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A Light in the Darkness (Paladin)

A Light in the Darkness is a quest for level 45. It is step 5 of 8 in the Path of the Light III storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Eastern Plaguelands at 79.1, 45.2. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

Highlord, thank goodness you've arrived! The invasion of Netherlight Temple has begun.

Our forces are already waiting on the other side of the portal.

Join them, and we will close the trap around Lord Balnazzar.

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43700))

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapEastern PlaguelandsTurn-in marker at 79.1, 45.2, 2 mapped points
Turn-in mapLight's Hope Chapel
Objective areaDalaran2 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.

Eastern Plaguelands Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for A Light in the DarknessTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #23 79.1 45.2

Light's Hope Chapel Quest turn-in
Dalaran Objective area 2 mapped points
Dalaran map showing where to go for A Light in the DarknessObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #627 63.0 17.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 79.1, 45.2/way #23 79.1 45.2
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 76.8, 50.9/way #23 76.8 50.9
  • Objective areaDalaran 63.0, 17.6/way #627 63.0 17.6
  • Objective areaDalaran 39.0, 57.5/way #627 39.0 57.5

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 Eastern Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

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

  • Acherus: The Ebon HoldAlliance and Horde · about 240 yards south-east
  • Light's Hope Chapel, Eastern PlaguelandsHorde · about 260 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 yards south-west (on the Light's Hope Chapel map)
  • Objective areaabout 180 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

Path of the Light III

Part 5 of 8.

Previous: Defenders of the World · Next: Warriors of Light

  1. 1Blood of Sargeras
  2. 2Blood of Sargeras
  3. 3Lumenstone
  4. 4Defenders of the World
  5. 5A Light in the Darkness
  6. 6Warriors of Light
  7. 7Champion: Arator the Redeemer
  8. 8Champion: Lothraxion

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.

  • Defenders of the WorldLevel 45

    Requests are pouring in from across the Broken Isles for our aid, Highlord. I know that we are working to aid the priests at Netherlight Temple, but there are many others who need our help. We cannot turn our backs on those who need our aid.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Warriors of LightLevel 45

    We have gathered to celebrate our victory over the Burning Legion this day. Highlord, please join us.

Other quests with this name

This one: Paladin · Level 45.

The storyline at a glance

Path of the Light III has 8 steps, from Blood of Sargeras to Champion: Lothraxion.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eastern Plaguelands (6), Light's Hope Chapel (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name A Light in the Darkness. They differ in the classes/category shown here.

QuestClassesCategoryID
A Light in the Darkness (this page)PaladinPaladin Campaign43700
A Light in the DarknessPriestPriest Campaign43401
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