Quest 3701 · Classic Era details

The Smoldering Ruins of Thaurissan

Quest level54Requires level50Classic zoneIronforgeEligible races in ClassicHuman, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB, not verified for Forever. Quest ID 3701 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70790. QuestieDB 1.0.10, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-11-03 (source).

The task

Objectives

Venture to the Ruins of Thaurissan in the Burning Steppes and recover information from the Thaurissan Relics. Return to Royal Historian Archesonus when you have recovered the information.

  • Thaurissan Relicobject 153556Objective target

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

Quest locations

Classic pins are approximate reference points. Reported ! and ? markers are search points near quest NPCs. Hover or focus a marker for details.

Start Turn in

Ironforge

Start and turn-in location

Royal Historian Archesonus

Ironforge (38.37, 55.31)

Approximate Classic location

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Map tiles seen in the client. Artwork from build 1.60.1.69977, compared file by file with build 1.60.1.70790 and unchanged. Associated by the client filename Interface/WorldMap/Ironforge_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 inRoyal Historian Archesonus (38.37, 55.31)

From Classic. One NPC can have several recorded spots; the map shows each one where it was recorded.

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

Ends at

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

Quest text

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