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Sunken Temple Quests Guide (WoW Classic)

Fred the Purifier
WoW Classic streamer & guide writer
Sep 10 2026

Updated Oct 26 2026

Patch Classic WoW

Overview

Sunken Temple has two faction quests for each side and a set of quests both factions share. Alliance players bring Atal’ai Tablets to Stormwind and Atal’ai Haze to Un’Goro Crater, while Horde players bring Fetishes of Hakkar to Stonard and Atal’ai Haze to Un’Goro. Everyone can do the Stone Circle chain from Marvon Rivetseeker, which includes the statue puzzle, plus Jammal’an the Prophet, The God Hakkar and The Essence of Eranikus.

Most of these quests start well outside the dungeon and have pre-quests, so the checklists below list where each one is picked up.

Faction Chains

Quest Faction Pickup Objective
Into The Temple of Atal’Hakkar Alliance Brohann Caskbelly, Stormwind (after Rhapsody’s Tale) Collect 10 Atal’ai Tablets inside the temple
Haze of Evil Alliance Gregan Brewspewer, Feralas (after Muigin and Larion and A Visit to Gregan) Collect 5 samples of Atal’ai Haze, then return to Muigin in Un’Goro Crater
The Temple of Atal’Hakkar Horde Fel’Zerul, Stonard (after Pool of Tears, The Atal’ai Exile and Return to Fel’Zerul) Collect 20 Fetishes of Hakkar inside the temple
Zapper Fuel Horde Liv Rizzlefix, Ratchet (after Larion and Muigin and Marvon’s Workshop) Bring the Unloaded Zapper and 5 samples of Atal’ai Haze to Larion in Marshal’s Refuge, Un’Goro Crater
NOTE

Both of the Atal’ai Haze quests start in Un’Goro Crater with Muigin and Larion at Marshal’s Refuge, and they’re easy to pick up while you’re questing there anyway. The haze drops from mobs inside the temple, so carry all four of your faction’s quests in at once.

The Circle Chain

This chain is shared by both factions once you’re past the first step, and it’s the one that actually gates the statue puzzle.

Step Quest Objective
1 The Sunken Temple Alliance: Angelas Moonbreeze, Feralas. Horde: Witch Doctor Uzer’i, Feralas. Find Marvon Rivetseeker in Tanaris
2 The Stone Circle Retrieve a Stone Circle from a chest in Ratchet, then return to Marvon Rivetseeker
3 Into the Depths Head into the dungeon and reach the Altar of Hakkar
3 (parallel) Secret of the Circle Activate the six statues in the correct order — South, North, Southwest, Southeast, Northwest, Northeast — then click the Idol of Hakkar that appears

 

Secret of the Circle is the exact quest completed by the statue sequence covered in our Statue Order guide. You’ll receive both Into the Depths and Secret of the Circle at the same time from Marvon Rivetseeker, so pick up both before heading in.

Standalone Quests

Quest Pickup Objective
Jammal’an the Prophet Atal’ai Exile, The Hinterlands Defeat Jammal’an the Prophet
The God Hakkar Yeh’kinya, Tanaris (requires the Screecher Spirits chain first) Defeat the Avatar of Hakkar

After the Final Boss

Defeating the Shade of Eranikus drops the Essence of Eranikus. Carry it to the Essence Font in the same lair and use it there to properly complete the quest and put Eranikus to rest.

This is easy to miss if your group leaves immediately after the kill. The turn in location is right there in the same room, not somewhere you need to travel to.

Tips & Tricks

Pick up both Into the Depths and Secret of the Circle together. They’re handed out at the same time from the same NPC — no reason to grab one without the other.

Start The God Hakkar chain well before you plan to run the dungeon. It requires completing Screecher Spirits first, which isn’t a quick pickup.

Don’t forget the Essence of Eranikus turn in. It happens immediately in the same room as the kill, and skipping it means missing the objective entirely.

Treat the faction quests as a separate errand. The tablet and fetish quests have pre-quests in Stormwind and Stonard, and the haze quests route through Un’Goro Crater, Feralas and Ratchet before they send you into the dungeon.

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