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A Hero Is Needed

A Hero Is Needed is a quest for level 15-30 in Terokkar Forest. It is step 77 of 78 in the Terokkar Forest storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Terokkar Forest at 31.0, 76.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

It is not enough. A hero is needed. Our forces are overwhelmed as the Auchenai continue to grow in number.

<Commander Ra'vaj looks at you.>

Will you be the hero? Return to the field of battle and strike at their soldiers. Keep them occupied so that my scouts can get behind their lines and see what they are creating.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationLower City +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationLower City+250

Reward details

Reputation: Lower City +250

The refugees of Shattrath come from diverse backgrounds and races. Word of helpful deeds spreads quickly among the Denizens of Lower City.

Reputation group: Shattrath City.

Other quests in Terokkar Forest that reward Lower City reputation: Recover the Bones (+250), Helping the Lost Find Their Way (+250), Veil Skith: Darkstone of Terokk (+250), The Tomb of Lights (+250), Vengeful Souls (+250), The Eyes of Skettis (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapTerokkar ForestTurn-in marker at 31.0, 76.1, 21 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.

Terokkar Forest Quest turn-in 21 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #108 31.0 76.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTerokkar Forest 31.0, 76.1/way #108 31.0 76.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 34.3, 72.8/way #108 34.3 72.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 49.0, 67.5/way #108 49.0 67.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 34.9, 74.6/way #108 34.9 74.6

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 Terokkar Forest map

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

Getting there

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

  • Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar ForestHorde · about 1,500 yards north-east
  • Allerian Stronghold, Terokkar ForestAlliance · about 1,700 yards north-east
  • Shattrath, Terokkar ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,900 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 220 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 1,000 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 220 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Terokkar Forest

Part 77 of 78.

Previous: An Improper Burial · Next: The Fallen Exarch

  1. 67Taken in the Night
  2. 68For the Fallen
  3. 69Terokkarantula
  4. 70Return to Sha'tari Base Camp
  5. 71The Dread Relic
  6. 72Evil Draws Near
  7. 73Digging Through Bones
  8. 74Fumping
  9. 75The Big Bone Worm
  10. 76An Improper Burial
  11. 77A Hero Is Needed
  12. 78The Fallen Exarch

Showing steps 67 to 78 of 78.

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.

  • An Improper BurialTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    Is there nothing that can be done to stem the tide of corruption? My soldiers have been battling the Auchenai for days now with no end in sight. Each casualty, whether Auchenai or Sha'tar, is snatched from the battlefield - their souls lifted and taken to parts unknown. I will not have it!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Fallen ExarchTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    They are feeding the souls they steal to a coffin that they have dragged out from the Auchenai Crypts. My scouts believe the contents of the coffin to contain the first exarch of the crypts. They seek to resurrect the ancient one!

The storyline at a glance

Terokkar Forest has 78 steps, from Vessels of Power to The Fallen Exarch.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Terokkar Forest (77), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Terokkar Forest 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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A Heavy Helping Hand
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A Hero Remains
A Hero's Burden
A Hero's Weapon
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