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Comment by Wuod

You obtain quest starter items for this achieve from inside the Time Rifts (hourly Tyrhold Reservoir event added in 10.1.5)

All of the items were just randomly spawning either in p1 on some events or in p2 after the boss is defeated. There are a total of 8 items from p1 and 6 from p2 (2 per "Azeroth" total).

P1 starters are random drops - they show up on your map as quest items or npcs, that you can pick up or talk to. You don't need to be the one killing mobs, they will show up anyway. Some of them dropped on the ground from random trash, some from mini-bosses and some were from npcs that spawned. P1 contains mobs from 2 "Azeroths". i.e. it can be Mecha + Void

P2 starters show up after the boss is defeated. Like p1, some are items on ground and some are npcs. There can be a slight delay between boss dying and item spawning - but less then 1 min. Not sure if it's 100% drop chance, but my last 4 after hotfixes were all there. Wasn't the case before, so need some confirmation. P2 has boss from one of the "Azeroths" from p1. i.e. for my previous example - it will be either Mecha or Void for p2.

Each item drop chance is separate, i.e. you can get multiple on the same run (I got both 2 x p1 and p1 + p2 combinations)

Here are the items per "Azeroth":
Azmourne - Scourge:
Corrupted Ashbringer The Sins of the Ashbringer from miniboss in p1,
Gilded Vase All That Glitters... on top of Lich King in p2

A.Z.E.R.O.T.H. - Mecha:
Boffins Buzzing Boffins from p1 friendly spawned npc,
Mechanized Cog Cogs in a Machine from running miniboss in p1 U:\RAN.2 /SWIFT (you need to facecatch him to deal proper damage)

Azmerloth - Murlocs:
A Fish A Fishy Gift from p1 friendly Murloc You,
Azmerlothian Hourglass A Murloc and a Dragon Walk into a Time Rift... from murloc Alexstrasza on your way to portal in p2

Azewrath - Fel/Demons:
Map to Suramar The Resistance from p1 friendly npc that spawned after treant miniboss died,
Antlered Skull An Antlered Skull from Illidan ship's furthest corner in p2

Azq'roth - Void/Black Empire:
Amber Blade Mantid Methodology from random Klaxxi drop in p1,
Chipped Stone Tablet A Stony Reception at the back of the room in p2

Warlands - Alliance/Horde:
Blood Soaked Book Wasteland Warriors from random npc in p1,
Oil-Soaked Log Book The Endless Conflict on airship in p2 (in captains quarter)

Ulderoth - Titans:
Titanic Disc Titanic Beasts random p1 drop,
Watcher's Log Dangerous Documentation next to one of circular areas in p2 (~ 58, 39)

The toy you get in the end summons a little flying robot head following you for 5 min

Comment by bloody2

Where do i get the fish?

Comment by dusama

Here's my observation:
- all items are either ON THE GROUND or will be given by a NPC (I remember all of them will run to you)
- all will have quest exclaimation mark on minimap
- watch out for quest mark before going in rift phase 2 to kill the boss
- remember to take quest item before leaving the boss room

(I tried to kill Klaxxi for Amber Blade to drop but failed until I realized it's on the ground, you do not have to loot anything from any corpse, an item with quest mark will show on the ground).

Comment by Hamen

It seems that the rare npcs/items in P1 only spawn for you if you are assigned and complete their associated task. There is no need to fly around looking for a spawn, it's just rng if you get the correct task.

Comment by Loisely

There is currently a bug in the second phase of the event, kicking all of the players outside of the instance as soon as the boss is dead, therefore half of the quest items cannot be picked up.

Comment by Sham153

@dd614 The ashbringer drops from the Hand of the Lich King NPC in scourge invasions. Random DK NPC.

Comment by hollyberries

Generally you need to have been given the right objective to get the related NPC running up to you in phase 1. Some of the ground-based items can be picked up even if it wasn't your task, it seemed like, but I had to just keep pushing through objectives until I got the right ones to get the fish and Boffins. One character got the fish after throwing baby murlocs into a portal, and one got it after killing Gillidan.

Comment by cindythedeer

honestly, I hate this. I have been doing rifts non stop for 3 days straight. I've gotten so many flakes that I've even got all mounts already.
BUT I AM STILL MISSING THE AMBER BLADE! >:(

Comment by Jewsco

how do you get the amber blade its all i need for the achievement

Comment by Navlyn

Here is the time rift rotation

Azq'roth - Old God
Warlands - Alliance/Horde
A.Z.E.R.O.T.H. - Robot
Azmerloth - Murloc
Ulderoth - Titan
Azmourne - Scourge
Azewrath - Demon

There's always two types of invader mobs each rift but the second mob type seem to be random so hover over the horn icon on your map 5 minutes before it starts to see which mobs are going to be up in case you need any of them for the achievement.

Example:
If horn icon says
-Murloc Invaders
-Demon Invaders
The first one always determines which rift it will be so in this case it would be Azmerloth.

Check out Wuod's comment for more details and how to get the quests for the achievement.

Comment by Leanbeef

Found the Blood-Soaked Book on the ground, at 51.42 60.59, while there was no event going. Had to wait until the next event and after it ended, I was able to turn in the book.

Comment by Topojijo

I haven't seen the Amber Blade drop at all whether the Mantid were the primary or secondary. Does it only drop from a specific mob? is it just super rare?

Comment by jodmos

Just got

Blood Soaked Book
Mechanized Cog
Titanic Disc

in one Rift. It was a Robot/Titan one.

The Blood Soaked Book was just lying on the ground by a tree at 51,60 (Near where the Despair Bot spawns)

Comment by AveryZan

Toy should be in your bags when you complete it. I don't think I saw a loot notification of it so took me a bit to find.

Comment by Stealthfire13

Worth noting that after turning the items in to Soridormi, you can find them on the tables behind her (near Wan'she Skystrider). Clicking on each will reveal a bit of lore about the item and/or the alternate timeline it came from.

Comment by Aiyun

Amber blade dropped when Old God invaders was first on the list. Dont have cords but on the ramp to the east from mid. Loads of Klaxxi trash there.

Comment by berr3tta

FYI - so I picked up Blood-Soaked Book (needed for Wasteland Warriors) up off the ground a good 5-10 minutes AFTER we entered the time rift and completed phase 2 of the scenario. However, I wasn't able to turn it in. After going through the next scenario, I was able to turn it in. So don't delete it or abandon the quest! You'll still be able to turn it in the next time through.

Comment by OldGromm

I can hereby confirm that Supreme General Pa'valak does, indeed, drop the Ember Sword.
Pa'valak only shows up when his task to kill him is up. This makes him a rare spawn, and thus a rare opportunity to obtain the quest item.

Why is this one so rare in particular, when other enemies like the ones dropping Corrupted Ashbringer or Map to Suramar can also spawn randomly? Your guess is as good as mine.
At any rate, I suggest you try to keep an eye for him when "Old Gods" are the primary enemy faction at the rifts.

I don't know if the sword drops for people not on the quest, but keep an eye on the northern stairs area just in case.

Comment by favebook

If you are like me and want to farm these on all alts (for bonus and Soridormi rep) here is the macro to check what you have completed so far on the current character:
/run d={0,14,21,3,36,111,110,-84,182,5,22,14,5,5,0,11,17,25,2,43,4,6,62,12,11,2,1,1}i=206564 q=76351 for a=1,14 do i=i+d q=q+d _,l=GetItemInfo(i)print("\124cff"..(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(q)and"00FF00Y"or"FF0000N").."\124r",l)end

EDIT: Removed 2 complex and 1 non-worrking macro in favour of clean macro created by Gwez

Comment by dimpsy

Make sure you do the Time Rifts in a 5-man group and pay attention to "!" marks on your minimap. You don't have to kill the corresponding mob/boss yourself, it can be other ppl.

Comment by seera426

I found Blood Soaked Book at 51.39|60.55 45 minutes after the Time Rift has finished. Not sure if this happens with other items, but maybe is worth checking around the zone even after the rift, in case you might have miissed something

Comment by Dethgasm

I've been doing this all day long for weeks. Boffins, Blood Soaked Book, Map to Suramer, and A Fish cannot be found. I hate this.

Comment by Omeguiz

Still can´t find Titanic Disc, while a titan on first row of the invasion, i killed everything while completing the time rift plus all titans i see walking, anything i´m missing?

Comment by Bolemeus

I want to add that I got the Mechanized Cog to drop from Peeves.
I was killing time waiting for U:\RAN.2 /SWIFT to spawn, since I couldnt figure out how to trigger him dropping this, and by change I got it from Peeves instead.

I did get the groupquest from soridormi to kill him though. Unsure if that is a requirement to get it to drop from Peeves

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Temporal Acquisitions Specialist

Find a variety of items while completing Time Rifts.

Criteria

	Titanic Disc (1)
	Titanic Beasts (1)
	Azmerlothian Hourglass (1)
	A Murloc and a Dragon Walk into a Time Rift... (1)
	Corrupted Ashbringer (1)
	The Sins of the Ashbringer (1)
	Chipped Stone Tablet (1)
	A Stony Reception (1)
	Boffins (1)
	Buzzing Boffins (1)
	Blood Soaked Book (1)
	Wasteland Warriors (1)
	Gilded Vase (1)
	All That Glitters... (1)

	Antlered Skull (1)
	An Antlered Skull (1)
	Mechanized Cog (1)
	Cogs in a Machine (1)
	Oil-Soaked Log Book (1)
	The Endless Conflict (1)
	Map to Suramar (1)
	The Resistance (1)
	Watcher's Log (1)
	Dangerous Documentation (1)
	Amber Blade (1)
	Mantid Methodology (1)
	A Fish (1)
	A Fishy Gift (1)

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	Boffins

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