Open World Knowledge Treasures in Dragonflight
Players with crafting professions can find objects in open world treasures that offer them +3 Knowledge to their profession. These treasures can be found in a variety of places. While some of these are just in plain sight, others are closely guarded or locked behind small puzzles.
There are a few key details to be aware of with regards to them.
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You must have the profession to see/
loot. Sometimes those without the profession (or too low skill level) can see them, but you won't be able to interact with it. These are BoP anyway.
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Skill level matters. Most of these seem to require a minimum skill level of 25, so make sure to be at or above Skill (25) before you begin hunting these down.
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They are always available to those with the skill. If it's not showing up, it's not because someone else has picked it. Either your skill is too low or you're not looking in the right place.
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You can only loot these once per character. If you have more than one character with the same profession, they can all get that, but these are only one per customer.
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Some of these are heavily guarded by high-level mobs. You may need help to get some of those, or fancy footwork if you're a stealth class.
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Some are behind mini-puzzles or other obstacles. When these happen, we will provide instructions.
The known treasures for crafting professions are described in the sections that follow. Even though we've discovered every single one we were aware of, some folks are still discovering more! New discoveries will be continuously added to this guide.
Alchemy Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Well Insulated Mug | The Waking Shores | / |
Dragonbane Keep, near the entrance to the event boss. Collectible mug is between a lot of elite trash. |
Frostforged Potion | The Waking Shores | / |
Middle of the Icy Crater |
Canteen of Suspicious Water | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Deep inside cave SE of Forkriver Crossing. It's in a bottle near a dead Expedition Scout in the water. |
Experimental Decay Sample | The Azure Span | / |
North of Iskaara inside a large green cauldron among a veritable swarm of gnoll trash, with an elite on top of it. Best approach is from the ridge just to the north, behind a couple of tents, around / |
Firewater Powder Sample | The Azure Span | / |
Outside Timbermaw log house next to vase |
Tasty Candy | Thaldraszus | / |
Under a rock overhang on the lowest ground. Marked as Mysterious Cauldron. There are 3 colored cauldrons; you need to find Discarded Toys around the area and then drop them inside each of these colored cauldrons. These look like tan voodoo dolls. Gives the Tasty Candy. |
Contraband Concoction | Thaldraszus | / |
Small purple glowing potion, hidden in bushes in Alge'thar Academy. Difficult to see. Right near the flying book; look down to see the purple glow. |
Blacksmithing Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Glimmer of Blacksmithing Wisdom | The Waking Shores | / |
Slim tower in back, not the room without a roof. Craft a Primal Molten Alloy near the Dim Forge and the item becomes lootable in the Slack Tub |
Ancient Monument | The Waking Shores | / |
Apex Canopy; four yellow Enchanted Bulwarks surrounding a sword on a pedestal |
Curious Ingots | The Waking Shores | / |
Scalecracker Keep, ingot on the ground near a big hut next to a forge |
Molten Ingot | The Waking Shores | / |
West of Obsidian Bulwark by a lava river, near a fishing trainer. Kick 3 ingots into the lava to spawn a mob. Chest that spawns afterward contains the item. Just north of Qalashi Weapon Diagram |
Qalashi Weapon Diagram | The Waking Shores | / |
West of Obsidian Bulwark in an island surrounded by lava, on top of an anvil. Just south of Molten Ingot |
Ancient Spear Shards | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Inside a cave west of Rusza'thar Reach. Cave inhabited by neutral Shale Giants; entrance / |
Falconer Gauntlet Drawings | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Island in the sea, inside a hut. |
Spelltouched Tongs | The Azure Span | / |
Azure Archives, inside a small cave. Blocked by a Rock Wall, so you will need to be a miner or get one to help you open the wall. |
Draconic Flux | Thaldraszus | / |
Shifting Sands, west of the Shifting Sands flightpoint. Inside a building, a bit high up. |
Enchanting Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Flashfrozen Scroll | The Waking Shores | / |
Flashfrozen Enclave, in frozen cave system. There is a bug where this doesn't appear like you can interact with it. Open Esc >Controls and make sure that "Enable Interact Key" is selected. Then select Keybindings > Targeting, and scroll down to Interact with Target. Use the keystroke assigned with this near the scroll. |
Lava-Infused Seed | The Waking Shores | / |
Scalecracker Keep, next to a lava flower in a flower. |
Enchanted Debris | The Waking Shores | / |
Use Disenchanted Broom and follow Enchanted Broom, then loot the debris at path's end. |
Stormbound Horn | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Windsong Rise, north of Ohn'iri Springs |
Forgotten Arcane Tome | The Azure Span | / |
Azure Archives, in a leveled tomb with a rare mob on the NW side. Tome is lying on the floor to the right of the entrance. |
Faintly Enchanted Remains | The Azure Span | / |
Just east of Azure Archives. Click on Mana-Starved Crystal Cluster to spawn a mob. Kill the mob and click the crystal that spawns. |
Enriched Earthen Shard | The Azure Span | / |
Touch the side of the mountain and the node appears |
Fractured Titanic Sphere | Thaldraszus | / |
South of Tyrhold |
Engineering Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Boomthyr Rocket | The Waking Shores | / |
Concord Observatory, north of Ruby Life Pools flight point, high up with pillar-like buildings. Need to pick up 4 different items mentioned in the notes in front of the rocket. Ashes are in the same building; other 3 items are in the bigger building across the open area. |
Intact Coil Capacitor | The Waking Shores | / |
On ledge north of the Dragonscale Basecamp flight point. lick on three Exposed Wires to loot the item (Tesla object) |
Inscription Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Pulsing Earth Rune | The Waking Shores | / |
Life Vault Ruins, inside crumbled building, behind a table with a slab of rubble on top. There's usually at least one earth elemental you'll need to take out here. |
Sign Language Reference Sheet | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Timberstep Outpost, hanging on tent entrance |
Dusty Darkmoon Card | The Azure Span | / |
Cobalt Assembly, inside a building on an upper level. |
Frosted Parchment | The Azure Span | / |
Behind an Arcane Commander. |
How to Train Your Whelpling | Valdrakken | / |
Little Scales Day Care area, brown book lying in the sandbox. Don't ask how it got there. Coordinates are for Valdrakken city map. (KNOWN BUG: this may also show the Pulsing Earth Rune in this location. If you loot the Rune from the sandbox, you will be NOT able to loot the book later. Get the Pulsing Earth Rune first). |
Forgetful Apprentice's Tome | Thaldraszus | / |
West of Algeth'ar Academy entrance, on a table near a big telescope. 2 tomes with the same name. |
Forgetful Apprentice's Tome | Thaldraszus | / |
Above Algeth'era FP, just west in a small building. Interactable Curious Glyph inside. Click and phase, cross the bridge with some 70 mobs, and kill the neutral mob inside the house. Deliver its dropped item to the glyph to get the item. |
Counterfeit Darkmoon Deck | Thaldraszus | / |
Speak to purple-framed NPC named "Siennagosa". Offer to help set back her Darkmoon Deck. Scattered at her feet are 8 Darkmoon cards. Click them in the correct order (Ace through 8). Speak to her afterward to get the deck. |
Jewelcrafting Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Closely Guarded Shiny | The Waking Shores | / |
Right before a waterfall, look for a beaver's nest. Underneath the tree cover next to the nest is a blue gem. |
Igneous Gem | The Waking Shores | / |
Dragonbane Keep, locked behind a minigame. Click 3 different crystals on small islands inside the magma. Kill the big magma frog jumping around before you do this. After clicking the first one, you only have a limited time to click the other two. Once all 3 are channeling, the item is unlocked. |
Lofty Malygite | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Storm Scar, inside a cave, floating in the air. |
Fragmented Key | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Neltharan Plains, crumbled building with a tree growing inside. Look for it under the tree's roots. Comes with a bonus treasure. |
Crystalline Overgrowth | The Azure Span | / |
Azure Archives, next to a small pond/ |
Harmonic Crystal Harmonizer | The Azure Span | / |
Azure Archives, locked behind a minigame. There is a chest inside the pond with a large silver key. Click it to receive a buff. While buff is active, click 3 nearby crystals. |
Alexstraszite Cluster | Thaldraszus | / |
Tyrhold, right at the base of the letter "T" on the map. |
Painter's Pretty Jewel | Thaldraszus | / |
Inside a vase under a plant. Turn camera to top-down view to see it. There are reports that this is bugged in War Mode. |
Leatherworking Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Poacher's Pack | The Waking Shores | / |
Next to a dead Vulpera laying beside the riverbed |
Spare Djaradin Tools | The Waking Shores | / |
Tools lying next to dead red dragon. |
Wind-Blessed Hide | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Inside Shikaar Highlands Centaur camp |
Well-Danced Drum | The Azure Span | / |
Iskaara, in an underground building with Elders Nappa and Poa. Activate the treasure by fixing the drum next to Raq. Once he dances on it, you can loot the item. |
Decay-Infused Tanning Oil | The Azure Span | / |
North of Iskaara, in the barrel in a gnoll camp. |
Treated Hides | The Azure Span | / |
Snowhide camp east of Camp Antonidas |
Decayed Scales | Thaldraszus | / |
Inside a basket within the Fetid's camp. |
Tailoring Treasures
Item Name | Zone | Coords | Notes |
Mysterious Banner | The Waking Shores | / |
Wingrest Embassy, fluttering on top of one of the buildings a bit to the south. |
Itinerant Singed Fabric | The Waking Shores | / |
Dragonbane Keep. When doing the Siege of Dragonbane Keep, this is just outside the cave where the end boss spawns. It's a piece of fabric hanging on a tree. Requires some precision Dragonriding or a warlock portal to reach. |
Noteworthy Scrap of Carpet | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Nokhudon Hold, sitting in a small hut on the floor right before entering the arena for the quest fight. 3 elites in the hut. |
Silky Surprise | Ohn'ahran Plains | / |
Cleverwood Hollow; find the Catnip Frond and collect it. |
Decaying Brackenhide Blanket | The Azure Span | / |
Brackenhide Hollow - Elite mob area. A red carpet hanging on a tree within a makeshift tent. |
Intriguing Bolt of Blue Cloth | The Azure Span | / |
North of Azure Archives, in a small tower-like building full of mirror images of Kalecgos. Blue Cloth lying on the floor when you follow the stairs to the left. |
Miniature Bronze Dragonflight Banner | Thaldraszus | / |
Temporal Conflux, on the northeasteast platform -- small banner inside a pile of sand. |
Ancient Dragonweave Bolt | Thaldraszus | / |
Algeth'ar Academy, south of the dungeon portal, slightly on the left. Ancient Dragonweave Loom is inside and starts a minigame where you connect the spools of thread to the center gem. Completing the game awards the item. |