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Comment by Azarim

The order is S, N, SW, SE, NW, NE.

Comment by 2338

In order to get this quest you need to do

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/quest=3444

Comment by 36923

After you have activated 5 of the statues, jump all down in the water, except one. Regain your life and then activate the final statue. Been in a couple of instances where everybody jumps at same time. It took about 1400 of my hp hitting the ground, which was when I was lvl 51. That´s about 70% of my entire hp, considering that I was a fully buffed priest.

And for got sake, remember to click on the "giant statue", which appear in the middle of the pool, after you´ve killed the boss. Had to do it twice, becuase I forgot.

Comment by 15428

In order to get to this quest, you need to get to the altar (from the zone in to the instance, go right) and then clear all 6 of the top platforms (second from the left after you zone in, go downstairs, not up).

Comment by 65712

To start this chain as alliance you need to do the following:
Head to feathermoon stronghold, go to Angelas Moonbreeze, who starts this chain with a quest aptly named "The Sunken Temple." As others have said, she's in the Feathermoon Stronghold (island off the coast of Feralas). She's in a building by the Inn, coords are 31,45.

This quest tells you to go talk to Marvon Rivetseeker. You'll find good ol' Marvon all by himself amongst some ruins in Tanaris. He's still at 52,45.

Ripped from thottbot for conveniences sake.

Comment by Rushlock

I'm 46 and in 2.3 he does not offer the quest currently.

Comment by 163407

Contrary to what folks may tell you in the game, you can guess the order of the statues. You can touch them out of order until you get the first one correct (south). This was confirmed when I rushed some folks with my 70. We went CCW through every statue (a lotta fails) and eventually summoned the boss.

For the record, actually knowing the order WILL speed up the process by a lot.

Comment by 169214

well every time ive been in we just split up and each take a statue, after clearing
the area of course

Comment by 180359

One thing that isn't mentioned -
Instead of jumping down the hole - and possibly dying (which a lvl 70 warrior did), when you first enter the instance, take the stairs to the far right. Kill all mobs in water and above. Click on the alter. Tells you about the certain order you need to activate statues.

My group had trouble figuring out how to actually GET to the statues up above.

You actually go back up the stairs to the start of the instance. There is a kind of hidden entrance, to the left of the first far right stairs you took. That leads to a path that you kill mobs and then are able to access the statues.

Activate in order and Hakkar appears in the water below.

Good luck, hope this helps :)

My first post on wowhead O.o

Comment by 223464

how do you get up to the statues could you add a map please

Comment by 189017

could one1 70 run you through this with healer?

Comment by 234570

You can solo as 70.
The Statues just Glow when you click them they dont turn or do something else.

Comment by Whuzzit

This did not count towards my Loremaster of Kalimdor achievement.

Comment by 359232

Does count for eastern kingdom lore master achievement

Comment by kurtiffrig

OK, this might make things a little easier for those who are confused. The cobra idols you need to activate are on a level called Hall of Serpents. There are six. Best way (in my opinion) is to run around the outer hallway and clear all the junk (monsters) before you begin. There are hallways to get down to each of the statues from the main circular one.

If your bearings are as bad as mine, start clicking on ANY of the statues. If it's wrong it will say "miss". If it's right it will light up with a green glow. The first one that lights will be SOUTH. From there follow this order until all six are lit up.

S, N, SW, SE, NW, NE

OK cool, you lit up everything but you're not done yet. The end of the quest is a giant statue one floor below and there are of course guardians. Don't jump down there unless you have "slow fall" or its equivalent. Walk down the stairs if you're a mere mortal. Kill the guardians, click on the statue, complete your quest and get the hell out.

This quest is interesting, but a huge time-waster.

Comment by 511843

Definitely does not count for the Kalimdor Loremaster achievement.

Comment by 412940

I've tried to do this quest in random groups, but no one ever seems to be willing. Atal'alarion is completely optional for the dungeon, so everyone goes straight up to the circle of Defenders, and leaves when the last boss (not counting Atal'alarion) is dead.

Comment by Thottbot

1) South
2) North
3) Southwest
4) Southeast
5) Northwest
6) Northeast

You get all these rewards:
Mark of Hakkar
Hakkar'i Brestplate
Hakkar'i Shroud

Comment by Thottbot

For alliance, you have to go Feathermoon talk to Angele to get a quest, which ask u to talk to a goblin in Tanaris.

Comment by Thottbot

I've got the quest and am in the room with the water and the snake statues. i see tablets all over the place but i cant target any of them at all. i've been searching through this area for about an hour or so and reading the forums but cant find out why i cannot get this to work...

please if anyone has and help i appreciate it

thx

Comment by Thottbot

When you first enter the instance there are 4 directions you can take.

1.) I recommend you take the rightmost path down the stairwell and clear out the enemies in the pit (these are oozes/snakes/maggots, lvl 48-50). This will make it easier to kill the mini-boss that spawns after you activate the statues.

2.) Go back up the the main hall. Now take the path 2nd from the right.

3.) When you come to the stairwells, take the stairwells down. You will now be in a circle area where the balconies are.

4.) Clear everything out.

5.) Activate the statues in the correct order (see top post) and then a lvl 50 elite mini-boss will spawn in the pit below (the pit you should have cleared).

6.) Jump down, kill the mini-boss.

7.) Click on the giant snake statue in the middle (appears after activating statues) in order to complete the quest and get your three rewards.

8.) Breakdance.

Thanks Jestyr for posting the order of activation.

Comment by Thottbot

The temple is at the swamp of sorrows. Look at the Eastern part of the map. low left. there is a place called Stonard. Its horde and in the Swamp.

To get in the swamp go east from Duskwood

Comment by Thottbot

The portal is at the far end of the room in the Hall of Bones.

Comment by Thottbot

Where can I find the statues?

Comment by Thottbot

Stone circle is in ratchet

Comment by Thottbot

the posts above give some info but not enough...I started by going up the stairway into the circualr top chamber, decending to the balconies and killing off everything in each balcony...now looking down from the balconies is a huge area filled with dragon welpings and stuff that ive cleared out and killed Jammal'an. after which two huge dragons appeared (and i died and party disbanded).
anothe time we went in and did some of the lower balconies (to the 2:00 of instance opening) and died in there...
Do I need to kill all the dragons welpings etc.. or does the mini boss drop into the refuse chamber where the snakes , slugs are....Im sooo confused...please be more descriptive of how this quest is completely done...Im really getting sick of this low-drop instance

Comment by Thottbot

Right after zoning into instance, you see four paths.

The path on the right goes down to the lowest level. The "Altar of Hakkar" for the "Into the Depths" quest is there. Click on the Altar completes the quest. Also, the final objective for the quest "Secret of the Circle" is in the center of the lowest level. But you cannot click on the center object until you unlock the secret, which is to click on the 6 serpent statues on the balconies in the correct sequence (S, N, SW, SE, NW, NE). To go to the balconies, you need to start from the beginning of the instance.

The path second from the right leads to three different levels. After going up one small flight of steps, you can continue up or head down. Heading down will bring you to the balconies level with the serpent statues for the "Secret of the Circle" quest.

Comment by Thottbot

is the stone circle item required for the secret of the circle quest? cos i ditched it a while ago

Comment by Thottbot

Killing the guardian will allow you to click on the statue in the center of the pool to complete the quest.

You will obtain a Hakkari Urn (click to see all three rewards on the same page), which contains all three items below:

Hakkari Shroud Cloth Head, 58 AC, +16 Sta, +15 Int
Hakkari Breastplate Leather Chest, 144 AC, +4 Agi, +22 Sta
Mark of Hakkar Ring, +7 Str, +10 Sta

Comment by Thottbot

Is that stone circle thingy u get from the box in Ratchet required in this at all!

Comment by Thottbot

Just soloed this as a 60 hunter, the statues were pretty simple to all activate using feign death. Interestingly you don't have to kill Atal'alarion the mini boss after activating all the statues. You can access the statue in the middle and get the reward without agroing him if you're high enough lvl.

Comment by Thottbot

im a level 50 pally and
hes not showing the quest
wut do i do?

Comment by Thottbot

this quest was a pain in the ass because my group kept dieing so it took over 4 hours just to complete this quest. But when we did we all disbanded... anyways u click on the snakes in this order
1) South
2) North
3) Southwest
4) Southeast
5) Northwest
6) Northeast

then u jump down and u clear all of the creatures and click on the huge idol and complete the quest.

Comment by Thottbot

I suggest everyone gets the mod "Atlas", when you view the sunken temple's map, it shows which order to activate the statues in- makes it a lot easier then constantly checking back here. www.cosmosui.org if you don't like the other mods- DISABLE THEM!

Comment by Thottbot

Do not jump down the hole in the middle of the temple. Yes there is water at the bottom, but it is only knee deep. This will cause an instant death to most who try. I made this mistake ONCE. If you are foolhearty enough to try, make sure you have some way to break your fall (Parachute cloak, Feather, etc...).

Comment by Thottbot

ok if you were like me! I went to the Sunken Temple 3 Times trying to do this quest only to find out that I dint have the box with the stone thing in it.....WHY? Becuse I didnt finish all the other quest in the series....

Make sure that you have done the two quest before this one so that you have the item you need to put in to the alter...

1. go to Tanaris (gadetzen) go see marvon rivetseeker (coor 52-54) get the quest "STONE CIRCLE"... from here you should be able to get what you need to complete this sequence. this is the first quest of several you will have to do to get the the "SECRET OF THE CIRCLE QUEST" which is the quest you need in your log before you go and try and waste a whole day and get nothing done....

If this has not been helpful - forgive me.... And please i do not need you to insult me for it... atleast i took the time to try and do what i thought was a helpful post.. it realy pisses me off to see you all beat up people for trying .... what is this world coming tooo...lol...NOW GO PLAY WOW AND HUSH....LOL

Comment by Thottbot

where is the temple located on the map? i went everywhere but theres no temple

Comment by Thottbot

the temple is in swamp of sarrows. it is close to the shore between the two main pathways for the zone not to far from stonard. you will know when you have come to the right place when you find a partialy sunken temple in the middle of a lake called the pool of tears. swim around till you find steps.
to get into the instance as you enter there is a pool. swim down under the archway then back up. you will enter a large room. kill the mobs(if they are not already dead) then take the exit in the upper right hand corner. go down and to the left and around. that should lead you to the instance. sorry if i missed anything.

Comment by Allakhazam

I did all the snakes (in what I thought was the right order) with my group today. I didn't complete this quest.

Do I personally need to activate the statues? Or did I just do them in the wrong order?

Comment by Allakhazam

Where is the sunken temple at and can a rogue sneak there to complete it?

Comment by Allakhazam

how do u get to the snakes? u guys talk of a stair but that doesnt help

Comment by Allakhazam

How do you get to the snakes to click since they are up on top of the alters?

Comment by Allakhazam

out of the container i got the following: Hakkari Shroud, Hakkari Breastplate, and Mark of Hakkar. yes i'm lazy and didn't link them, look it up!

Comment by Allakhazam

A rogue can sneak in and complete "into the depths" easy enough, if you position yourself on the stairs correctly and are higher enough level to not insta-aggro the mobs nearby while you activate the altar.
However, completing this quest is more difficult.
You'll have to fight 2-3 elites to activate the snakes (check thottbot on this quest for the right order).
So either be 55+ or take another rogue or 2 in with you.

Comment by Allakhazam

To get to the serpent statues above the altar, there is a (set) stairs that will lead you up to the upper area where the statues are. Activate them in the right order, and the boss from that altar will spawn. After the battle, don't forget to click on the giant serpent statue in the middle of the place to complete the quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

The sequence of the serpents (accurately described by Sealclubber) is S, N, SW, SE, NW, and NE. Did it wrong a couple of times before I read the post completely, and realized that I need to be looking over the water (facing south) which inverts the order.

Comment by Allakhazam

....like the price is right...

A box, guess whats in the box.

3 nice items. A ring, and two other armor pieces, shoulders and pants if i remember correctly.

Nice sell bait for a rogue who can't use mail or cloth, and a ring without agi on it.

Comment by Allakhazam

Here's what I've discovered might help while doing this quest.

At the entrance to the instance, go to the first hall on the right (the left may take you to the other side of the same place, I don't know). This will take you to the lower level where the altar is. Clear the area near the altar so it can safely be used, and also clear the water, the remaining creatures around the ring on this level don't have to be cleared. Use the altar at this time. (naturally, this requires the circle)

Head back up to the entrance room, take the next hallway directly to the right of where you just came up from and you'll go up to the top ring where the snake statues are. Clear EVERYTHING for this setup. The first balcony you come to is the north balcony, which is second in the sequence. It's easier if you draw a circle on a piece of paper, or have a clock. The positions of the balconies can be correlated to the even times on a clock. 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. (the notation of actual compass directions given by Annathor also works). The sequence while facing south (comparing to a clock) is 6, 12, 8, 4, 10, and 2. (also see the link provided by Axter which is wonderful). Beware there is a time limit...respawns will kill your party fast.

Having 4 people in the party who needed this quest helped my group. If you have all 5 it is even easier since fewer folks have to move to another balcony.

Have each person stand in their own balconies (open your map all the way and you should be able to see them). Provide each person with their number in the sequence, so that they know who is before them. When everyone is set start the sequence and sound off when complete. The next person will know to use their statue and so on. If someone needs to move, make sure they know where to go and when they are supposed to go again before you start so as to avoid confusion during the process. (In the case of our group, I was the only one who really knew the sequence, so I told each person when to go and to sound off when done. This minimized problems immensely and worked like a charm, well..minus the respawns..hehe) Start the sequence and the statue areas will light up with a translucent green glow.

Upon completing the final statue a larger snake statue (resembling the ones on the balconies) springs up in the middle of the water, along with a lvl 50 elite. You can either jump down or take the stairs (I suggest jumping as there is enough room to avoid the mob and prepare for the final assault without aggro if you stay away from the edges of the lower circle). When you're ready, take on the final mob. Upon his death, use the statue to gain the box and open it. Enjoy.

Comment by Allakhazam

The container for the quest reward is this:

Hakkari Urn

Comment by Allakhazam

Anybody about to start the series of quests, I tell you, dont bother. In same time you can run the instance through like 5 times and by then you got a lot better gear than the reward

Comment by Allakhazam

Is there something special that has to be done once I have the Hakkari Urn?

I open it but can't take the 3 items out. I click on each to loot, but nothing happens.

Thanks.

Comment by Allakhazam

You get a little gift item that can be opened for the reward items.

Mark of Hakkar:
Mark of Hakkar Breastplate:
Hakkari Breastplate Shroud:
Hakkari Shroud

Comment by Allakhazam

No point in guessing - Use this resource for this instance and for many of the others that exist. I found many of these maps to be quite exhaustive in both the diagram of the instance in question and in the location of mobs and drops. Enjoy :D

http://www.worldofwar.net/cartography/instances/atalhakkar.php

Edited, Sat Sep 10 00:43:25 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

South, North, South West, South East, West, North West, North East

Comment by Allakhazam

I helped a friend of mine who needed to do this quest. she was a 48 rogue and i was a 51 rogue. we stealthed all way in with no problem into instance zone of ST. once inside we stealthed up and when she was rdy we went to each statue one by one in the proper order. when she was rdy i got close to the NPC close to staute and broke stealth(hit sprint before) and ran for it. i took all the npc's with me and when she got the statue done i vanished. we did this for every statue. I only came close to dying once due to waiting too long after she touched one of the statues. once all 6 statues were done we went down into middle of water below and i sapped the biggest guy there and got aggro from the others in area . same as before i would hit my sprint right before breaking stealth or sapping last guy. it was a piece of cake. we did not even once atttack anything. she got the chest with 3 green items in it. the only delay in doing this was waiting for my vanish to cooldown each time. this can work with any 2 characters who can stealth. the big thing to remember is bring enough flash powder.

Comment by Allakhazam

i did all the statues and the boss spawned, but apparently i didnt complete the quest ><

Comment by Allakhazam

Standing at the altar looking over the water, the order of the statues is 12 oclock, 6 oclock, 2, 10, 4, 8 oclock. Make sure you have the stone circle and place it in the alter BEFORE you start activating the statues. To get to the statue level go into the 2nd hallway from the left at the entrance.

Edited, Mon Feb 21 15:10:52 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

Just when you enter the instance there are 4 ways to go... lets call em 1,2,3 and 4... 1 is the one far left, 2 is the second one, from the left, and if you go through 3 you get to the snakes :) Good Luck questing!

Comment by Ranadicus

There is understandably a lot of confusion surrounding the Into the Depths and Secret of the Circle quests. This is understandable because Blizzard seems to have gone out of their way to make both the quests and the instance the quests are in as confusing as possible. I'm going to post this on both quest pages.

On the bottom of the Sunken Temple is the Altar of Hakkar. You will need to use this Altar to complete both of these quests, however before you can complete them you need to activate the statues on the level above in the correct order to set the next part of the quest in motion and summon the boss Atal'alarion. In theory you're supposed to go down here first to click the alter and learn the order to activate the statues, but I'm going to give you the order to do them so don't worry about that yet.

Upon entering the Sunken Temple you'll be able to choose one of four directions. If you turn 90 degrees to the immediate left and right of the entrance there will be spiral stairs going up and down respectively. The right stairs lead down to the altar but ignore them for now. In front of you there will be a fork, take the left side which should be guarded by an Atal'ai Witch Doctor and a Unliving Atal'ai or some other combination. Take them out, step around the corner and you will see another fork with stairs going up and down, go down. This will bring you to the Hall of Serpents, the ring with the statues that you need to activate in the correct order. The best way I've found to do this is to clear the ring, then go into each landing in order and activate the statues. You can see the room below from the landings with the statues if you get confused and need to reorient yourself (also, I have my view settings all the way up but I couldn't see the altar from the farthest statue and vice versa, don't panic you didn't break anything). The activation order is as follows with 2 being the statue above the altar:

1

4 3

6 5

2
(ALTAR)

Upon activating the last statue Atal'alarion will spawn in the middle of the pool of water below. However, if you look down you'll notice there are already plenty of other mobs down there with him. He does wander over to the stairs by the altar and it is possible to pull and tank him on the stairs without pulling anything else however you'll be really tight on space. One of his abilities is knocking you way up in the air. This isn't so much a knock back as you'll land only a few feet from where you started, however having a group of five flying around in such a tight space can get tedious really fast... especially if you have some lower levels with you. The easy way to do this is to hop down and clear the three mobs in the middle of the pool before activating the last statue to give yourself plenty of space, then make your way back up to activate it. There are a lot of mobs all around the pool looking to intimidate you but you'll find that Blizzard only hired them for their looks. Be sure to click altar and the statue in the middle of the pool to complete the quests. Good hunting!

Comment by Thready

Level 60 Rogue in WoW Classic, I am able to solo this - although it takes a long time. Each balcony / pack of mobs I have to wait for my CDs to come back up or I'll die - so far it has been 45 minutes and I am on the last pack of mobs . At least it's faster than finding a group for it.

Comment by PilsnerDk

Here is the order in which you must click the snake statues, oriented by what you see on your minimap (where north is up)

Click Order:

NORTH
2

5 6

3 4

1
SOUTH

Comment by Dathas

For SoD, there is a Stone formation with a red gem in the water, located at the back of the room after the first boss. Click on the stone formation to complete this quest.

Comment by Aviandan

For HORDE: You need the Pre-require "The Sunken Temple", just like Alliance, but instead of Feathmoon, you talk to the Witch Doctor dude in Camp Mojache The Sunken Temple#comments

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Secret of the Circle

This quest is no longer available within the game.

Travel into the Sunken Temple and discover the secret hidden in the circle of statues.

Description

My memories are cloudy, but I will tell you what I can. The circle of statues in the Sunken Temple, while dangerous, I believe that they hold the secret to unlock an even greater treasure.

From the main altar, I was able to activate a series of lights. I think that if you can uncover what these lights mean, you might be able to unlock whatever secrets are hiding in this room.

I warn you though, <name>. Great evil lies in the temple. It's likely that anything valuable will be fervently guarded...

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You will receive:

	Hakkari Urn

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(3447))

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