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Totem Modification

Quest #25217 Level 81 Shimmering Expanse AllianceHorde no runs yet

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What to do

Plant one of Sambino's modified totems in the sand of Silver Tide Trench.

Objective by objective

The quest's own structured objectives. How many of each you need is set by the game when you accept it, so it is not stored here – the sentence above is the quest's own wording.

The quest giver's words

Okay, I'll let you in on the real work, since you're looking at me so desperately.

This rock is untapped! It's probably richer than a trade prince during a great war! I need samples. More samples. Samples from everywhere!

I've modified my earth totems to drill through the sand and store samples of the rock underneath. Go find a nice spot and plant one.

The shaking and rumbling will probably attract all the cute, curious wildlife, so maybe you can make some friends while you're at it.

Progress

Bah! There's sand in my helmet. It itches!

Completion

Another sample. Brilliant! The rocky riches of the sea shall soon be mine!

Category: Shimmering Expanse.

What you need

You must be carrying

The reward

  • Drill-Guide Belt item #59756 · Uncommon · item level 272 · sells for 7g 56s 66c
  • Sambino's Old Hammer item #59757 · Uncommon · item level 272 · sells for 19g 51s 66c
  • Rockbite Slicer item #59758 · Uncommon · item level 272 · sells for 19g 59s 26c
Money
7g 80s
and 46s 50c more at level 90, the level cap, in place of the experience
Experience
27,700
at level 86 or lower; less above
By character level
LevelExperienceShare
80–86 27,700 100%
87 22,150 80%
88 16,600 60%
89 11,100 40%
90 none 46s 50c more money

The game pays the full figure up to five levels above the quest, then 20 % less for each level more, down to a tenth, and none at the level cap. A bonus of your own (a guild perk, a holiday) comes on top.

Reputation

Who it is for

Faction
AllianceHorde
Race
any race
Class
any class
Level
quest level 81, requires level 80
Profession
none
Repeats
once only

The chain

Before this

After this

Where it starts and ends

Starts at
Hand in to
Where Totem Modification starts and ends in Shimmering Expanse
Where Totem Modification starts and ends in Shimmering Expanse
  • pick up
  • turn in

These two markers are the quest giver's and the hand-in's own positions – not where anybody was standing. The recorded positions are further down, under the community data.

Relevant locations

Relevant locations in Shimmering Expanse
Relevant locations in Shimmering Expanse

The pins are the game's own map markers; the coordinates are the game's 0–100, as /way takes them.


What players recorded

Everything below this line is a different kind of knowledge from everything above it. Above: what the quest is, the same on every realm. Below: what actually happened when people played it, uploaded by them, with the number of runs printed against every figure. It is an observation, not a fact about the quest.

Nobody has completed this quest with telemetry on yet, so there is no timing. Everything below is drawn straight from the 0 recorded attempts the hub has.

How precise this guide is

Early guide Built from 0 runs by 0 players – low confidence. Every upload of this quest sharpens it: the hotspots tighten, the order and the timings settle, and the parts below unlock as the sample grows.

  • Where to go – pick-up, objectives and hand-in needs one recorded run not yet
  • Typical time and objective order – median and middle half needs 3 completed runs (now 0) not yet
  • Tips – what most players do needs 5 runs (now 0) not yet
  • Where players die – death hotspots on the map needs 5 characters from at least 2 different people (now 0 from 0) not yet

Timings

Observed, not a fact about the game: 0 completed runs behind the medians, 0 recorded attempts in total.
– median time (accept → turn in) from 0 runs

Based on 0 completed runs. Computed on this page; the analyser has not published this quest yet.

– fastest recorded run

Same 0 runs.

0 / 0 turned in / attempted nobody abandoned it

Counting every recorded attempt, finished or not.

0.0 deaths per attempt 0 deaths in total

0 tracked kills.

The route

An early route: drawn from the first runs and sharper with every upload. Pick-up, hand-in and the objective hotspots are where the quest is, so they are shown from the first run.

Map coordinates are the addon's own 0–1 zone coordinates (Shimmering Expanse), origin top-left, x to the right and y downward. Drag the zone map to pan, ctrl/⌘ + scroll or the buttons to zoom; the grid lines are tenths of the zone.

Overview of Totem Modification in Shimmering Expanse
Overview of Totem Modification in Shimmering Expanse
Pick up
Not recorded yet.
Turn in
Not recorded yet.
Deaths during this quest
None recorded – nobody died doing this.

Objectives, in the order players do them

No objective progress has been uploaded for this quest yet. Once somebody plays it with the addon on, the objectives and their hotspots appear here automatically.

Tips

No tips yet – they need a handful of runs before they say anything true.

Recorded runs

No runs recorded yet.

Community notes

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