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“Azeroth’s ley lines are being redirected to the Nexus. The influx of arcane energies is tearing a rift between dimensions. I cannot stop it, but I’ve discovered a way to slow it down. Take this and activate it near the forming rift.
Visit each and return to me with their readings.”
-Image of Warmage Kaitlyn
Image of Warmage Kaitlyn in the Nexus wants you to use the Interdimensional Refabricator near the rift.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
Quest Giver/Turn-in: Archmage Berinand at the Transitus Shield [33, 34]
Objective: Use the Interdimensional Refabricator near the rift in The Nexus dungeon.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
Step 1: Enter The Nexus
The Nexus dungeon is located in the center of Coldarra, directly below the large floating structure. The entrance is on the ground floor.
Step 2: Reach Anomalus’s Platform
Anomalus is the second boss in The Nexus. You’ll need to clear through the dungeon or bypass trash to reach his platform in the eastern section of the instance.
Step 3: Use the Interdimensional Refabricator
Stand on the eastern edge of Anomalus’s platform, facing the arcane abyss (the large blue portal/rift behind where the boss stands). Use the Interdimensional Refabricator from your inventory.
You must be at the far edge of the platform, looking at the rift. Standing in the center or on the wrong side will not work.
Step 4: Return to Archmage Berinand
Exit the dungeon and return to the Transitus Shield to turn in the quest.
Tips
Soloing Tips (Stealth Classes):
Rogues and Druids can solo this quest without killing the boss:
For non-stealth classes, this is significantly harder but possible with careful pulling, kiting, and use of abilities like Feign Death or Misdirection.
Story Context
Archmage Berinand (quest text): “I’ve determined the cause of the instability! Azeroth’s ley lines are being redirected to the Nexus. It’s fascinating! If only I could spend the remainder of my days studying this anomaly…. Sadly, I must focus on the immediate crisis. The influx of arcane energies is tearing a rift between dimensions. Deep inside the Nexus, the fabric of our universe is being weakened. I cannot stop it, but I’ve discovered a way to slow it down. Take this into the Nexus and activate it near the forming rift.”
Completion: “Excellent work. The tremors have already begun to subside. With any luck, your efforts have granted us sufficient time to find a way to thwart Malygos’ efforts.”
The geological readings you collected in the previous quest revealed the full scope of the crisis: Malygos is redirecting all of Azeroth’s ley lines to the Nexus. This massive influx of arcane energy is tearing holes in reality. Berinand can’t stop it, but his Interdimensional Refabricator can slow the process, buying time for a more permanent solution.
Lore Note: Anomalus and the Rift
Anomalus is a gigantic arcane elemental who came into being when the rift formed. He’s essentially a byproduct of Malygos’s plan, created from the chaotic arcane energies streaming through the Nexus. The blue dragonflight uses him as a guard for Keristrasza’s prison, but he’s becoming increasingly unstable.
The Chaotic Rifts he spawns during combat are smaller versions of the dimensional tears threatening Azeroth. When Berinand talks about “the fabric of our universe being weakened,” Anomalus is the living proof.
Chain Complete: Archmage Berinand’s Questline
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 JournalBerinand’s earlier fear had turned to something worse: certainty.
“I’ve determined the cause of the instability.” He spread his hands as if presenting a theorem. “Azeroth’s ley lines are being redirected to the Nexus. It’s fascinating! If only I could spend the remainder of my days studying this anomaly….”
He caught himself, and the scholar’s wonder drained from his face.
“Sadly, I must focus on the immediate crisis. The influx of arcane energies is tearing a rift between dimensions. Deep inside the Nexus, the fabric of our universe is being weakened.” He pressed a device into my hands, all brass and crystal. “I cannot stop it, but I’ve discovered a way to slow it down. Take this into the Nexus and activate it near the forming rift.”
Into the Nexus and into the heart of Malygos’s fortress.
I went with others. We made our way through chambers that defied geometry, past creatures born from pure arcane instability, past guardians that existed between moments. The rift’s edges bled light that wasn’t light, opening onto somewhere that wasn’t anywhere.
I activated the Refabricator. Reality screamed, shuddered, and held.
For now.
Berinand was already checking his instruments when I returned.
“Excellent work. The tremors have already begun to subside. With any luck, your efforts have granted us sufficient time to find a way to thwart Malygos’s efforts.”
The rift slowed and the tremors eased, and the Ancients out on the frozen hills had started behaving strangely enough that Evanor wanted the Secrets of the Ancients explained.
