Tol'vir Hieroglyphic	Whisper of the Djinn
Throne of the Tides	Strange Fountain	Waters of Elune	Highborne Scroll	Waters of Elune
Zul'Aman	Voodoo Pile	Zul'Aman Voodoo	Troll Tablet	Amani Power
Zul'Gurub	Voodoo Pile	Zul'Gurub Voodoo	Troll Tablet	Call o' da Raptor

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Map of the Architects

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This stone obelisk is obviously some sort of layout or map, but it isn't completely readable. Perhaps if you had a Tol'vir Hieroglyphic keystone, the markings might make more sense.

	Tol'vir Hieroglyphic

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	Map of the Architects

You will also receive: 19 40

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

80 experience

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