Quest 8253 · Classic Era details

Destroy Morphaz

Quest level52Requires level50CategoryMage

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB, not verified for Forever. Quest ID 8253 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

Retrieve the Arcane Shard from Morphaz and return to Archmage Xylem.

Arcane ShardItem 20085Amount not recorded
In the Classic reference, Arcane Shard can drop from Morphaz.

Rewards and gains

Item rewards

Glacial Spike
Fire Ruby
Arcane Crystal Pendant

This Classic source does not record whether these items are choices or all awarded.

Reputation

No reputation gain is recorded in this source.

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

Azshara

Classic start and turn-in

Fully revealed map assembled from client map and exploration textures. 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/Azshara_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 inArchmage Xylem (29.25, 40.21)

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

No quest text yet. It appears here once a player reports it through RestedRealm Companion.

Discussion