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Comment by Gregorech

This is not a shielded/storyline quest, you may not even realize you picked it up.

Comment by gardenbearz

It would be great to know who the quest giver is or how to get this quest, if anyone has this info please post it :)

Comment by Doloria

Pick up the quest Helping Hand and Claw as soon as it's available -- whether or not you've picked up any vault keys from high level mobs.

You don’t need to farm high level rares in hopes they'll drop Zskera Vault keys. You’ll be given several keys before you enter in The Keys You Need. (To farm high level rares there needs to be enough people around to form groups, informally or through the Group Finder.)

There is a short 4-quest storyline that will get you into the Zskera Vaults:

Helping Hand and Claw: Scalecommander Viridia will give you this quest in the starting area of the Forbidden Reach. The starting area is on the shore if a pentagon shaped island. You'll head south down the waterway to rescue the NPCs that will be your bodyguards in the Zskera Vaults. You'll need to retrieve some supply crates from the water.
Exploring Our Past: Scalecommander Viridia sends you to Zskera Vaults in the middle of the island. It's at ground level, but it's hidden by bushes. Your bodyguards are already there.
Zskera Vault: Az: Speak with Pathfinder Jeb to enter the Vaults. There are a number of things you'll need to do there. But first get the keys.
The Keys You Need: Pathfinder Tacha will give you several keys that will open doors within the Vaults. My alt received 8 keys. Pathfinder Jeb and Pathfinder Tacha will accompany you as bodyguards.

Objective of Exploring Our Past::
With your help, we can now delve deeper into the secrets of this land. Nearby lay the Zskera Vaults. Within these large underground chambers, Neltharion stored various treasures and forgotten research. Exploring these vaults would be most beneficial. Please travel with Tacha and Jeb and assist them as needed.

With the free keys, you won't be able to open all that many doors. So you won't be able to complete some of the side objectives on this trip (like gathering notes or recipes). But you'll be back. What to do:

Enter the Zskera Vaults.
Kill the giant spider in the middle of the Vault.
Open a few doors, combating NPCs with moderate health with the help of your bodyguards. To be on the safe side, bring some healing potions.
Also required: Click on a cobweb "rope" to get to the second floor. Open a door. Loot the contents. The loot will include a special ability that will transport you to another balcony. It can also take you safely to the floor. Your bodyguards won't go up there, but there is only a low level mob or two in balcony rooms.
Before you exit, look for a yellow question mark. Pathfinder Jeb has some parting words.

Comment by EasyAmos

To even see this quest you have to do the campaign quest line that starts with the quest Hidden Legacies in Valdraken. Hidden Legacies

Comment by Zetajezu

Some useless """""guide""""" implies that this is the starting quest for the vault. It's not.

Go to Valdraken at the top of the tower and get a quest that directs you to listen to a report. The report comes from a dracthyr also at the top of the tower and plays a cinematic where you see 3 villains. Follow that questline to the new zone and you'll eventually get this quest.

Comment by VooK8

This is the Quest chain starting your entrance to the Vaults, also leading to
Onyx Annulet

Comment by Floranna

Quest Giver: Scalecommander Viridia
Location: Forbidden Reach
Way Point: 34.6, 57.6

In order to see the quest Helping Hand and Claw, you need to do the following quests first from the same quest giver.

An Eclectic Accord

Stemming the Irontide

Wings of Mercy

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Helping Hand and Claw

Aid Jeb, Tacha, and Wulferd at the Sharpscale Coast.

	Locate Jeb and Tacha on the Sharpscale Coast (1)
	Pathfinder Tacha rescued (1)
	Scattered Supplies (6)

Description

Members of the Dragonscale Expedition traveled here to help explore ruins on this island. Their efforts may help us uncover more details about our past. My scouts have spotted three of them shipwrecked on Sharpscale Coast. See if you can help them reach the village safely.

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Dragonscale Expedition

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(73160))

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Zskera Vaults