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Series

1.	It Was Almost Alive
2.	The Tomb of Shadows
3.	Breaking the Emperor's Shield
4.	Stealing Their Thunder King
5.	Lessons from History
6.	Chasing the Storm
7.	Fisherman's Tale

Storyline
Kun-Lai Summit Call Out Their Leader All of the Arrows Hit Medicine Enraged Vengeance The Waterspeaker's Staff Free the Dissenters The Ritual Cleansing the Mere The Fall of Shai Hu Admiral Taylor has Awakened General Nazgrim has Awakened Westwind Rest Eastwind Rest Challenge Accepted Challenge Accepted Trouble on the Farmstead Trouble on the Farmstead Farmhand Freedom ... and the Pot, Too! Deanimate the Reanimated Deanimate the Reanimated Mogu?! Oh No-gu! Mogu?! Oh No-gu! Pandaren Prisoners Barrels of Fun In Tents Channeling The Ordo Warbringer Pandaren Prisoners Barrels of Fun In Tents Channeling The Ordo Warbringer The Missing Muskpaw At the Yak Wash Yakity Yak Back in Yak Path Less Traveled Instant Courage Resupplying One Keg They Stole My Luck! Comin' Round the Mountain One Traveler's Misfortune Seeker's Folly Seeker's Folly The Tongue of Ba-Shon It Was Almost Alive The Tomb of Shadows Breaking the Emperor's Shield Stealing Their Thunder King Lessons from History Chasing the Storm Fisherman's Tale A Celestial Experience A Celestial Experience It Takes A Village Handle With Care What's Yours Is Mine Make A Fighter Out of Me Enemies At Our Door Revelations The Burlap Trail: To Burlap Waystation The Rabbitsfoot The Broketooth Ravage A Monkey Idol No Pack Left Behind Bros Before Hozen Hozen Love Their Keys The Snackrifice Grummle! Grummle! Grummle! Unleash The Yeti! The Leader Hozen The Burlap Trail: To Kota Basecamp Kota Blend A Fair Trade The Burlap Grind The Defense of Shado-Pan Fallback Turnabout Unmasking the Yaungol To Winter's Blossom A Line Unbroken Honor, Even in Death To the Wall! Off the Wall! A Terrible Sacrifice Lao-Chin's Gambit Do a Barrel Roll! Finish This! Where are My Reinforcements? Unbelievable!

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Comment by AyaJulia

The tomb is not actually on the "highest rise." If you come to a small cave called Emperor Rikktik's Rest, you are too high up. Follow the path back to the north, then make the first two rights you come to.

As for the quest itself, in the current beta build it's quite dull. There is a named troll (Nakk'rakas) in the tomb. You will only be able to hit him once to aggro him, then he will go immune and begin awakening the stone guardians around him one by one by one. I think I killed five before his shield dropped and I was able to finish him off.

Comment by dipiddy

Current build seems to be bugged and wont complete when the troll dies, regardless of tagging.

Comment by KyrieE

The quest become broken: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4848295736

Comment by Nelinde

As of today this quest is still broken and will not complete and I have not found any blue posts about it.

Comment by AntonDex

quest is bugged, but we cat finish him:
For this you must kill third Imperial Guard near entrance of Tomb of Secrets (after stairs 53.2 x 49.9).
After that you have 1 second to kill Nakk'rakas.
I kill him in goup with moonkin that kill 3rd Imperial Guard near stairs and I, as a frost mage, was near Nakk'rakas and kill him with instant frost bolt (or Ice Lance with Fingers of frost)

This working because Protection of Zian is turn off with death of Imperial Guard, but damage to Nakk'rakas is flying to him some time, that depend on a distance from corpse of Guard to boss

Capry @ Mekkatorque-EU
Каприка @ Eversong-EU

Comment by datgrl

The Tongue of Ba-Shon can only be used in certain areas. If you complete a quest where you must use the item to communicate with Cho, you should stay in the area of the quest before moving on to do something else.

I had several other quests in the same general area. I moved on to do something else and then started looking around to try to turn in quests that required invoking the Tongue of Ba-Shon. I got a message about not being in the right zone. There are several quests in this chain that require you use the item, complete one and pick up next in the chain.

Comment by Whiterock

Two Empires Quest Tree From Whiterock
Barrels of Fun {H}* Pandaren Prisoners {H}* The Ordo Warbringer{A2,H1,H2}*
\ | ┌─────────┘
S)Cho's Missive {H}
+)Path Less Traveled
/ | └─────┐
a)Resupplying One Keg a)Instant Courage a)They Stole My Luck!
\ | |
b)Comin' Round the Mountain
b)One Traveler's Misfortune
b)Seeker's Folly
/ \
d)It Was Almost Alive c)The Tongue of Ba-Shon
f)The Tomb of Shadows d)Staying Connected
g)Breaking the Emperor's Shield d)An End to Everything
h)Stealing Their Thunder King
h)Lessons from History
h)Chasing the Storm
i)Fisherman's Tale────────────┬─>j)Make A Fighter Out of Me
| | | | |
| | i)It Takes A Village j)Handle With Care |
| | \ | |
| j)What's Yours Is Mine──>k)Enemies At Our Door
| k)Revelations
S)Checking In l)Prophet Khar'zul
+)Emergency Care
| \ └───────────────┐
m)Justice m)The Scent of Life n)By the Falls, For the Fallen
| / ┌────────┘
o)Preparing the Remains
p)A Funeral

Legend:
S means Skippable
+ means Can start anytime, prequests not needed.
{H} means Quest Have Horde Variant, click {H} for it.
* means another Quest Tree.

Comment by Vallix

Tomb entrance at 53.3, 49.2, engage Nakk'rakas and he sends a few statues at you, kill them then him and done.

Comment by 151802

The stairs to the Tomb of Secrets is at 55,47. Across from the caves you did for the previous quests

Comment by datgrl

This tomb has a number of follow up quests that happen inside this location.

Breaking the Emperor's Shield
An End to Everythingh
Stealing Their Thunder King
Lessons from History

Right now (5.0.4), you can safely finish one quest, call Cho and accept the next quest in the chain without being mobbed. They don't seem to aggro immediately when they spawn, so you can safely stand in one place for a few seconds while you deal with taking the next quest.

Comment by SpakyTwo

I got killed and lost my way back to the area for this and I don't have flying yet so this was a pain in the backside to find.

From One Keg, take the path out of One Keg past the cave with the Mischievous Snow Sprites(A quest you did while in One Key), and just a just little bit past that cave there is a path leading up in to the mountains that will lead you to the stairs. The path starts at 60.9, 52.5.

The entrance to Tomb of Secrets is to the left as you go up the stairs and up a path a little ways.
The entrance to the Tomb is at 53.3, 49.1

I was wondering around looking for the next quest and found the Neverest Basecamp not too far away. If you are at Neverest Basecamp, return to where you did "One Traveler's Misfortune" turn left and go past the first path on the right and take the second path on the right, there maybe a pat on the trail. The tomb will be down a ways on the right hand side.

Hope this helps someone.

Comment by SpakyTwo

I got killed while doing this quest and lost my way back to the area for this quest and I don't have flying yet so this was a pain in the backside to find.

From One Keg, take the path out of One Keg past the cave with the Mischievous Snow Sprites(A quest you did while in One Key), and just a just little bit past that cave there is a path leading up in to the mountains that will lead you to the stairs. The path starts at 60.9, 52.5.

The entrance to Tomb of Secrets is to the left as you go up the stairs and up a path a little ways.

From Neverest Basecamp: I was wondering around looking for the next quest and found the Neverest Basecamp not too far away. If you are at Neverest Basecamp, return to where you did "One Traveler's Misfortune" turn left and go past the first path on the right and take the second path on the right, there maybe a pat on the trail, the tomb will be down a little ways on the right hand side there will be a mob standing the doorway.

The entrance to the Tomb is at 53.3, 49.1

Hope this helps someone.

Comment by 1105392

The from the tomb boss will summon 3 minions.
Video:
http://www.oapplications.com/tutorials/games/wow/q_pandaria/kun-lai/breaking_the_emperor_shield.php

Comment by silkfire

If the quest bugs out for you and the second guardian instantly despawns along with Nakk'rakas, dismiss your pet and do this quest solo. Somehow my Warlock pet interfers with the quest mechanic.

Comment by j3nesis

Just in case - at patch 6.0 this quest is bugged. Nakk'rakas just shields himself and despawns, along with the statues, when aggroed. Multiple threads on the official forums have confirmed this. If this happens to you and you cannot complete the quest, submit an ingame bug report.

Comment by BlizzardCS

UPDATE: We didn't get any further report, so it seems like the issue is indeed totally fixed. Thanks all for your patience and understanding while we were working on it.

UPDATE 11/11/2014: This issue should be fixed by now. Please, if you are still experiencing this issue let us know so we can look into it. :)

Hello all!

Just wanted to let you know that there’s a bug right now with this quest. Nakk'rakas is despawning during the encounter, making it impossible to complete the quest. Our developers are already investigating this and looking for a solution. Thanks for your patience!

Comment by WarSage

hello.

i managed to kill Nakk'Rakas still with the bugg in effect.

i had my hunter pet taunt him so nakk'rakas started channeling his spell on my pet and finished him off, might work the same for warlocks

Comment by slickdalton

this quest is still bugged as of 6.0.3 really freaking sucks

Comment by euElkas

You're still able to complete the quest if you oneshot him. Just make sure, as a melee class, that you don't autoattack right before your big hit. Check your combat log!

You literally only get one hit in. An autoattack + instant ability will only deal the autoattack's damage. As a Ret paladin, this meant that I couldn't use Templar's verdict to off him, because it would always autoattack first. Finally managed to do it with a Hammer of Wrath crit along with using some consumables and Holy Avenger, but certainly nothing you'd be able to pull off while leveling.

The amount of damage you need to be able to do is 10K.

Comment by Bushwookie

So here's how I did it on a rogue:

I stood by the statues stealthed, throw distract and make him turn around and then attack, kill him, quest complete.

Weird.

Comment by palle6215

If you are able to kill him in one-shot that might work. Worked for me as a MM hunter, I just used aimed shot and it oneshot him.

Comment by outreacher

Really cheesed off with this, no feedback from Blizzard drones, and the problem still exists.

All I ask for is move the quest on to the next in chain, but they can't seem to be able to do that.

I am stuck with 2 characters that cannot progress on the chain. The GM's say we can't help, we are looking at it.

Comment by srwaan

"Quests
Breaking the Emperor's Shield: Nakk'rakas should no longer despawn, allowing players to complete the quest."

Source: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/4462-Beta-Ending-Oct-30-Hotfixes-Arcraft-Level-Design-Part-4-Character-Services-Sale

Yay!

Comment by Bittie

Just completed this quest earlier today even though there is still a bug known even with patch 6.0.3. I found that if you use a spell strong enough to take down his health in one hit it'll complete the quest. On my druid using Starfire seemed to do the job. Hope this helps anyone still needing to complete this quest.

Comment by Pyxelle

Easiest one-shot method for a WW Monk (that I used, anyway) is pop 2 Chi Brews, Paralyze, then ToD. DO NOT autoattack him as it will break the paralysis and he'll poof. Even with 2 brews, without him paralyzed he will simply poof after aggro before you can get the ToD in.

Comment by Shillkara

For Hunters and Rogues, to complete this quest While the bug is still in place. Stealth / Camouflage ( Dismiss Pet ) and walk through him he will attack you without De-spawning. Burn him down and Quest complete.

Comment by Galdersjoko

This is dumb, its bugged and i cant lvl my 89 to 90 -.-, iam on 63% and was gonna try and get loremaster of kun -lai before wod, i guess that dream jump'd in the toilet, ugh ._.

Comment by Garuuk

Myself playing a shadow priest and a friend playing a BM hunter got stuck at this quest today and being only lvl 87 we couldn't do enough damage in one go to complete it. Out of frustration I used Dominate Mind to see if I could move him to a different position, he would not move but on cancelling the effect he attacked and we killed him easily. I don't know why this worked but it did, hope it helps any other priests stuck on this quest.

Comment by Blunttman

Quest no longer bugged., tried today and completed working as intended.

Edit: Screenshot link http://i.imgur.com/TO5FKVc.jpg

Comment by Ruscher

Confirmed. Bugg fixed

Comment by Redeem

As for 11/6/2014, The bug has been fixed.

Comment by Ikshuki1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJrlawRFEAo

Comment by GamingTV

Complete Playthrough in 1080p HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJrlawRFEAo

Comment by anessandra

Pet classes will probably want to put your pet on passive or dismiss it entirely. I couldn't get it to work with a pet, as it would just reset mid encounter. Also, if you are having trouble with him just standing there when you first walk in, try running back out until you are back in the outside zone, then run back in and he should be doing the ritual then.

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVZd2r-AMg&feature=youtu.be

Comment by allOf

Breaking the Emperor's Shield https://youtu.be/8X7aQ57_AKI

Comment by asdfhero

looks it's still bugged, but it's a different bug now, if I enter the cave (and not just me, saw 4 ppl with the same problem) the encounter won't start, the npc's are just standing still and nothing happens, idk how to trigger the event

Comment by Avaciin

This quest is still bugged. However instead of camping, I hearthed to Stormwind, then took the portal to Jade, then flew all the way back to the npc, and as i walked in the door he started the encounter and it worked.

Comment by ljgard

whatever you do don't fly in. kill the mob at the entrance, then pull the 2 next ones using a ranged ability then walk up to the mob. he summons 3 statues, one at a time, then will attack you himself. Kill him and you're good

Comment by RayneMyst

Can not get this at all.....Still bugged. Mob stays invalid

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Breaking the Emperor's Shield

Stop the Spiritbinding Ritual in the Tomb of Secrets.

	Interrupted the Spiritbinding Ritual

Provided item:

	The Tongue of Ba-Shon

Description

The Mogu have been scattered and sparse in number for many years. Their purpose in the valley makes sense now.

With this many restless spirits they can build themselves an army using the guardians buried in each tomb. Combined with the Zandalari forces this would be devastating!

The Tomb of Secrets houses elite warriors called the Emperor's Shield. They must not be resurrected! You'll find the tomb on the highest rise to the southwest.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	The Tongue of Ba-Shon

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

Breaking the Emperor's Shield

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