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“With the spirits of the murdered craftsmen and shaman at rest, the way is clear for us to complete the ceremonies interrupted by the attack. You must perform a role traditionally reserved for a tuskarr shaman, and you must possess all the necessary ritual items. There is no time to craft new ones, so you will need to scour the quarry for those left by the victims of the attack. Handle these objects with care, Vikstone, for some are centuries old.
You may need to wrest them from the hands of the invaders.”
-Elder Atkanok
Bring 6 Tuskarr Ritual Objects to Elder Atkanok, who stands outside Coldrock Quarry.
![Key Tips Look for small, glowing items scattered on the ground throughout the quarry These appear as small stones, fish-shaped objects, or basket-like items Most objects can be found around coordinates [51.4, 33.3]](https://gamertribute.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Picking-Up-the-Pieces-Map.png)
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You will receive:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Quest Giver: Elder Atkanok, a large stone statue outside Coldrock Quarry [54, 36]
Turn In: Elder Atkanok [54, 36]
Objective: Collect 6 Tuskarr Ritual Objects.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
Tuskarr Ritual Objects are scattered on the ground throughout Coldrock Quarry. They’re small and can be easily overlooked.
What to Look For:
Primary Location: The objects cluster around [51, 33]. Run up and down the main path through the quarry to find them.
Finding Tips:
Story Context: Becoming a Shaman
Elder Atkanok asks you to take on a sacred role: “You must perform a role traditionally reserved for a tuskarr shaman, and you must possess all the necessary ritual items.”
This is significant. You, an outsider, are being trusted to perform ceremonies normally reserved for trained tuskarr shaman. The circumstances are desperate enough that tradition must bend.
“There is no time to craft new ones, so you will need to scour the quarry for those left by the victims of the attack. Handle these objects with care, for some are centuries old.”
The ritual objects were carried by the murdered craftsmen and shaman. Some were dropped during the attack; others may have been taken by the invaders.
“You may need to wrest them from the hands of the invaders.”
This suggests some objects may drop from the Beryl forces (Treasure Hunters, Reclaimers, etc.), though most players find enough ground spawns to complete the quest without needing mob drops.
Lore: The Weight of Centuries
Upon completion, Elder Atkanok examines the objects you’ve gathered: “Those will suffice, although they are in a sad state. Some of them have survived centuries of use, only to be battered and stolen by barbarians.”
“Centuries of use” means these ritual objects have been passed down through countless tuskarr generations. The same items used to guide spirits to their stone elders for hundreds of years are now damaged and scattered, stolen by invaders who view them as mere curiosities or plunder.
Elder Atkanok calling the Beryl mages “barbarians” is a striking reversal of the typical narrative. To the tuskarr, these supposedly civilized magic users from the great city of Dalaran are nothing but savage looters desecrating sacred sites.
Efficiency Tip: Combine with A Visit to the Curator
If you also have A Visit to the Curator, you can collect ritual objects along the ridge on your way to or from Curator Insivius’s platform. This saves a separate trip through the quarry.
Explore Borean Tundra’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Borean Tundra Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.
Vikstone's War JournalYou must perform a role traditionally reserved for a tuskarr shaman, Atkanok told me. You will need the ritual items. There is no time to craft new ones, so you must scour the quarry for those left by the victims. Handle them with care. Some are centuries old.
A night elf performing tuskarr death rites.
The quarry floor was scattered with the debris of interrupted lives. Small carved totems. Ritual drums of stretched hide and bleached bone. Fetishes that hummed with old power when I touched them. Six items, gathered from among the bodies and the rubble, retrieved from where they’d fallen when their owners died.
Some bore scorch marks from arcane fire and others had been trampled. A few the dragonflight’s agents had gathered as curiosities, discarded when they proved worthless as loot.
I presented them to Atkanok’s statue.
Those will suffice, the elder said, although they are in a sad state. Some have survived centuries of use, only to be battered and stolen by barbarians.
The ancestors needed guiding home. If an elf was all they had, an elf would have to do.
This leaves the ceremony itself, and nobody else to perform it, so Vikstone sets about Leading the Ancestors Home.
