Retail quest

A Lesson in Mineralogy

A Lesson in Mineralogy is a World of Warcraft quest for level 35–40. Rewards include 5,450 experience.

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

‹name›, ‹class› and ‹race› stand for your character’s.

<Gazmolf gestures at the large machine nearby.> I built this machine to break down elementium minerals into base elements. You see, it's not just what's buried within the ground that can be valuable; but also the ground itself! Take, for example, the earth elementals below us; inside every earth elemental is an earthen core, dense in precious metal!. Those elementals are going to make us rich! Collect several earthen cores, place them in the Gold-O-Matic 9000, and I'll give you a cut!

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 35–40

Rewards

5,450 experience
16g98s
+250 reputation with Steamwheedle Preservation Society

Source

Where this data comes from.

Read from Blizzard's official World of Warcraft API.

Data from Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft API, retrieved Oct 5, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC. World of Warcraft and its game data are © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. NeedBeforeGreed isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard.

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