Quest 299 · Classic Era details

Uncovering the Past

Prospector Whelgar wants you to scour the excavation site in search of the 4 missing tablet fragments: Ados, Modr, Golm and Neru.

Quest level28Requires level25Classic zoneWetlandsEligible races in ClassicHuman, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB. Only details marked as owner beta observations were checked in Forever.

The task

Objectives

Rewards and gains

Item rewards

One item is linked in this Classic source; its quantity is not recorded.

Reputation

Experience and money are not supplied by this imported quest record.

The route

Classic locations

Approximate Classic points. Select a marker to copy a TomTom waypoint.

Start Turn in

Wetlands

Start and turn-in location

Prospector Whelgar

Wetlands (38.81, 52.39)

Approximate Classic location

Click the !? to copy a TomTom waypoint.

Map tiles seen in the client. Build 1.60.1.69977. Associated by the client filename Interface/WorldMap/Wetlands_c60, not by a direct map-art foreign key. This is client artwork, not a verified in-game map. Artwork © Blizzard Entertainment.
  • !? Start and turn inProspector Whelgar (38.81, 52.39)

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

  • Prospector Whelgar
    Approximate Classic location: Wetlands

Ends at

  • Prospector Whelgar
    Approximate Classic location: Wetlands

Coordinates are approximate Classic references. The `/way` formats require TomTom or a compatible addon; use the named-zone form from outside the zone.

The path

Quest chain

None recorded in this Classic source.

Story and dialogue

The imported Classic record does not contain quest dialogue. We will not substitute words from a different game version.

Sources and limits

QuestieDB supplies the Classic quest details and approximate locations above. They are not verified for Forever or in game. Owner beta observations are marked separately and do not establish rewards for every character or level. Map artwork comes from the Forever beta client; its markers still come from Classic data. Revealed artwork appears only where its layers have been checked.

Version and retrieval details

Quest ID 299 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.69977. QuestieDB 1.0.3, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-09-23. View source release.

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