Quest Log

A Favor to Axe

A Favor to Axe is a quest for level 83-90 in Arcantina. It is step 1 of 11 in The Arcantina storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Arcantina at 46.7, 58.0. It rewards 12,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Kurdran and I spent twenty years in Outland on the other side of the Dark Portal, after we'd pushed the Horde back with Khadgar, Turalyon, and Alleria.

There were some good times, but any day I don't wake up in Honor Hold is already a good day.

That whole time, Kurdran led our scouts with his gryphon, Sky'ree. And on his way out of Honor Hold, he would fly low and fast, dodging everything the orcs threw at him. I think it'd be hilarious if you could go find him some mementos!

Rewards

Money31

Experience12,150 XP

Top Comments

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PomGuyMar 2, 2026+255via Wowhead

If you handed the quest in without picking up the spear, you can still get it. Just head into Hellfire Ramparts, it's at 50,55 on the map. Kill the first boss, carry on and go up the spiral staircase. As you come out of the stairs, the spear is forward and to the right of you, next to some boxes by the edge.
Then head back to the Arcantina and place the spear on the wall in the side room on the right.

TiredandabusedMar 4, 2026+112via Wowhead

if like me you think you've lost your key (i'm doing this currently on an alt) it is in your toybox lol

UnderseaMar 2, 2026+82via Wowhead

The Scarred Spear (optional) is found in Hellfire Ramparts dungeon, on the platform outside right after first boss (where it branches towards the next two bosses). It's right next to the right path.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	12,150
Money	Gold	31g 90s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Arcantina	Turn-in marker at 46.7, 58.0, 3 mapped points
Objective area	Hellfire Ramparts
Objective area	Hellfire Peninsula	13 mapped points

World Map

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.

Hellfire Ramparts Objective area

Hellfire Peninsula map showing where to go for A Favor to Axe — **Hellfire Peninsula** Objective area 13 mapped points

Coordinates

Turn-inArcantina 46.7, 58.0/way #2541 46.7 58.0
Objective areaArcantina 46.7, 55.0/way #2541 46.7 55.0
Objective areaArcantina 46.7, 57.0/way #2541 46.7 57.0
Objective areaHellfire Peninsula 47.6, 53.6/way #100 47.6 53.6
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hellfire Peninsula 55.4, 49.7/way #100 55.4 49.7

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 Arcantina map

The Arcantina same spot
Request of the Arcantina about 40 yards

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

Getting there

Inside the dungeon: Hellfire Ramparts

At the heart of Outland's barren Hellfire Peninsula stands Hellfire Citadel, a nearly impenetrable bastion that served as the Horde's base of operations throughout the First and Second Wars.

Bosses in the Adventure Guide, in order: Watchkeeper Gargolmar, Omor the Unscarred, Vazruden the Herald.

Entrance: Hellfire Citadel, Hellfire Peninsula at 47.5, 53.6.

Instance text, bosses and entrances are the client’s Adventure Guide data.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Arcantina

Part 1 of 11.

Questline for the Arcantina Visitors

Next: A Frostbitten Tally

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.

A Frostbitten TallyArcantina · Level 83-90
Tarenar and I heard stories about the invasion of Icecrown Citadel from all the way out in the Plaguelands. But he's got it all wrong! The elf thinks there were more Ebon Blade commanders than Argent Crusade in the Ashen Verdict. He's completely daft. Obviously there were more paladins!

Also counted by Old Soldiers

Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Arcantina has 11 steps, from A Favor to Axe to Hope for the Orphans.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Arcantina (11).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

New Friends Complete quests from all of the following visitors in the Arcantina.

Other storylines on the Arcantina map

Regrets of the Past17 steps, starts with One Final Relic
Arcantina Reminders1 steps, starts with Request of the Arcantina

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Old SoldiersComplete quests from all of the following visitors in the Arcantina.10

Old Soldiers: its criteria name 9 quests, this one included.

Community notes from Wowhead · 56 comments

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Database

Quest Location and Connections

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