around 58,41

Having read the comments above, I was about to leave this until later.

I'm only a level 51 feral Druid, and though it would be too difficult.

Well, it's quite easy really. Feral sped'd means I can take on about four levels higher without a problem. In cat form, I was taking down the level 55's without about 70% health left after I took them down. So, taking on 2 at a time was a little difficult, but possible.

The area I was going around is in the North-East and clearly marked as "Ruins of Thaurissan". It's one of the first areas that open up when coming in from south.

Co-ods roughly: 68,33

There are SO MANY STONES

With stealth, it only takes about 10 minutes to complete. Most mobs are 55, so if you can't stealth then just be sure you can take them on.

I just finished this quest wiht no problems at all.&nbsp You simply weave your way in and out of the mobs (i never had to fight one with a little patience) and go through the "opening" procedure at which time it simply tells you that you have gathered the information (or something like that).&nbsp 12 and out.

Just go to the ruins, loot the pillars, they are not well guarded. Always 2-3 visible pillars. Done, no killing just run from one to the next.

the ruins by themselves r situated to the north and little west from the entrance

I was able to solo this as a 52 hunter w/o pet with NO fights.&nbsp As long as you are careful about the patrolling creeps, you can stay along the edges of the ruins and pick up all of them without fighting anything.&nbsp I did it in about 10 minutes.

Can't find the historian at IF?&nbsp I wandered everywhere in IF and the historian is nowhere to be found

Actually u can just wait for them to respawn :D

Make sure you're not in a raid group, those of you who cannot complete this quest.&nbsp Remember, if you're tacked onto a raid group, you can't loot the quest items, even these.

50 rogue, no aggro..
Imp sap used twice.

This was real easy as a 53 pally. btw u get a quest to brd after finishing this one.

The subject says it all.. I cant find the quest giver!

The quest is not bugged.

When you get the first part (listen to my story), a gray question mark appears above her head. Click on her again, and then click on "I am ready, Historian Archesonus." Read through the story. When you're finished, she'll give you the next part which is to go collect the relics.

do we need to kill somthing or its items we can find it in the ground in burrnig steps or what ?

This was easy as a 51 aff. spec lock, didnt even bother trying to stay out of aggro range, just ran around the ruins and killed the guys no problem as they came, found the items no problem, overall, its a really easy quest, i even took 3 of the 53's at the same time, and never died once.

Did quest 2 nights ago (as a 50 mage). Just head to the area stated and pick up the pieces when the mobs arent around. I aggroed one lvl 53 Dwarf mob and died (b/c I tried to sheep him and loot instead of running) but got the rest with no problems. Just sit on your horse and look for the quest pieces, wait for roaming mobs to move away, ride in, dismount, loot, mount back up and get back to a safe spot. Rinse and repeat. I completed the quest in about 20-25 minutes.

The pieces spawn over a pretty wide area, so don't just sit in one spot and wait for respawns. There are plenty to get all 12 without fighting.

Hope this helps.

Reflux
50 Mage - Crushridge

Edited, Tue May 3 11:14:03 2005

Got this Q as a lvl 50 Hunter but was already 51 by the time I got to attempting it. I failed miserably, aggroeing the roaming Elementals who arrived in pairs. I returned as lvl 52 and did the "touch-and-go" technique, on foot rather than on mount and without my pet. I hid behind rocks and managed to get the remaining 10 Relics without major trouble (save a wrong turn that meant one death). I could have also gotten the Tablet of the Seven but some passing horde whom I used as a helpful diversion at that point took a different path, so I didnt.

Too much trouble for this ring (for a hunter) if u ask me.

Is this quest bugged?
lv 60 hunter here. i have 2 questions:

1) is this really a quest prerequisite to the king's quest (which gives a reward of either a nice damage ring or a caster ring)?
--if not i really really wanna just skip it and not worry if it's fxxking bugged

2) did i do anything wrong? anyone else find it buggy? i opened a few runes and it did nothing. i can open them but nothing happens. they just disappeared. they dont affect my quest at all... did that happen to anyone else?

This is a nice quest for a paladin.

First off, the ring itself is very useful for a 1h/tank.
Secondly, you can do this quest at a low level. I did it a 53, but all it takes is a Hammer of Justice lasting 5 secs, and a level high enough to don't get it resisted by level 53-55s.

The following method, (which I call Stun&Run in lack of inspiration) is very simple, yet very effective. It can also be used for mining/skinning when an annoying mob is around, interrupting your looting-sequence.

Find a stone with no more than one mob in aggro-radius. Stand near the stone, and wait for the mob to approach you. When he is right beside the stone, use your stun and loot the stone. The key is to start the "Opening"-animation RIGHT after you stun him, as the looting process takes 5 seconds as well. When looted, you can either pull the mob to safe away, or just outrun it.

Either way, the quest is quickly done (35 min including transport), and you get good XP (5450) plus an "Increase" in your Ironforge reputation... I even stumbled across some Truesilver and Thorium nodes while doing the quest :)

same thing for me, i hear the story from the relics, yet nothin shows up in the duest log as acquiring the info...grr............

I dont know how to finished this quest :(

They have fixed this, you no longer have to talk to Royal Historian Archesonus against after you pickup the quest, accepting the quest will now let you pickup the relics correctly.

Yes, this is also the prereq. for the "Kharan Mighthammer" questline.

Lvl 52 Rogue, took me 11 mins to complete this quest, awesome exp for 15 mins worth of work

I listened to the whole story, but the relics disappear with no result..
I abandoned and tried to do it again, but nothing happened.

Reward is 1 gold 98 silver, the ring, and 250 IF rep at level 70, and not 33 silver as stated above.