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Comment by zealvurte

Contained in Prototype Schematic, which is located in Camber Alcove, one of the Locus Shift treasure rooms.

To access this room, you first must:

Research Metrial Understanding, Aealic Understanding, Dealic Understanding, and Sopranian Understanding
Unlock Protoform Synthesis (Mount) by completing The Final Song & A New Architect
Complete A Means to an End
Unlock the Camber Alcove from the Camber Alcove Arrangement at /way #1970 47.7 34.5, on the outer back side of the Vessel's room (accessible from flying or via the Ultimus Locus)

Next gain at least 60 Cosmic Energy and enter Gravid Repose. Use the Locus Shift to take the Interior Locus to the Inner Chamber. You will now see a new Locus Shift (the Arcae Locus) upon the platform at the north-western side of the room, which you can use to travel to the Camber Alcove.

Inside this room is an Inert Prototype, multiple piles of Sodiate Dust Piles, and an orb in the centre of the room representing Observation Node.

Interacting with Inert Prototype will start a mini-game by (shrinking and) mounting you in the Inert Prototype vehicle, and giving you the Shell Fling ability. The Observation Node will also announce:

Helicid prototype found. Starting survival test.

You will then begin moving at a constant and slow speed, and must guide the vehicle through Rings Cosmetics, while avoiding Sodiate Dust Piles. Each ring will grant you a stack of Positive Learning, and on the 5th stack you will gain Positive Learning which successfully completes the game and reveals the Prototype Schematic. The Observation Node will also announce:

Survival test succeeded. Adjusting schematic to account for safer velocity.

Colliding with a Sodiate Dust Pile will apply Sodiate Burns and Negative Learning. On the 3rd stack of Negative Learning you will gain Negative Learning, which exits the vehicle and resets the game. The Observation Node will also announce:

Survival test failed. More testing needed.

Using Shell Fling will first pause the vehicle and provide a blue aiming guide, and a second use when off cooldown will launch it forward in a straight line for significant distance. This long pause between aiming and use, on top of the risk it brings, make inefficient in all but a few cases where you have a long and straight line clear of Sodiate Dust Piles.

Applicable to PTR characters only: If you unlocked the Ultimus Locus Arrangement or completed A Means to an End before All Ch 6 Symbols Found was added, you will not have flagged, which is required to see the additional Arrangements. You will need to create a brand new character instead and complete A Means to an End again.

Credit to Matjz for discovering its location and solving the game, and Neryssa for finding the Arrangement.

Other Locus Shift treasure rooms:

Arrangement	Treasures
Repertory Alcove Arrangement	Requisites Originator for a weekly reward of: Thrumming Powerstone and gold Anima Matrix and Anima Gossamer Cyphers of the First Ones Genesis Mote, and a chance for Unalloyed Bronze Ingot Any combination of 2 from: Cyphers of the First Ones, Genesis Mote, Anima Webbing, and gold Random Cypher Equipment
Rondure Alcove Arrangement	Rondure Cache containing Pocobold Protoform Schematic containing Schematic: Omnipotential Core
Dormant Alcove Arrangement	Sand, Sand Everywhere!: Lumpy Sand Pile containing Salvaged Viperid Band Glinting Sand Pile containing Impossibly Ancient Band Shifting Sand Pile containing Discarded Cartel Al Signet Humming Sand Pile containing Abandoned Automa Loop Misshapen Sand Pile containing a random trinket for your class/role/spec Sparkling Sand Pile containing Gemstone of Prismatic Brilliance Ticking Sand Pile containing Unfathomable Pendant
Fulgore Alcove Arrangement	Torn Ethereal Drape containing nothing special

Comment by SilkCharm

Go to the platform where the Vessel is but go BEHIND her triangle hut (47 35). Fly up, click on the sigil on the outside wall, you will drop but this will still open Arcae Locus. You can't get in the hut, its outside.
Take the FP (Locus crystal thingie) to Interior Locus then there is another FP crystal in NW corner to go to Arcae (camber alcove). Yes the Inner chamber has TWO FPs. One in the centre (interior locus), one on the edge (Arcae Locus).
You port to another room - now click on the inert prototype on the floor. Turns you into a snail. I ignored the 1 button as I couldn't get it to work. Dont go over the sand piles just slowly move like a snail through 5 FIVE Gold rings which are hard to see side on (try going more outside to see them front on) I think I went around 1.5 times and it was done. The first time I failed as I didn't pay attention to the sand piles (Sodiate Dust pile x 3 means try again :P ) second time easy peasy if you move like a.. wait for it... snail :P

Comment by Faell

There are five secret alcoves that can be reached using the Locus Shift that is unlocked while completing chapter 6 of the Zereth Mortis campaign. More information on the exact requirements to access each alcove can be found below by following the Wowhead links for their respective rewards:

Repertory Alcove - Contains a machine called the Requisites Originator which gives you six options to choose from on a presumably weekly lockout. Appears to be the primary source of Unalloyed Bronze Ingot.
Rondure Alcove - Two jumping puzzles to access Schematic: Omnipotential Core and Rondure Cache. The cache has a high chance to drop Pocobold. This is not the only way to obtain Pocobold though, so you may already have it.
Camber Alcove - A minigame where you drive a snail through five rings to obtain Schematic: Unsuccessful Prototype Fleetpod.
Dormant Alcove - Contains the seven sand piles required for the achievement Sand, Sand Everywhere!.
Fulgor Alcove - Pocopoc can access the consoles to help you reach the Torn Ethereal Drape, which doesn't appear to give anything special.

Comment by Katerra

I'm really confused, I've got all the things researched, I did the whole questline to get flying where I used these "flight point" things, yet now when I try to use them it just gives me a bunch of symbols and I can't get anywhere? Anyone able to help me figure out where I've gone wrong?

Comment by Bambiprsi

This mount moves at 110 speed at lvl 60. Dont craft it if you need a mount for everyday use and not show offs.

Comment by Dianora

This is less frustrating to get than the Omnipotential Core schematics.

Comment by dudu2k

I can reach the place, but can't interact with the inert, sleeping snail. anyone know why?

Comment by frakbt

If you reach the Camber Alcove and can't interact with Inert Prototype, run this script to see if you've already completed it:
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(65386))

Comment by Hoplowe

fair warning - i got disconnected from the game on clicking the inert prototype, and on logging in again i found my character was sent into a void. i couldn't use my hearthstone, or character restoration services to escape - i actually got an error message for the latter, indicating that my antivirus software was out of date.

closed the game, updated that, logged back in, and my character had been teleported to where you are first introduced to zereth mortis. i regained my cosmic energy, ported back, clicked the snail again and completed the task listed in other comments in this section, this time without any issues at all. i have no idea if the antivirus software was the culprit, or if the game just needed a few hard restarts and that was just coincidence, but either way don't be surprised if this happens to you too.

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