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A Burning Distraction

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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You have to go to Felsoul Hold area in Suramar, fly to Meredil or Felblaze Ingress and then go there. There are four bomb spots across Felsoul Hold:



  • 30.5 61.0 Bomb spot 1

  • 33.4 67.3 Bomb spot 2

  • 30.2 70.0 Bomb spot 3

  • 30.5 77.2 Bomb spot 4


TomTom:
/way Suramar 30.5 61.0 Bomb spot 1
/way Suramar 33.4 67.3 Bomb spot 2
/way Suramar 30.2 70.0 Bomb spot 3
/way Suramar 30.5 77.2 Bomb spot 4
/way Suramar 29.7 79.5 Taoshi


A Burning Distraction — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=053m67h-bXs

Each class in Legion has a long class hall quest chain — campaign. During that chain you'll raise your power and power of your class hall.
[class=4] class hall campaign quests are under the spoiler.
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[class=4] class hall campaign
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[item=136786]
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Artifact Chosen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuiFm_eY1w
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[item=128870] quest chain
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWRQ14Ujafs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEGq10_lCU8
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https://youtu.be/sh-wqIQI91Y
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[item=128872] quest chain
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ZFn3OqOr0
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[item=128476] quest chain
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eUQXriPGNk
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[quest=40994]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85-dYgtA8X4
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[quest=40995]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G67XUn4j0o
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[quest=42139]
300 x [currency=1220]
[champion=778]
[champion=591]
https://youtu.be/CN90ZPG-Jz8
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[quest=43013]
100 x [currency=1220]
Gang of Bandits training
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[quest=43014]
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500 x [currency=1220]
[item=140517]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z61NIypDo4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx974IkR0S8
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[item=140931]
[item=140517]
https://youtu.be/qFf4BAgKMl4
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[quest=44183]
[champion=779]
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[quest=43852]
Crew of Pirates training
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[quest=44181]
[champion=780]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DijclYZr-8c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2g_CU6EJUs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNWMViE3JMk
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[item=139742]
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[quest=43885]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkngKGm5uD8
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[champion=890]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3Ig3hiG9A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeyduA4sQrk
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1500 x [currency=1220]
[item=139746]
[item=139506]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFmcZpPTJIw
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[quest=42800]
[champion=891]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=053m67h-bXs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqNPOIGroDA
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5000 x [currency=1220]
A Glorious Campaign
[item=139739]
[item=139506]
[title=481] title
Relic to choose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWJBU-LyOTU
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[quest=43723]
[champion=892]
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[quest=43724]
[champion=893]
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[spell=219663]
3rd relic slot

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45
LocationSuramar, Dalaran
CategoryRogue Campaign
Quest ID43485

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43485))

Requirements

ClassRogue

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

We're going to need a distraction if we are to rescue Mathias Shaw from where he's being held captive in Felsoul Hold. A big one. Explosives placed in a few key locations should do nicely. Noggenfogger is playing nice and has donated some bombs to the cause. He might be trying to smooth over relations due to his earlier extortion. I can have someone go ahead and mark the best locations. You want to do the honors?

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Suramar Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Suramar map showing where to go for A Burning DistractionTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #680 29.8 79.7

Dalaran Objective area 1 mapped point
Dalaran map showing where to go for A Burning DistractionObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #627 39.2 67.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSuramar 29.8, 79.7/way #680 29.8 79.7
  • Objective areaSuramar 30.4, 61.1/way #680 30.4 61.1
  • Objective areaSuramar 33.6, 67.3/way #680 33.6 67.3
  • Objective areaSuramar 30.0, 69.9/way #680 30.0 69.9
  • Objective areaSuramar 30.6, 77.3/way #680 30.6 77.3
  • Objective areaDalaran 39.2, 67.7/way #627 39.2 67.7

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Suramar map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:

  • Felblaze Ingress, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 630 yards west
  • Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 650 yards east
  • Meredil, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 690 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 500 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 360 yards north

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

Saga of the Shadowblade III

Part 4 of 11.

Previous: The World is Not Enough · Next: The Captive Spymaster

  1. 1Where In the World is Mathias?
  2. 2Pruning the Garden
  3. 3The World is Not Enough
  4. 4A Burning Distraction
  5. 5The Captive Spymaster
  6. 6Picking a Fight
  7. 7A Simple Plan
  8. 8Under Cover of Darkness
  9. 9The Imposter
  10. 10Champion: Taoshi
  11. 11Champion: Master Mathias Shaw

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The World is Not EnoughLevel 45

    Now that we have pruned the garden, it is time to dig up the rotting tree stump in the middle. Put another way, we need to make sure to keep the forces of chaos from overwhelming the Broken Isles. Certainly others are helping in this endeavor.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Captive SpymasterLevel 45

    We must move swiftly while the distraction is working. Mathias Shaw is being held in the lower levels of the Halls of the Eclipse directly to the south. Quickly, <name>, we must go!

The storyline at a glance

Saga of the Shadowblade III has 11 steps, from Where In the World is Mathias? to Champion: Master Mathias Shaw.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (8), Suramar (2), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Suramar map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.