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Bring 10 Glittering Dust to Archmage Xylem.
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Glittering Dust (10)

Description

The blood elves in Azshara have developed a method for pulverizing the magical items they acquire. This glittering dust they produce differs from the components normally acquired by a disenchantment spell.

When I sent my apprentice to trade for the dust, he was killed without hesitation. For that, they must pay.

The time for talk is over, <name>. Find the blood elves along the cliffs of Azshara and use more "persuasive" methods to acquire their glittering dust.

Progress

Have you the dust?

Completion

Well done, <name>! It never ceases to amaze me how persuasive a volley of arcane missiles can be.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 510 experience (30 60 at max. level)

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By contentious on 09/21/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
Took me forever to find the Blood Elves, having never been to Azshara before. I didn't check the exact Coordinates, but the blood elves are northeast of the tower, past the Timbermaw camps. Careful running through here if you aren't neutral with the Timbermaw.

Also, theres a quest you can get from a goblin on a hill[Kim'jeal?] that will have you killing elves in their camp. You look around for boxes...I had a group of 4 and about the time my last dust dropped I got the last chest drop for the goblin's quest.
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By amputec on 05/11/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
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By jasonfahy on 02/23/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
The elves are at Thalassian camp, which is up on a hill. 55,26 puts you at the base of the hill near the very first mobs.

I killed 32 elves to get my 10 dust.
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By Aelann on 03/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
Be careful pulling here, because the Blood Elves aggro at a VERY long distance. Use Fire Ward and depending on your spec your Ice Barrier to absorb the brutal caster damage. Also have Counterspell ready to ward off their attempts to heal themselves.
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By Fayden on 03/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
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By flinkder on 06/06/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)
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By Spazum888 on 08/27/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By Darkharts96 on 09/22/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
here is the map lnk
https://vanillawowdb.com/?maps=16:550260 https://vanillawowdb.com/?maps=16:550260
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By St0rm on 09/28/2007 (Patch 2.2.0)
The Blood Elves can be found in north-eastern Azshara, in the area called Thallassian Base Camp. There are two types:

Blood Elf Surveyors - https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6198 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6198

and

Blood Elf Reclaimers - https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6199 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6199

The surveyors are melee fighters, but can cast fire nova. The reclaimers are ranged casters, with fireball, renew and heal spells available to them. In their camp you can find the crates needed for another quest; Kim'jael Indeed! - https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3601 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3601 . The elves never drop more than one unit of glittering dust each, and the droprate is definately lower than 50 percent (this may of course wary).
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By NIghtshade on 08/09/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
If you are at best unfriendly with the Timbermaw they will not attack you and you will have safe runs through them for both series of quests. To achieve unfriendly you only have to complete.
https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=8460 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=8460 
and possibly the follow up quest.
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By Qweertyy on 06/30/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
Pair up with https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3601 Kim'jael Indeed! &amp; https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3504 Betrayed. https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3601 Kim'jael Indeed! is picked up at 53.4,21.8 in Azshara &amp; https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=3504 Betrayed is picked up at 75,33

The https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=20028 Glittering Dust can be looted from https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6199 Blood Elf Reclaimers and https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6198 Blood Elf Surveyors around 55,29. Drop rate is close to 50%.
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By Mike250 on 01/30/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Something that bothers me is when people make general statements like ""the drop rate is 50%"". Very often this is not the case.

I killed 47 mobs for the 10 drops, roughly 21%. Be prepared to clear the mountain (path starts at 55,27) and the camp on the north side (58,28) almost twice to get your 10. I had one rare and two uncommon items drop in the time, so it was a good 15 minutes spent. Good luck!
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By wisdomcubey on 02/15/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By pyromanic3 on 02/18/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By marre25 on 08/17/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Margaritas on 08/25/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By Kobzol on 08/26/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By polisherci on 07/09/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
this somehow did not count for the loremaster of kalimdor for me. anyone has any ideas?
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By omglaserzpewpew on 01/19/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Something odd I noticed after completing this quest it that the quest tracker (the one implemented be Blizzard) says ""Return to Archmage Xylem at Darkwhisper Gorge in Winterspring."" Granted, Darkwhisper Gorge is just on the other side of the mountains, but still, one would expect the dev team to know the difference between Azshara and Winterspring.
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By Bizaara on 08/22/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Completely forgot where to find Archmage Xylem, and it's hell on wheels trying to figure it out. The BE guys were pretty easy to find and the drop rate wasn't too bad.

Finding Archmage Xylem: Run all the way towards where the Blizz quest helper shows you, somewhere near Valormok you'll find the apprentice, talk to him, and bam, you're back on the path to Bear's Head. Go up to the tower and followed the stairs up to him. Easy as pie.
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By Anonymous on 06/02/2019 (Patch 3.1.3)
Is this quest mage only?
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