Guide : How to obtain the Scepter of the shifting sands

Ever searched for the complete quest line to obtain the scepter and be disappointed to only find some snippets and general bad info ? Maybe this guide will give you more insight . If you find errors please note them down below )

Note you can also use this guide if you want to obtain the Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops recipe. In that case complete the steps in this post (untill you get Anachronos to tell you about the other flights) Then go straight to the blue scepter shard post. In theory all you need is a guild being able to kill broodlord and alot of patience , but it is groupable , maybe even soloable without very big expenses.

I've tried to combine all the info and personal experience into this guide. Also note that this is my first guide )

How to obtain the scepter of the shifting sands ?

It begins with this

What Tomorrow Brings (http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=8286)
Travel to the Caverns of Time to discover the Brood of Nozdormu.

Then Speak with Baristolth of the Shifting Sands in silithius (coords here) and accept Only One May Rise (Raid). (Kill bloodlord lasher in BWL and loot his head) http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=8288

After turning in the head you get the quest The Path of the Righteous (Elite) (You kill bugs for carapace's , each 200 turned in you get a signet that allows you to promote another player to grind carapace's , they then can give you the carapaces so you can turn them in)

Farm rep to Neutral and talk to Baristolth of the Shifting Sands to receive Anachronos
http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=8303 then go seek out Anachronos
After this you receive some quick instructions in an unlisted quest
titled 'The Charge of the Dragonflights', you may then begin
the following parts

Green scepter shard

Go to the Sunken Temple , at erakinus , you should see the spirit of Malfurion stormrage speak with him.
He gives you Eranikus, Tyrant of the Dream (Go speak to some whisp in Darnassus , around 37,47)

The whisp then gives you Tyrande and Remulos (Travel to the Moonglade and speak to Keeper Remulos.)

Keeper Remulos finally gives you The Nightmare's Corruption (You have to get 4 fragments of the nightmare's corruption)

To get these fragments you have to go to the Emerald portal's (Yes the portals where the dragons spawn)

First fragment is in Ashenvale , second in Feralas and the third in the Hinterlands.
Kill the dragonkin that wanders around the portals , eventually the fragments will drop.

For the fourth fragment , travel to duskwood , there aren't any trashmobs around the portal but you will see an elite mob boss (Twilight Corruptor).
He has the fourth fragment (note that this boss is hard , preferly kill him with a raid)

Hand in all the fragments to keeper Remulos He starts the quest The Nightmare Manifests(Defend moonglade from the shade of Eranikus.

After completing the event he gives you the quest The Champion Returns (Bring the green scepter shard to Anachronos)

The green shard quest is finished !

The blue scepter shard

Speak to Azuregos in Azshara. He says he gave the shard to a shark. You need some stuff to spawn the shark. Therefore he gives you the quest Azuregos's Magical Ledger (http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=8575)
Speak to Narain Soothfancy (He's just a little ways north of Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris.)
Narain gives you 3 new quests , I'll go over them step by step.

1 Never Ask Me About My Business(This questline lets you obtain the +25 stamina food recipe eg. Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops recipe.)

This is the first chain of quests he gives you. Narain wants you to speak with Dirge Quickcleave in Gadgetzan. (in the inn)

Dirge then gives you a new quest The Isle of Dread! (Recover Lakmaeran's Carcass and 20 Chimaerok Tenderloins)

After turning in the quest you get the follow up Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops from dirge. (bring him 20 Goblin Rocket Fuel and 20 Deeprock Salt.)

When finishing the quest he gives you the Epic recipe Recipe Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops (https//www.thottbot.com/?i=52486) and the end quest Return to Narain (as the quest says , return to Narain with the 500lbs chicken)

2 Stewvul, Ex-B.F.F

Narain sends you to silverpine (A crate near the graymane wall 46,87)
When you click the crate you get the follow up Scrying Goggles? No Problem! (Go to the molten core , retrieve the Narain's Scrying Goggles , these drop of a random mob inside MC and give them back to Narain in Tanaris.

3 Draconic for Dummies

Narain wants you to find his book, buried on an island in the South Seas. He tells you there is a gyrocopter waiting to get you to that island (the island is beyond fatigue waters, way off the map.) When you arrive to the gyrocopter crash site, you find a naga (Meridith the Mermaiden see the map below for her location.) who has a message for Narain

She gives you the quest Love song for Narian. Go back to Narian give him the love letter.

He sorta declines her. Go back to Meredith and she gives you a swim speed buff that allows you to reach the island without drowning or fatigue.
When on the island you find Freshly Dug Dirt click on it and you get the next quest rAnS0m. Go back to Narain

He gives you a new quest Decoy! You have to go to Winterspring and deliver the fake gold to Dr. Weavil disguised as Narian himself. (The drop of point is explained in the Crudemap)

After killing Number Two (Dr. Weavil flies of) go back to Narian for the next quest The Only Prescription.When clicking him again he says he sees Dr. Weavil in a his vision and tells you he is on Alcaz island (NE of Dustwallow , see map below)

Kill Dr. Weavil and loot One chapter of the book and his Diary. The diary tells that he tore the book in pieces and spread the pages everywhere.

• Chapter I = Dropped by Doctor Weavil at Dustwallow Marsh - Alcaz Island
• Chapter II= Dropped by Felguard Elite at Blasted lands - Tainted Scar/Dark Portal
• Chapter III = Dropped by Hederine Initiate & Hederine Slayer at Winterspring - Darkwhisper Gorge
• Chapter IV= Undercity on table near the book vendor
• Chapter V = Stormwind library
• Chapter VI= Dropped by Onyxia
• Chapter VII= BWL on a table, Near Firemaw's patrol path.
• Chapter VIII= Dropped by Ragnaros When obtaining all the chapters , bind them together and go back to Narain.
  

The end of all his 3 "miniquests"

He will read the book and gives you a new quest The Good News and The Bad News.
You will need to obtain various materials

20 x Arcanite Bar
10 x Elementium ore
10 x Azerothian Diamond
10 x Blue Sapphire

After giving him the materials he gives you the final quest The Wrath of Neptulos.
You will need to kill Maws in the bay of storms , Azshara. After you killed him you finally get the Blue scepter shard.

The blue shard quest is finished !

The red scepter shard

Go to BWL and speak with Vaelastrasz , he gives you the quest Nefarius's Corruption (Raid). From that point on you have to kill Nefarian within 5 hours or he will destroy the shard.

After you kill Nefarion within the 5 hours you can loot the shard from him.

The red shard quest is finished !

The end

(Note Anachronos himself holds the Bronze scepter shard so you don't have to any quest for that one)

Go to Anachronos and deliver all the shards (if you haven't done so yet) and he will give you the Scepter of the shifting sands.

You are now capable of opening the gates of AQ

This concludes my guide , if you have any pointers / remarks / errors to report please feel free to do so , i have the nasty habbit of never rereading my own work /