Quick Facts

Storylines
Forming an Understanding Danger Near and Far A Mysterious Voice Core of the Matter Seeking the Unknown Finding Firim Security Measures Unseen Agents Now You May Speak Surveying Cyphers Cyphers of the First Ones The Way Forward Patterns Within Patterns Patch Intro Call of the Primus A Hasty Voyage Strangers in a Strange Land Long Lost Firim Give Me A Hand A Mutual Exchange For Research Purposes The Road to Haven Forging Connections Destroying the Destructors Defending Haven This Old Waystone The Forces Gather Our Forward Scouts Favor of the First Ones Necessary Harvest Knowing is Half the Battle Scour the Sands Harmony and Discord Battle for the Forge Together, We Ride In Plain Sight Reinforcements May Be Necessary This is Your Fault, Fix It Nothing is True A Break in Communication Doppelganger Duel Fighting for the Forge Seeking Haven Danger Near and Far A Mysterious Voice Core of the Matter Seeking the Unknown Finding Firim Unseen Agents Security Measures Now You May Speak Surveying Cyphers Cyphers of the First Ones The Way Forward

Screenshots

Videos

Comments

Comment by Sipder2

The location for the last step "Location found" is inside the cave
/way 51,7, 62,6 cave entrance

Surveying Cyphers Quest WoW: https://youtu.be/wWUotHccEX4

Comment by Wyatterp

You turn this in to Firim at Exile's Hollow. Path starts at 38,46 and the cave entrance is at 35,45.

Comment by Shammldavis

Experienced a bug where I cannot see firim in the cave after completing the quest. I left the cave and came back in..i went to oribos and relogged, came bag and still no firim. I had to abandon the quest and redo it. I didn't hearth to haven this time after doing the 4th stage, and I had a successful turn in.

Comment by jeroenms

It seems when you enter Haven when Firim is following you the quests bugs out. After you leave Haven again Firim is no longer following you .
When you click the objects it says completed in your quest log but it is not registred by Firim.
After you come back at Exile's Hollow you can see him but can complete the quest.

Had to retake it and this time i stayed out of Haven and after clicking all objects i was able to turn it in.

Comment by Monatoet

West Concordance /way 38.86, 48.45
Southwest Concordance /way 32.35, 62.94
South Concordance /way 49.27, 71.64
"Location" (cave entrance) /way 51.69, 62.74
(just travel through Provis Fauna, so you dont end up on top of the hill)

In the cave you have to kill "Maw-Frenzied Lupine" before you can attune Dormant Echoism.

Video: https://youtu.be/RtUpyQpbr94

Comment by Mypciscraze

Hi all

I present Forming an Understanding Storyline part of Secrets of the First Ones. This Story line have 11 Quests.

See Video Full Quest chain if need it - https://youtu.be/xeYJ3hnVZXk
.

Quest Name:	Start and description
1 Danger Near and Far	Get inside bulding 40 74
2 A Mysterious Voice	Open Door then kill all waves last is The Culler
3 Core of the Matter	Speak with Elder Kreth 34 64
4 Seeking the Unknown	Go inside bulding 33 65 and press on Undelivered Mail
5 Finding Firim	Go 36 55 and search Xevveth corpse then move to cave 35 45 to speak with Firim
6a Security Measures	press on 10 Triggered Trap they are outside cave.
6b Unseen Agents	Kill 3 NPC: Xy'anath 38 46, Xy'bok 38 48 and Xy'varek36 50
8 Now You May Speak	Speak with Firim will be cinematic then conversation then press on Cypher Console
9 Surveying Cyphers	Examined Tranquil Concordance 38 48, Tranquil Concordance 32 62 and Tranquil Concordance 49 71 look from water side. Then go to cave 51 61 and kill Maw-Frenzied Lupine and press on Resonant Echoism
10 Cyphers of the First Ones	Use Cypher Console and pick up 1st skill. You will get Pocopoc spell to summon Him. YOu will unlock as well Zereth Mortis Effort.
11 The Way Forward	Go to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon to finish storyline after that Quest You will be able to do Patterns Within Patterns. Patterns Within Patterns is not required to finish storyline.

.
Thank You i Hope that Help You :).

Comment by Bursi

On a quite new character, I had to do some of the old campaign quests (2/9) until helping to free the Runecarver's arm. I got The First Move when I turned in The Weak Link and returned to Oribos.
You can talk to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon instead of Polemarch Adrestes to skip until Korthia.

When I skipped it, I immediately got Call of the Primus. Talk to Tal-Inara in Oribos to start the questline for Zereth Mortis.
She also offers a skip, I've you have done the campaign with an alt before. You'll start there with 3/7 chapters of Secrets of the First Ones and unlocked world quests.

Beware that you will miss the rewards of the first three chapters, if you skip them.
Edit: With the Hotfix for March 18th, players who skip the Zereth Mortis story will get the reputation with the Enlightened.

Campaign:
Chapter 1

Call of the Primus - Talk to Tal-Inara, turn in at The Primus after that
A Hasty Voyage - click Anima Wyrm behind you. Click Blast of Decay and Necrotic Barrage to fill the bar. Don't skip the cinematic
click Kick, Hold Tight! and Pull the Reins to match the emotes.
Long Lost Firim - find Firim and click the 4 objects
Give Me A Hand - follow Firim, click the door, then Disabled Automa and defeat Genesis Guardian
A Mutual Exchange - go to south, step on the teleporter and click your extra button Activate. Kill Yggdreth the Despoiler and loot the core
For Research Purposes - collect 12 items
The Road to Haven - mount Polly
Forging Connections - go to Haven, talk to Elder Kreth
Defending Haven - kill 13 enemies
Destroying the Destructors - destroy 4 objectives
This Old Waystone - follow Elder Ara to the cave. Stand in front of the waystone to get the extra button Open the Waystone. Click the stone, turn in in Oribos
The Forces Gather - return to Zereth Mortis and talk to Elder Kreth

Chapter 1 took about 25 minutes with itemlevel <190.

Chapter 2:

Chapter 2 took about 40 minutes with itemlevel <200.
I got several itemlevels, about 1900 rep with The Enlightened, some Anima and 12 renown so far (chapter 1 & 2).

Chapter 3:

Danger Near and Far - go to the marked area and enter the building
A Mysterious Voice - click the door, watch dialogue and kill attacking enemies
Core of the Matter - return to Haven and talk to Elder Kreth
Seeking the Unknown - enter the building at 33.63 65.78 and click the information
Finding Firim - find the NPC, click its corpse and go to the cave
Security Measures - click the Sensory Synchronizer near you. Leave the cave and reset 10 traps
Unseen Agents - kill 3 enemies
Now You May Speak - talk to Firim and click the console
Surveying Cyphers - examine the 3 concordances marked on your map. Visit the fourth location. Kill Maw-Frenzied Lupine and click the item behind him. Return to the cave
Cyphers of the First Ones - click the console again. Unlock the first option and get your Pocopoc
The Way Forward - return to Haven

Chapter 3 took about 30 minutes with itemlevel 200. It gave less rewards than the previous ones.
In total I got about 2k reputation, 15 itemlevels and 15 renown.

Accept Patterns Within Patterns before you go on with anything.

Links

Surveying Cyphers

Find the Concordance consoles in Zereth Mortis.

	West Concordance examined (1)
	Southwest Concordance examined (1)
	South Concordance examined (1)
	Location found (1)
	Maw-Frenzied Lupine slain (1)
	Dormant Echoism attuned (1)
	Firim ran off (1)

Description

There are many consoles such as that one scattered throughout Zereth Mortis. They have all been beyond my understanding, but perhaps that creature intends to reveal their meaning to us? Fortunately, I know where there are more. I will mark them on your map, and accompany you... for research, of course. Let us see what this creature's purpose is.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Cyphers of the First Ones

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(65149))