A capsized raft sits in a pool on the northeastern side of Un'Goro Crater, and in the water next to it floats an unremarkable little pack (A Small Pack). Pick it up, and you are on WoW's most famous tribute chain: the Linken quest chain, a twelve-step nod to The Legend of Zelda (the name, the master sword, the boomerang — classic consensus). The chain crosses five maps — Un'Goro, Winterspring, Feralas, Tanaris and Felwood — and ends with a level-56 two-way reward: Linken's Sword of Mastery or Linken's Boomerang.
Scope, in one line: quest IDs, chain order, accept levels and coordinates all come from the site's pinned Forever client database (QuestieDB cac1eff8, client 1.60.1.70862), with the chain order cross-checked against both preQuestSingle and nextQuestInChain; the reward items are traced in the same database's classicItemDB; the throw and damage figures are community-sourced (ClassicDB/Wowpedia). This piece is client-data sourcing, not in-game verification — the game governs.
Chain at a glance (12 steps + 1 side quest)
All steps accept at level 47; quest levels run 52-56. Best run at 50 or higher (or at cap): the chain crosses five maps and the travel cost is real.
| Step | Quest | Name | From → To | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3845 | It's a Secret to Everybody | Object A Small Pack → Linken | Un'Goro 63.11,69.06 → 44.66,8.1 |
| 2 | 3908 | It's a Secret to Everybody | Linken → Donova Snowden | Winterspring 31.27,45.16 |
| 3 | 3909 | The Videre Elixir | Donova → Donova | Winterspring (elixir from step 3a) |
| 3a | 4041 | The Videre Elixir (the supply repeat) | Gregan Brewspewer, repeatable | Feralas 45.12,25.57 |
| 4 | 3912 | Meet at the Grave | Donova → Gaeriyan | Tanaris 53.92,23.33 |
| 5 | 3913 | A Grave Situation | Gaeriyan → the gravestone object | Tanaris 53.81,29.06 |
| 6 | 3914 | Linken's Sword | Gravestone → Linken | Turn in back in Un'Goro |
| 7 | 3941 | A Gnome's Assistance | Linken → J.D. Collie | Marshal's Refuge, Un'Goro 41.92,2.7 |
| 8 | 3942 | Linken's Memory | J.D. Collie → Eridan Bluewind | Felwood 51.35,81.51 |
| 9 | 4084 | Silver Heart | Eridan → Eridan | Felwood |
| 10 | 4005 | Aquementas | Eridan → J.D. Collie | Turn in back at Marshal's Refuge |
| 11 | 3961 | Linken's Adventure | J.D. Collie → Linken | Un'Goro 44.66,8.1 |
| 12 | 3962 | It's Dangerous to Go Alone | Linken → Linken | Un'Goro, the finale |
Sourcing note: some community pages display step 9, "Silver Heart," as the chain's first quest, which disagrees with the pinned client chain (starting at 3845, the small pack) — the in-game accept order governs.
Step by step, map by map
Un'Goro Crater — five pinned points on the Un'Goro side of the chain: A Small Pack (63.11,69.06), Linken (44.66,8.1), Blazerunner (49.41,49.33), the Ornate Chest (50.28,49.97), and J.D. Collie at Marshal's Refuge (41.92,2.7). The image is the site's exploration map render (base art © Blizzard, rendered from client 1.60.1.70862); no per-article numbering is drawn on it, so use the table coordinates.
Stage 1: the Un'Goro start (step 1)
- Find the capsized raft at the pool in northeastern Un'Goro and pick up A Small Pack out of the water (pinned spawn 63.11,69.06; Wowhead classic's item page points to the same raft near 63,68 — the two sources agree), and accept 3845;
- The quest asks for three collectibles: the Large Compass, the Curled Map Parchment, and the Lion-headed Key. The client database ties all three to a container (object 11107), but the site's object database holds no spawn row for that container — where to loot them is governed by the game (a silent dataset is not proof of absence);
- Bring all three to Linken, who stands just south of Marshal's Refuge (pinned spawn 44.66,8.1) — a gnome with a backpack, and the start of the whole story.
Stage 2: the sword to Winterspring, the elixir from Feralas (steps 2-3)
- 3908: Linken entrusts you with Linken's Training Sword, to deliver to Donova Snowden in Winterspring (pinned 31.27,45.16);
- 3909: Donova wants a Videre Elixir. You cannot buy it in Winterspring — it comes from Gregan Brewspewer in Feralas (pinned 45.12,25.57) via his same-named supply repeat 4041: fetch him an Evoroot (object 164798, in Feralas) and he mixes the elixir. Winterspring in the north, Feralas in the middle — this leg is the longest walk of the chain.
Stage 3: the Tanaris graveyard (steps 4-6)
- 3912: back to Donova for "Meet at the Grave," which sends you to Gaeriyan in Tanaris (pinned 53.92,23.33);
- 3913: Gaeriyan asks you to inspect a gravestone to the southwest — A Conspicuous Gravestone (pinned 53.81,29.06, the graveyard southwest of Gadgetzan, a community-consensus landmark);
- 3914: inside the grave lies Linken's Superior Sword — carry it back to Un'Goro and return it to Linken. One full loop later the sword is home, and the story is only half told.
Stage 4: the refuge hand-off (step 7)
3941: Linken asks you to find J.D. Collie at Marshal's Refuge (pinned 41.92,2.7) — the archaeologist takes over the second half of the chain.
Stage 5: gathering proofs in Felwood (steps 8-10)
- 3942: J.D. Collie sends you to Eridan Bluewind in Felwood (pinned 51.35,81.51, of the Emerald Circle);
- 4084: Eridan wants two proofs — Silvery Claws (dropped by the Angerclaw bears) and Irontree Heart (dropped by the Irontree Wanderer and Irontree Stomper treants), both in southern Felwood;
- 4005: once you have both, Eridan hands you the Silver Totem of Aquementas — bring it back to J.D. Collie at Marshal's Refuge.
Stage 6: the finale (steps 11-12)
- 3961: J.D. Collie passes the totem on to you, to carry back to Linken;
- 3962, "It's Dangerous to Go Alone": Linken sends you up Fire Plume Ridge with the totem — kill the elite Blazerunner (pinned 49.41,49.33) and recover the Golden Flame from the Ornate Chest beside him (pinned 50.28,49.97);
- Deliver it back to Linken for the two-way reward (traced in classicItemDB to quest 3962, item level 56).
The rewards: the master sword or the boomerang
- Linken's Sword of Mastery (main-hand sword): community figures of 42-78 damage, 1.8 speed, 33.33 DPS (ClassicDB) — a keepsake pick more than a stat pick;
- Linken's Boomerang (trinket): community figures of a thrown boomerang for 113-188 damage with a chance to stun or disarm, on a 3-minute cooldown (ClassicDB/Wowpedia) — paladins, shamans and druids use it as their physical ranged option, and it is the chain's most famous collectible.
Both are keepsake rewards: the numbers are not the point. Anyone who has played Zelda will smile when the boomerang lands.
Pair it with the rest of Un'Goro
- The same map holds the new 58-60 dungeon Shaper's Terrace (see the dungeon directory) and the classic 50-plus leveling stretch (see the 45-60 band of the 1-60 routes piece) — open the map while you are here;
- The chain sits alongside the bedroll chain, the book collection and the singing frogs in the hidden-content family tracked by the secrets roundup.
Video walkthroughs
Community videos complement the site's data — they show the full-run pacing, and the site owns quest-ID and coordinate checking:
- YouTube: Legend of Zelda (Linken) Quest Chain Guide | "It's a Secret to Everybody" | Classic WoW Easter Egg (CooleoBrad)
Note: community videos follow the classic-era era; the Forever quest IDs and coordinates above are checked against the pinned client database, and the game governs.