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A Gathering of Shadows

A World of Warcraft quest in Spires of Arak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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After completing "Syth's Secret" I could not pick up "A Gathering of Shadows". Found that I missed the pickup for "Echo Hunters"

Fly back to "Crows Crook, Spires of Arak". Reshad should be right there with a quest called "Echo Hunters". Kill the bats, THEN go to Veil Terrok and turn in the quest. This will get you the "A Gathering of Shadows" quest.

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Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6iZIoMm04k

1. News from Spires of Arak - (Video) - You may have picked up this quest from [npc=79618] in Fort Wrynn, Talador. If not, pick up (or continue to) the quest Arakkoa Exodus.

2. Arakkoa Exodus - (Video) - Speak to [npc=81103], your garrison's Gryphon Master and select "Please fly me to Spires of Arak."

• Turn in Arakkoa Exodus, and pick up The Shadows of Skettis at [npc=79539] (coords 37.9, 18.0)

3. The Shadows of Skettis - (Video) - Follow the path around and downhill to coords 41.3, 17.2 and enter Skettis.

• Continue to a small building at coords 43.5, 13.4 and speak to [npc=79519] inside, selecting "Shadows gather..."
• Turn in The Shadows of Skettis and pickup Adherents of the Sun God and Hidden in Plain Sight.

4. Adherents of the Sun God - (Video) - Kill 8 [npc=79598] while completing the next quest.

Hidden in Plain Sight - [item=111524] - Exit structure and turn left, continuing to coords 45.0, 15.1 and loot the [item=111524].
• [item=111485] - Travel southwest to coords 41.3, 16.2 (near where you entered Skettis), and loot [item=111485].
• After you have also killed the 8 [npc=79598], travel northeast to coords 43.6, 13.0 and turn in the quests to [npc=79519].

5. Orders From On High - (Video) - Leave the building, turn left and travel to coords 46.0, 15.2 and kill [npc=79516].

• You will also have to kill a [npc=78877]. After you reduce [npc=78877]'s health to 1, [npc=78877] casts [spell=152953]. Once he begins to cast this, turn away from him to avoid being blinded.
• Loot [npc=79516]'s corpse to retrieve [item=111575].
• Travel south, leaving Skettis to coords 45.4, 18.2 and turn in the quest to [npc=79519].

6. The Crone - (Video) - Follow the path to Crow's Crook and turn in the quest to [npc=79890], by speaking to her and selecting "Shadows gather..."

• Pickup the quests All Due Respect and A Charming Deception from [npc=79890], and Echo Hunters from [npc=79519].
• NOTE: While traveling to turn in the quest for Step 6, you may also loot the treasure items, [object=234157] at coords 50.5, 22.1, and [object=234159] at coords 50.7, 28.7.

7. Echo Hunters - (Video) - While completing the next series of quests, kill 10 [npc=79895].

All Due Respect - Travel to Hut at coords 50.3, 36.4, and click on 5 [object=230714] (while traveling to Syth's Hut), which will turn you into an Arakoa and attract a single [npc=82529] per [object=230714] clicked.

8. A Charming Deception - (Video) - Once you have arrived at coords 50.3, 36.4, click on [npc=80047] and loot the [item=111850].

• Enter the hut in front of you and click on [object=233073].
• [npc=82611] and [npc=82792] will enter the hut and you must kill 3 waves of Adherent Arakoa (2 mobs per wave).
• After the waves have been defeated, [npc=82611] and [npc=82792] will exit the hut and [npc=82611] will give you [item=111892].
• Turn in the quest All Due Respect and pick up Syth's Secret.

9. Syth's Secret - (Video) - Travel south to the Ravager Den, an underground cave (entrance @ coords 49.0, 41.3), and attack [npc=82623].

• Once defeated, loot [item=113282] from [npc=82623], and exit the cave.
• Travel south to Terokkar Wayshrine, at coords 48.6, 44.4, and turn in the quest to [npc=81770].

10. A Gathering of Shadows - (Video) - Travel southwest to coords 46.5, 45.6, entering Veil Terokk, and turn in the quest to [npc=82720] as soon as [npc=81770] enters Veil Terokk.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-40
Quest ID35671

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(35671))

Requirements

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineShadows Gather, step 10 of 10
Rewards8g 49s, 2,750 XP

Description

Veil Terokk is just ahead. Let us hope the others have made the journey safely.

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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.

Spires of Arak Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Spires of Arak map showing where to go for A Gathering of ShadowsTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #542 46.6 46.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSpires of Arak 46.6, 46.6/way #542 46.6 46.6
  • Objective areaSpires of Arak 46.5, 46.7/way #542 46.5 46.7
  • Objective areaSpires of Arak 48.6, 44.5/way #542 48.6 44.5

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 Spires of Arak map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Spires of Arak:

  • Veil Terokk, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 100 yards north
  • Axefall, Spires of ArakHorde · about 450 yards west
  • Crow's Crook, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 700 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 150 yards north-east

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
Money8 gold49 silver
Experience2,750 XP
ReputationArakkoa Outcasts +75

Reward details

Reputation: Arakkoa Outcasts +75

Working from the shadows, the Arakkoa Outcasts seek to bring a brighter tomorrow.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Spires of Arak that reward Arakkoa Outcasts reputation: Arakkoa Exodus (+10), The Shadows of Skettis (+250), Hidden in Plain Sight (+250), Adherents of the Sun God (+250), Orders From On High (+250), The Crone (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

Shadows Gather

Part 10 of 10.

Previous: Syth's Secret

  1. 1The Shadows of Skettis
  2. 2Hidden in Plain Sight
  3. 3Adherents of the Sun God
  4. 4Orders From On High
  5. 5The Crone
  6. 6A Charming Deception
  7. 7Echo Hunters
  8. 8All Due Respect
  9. 9Syth's Secret
  10. 10A Gathering of Shadows

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.

  • Syth's SecretSpires of Arak · Level 30-40

    Our deceased friend here was hiding more than a love of old scrolls and erotic sorcery-fiction. He had something truly valuable. If I'm reading his notes correctly, he claims to have found the Eye of Anzu - Terokk's scrying orb from the days after his fall. We need that orb!

Also counted by Between Arak and a Hard Place

Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:

Also counted by Between Arak and a Hard Place

Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Shadows Gather has 10 steps, from The Shadows of Skettis to A Gathering of Shadows.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Spires of Arak (10).

Other storylines on the Spires of Arak 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.