Surveying the Tower

Surveying the Tower
Start	Roska Rocktooth [48.6, 48.4]
End	Roska Rocktooth [48.6, 48.4]
Level	70 (Requires 70)
Category	Azerothian Archives
Experience	9,500
Rewards	28 9
Shareable	Yes
Previous	[70] Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion
Next	[70] Hidden in the Midden

Surveying the Tower
Level: 70 (Requires 70)
Roska Rocktooth ^{[48.6, 48.4]}
Roska Rocktooth ^{[48.6, 48.4]}
XP: 9,500

Rewards:

28 9

Objectives

Speak with Roska to start the dig, then excavate artifacts from around the tower.

• Tell Roska to start the dig
• Finds Unearthed (2)
• Major Find Unearthed
•  [Archivist's Earth Totem] (provided)

Description

Get a load of those rock formations! Surveying doesn't get much better than this.

This tower has been here for ages. The black dragonflight used it for some seriously dark stuff, but that's not why we're here. After the dragons left, a troupe of niffen bandits took shelter in the ruins and robbed the place blind. But they left a bunch of trash everywhere.

Imagine what we could learn about the niffen from that trash once we get digging!

Rewards

You will receive:

• 28 9
• 9,500 XP

Progress

Nothing like volcanic rock, eh <name>? Never know what you'll find!

Completion

<Roska lets out an uproarious bout of laughter.>

Oh, now that one's got to have some kind of crazy story behind it!

Notes

On accept, after receiving  [Archivist's Earth Totem] which summons Helpful Earth:

Roska Rocktooth says: This strapping, stony lad should help you shake finds out of the rubble.

Roska Rocktooth says: Let me know when you're ready to get digging!

Tell Roska to start the dig:

 (Quest) I'm ready to start digging!

Roska summons her earth totem and causes a minor earthquake.

Roska Rocktooth says: Let's give this place a little rumble and see what shakes out, eh?

Roska Rocktooth says: That ought to do it. Try and stay cool with all that lava around!

Upon discovering a find, Antique Niffen Salvage, Roska will yell one of the following lines

• Roska Rocktooth yells: That's one for the thesis!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: That's a find if ever I've seen one!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: Would you look at that!

Upon unearthing the finds, you may discover  [Tattered Wanted Poster] and  [Sharpened Shalewing Bones]

Upon unearthing Ruptured Magma

• Roska Rocktooth yells: Protect the artifacts!
• {{text|yell|Roska Rocktooth|That's no find!

Upon finding a rock, you get  [Just a Rock]

• Roska Rocktooth yells: Nothing to do but keep digging!

Once you've unearthed both finds, an earthquake occurs

• Roska Rocktooth yells: This one's gonna be a real treat, I can feel it!

Once the Defaced Dragon Statue is discovered, Roska has new gossip:

 What can you tell me about this incredible find?

Aha, look at that mess of color! These niffen must have been jokesters on top of being bandits.

That dragon statue was probably someone important once upon a time, but by the time the niffen got it, it was just the old jerk who used to own their hideout.

Sticking it to this stature was probably a way to stick it to all the ghosts they left behind too.

The paint is interesting too. Some folks back at Loamm might want to take a look at it.

Progression

1.  [70] To the Archives!
   • Weekly quest:  [70W] The Big Dig: Traitor's Rest
     •  [70] Curious Find: Dragonhorn Flute
     •  [70] Curious Find: Hole-Punched Bakar Tooth
     •  [70] Curious Find: Waterlogged Ledger
2. Complete all of the following:
• • Excavation:
    1.  [70] Excavation 101
    2.  [70] Your First Find
    3.  [70] Hands-On Experience
    4.  [70] Excavation: Riverbed
    5.  [70] Surveying the Riverbed
    6.  [70] The Body on the Banks
    7.  [70] Do Rites by Her
• • Technoscrying:
    1.  [70] Technoscrying 101
    2.  [70] A Practical Test
    3.  [70] I Can See Through Time!
    4.  [70] Technoscrying: Observatory
    5.  [70] Attune to the Observer
    6.  [70] A Link to the Past
    7.  [70] A Window into the Future
3.  [70] Nirobin and the Office
4.  [70] Living History
5.  [70] Lab Partners with a Squirrel
6.  [70] A Research Thesis Worth Publishing
7.  [70] Back to Headquarters!
8.  [70] Finally, An Archivist!
9. Complete all of the following:
• • Gaze of Neltharion:
    1.  [70] Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion
    2.  [70] Surveying the Tower
    3.  [70] Hidden in the Midden
    4.  [70] Antiquated Antics
• • Igira's Watch:
    1.  [70] Technoscrying: Igira's Watch
    2.  [70] The Tools of the Dragonkillers
    3.  [70] An Unlikely Proposal
    4.  [70] The Scale of it All
• • Winglord's Perch:
    1.  [70] Excavation: Winglord's Perch
    2.  [70] Surveying the Cliffside
    3.  [70] The Cache in the Crag
    4.  [70] A Taste of the Past
• • Dragonskull Island:
    1.  [70] Technoscrying: Dragonskull Island
    2.  [70] The Fate of Scalecommander Abereth
    3.  [70] Without Honor
    4.  [70] The Hidden Hand
10.  [70] Back to Headquarters! Again!
11.  [70] Graduation Day

• Excavation world quests:
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Buried in the Riverbed
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Something Big Beneath the Riverbed
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: A Cliffside Full of Caches
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Treasures in the Cliffside
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Scattered Around the Tower
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: The Trove in the Tower
• Research world quests:
  •  [70WQ] Research: Drakonid of Waking Shores
  •  [70WQ] Research: Centaur of Ohn'ahran Plains
  •  [70WQ] Research: Dracthyr of Forbidden Reach
  •  [70WQ] Research: Drakonid of Forbidden Reach
  •  [70WQ] Research: Djaradin of Zaralek Cavern
  •  [70WQ] Research: Niffen of Zaralek Cavern
• Technoscrying world quests:
  •  [70WQ] Technoscrying: The Mysteries of the Concord Observatory
  •  [70WQ] Technoscrying: The Mysteries of Dragonskull Island
  •  [70WQ] Technoscrying: The Mysteries of Igira's Watch

Patch changes

• Patch 10.2.5 (2024-01-16): Added.
  

External links

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