Blessing of the Old God

Blessing of the Old God is a transformation toy that turns your character into a Green Qiraji Battle Tank for 20 seconds. The use cooldown is 10 minutes. The item belongs to the rare artifacts of the Nerubian archaeology branch and was added in patch 4.0.3 (Cataclysm). Since patch 6.0.2 (Warlords of Draenor) the artifact moved into the Toy Box: it no longer takes up an inventory slot and is bound to your account.

The "undeciphered" description sounds ominous: "You have unearthed something very wrong. It hurts just to look at the fragments of this artifact, and you fear that assembled in full it would drive you mad." The solved artifact's description is written in the language of the Old Gods: "Pwhn'guul i ghawl'fwata ryiu wgah uul'gwan h'iwn guu'lal" — the phrase is repeated three times.

• Unique transformation. The Green Qiraji Battle Tank is a model from Ahn'Qiraj that, as a mount, was only available during the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj in Classic. Blessing of the Old God is one of the few ways to "ride" it, even if only as a character form for 20 seconds.
• Account-wide status. After a single creation through archaeology, the toy unlocks for your entire account. All of your characters gain it in the Toy Box — no need to farm it again.
• Part of the toy collection. It counts toward every collector meta-achievement: A Little Toy Maker, Big Toy Maker and the larger achievements for 200 and 300 items.
• A "paired" rarity farms alongside it. The second rare Nerubian find is the Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron, a legendary teleporter toy. If you've taken up the Nerubian branch, it makes sense to close out both rarities in one digging run.
• A lore nod. The artifact directly references the Old Gods: the tooltip text is written in their language, and the transformation into a Qiraji bug hints at the Qiraji's role as servants of C'Thun. For lore lovers — a must-have exhibit.

The toy is obtained only through the Archaeology profession — it cannot be bought at the auction house, dropped from a mob, or traded. Blessing of the Old God falls under the "rare find" category: the project appears in the archaeology window at random as you accumulate Nerubian fragments.

Step 1. Level Archaeology to 375

Rare Nerubian artifacts require an Archaeology skill of 375 and above. You can pick it up from any Archaeology trainer in the Alliance or Horde capitals and then level it through digsites. The maximum Archaeology skill stays at 950 — the value hasn't changed since Battle for Azeroth, and the profession received no new ranks in Midnight.

At max level in Midnight (90), a character levels Archaeology from 1 to 375 in a couple of hours of focused work — the old continents pose no challenge, and mobs and combat don't get in the way. The most convenient place to start is the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor (night elf, troll, dwarf fragments), and from 300 onward — move to Northrend, where the Nerubian digsites open up.

Step 2. Fly to Northrend

Nerubian digsites are found in Northrend and the Eastern Kingdoms (in patch 4.0.6 the developers added a few spots to the Eastern Plaguelands). Distribution of sites by zone:

For convenience, set your hearthstone to Dalaran (Northrend) or use mage portals — this city sits at the center of the continent, and from it you can quickly reach any zone with Nerubian digsites.

Step 3. Dig up every available digsite

Each digsite contains 3 dig points per excavation session, after which it disappears and is replaced by a new one. Use the "Survey" ability to triangulate the find location, and dig until it's exhausted.

Each successful dig yields 3–6 Nerubian fragments, and sometimes a Nerubian Obelisk. This obelisk is a keystone that replaces 12 fragments when solving a project. Save them for rare artifacts.

Step 4. Solve the rare project

"Blessing of the Old God" appears in the archaeology window at random once you have 140 or more Nerubian fragments accumulated and the project "rolls" among the regular ones. The chance of the rare project on each roll is small (around 10–15%), so on average players solve 5–15 regular Nerubian artifacts before the rare one shows up.

To save fragments, use the Nerubian Obelisk — in the solve window you can insert up to three obelisks, each replacing 12 fragments. With three obelisks, Blessing of the Old God can be solved with just 104 fragments instead of 140.

140 fragments + 3 obelisks = 104 fragments + 3 obelisks

When the project appears — solve it with the "Solve Artifact" button. The toy drops into your inventory as a character-bound item; activate it with a right-click to add it to the Toy Box. After that it becomes available to all characters on the account.

• Effect: your character transforms into a Green Qiraji Battle Tank. The model fully replaces your character and is visible to you and to nearby players.
• Duration: 20 seconds.
• Cooldown: 10 minutes. The cooldown is individual to this toy and is not shared with other items.
• Where it works: in the open world, cities, dungeons, and raids. In arenas the effect is disabled — this is explicitly stated in the tooltip.
• You can move. Unlike purely "emote" toys, in Qiraji form your character can run, jump, and interact with the world. Movement speed is normal on-foot speed; the transformation grants no speed bonuses.
• It's removed on a mount and in combat forms. Using the transformation dismounts you automatically. Druids, shamans in Ghost Wolf form, and demonology warlocks in Metamorphosis lose the Green Qiraji Battle Tank form when they shapeshift — activate the toy in your character's base model.
• It doesn't stack with other transformations. An active transformation toy (such as the Orb of the Sin'dorei or the Astral Drake's Scale) overwrites or blocks the transformation into the Green Qiraji Battle Tank. Use Blessing of the Old God in your base model.