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Comment by Desarly

First step: Search the Silithus desert for a Silithus Mound. When you click on it you will be covered in a bright dust. Speed is slightly reduced.

Next Step: Run back to the camp where you picked up the quest. There is a machine you need to step into located @ (32,50). This will complete the returning silithus part of the quest.

Final Step: Now go back to the questgiver to turn it in.
He is located right in that camp!

Simple!

Comment by Fwaky

this quest does not require you to be level 54 it's in fact level 55 quest.

Comment by Shiznet

I have no idea why this is a required level 60 quest. Its super easy to do, no problems what so ever. Desarly explains it perfecty and its confirmed. Soloed as a 56 Fire Mage.

Comment by Melon109

Watch out for stealthing horde, sometimes they like to camp around Hive'Zora

Comment by ddmannion

Could Somebody post the Coordinates for a Silithus mound? Or maybe Give a screen shot of it?

Comment by haloman800

the coords to one is 38 67

Comment by Vampyr

The key point here is you have to RUN back to the camp. If you attempt to mount, then you are no longer "carrying the Silithus Mound".

Comment by eincaic

Checked above co ords on 8/21/07 No mound

Comment by spent

you drop the mound when you stealth too.

Comment by Dnanger

here is a great help: it's at 35,38!

Comment by Kastaje

No movement effects will boost your speed (ie travel form won't boost the movement speed of a druid)

Comment by themrb

Don't get on your mount or it will cancel the effect.

Comment by kcufo

Just checked and the quest is repeatable for reputation with Centurian Circle.

Increased reputation by 20 points each time I returned Siltithus to the extractor.

Comment by pangeltveit

real easy to do. just go south and follow the brown line and it is one or two at the end of the brown line
(tip) and just go back.
real easy for palas cus they can use blessing of salvation and get - 30 % threat and go back really fast.
because they wont get attacked so often

Comment by Astry

9550 exp and 500 reputation in 2.3

Comment by swishasweet

FOR ALLIANCE:

You will be looking for small Gyser that look like this:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/Getitboi/WoWScrnShot_012108_203520.jpg
and are usually found near Mountain like structurs that look like this:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/Getitboi/WoWScrnShot_012108_194511.jpg
which are just south of the quest giver, just follow the dark road type path to its end:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/Getitboi/WoWScrnShot_012108_194606.jpg

You will then Carry the aura on your body to a machine close to the quest giver:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/Getitboi/WoWScrnShot_012108_194943.jpg

Visualized Guide, step by step for u guys!

Comment by Tanae

The quest says PvP, but you can still do it. It sets you to PvP, but didnt encounter anyone on the way :P

Comment by Assassin007

Desarly Is Pretty Right About What You Have To Do So Follow Those Steps

Comment by Zaanikui

You get flagged for PVP after you pick up the Silithyst. I received 19 Honor points on entering the machine for turn-in. After Patch 2.4, exp 9550, rep 500 and 20 rep on subsequent turn-ins.

Also as a level 58 Night Elf Hunter, I got mobbed by four at once on the first run. Once my pet aggro'd I ran a bit further and feigned at which time the Silithyst came off me but landed in a pile on the ground. When the mobs left me for my pet, I got up and recollected from the new pile and turned on AOC and ran. When pet distance broke him from me, I whistle him back to my side. Was no problem and made first two runs without swinging or shooting.

Quite easy for the XP, Rep and Honor Points.

Comment by drig44

Thanks alot for posting a picture of the transporter but NOT cords to where the hell it is located

Comment by asyacalkins

I found the Silithyst Geiser right next to the Bones of Grakkaron 35.55, got covered in it, and ran back to the camp: it is the shortest distance, I believe. Did this with my 55 Druid in cat form.

Comment by Dochalliday

it is now 500 rep

Comment by Imaginist

Found one at 35/38

Comment by EvoTech

Found one around 30, 30

Blink and Travel form will not lose the buff, but u will be pvp enabled and if u die, you will lose the buff and have to do all again.

Comment by ahahah

This is easy as lvl 55, rly simple... :)

Comment by Chancakes

This quest DOES count towards the Loremaster of Kalimdor achievement.

Comment by Sinspire

For those that didn't get to play in this zone at its PVP peak--

The first turn-in (as a quest) nets you +20 honor and +20 Cenarion Circle rep. This isn't a "repeatable quest," as someone said above, but it is a repeatable ACTION, which gets you the +20 honor and +20 rep.

Comment by Thainen

Found one at (31,32).

Comment by gabrielalfaro00

Found one at 42, 42

Comment by theglass1

Not sure why this quest is marked PvP in the list?

Comment by theglass1

Any idea why it is labeled a PvP quest?

Comment by steve2470

One of the Silithyst geysers is located at 36.8, 77.4. It's very small and easy to miss if you are not paying attention.

Comment by MadMartigan

Found one at 43,45

Comment by Macookta

For everyone posting the coordinates of Silithyst and nothing else:

Why not get the Wowhead client and upload your data so it appears on the Silithyst Geyser page?

Comment by SamanthaJae

They are a little bit tricky to find but they will have a pvp symbol over them with your mouse pointer. But just look around the mountains

Comment by marchemalheur

Shifting into flight form does not make you drop the silithyst but it does still slow you down. This just makes it easier to return since mobs won't attack you in the air.

Comment by Angelyze

There's a lot of those Gyser surrounding 'Twilight Outpost'

Comment by Prondorrogueown

found one at 45/30

Comment by DonkRonk

Have the Silithyst, trying to turn it in but will not let me complete the quest. Did I miss a step?

Comment by Shubi

On Patch 4.2.0 - (32,50)
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----> MAP HERE <----
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On Patch 1.12.1 - old map - (54,55)
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----> MAP HERE <----
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Comment by Matttthe

Its now 525 rep and 7425 experience.

Comment by Matttthe

The second time only 3 honor points.

Comment by Koiyama

Can be picked up while in flight form and does not cancel flight form. You will be flying at walking speed, but you can fly up high and avoid pvp :P

Comment by Dractulamede

Unless I missed something, no one mentioned the fact that the silithyst is related to the little numbers at the top center of the screen that you see when you are in Slithius. These indicate how many of these things have been turned in by each faction. If one faction reaches 200, they get a buff. You don't have to be on a quest to do this.

Comment by deodex

i cant find it:(

Comment by omurray

Just finished this and the 5% buff does still occur. Now I am stuck PVP flagged for a bit, but there are no Allies out here.

Comment by CabbyZ

Most obtuse, counter-intuitive quest in the game. Quest giver provides 0 information, and all the comments here and on the Silithus Geyser page simply add to the confusion. As near as I can tell (have yet to find a geyser) the locations are not fixed. I'm not even sure they still exist.

Quest abandoned, hope I can get 19 Silithus quests without it.

Comment by bridgetmaryrose

Agree CabbyZ, it's not all that clear either what the objective is and/or how to go about it.

This is a quest about standing in the aura lights cast out of small transient geyser-like formations. The captured aura is the Silithyst.

These geysers pop up randomly fairly regularly in and around the vicinity of the Twilight Outpost, but they can be found near the Hive and also the Bones patch. If in doubt, mouse over any light brown lumpy bits on the ground and if the faction emblems of both Alliance and Horde appear, then its an aura geyser which will shortly expel its light upwards.

To capture the aura, simply stand in the light, then make for the camp asap.
I have copied and pasted what Lucilite wrote because it was very helpful :

Lucilite on 2012/01/20 (Patch 4.3.0)
To "complete" the quest, you need to return to the camp with the silithys aura still on you, and step onto the big machine platform (located at coords 39,47). Basically you turn in the 'aura' to the machine, then the quest is marked as "complete. Then you turn the completed quest in to Marshal Bluewall, who is standing nearby.

Even after you have completed the attached quest, you can return and repeat. Every time you successfully capture and turn in a Silithyst, your faction benefits - evidenced by the score at the top of your screen when in the Silithus zone.

Hope this has made sense to everyone who has been struggling to understand what to do, where to do it and how to achieve the outcomes.

Best of Luck !

Comment by Kolii

Mages, you can blink with this item :)

Comment by Orkslime

You cannot use movement speed buff abilities such as the Rogue's Sprint as well as trinket buffs like Nitro boosts; however in my case on my Mage "Blink" does still work.

Comment by midobu

I have been curious seeing both Alliance and Horde counters on the top when I was in Silithus. While completing this quest on this page, you can also help add one counter closer to 200 for your own faction by picking up a Silithyst Geyser carrying it on foot to your faction Silithyst Extractor as well.

Comment by drpimento

It seems to me that when I first got this quest, the geysers were next to impossible to find. But then after the first turn in, they became much easier to find, almost stumbling over them, especially in the area west of the road & roughly SE of hive zora. Not that bad of a trot to the turn in.

Comment by mtalerico63

When doing this quest, it is important to mention you need to click on the mound to activate the Silithyst dust on you. I ran back and forth 3 or 4 times thinking the geyser automatically covers you in dust.

Comment by bebita

Scouring the Desert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoXthB1woNc

Comment by Boxofbeer

Scouring the Desert

Comment by AnarchAL

Paste this into a macro,

/way 38.67 47.12 -- Alliance Silithyst Extractor
/way 54.90 63.40 -- Horde Silithyst Extractor
/way 36.25 22.72 - L1F
/way 40.37 21.26 - L2M
/way 45.24 22.35 - L3B
/way 37.76 26.02 - L4F
/way 40.86 26.02 - L5M
/way 43.60 25.60 - L6B
/way 46.77 26.37 - L7B
/way 38.03 30.00 - L8F
/way 41.99 28.86 - L9M
/way 44.87 30.05 - L10M
/way 48.52 31.16 - L11M
/way 39.69 33.69 - L12F
/way 41.89 36.03 - L13F
/way 47.76 39.19 - L14F
/way 53.21 41.61 - R1M
/way 51.61 43.22 - R2M
/way 51.76 46.87 - R3F
/way 50.00 49.90 - R4F
/way 54.31 46.68 - R5F
/way 57.17 47.18 - R6F
/way 59.05 49.46 - R7F
/way 57.72 50.94 - R8F
/way 61.82 53.64 - R9F
/way 63.03 57.25 - R10F
/way 59.97 40.98 - R11B
/way 62.59 42.61 - R12B
/way 62.20 44.80 - R13M
/way 60.85 46.01 - R14M
/way 65.76 41.33 - R15B
/way 67.26 42.14 - R16B
/way 65.95 64.01 - R17F
/way 37.86 59.37 - D1Q
/way 37.20 62.93 - D2Q
/way 38.46 66.62 - D3Q
/way 40.94 65.71 - D4Q
/way 43.11 64.41 - D5Q
/way 43.72 60.78 - D6Q
/way 41.64 60.15 - D7Q
/way 42.49 69.68 - D8Q
/way 35.01 64.83 - D9I
/way 34.50 69.43 - D10I
/way 33.65 73.09 - D11I
/way 30.51 70.48 - D12X
/way 28.87 73.06 - D13X
/way 25.65 76.71 - D14X
/way 27.19 72.08 - D15X
/way 30.57 76.67 - D16X
/way 42.93 75.74 - D17M
/way 44.36 72.51 - D18M
/way 46.53 72.45 - D19M
/way 48.36 69.32 - D20M
/way 50.69 77.06 - D21M

Go there, acquire silithyst, bring it back to extractor, profit. Mounts don't work. You're gonna have to hoof it. Even if you aren't a Tauren.

Comment by Zaydene

Use your Throbbing Blood Orb for very quick travel!

Comment by Auraylassa

I've spent about 2 hours looking for a silithyst geyser over the past two days and can't find anything. I made a ticket and a GM said it's still in the game, but it looks to me like it was removed with patch 7.1.5, perhaps as an accident along with the changes implemented for the new Gates Opening Anniversary event.

Comment by Jaladren

I am having similar issues as others have expressed with 7.1.5 and trying to complete this quest. I opened a ticket on this. I got the standard, might be a bug and you're out of luck routine from Blizzard.

--My Ticket—
Scouring the Desert
I cannot locate a Silithyst. Forums like Wowhead seem to show otehrs are experiencing this after 7.1.5. Has something changed, or was it pulled?

--Blizzard Reply—
Hi, I'm Kurasuyari, the game master who just got your ticket. Thanks for your patience while waiting for this reply.

That definitely sounds frustrating! Based on what you're describing, it sounds like you've encountered a bug, but it looks like this isn't one we've verified or found a fix for yet, so I'm personally sending the details up to our Quality Assurance team so that they can check it out and figure out what made this happen, so that we can keep it from happening again in the future.

You may be wondering why I can’t just “fix it” for you, and that’s a fair question! Please let me explain. While Game Masters have a wide variety of Phenomenal Cosmic Powers™ available to them (used only in Azeroth as directed), we too are limited at times. Even though we'd like to, we may not give credit for a quest, achievement, kill, etc., when it's being investigated as a bug. This is, in part, because a) it would be a Band-Aid for one character - not fixing the underlying issue for everyone. And b) it can even break the character in some irreparable way. While I wish there was something I was able to work through for you on my side, with issues like this we have to be sure to not make things worse. I really hope you can understand.

Please let us know if there's ever anything else we can assist with, my friend, and we'll be glad to help in any way we can.

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Scouring the Desert

This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.

Find and deliver Silithyst to the Silithyst Extractor, then speak with Marshal Bluewall at the Alliance encampment near Hive'Zora.

	Return Silithyst

Description

We recently found out that the Horde has been scavenging the Silithus desert for resources, but paid them little mind. We thought it could not be worth it to station large numbers in this sweltering desert.

However, it was discovered the importance of the resources, and now we are scrambling to catch up.

If I have your assistance, you must go into the desert and recover the silithyst and return it here.

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Major Healing Potion			Major Mana Potion

You will receive: (or 6 if completed at level 120)

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

8,870 experience
250 reputation with Cenarion Circle

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