Speed through the Silithus chain with this small exploit (speedrun guide included)

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So this is by no means a game breaking thing, but if you're like me and have 16x lvl 110's to do this on, every little bit helps.


Assuming your alt has never set foot in Antorus; you'll first have to report to Nathanos Blightcaller in Orgrimmar as part of the Azerite cinematic. So far so good. Take the portal to Uldum and fly to Silithus for the next step.
In order to unlock your glorious lvl 126 artifacts, all you will need to do are the following quests:

• "Lazy Prospectors!" (click on 10 goblins)
• "The Twilight Survivor" (kill a twilight mob)
• "Khadgar's Request" (talk to Khadgar)
• "The Speaker's Perspective" (talk to Magni)
• "The Blood of Azeroth" (fly back and talk to Grol Warblade)

All other quests in Silithus are optional and not needed for the unlock of your upgrade.

Now the small exploit part comes in during the first (and longest quest) of this chain. Rather than clicking on the lazy prospectors one by one and having to mount up for every one you click, if you hover slightly above them, but not too close to the ground, you will be able to click them and get quest credit without dismounting - much like a druid in flightform would. If you get too close to the ground you'll get dismounted as intended and you might pull the nearby alliance mobs and worms. All in all it's a small time saver, maybe 3-4 minutes in total; but if you combine it with the skipping of nonessential quests you will easily save an hour or two across all your characters - time better spent clearing the mage tower or blasting fools!

No exploits on the Alliance side, but similar ability to skip nonessential quests in the chain.

Report to Stormwind for the cinematic counterpart to the Horde side; then head to Silithus and do the following:

• "Free Samples" (collect 8 Azerite from killing goblins)
• "The Twilight Survivor" (kill a twilight mob)
• "Khadgar's Request" (talk to Khadgar)
• "The Speaker's Perspective" (talk to Magni)
• "The Blood of Azeroth" (fly back and talk to Nolan Speed)

Again for Alliance, all other quests in Silithus are optional and not needed for the unlock of your upgrade.