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A Common Peril

A Common Peril is a quest for level 10-54 in Maldraxxus. It is step 1 of 10 in the Matron of Spies storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Maldraxxus at 67.7, 46.0. It rewards 925 experience and money.

Description

Each house in Maldraxxus has two barons. Before the fall of my first house--the House of Eyes--our margrave sent my fellow baroness to investigate suspicious behavior in the House of Rituals.

I have not heard from her since. Either she has found something... or has become another casualty of their treachery.

Her orders took her to the Decay in the east. If you can find the baroness, give her this summons.

We were not friends, she and I, but she is a formidable combatant. We could use her might.

Rewards

Money2 gold43 silver35 copper
Experience925 XP
Top Comments

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Egeiro+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

While leveling, on your way to do this quest,
1) DO speak to [npc=161841] and get your [spell=338920] buff (it does give a negligible benefit, but it's more as an... well, "homage" doesn't seem like the right word, to 2020).
2) DON'T use the transporter orb near [npc=161841]. You'll end up going through a bunch of level 60 slimes and you're better off going north, then east.
3) DO use [item=132516] if you can spare them. It's a long road to get there.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP925
MoneyGold2g 43s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapMaldraxxusTurn-in marker at 67.7, 46.0, 3 mapped points
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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.

Maldraxxus Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Maldraxxus map showing where to go for A Common PerilTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1536 67.7 46.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMaldraxxus 67.7, 46.0/way #1536 67.7 46.0
  • Objective areaMaldraxxus 67.7, 45.9/way #1536 67.7 45.9
  • Objective areaMaldraxxus 50.3, 67.7/way #1536 50.3 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 Maldraxxus map

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

Getting there

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

  • Renounced Bastille, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • Keres' Rest, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-west
  • Theater of Pain, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,400 yards south-west

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Matron of Spies

Part 1 of 10.

Next: Prey Upon Them

  1. 1A Common Peril
  2. 2Prey Upon Them
  3. 3Glorious Pursuits
  4. 4War is Deception
  5. 5Tainted Cores
  6. 6Entangling Web
  7. 7Vaunted Vengeance
  8. 8Seek Your Mark
  9. 9Straight to the Heart
  10. 10Her Rightful Place

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

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Prey Upon ThemMaldraxxus · Level 10-55

    My mission cannot progress without a supply of anima. Fortunately, the necromancers nearby have been kind enough to gather some into their maldracite crystals. You will relieve them of those crystals. They may be reluctant to part with them, but I trust you can be... persuasive.

The storyline at a glance

Matron of Spies has 10 steps, from A Common Peril to Her Rightful Place.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Maldraxxus (10).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Maldraxxus 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.

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