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Quest

The Absent Minded Prospector

Darkshore · available from level 15

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

How to do it

  1. Get it fromChief Archaeologist Greywhiskerin Darnassus (31, 85)
  2. DoGet Mysterious Fossil
  3. Turn in toArchaeologist Flagongutin Wetlands (11, 60)

Objectives

Take the mysterious fossil to Archaeologist Flagongut in Menethil Harbor.

Where

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

WetlandsClassic data (CMaNGOS) – not verified in Forever

Wetlands

Rewards

Experience
1,550 XPClassic formula, at most 5 levels above the quest
Reputation
+250 Ironforge

Chain · Part 5 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

This fossil bears a striking resemblance to one I once saw in Ironforge. An archaeologist by the name of Flagongut brought it to our annual Explorers' League conference. He believed the fossil had a power which could be unlocked somehow.

Last I heard Flagongut had holed up in the Deepwater Tavern in Menethil Harbor, awaiting escort to the Whelgar Excavation Site. Seek him out and show him Remtravel's fossil. Perhaps he can reveal the secrets of the past.

The ship to Menethil departs from Auberdine.

When you return

What ya got there, friend?

On completion

Oh my! You say this came from the distant lands of Kalimdor?

Amazing! Simply amazing!