Zereth Mortis Comprehensive Guide

By Neryssa Updated: 2025/12/12

Unlocking Zereth MortisInto the UnknownZereth Mortis Skip for AltsForming an UnderstandingI have been to Zereth Mortis before and met Pocopoc. <Skip ahead to Zereth Mortis and have Pocopoc unlocked.>.Can I Fly in Zereth Mortis?Unlocking the Secrets

Explore Zereth Mortis: Explore Zereth Mortis, revealing the covered areas of the world map.

Curious Collections: Discover 5 hidden treasures of Zereth Mortis.

Path to Enlightenment: Complete 3 side questlines in Zereth Mortis.

Tales of the Exile: Read the volumes of "Firim in Exile" found in Zereth Mortis.

Adventures in Zereth Mortis: Complete 10 of the following special encounters in Zereth Mortis.

A Means to an End: Complete the storyline "A Means to an End", or Chapter 6 of the 9.2 Campaign.

How to Reach Zereth MortisThis Old Waystone

Zereth Mortis Portal

Story of Zereth MortisZereth Mortis Hubs

Haven
Exile's Hollow
Pilgrim's Grace

Haven

An Obelisk that leads to Oribos and a translocator that connects it with Exile's Hollow and Pilgrim's Grace.

An inn with an innkeeper to set your Hearthstone (Anap) and a mailbox, a repair NPC (Tuul), and a stable master (Siloh).

A Forge of Bonds to change your Soulbinds and Conduits without needing to return to your Covenant Sanctum.

An Anima Courier to deposit Anima into your Covenant Sanctum (Hipponius, Brakka Noct, Aliotha, Edwardi).

Once unlocked, an Enhancement Console to select temporary enhancements for Zereth Mortis questing.

Exile's Hollow

A translocator that connects it with Haven and Pilgrim's Grace.

One of the possible places to pick up Daily Quests for Zereth Mortis.

The Cypher of the First Ones console, where you'll upgrade the system.

Once unlocked, an Enhancement Console to select temporary enhancements for Zereth Mortis questing.

Enhancement consoles to read your Concordance progress and change your Pocopoc's appearance.

Pilgrim's Grace

A translocator that connects it with Haven and Exile's Hollow.

An inn with an innkeeper to set your Hearthstone (Drim), a mailbox, and a repair NPC (Val).

One of the possible places to pick up Daily Quests for Zereth Mortis.

The vendor that sells 246 gear with Sandworn Relic (Rafiq).

Once unlocked, the translocator that leads to the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid.

Once unlocked, an Enhancement Console to select temporary enhancements for Zereth Mortis questing.

Pocopoc - A Friend in Zereth MortisCyphers of the First OnesSummon PocopocSteady Blast

Concordance consoles.

Caches of Creation puzzles.

Coreless Automa.

Echoed Jiros.

Shrouded caches and Elusive gathering nodes.

The Enlightened - Zereth Mortis Reputation

Once members of Cartel Al, the Enlightened have abandoned the pursuit of profit and glory out of devotion to the First Ones. By earning their favor, the brokers may be willing to share the knowledge they have gleaned.

The EnlightenedFrom A to Zereth

Honored with the Enlightened unlocks the Recipe: Crafter's Mark of the First Ones (crafted Unique-Equipped 262 gear), Recipe: Crafter's Mark IV (crafted 233 gear for alts), and Tome of the Eternal (optional reagent to craft Rank 7 legendaries) after completing Chapter 5 of the 9.2 campaign.

Revered with the Enlightened unlocks the Memory of Unity, allowing you to craft your Covenant legendary on all slots. This unlock is account-wide.

Exalted with the Enlightened unlocks the Eternal Augment Rune (Shadowlands perma Augment Rune).

For Paragon reputation with the Enlightened, Enlightened Broker Supplies currently has a chance to contain these items: Schematic: Russet Bufonid (Protoform Synthesis mount schematic), Enlightened Portal Research (Zereth Mortis wormhole portal addon-on for Engineers), Sphere of Enlightened Cogitation (toy), Ray Soul (Night Fae Soulshape) and Walking Staff of the Enlightened Journey (Staff cosmetic transmog).

Collecting Cosmic FluxCosmic Flux

150 Cosmic Flux from the weekly quest Patterns Within Patterns.

75 Cosmic Flux from Daily Quests.

500 Cosmic Flux from the Creation Catalyst intro quest,The Catalyst Awakens.

10-14 Cosmic Flux from repeatable treasures.

50-75 Cosmic Flux from rare mobs.

200 Cosmic Flux from each one-time treasure from Treasures of Zereth Mortis.

1000 Cosmic Flux from the Paragon cache for the Enlightened, Enlightened Broker Supplies.

Things To Do in Zereth MortisWeekly Quest - Patterns Within PatternsPatterns Within Patterns

1500 Reputation with The Enlightened.

400 Cosmic Flux.

1 Renown (if below the cap of 80).

A Tribute of the Enlightened Elders containing the following rewards:
2100~2500 Gold as well as ~50 Gold worth of vendor trash.

2 Anima Matrix.

135-160 Cyphers of the First Ones.

Chance at 1 Progenitor Essentia.

Chance at Schematic: Bronze Helicid.

1 piece of Zereth Mortis gear, ilvl 239-252 (depending on your Cypher Equipment Level).

Daily and World QuestsCachial UnderstandingAltonian UnderstandingSandworn RelicCypher of the First Ones SystemRare Spawns29Reservoir Anima10-15 ReputationAdventurer of Zereth MortisZereth Mortis TreasuresProtopological CubeTreasures of Zereth MortisAvian NestCypher-Bound ChestDiscarded Automa ScrapForgotten Treasure VaultMawsworn Supply ChestPrying Eye DiscoveryPulp-Covered RelicTarachnid EggsProtoform Synthesis Crafting SystemAntros, Keeper of the Antecedents

Translocator to Antros' Island
Antros Location

AchievementsFrom A to ZerethCryptic Aurelid

Secrets of the First Ones - Complete the 9.2 Campaign.

Dune Dominance - Complete the 3 Special Encounters that can spawn in the Endless Sands.

Sand, Sand Everywhere! - Uncover treasures from piles of sand located in the secret Locus Shift room.

Cyphers of the First Ones - Fully unlock and obtain all research in the Cypher of the First Ones system.

The Enlightened - Earn Exalted status with the Enlightened.

Treasures of Zereth Mortis - Loot all the one-time treasures in Zereth Mortis.

Adventurer of Zereth Mortis - Defeat all the Rares available in Zereth Mortis.

Synthesized! - Craft one protoform creature using the Protoform Synthesis system.

Synthe-fived! - Craft five protoform creatures using the Protoform Synthesis system.

Synthe-superfived! - Craft twenty-five protoform creatures using the Protoform Synthesis system.

Synthe-supersized! - Craft fifty protoform creatures using the Protoform Synthesis system.

Comments

Comment by Jarocka

Looks alright. The size of the new zone seems impressive.

Comment by duckatemysalad

Beautiful looking area and I love the little Robot. Been spending most of my time on BC Classic; looking forward to playing Shadowlands again.

Comment by Willowwhisp

Thank you friends of Wowhead for making the game more pleasant! I appreciate you.

Comment by Tsuda373

Broker's accessory, ring and braid? did they finally decide to not group them together or is this a mistake? i don't see it in the blue post announcing the items

also did we know the effects of the broker trinkets yet?

Comment by SilkCharm

Bolvar Fordragon in front of the table in Oribos has the Skip(s). I'm sorry I don't know how to link - but basically, you HAVE to either do them or skip torgast AND korthia to open up ZM. Highlord Bolvar Fordragon

Comment by fiercefiona

Why does the World Boss potentially drop a waist for mail, and only mail? The Legendary will be a waist...

Other than that. lovely area, fun things to do!

Comment by livie

What are the transmog looks of the 226, 500 anima gear? If it's Broker mog I'll buy it, if not I won't. I can't find anywhere that says one way or the other.

Comment by rvan2711

Hello, coming back to wow for this patch, so i need to do base storyline? 4 zones or just hit 60 to i can go to this new zone? :) thanks

Comment by fiercefiona

Can you explain the 1 piece of Zereth Mortis gear, ilvl 239-252 (depending on your Cypher Equipment Level) for weekly quest? I have higher ilvl armor than the Cypher drops I have gotten so they are not equipped - will this affect my drop?

Comment by OGSHEN

So. Let me make sure I understand this.

Blizzard hates engineers.

Seriously, wormhole in a paragon cache? Who approved that? Rep grind sure. But a recipe should not walled behind rep grind plus a maybe after 10000 more rep.

Comment by Dewile

I was missing the starter quest on an alt. When I went to the enclave to try speaking with Tal-Inara, the only person there who wanted to speak with me was Highlord Bolvar Fordragon. Turns out I had stopped my quest chain at the 'go to Torghast' part of the storyline. I skipped that and the next in the chain, which opened Korthia. After that the starter quest, Call of the Primus, popped right up.

Comment by mattsisak

My pally alt could not get the first quest until after I reached the second area in the maw

Comment by hazmaxed

This page should probably be updated to show that the "Patterns Within Patterns" quest is now weekly, rather than every three days.

As of 6/1/2022, the section title has been fixed, but the text of the paragraph still says every 3 days.

"Zereth Mortis Weekly Quest - Patterns Within Patterns
The main activity to do in Zereth Mortis comes from the weekly quest, Patterns Within Patterns. This quest is given by Bolvar once Chapter 3 of the 9.2 Campaign is complete, and it requires you to do activities in Zereth Mortis. These activities involve completing Daily and World quests and looting Treasures and Rares in Zereth Mortis. Unlike the previous iteration with the Korthia, this quest is offered once every 3 days."

Comment by rsrangers04

Can anyone confirm? It appears that there are no weapons, shields or off-hand available via cypher equipment, Zereth Mortis Dailies and World quests. So you can grind every item slot up to 252 with cypher equipment, zereth mortis world quests/daily quests, and 259 in 2 armor slots via the world boss Antros, and 291 legenderies, But for weapons, shields, off-hand, you're capped at Korthia 233 weapons, shields, off-hands if you don't want to join raids.

Comment by HalfBloodNord

Think I may be missing something...
My alt who only has been doing the campaign just completed chapter 5 (took the skip option at the beginning), and cannot read the text from the npc in grave repose for the cosmic flight paths. It's showing the coded jibberish. Does anyone know what I need to unlock?
thanks, Any help is appreciated.

Comment by BlueSpider

Here is the way points for all the locations for Avian Nest, Cypher-Bound Chest, Discarded Automa Scrap, Forgotten Treasure Vault, Mawsworn Supply Chest to farm.

/way 62.4 42.9 FTV
/way 66.6 43.0 FTV
/way 66.9 45.5 FTV
/way 67.7 32.8 FTV
/way 65.6 36.7 FTV
/way 66.4 36.0 FTV
/way 60.9 42.7 FTV
/way 61.0 42.7 FTV
/way 48.9 10.1 FTV
/way 50.9 7.7 FTV
/way 37.9 65.4 FTV
/way 49.6 75.2 FTV
/way 36.0 37.4 FTV
/way 40.4 41.2 FTV
/way 35.9 47.9 FTV
/way 36.6 43.9 FTV
/way 65.2 64.2 FTV
/way 58.6 57.1 FTV
/way 45.4 57.0 FTV
/way 45.6 41.6 FTV
/way 53.3 39.7 FTV
/way 59.2 77.3 FTV
/way 50.6 26.7 FTV
/way 29.4 57.4 FTV
/way 46.4 95.8 FTV
/way 47.4 96.2 FTV
/way 50.6 93.5 FTV
/way 44.1 87.3 FTV
/way 46.8 44.5 FTV
/way 55.9 52.5 FTV
/way 58.6 21.1 FTV
/way 81.1 45.3 FTV

/way 66.8 35.7 CBC
/way 58.8 45.4 CBC
/way 54.3 47.1 CBC
/way 63.3 19.5 CBC
/way 59.4 24.9 CBC
/way 64.9 58.9 CBC
/way 60.9 69.6 CBC
/way 59.3 64.2 CBC
/way 63.4 68.4 CBC
/way 57.4 75.8 CBC
/way 58.8 78.3 CBC
/way 57.2 81.8 CBC
/way 47.4 95.6 CBC
/way 46.5 79.2 CBC
/way 50.4 90.7 CBC
/way 39.9 74.5 CBC
/way 42.6 76.5 CBC
/way 46.8 67.4 CBC
/way 64.4 54.0 CBC
/way 51.0 65.3 CBC
/way 53.1 63.8 CBC
/way 54.3 84.2 CBC
/way 55.2 61.8 CBC
/way 44.1 65.1 CBC
/way 54.3 69.6 CBC
/way 49.0 65.3 CBC
/way 40.9 61.3 CBC
/way 46.8 23.0 CBC
/way 43.8 21.5 CBC
/way 45.8 4.9 CBC
/way 50.0 3.7 CBC
/way 38.5 41.9 CBC
/way 39.2 42.3 CBC
/way 37.8 39.5 CBC
/way 36.2 38.4 CBC
/way 51.9 43.7 CBC
/way 50.5 46.8 CBC
/way 52.9 58.7 CBC
/way 77.4 50.9 CBC
/way 44.8 50.8 CBC
/way 31.8 55.7 CBC
/way 38.9 30.1 CBC
/way 51.8 72.0 CBC
/way 59.8 79.4 CBC
/way 47.7 26.3 CBC
/way 51.3 29.4 CBC
/way 36.1 43.1 CBC
/way 39.8 56.4 CBC
/way 62.6 43.7 CBC
/way 66.8 35.7 CBC
/way 58.8 45.4 CBC
/way 63.3 19.5 CBC
/way 64.9 58.9 CBC
/way 60.9 69.6 CBC
/way 59.3 64.2 CBC
/way 63.4 68.4 CBC
/way 57.4 75.8 CBC
/way 58.8 78.3 CBC
/way 57.2 81.8 CBC
/way 47.4 95.6 CBC
/way 46.5 79.2 CBC
/way 39.9 74.5 CBC
/way 46.8 67.4 CBC
/way 49.0 65.3 CBC
/way 46.8 23.0 CBC
/way 45.8 4.9 CBC
/way 64.4 54.0 CBC
/way 38.5 41.9 CBC
/way 39.2 42.3 CBC
/way 51.0 65.3 CBC
/way 51.9 43.7 CBC
/way 53.1 63.8 CBC
/way 52.9 58.7 CBC
/way 43.8 21.5 CBC
/way 37.8 39.5 CBC
/way 36.2 38.4 CBC
/way 54.3 84.2 CBC
/way 42.6 76.5 CBC
/way 59.4 24.9 CBC
/way 77.4 50.9 CBC
/way 50.0 3.7 CBC
/way 50.5 46.8 CBC
/way 44.8 50.8 CBC
/way 55.2 61.8 CBC
/way 44.1 65.1 CBC
/way 31.8 55.7 CBC
/way 38.9 30.1 CBC
/way 54.3 69.6 CBC
/way 51.8 72.0 CBC
/way 50.4 90.7 CBC
/way 59.8 79.4 CBC
/way 47.7 26.3 CBC
/way 36.1 43.1 CBC
/way 39.8 56.4 CBC
/way 40.9 61.3 CBC
/way 51.3 29.4 CBC
/way 54.3 47.1 CBC
/way 62.6 43.7 CBC

/way 66.0 42.8 AN
/way 65.4 42.3 AN
/way 54.3 81.7 AN
/way 48.2 66.5 AN
/way 43.3 43.7 AN
/way 45.1 66.7 AN
/way 42.3 73.1 AN
/way 41.2 60.2 AN
/way 40.5 56.6 AN
/way 41.2 60.2 AN
/way 35.7 62.1 AN
/way 60.8 72.7 AN
/way 56.6 74.9 AN
/way 39.1 40.7 AN
/way 56.4 84.6 AN
/way 49.0 79.9 AN
/way 75.9 43.4 AN
/way 55.2 55.9 AN
/way 33.0 55.4 AN
/way 49.6 65.3 AN
/way 51.1 64.5 AN
/way 37.6 45.4 AN
/way 63.0 40.3 AN
/way 66.0 42.8 AN
/way 65.4 42.3 AN
/way 54.3 81.7 AN
/way 42.3 73.1 AN
/way 41.2 60.2 AN
/way 35.7 62.1 AN
/way 60.8 72.7 AN
/way 56.6 74.9 AN
/way 48.2 66.5 AN
/way 39.1 40.7 AN
/way 56.4 84.6 AN
/way 49.0 79.9 AN
/way 75.9 43.4 AN
/way 55.2 55.9 AN
/way 33.0 55.4 AN
/way 49.6 65.3 AN
/way 51.1 64.5 AN
/way 43.3 43.7 AN
/way 40.5 56.6 AN
/way 37.6 45.4 AN
/way 45.1 66.7 AN
/way 63.0 40.3 AN

/way 62.2 74.9 D
/way 60.4 48.9 D
/way 59.6 51.2 D
/way 59.0 60.9 D
/way 67.6 40.4 D
/way 65.8 40.4 D
/way 40.6 70.0 D
/way 44.1 90.3 D
/way 54.8 46.7 D
/way 48.8 44.8 D
/way 62.2 74.9 D
/way 60.4 48.9 D
/way 59.6 51.2 D
/way 59.0 60.9 D
/way 67.6 40.4 D
/way 40.6 70.0 D
/way 44.1 90.3 D
/way 54.8 46.7 D
/way 48.8 44.8 D
/way 65.8 40.4 D

/way 66.6 32.2 MSC
/way 44.7 7.7 MSC
/way 47.4 8.4 MSC
/way 51.7 8.1 MSC
/way 50.7 50.6 MSC
/way 60.9 19.7 MSC
/way 59.9 16.6 MSC
/way 63.3 21.0 MSC
/way 46.1 24.2 MSC
/way 46.6 26.7 MSC
/way 50.2 44.6 MSC
/way 48.8 42.5 MSC

Comment by in2it

If you have the same problems as I have (not playing Shadowlands) you can get to Zereth Mortis either buy a friendly Warlock that can summon you or using a meeting stone. I used the following:

/way #1970 78 50 - Meeting Stone - Zereth Mortis - The Sepulcher of the First Ones

I have no character (on any accounts) that has done the pre-quests to get to Zereth Mortis. My lvl 68 mage was leader of the group and did the summoning (if that would matter) and I had help from another of my accounts, a lvl 33 mage. So I summoned a 3:rd guy over here so my Warlock can leave and do more important stuff then just hang out here :)

We can all fly in Zereth Mortis now so that helps.

Comment by Snortle

Just spent 2 hours trying to get to zereth mortis and i still have no idea what im supposed to do.

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