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The Absent Minded Prospector

Darkshore · available from level 15

Level 20AllianceClassic data (CMaNGOS) – not verified in Forever

How to do it

  1. Get it fromArchaeologist Holleein Darkshore (37, 42)
  2. DoGet Mysterious Fossil
  3. Turn in toChief Archaeologist Greywhiskerin Darnassus (31, 85)

Objectives

Take the mysterious fossil to Chief Archaeologist Greywhisker in Darnassus.

Where

Exclamation mark = pick up, question mark = turn in, dots and squares = where the objectives are. Click the legend to toggle layers.

Map of Darkshore

DarkshoreClassic data (CMaNGOS) – not verified in Forever

Darkshore

Map of Darkshore

Rewards

Choose one of

Experience
1,150 XPClassic formula, at most 5 levels above the quest
Reputation
+150 Ironforge

Chain · Part 4 of 6

  1. Trouble In Darkshore?14
  2. The Absent Minded Prospector20
  3. The Absent Minded Prospector20
  4. The Absent Minded Prospector20
  5. The Absent Minded Prospector20
  6. The Absent Minded Prospector24
Full quest text

Description

So the prospector wants to send the mysterious fossil to the Explorers' League in Darnassus? I don't feel right leaving Darkshore without him.

Here, ‹name›, deliver the mysterious fossil to Chief Archaeologist Greywhisker in Darnassus.

When you return

What can I do for you, ‹race›?

On completion

Oh my! Leave it to Prospector Remtravel to discover such a find!