TheWoWDB"I know we're here to hunt down these very dangerous archaeologists armed with sharp-looking shovels, but this is an opportunity. Let's massacre a camp of civilian exiles just because they happen to be here!"
and yet I'm still being told the Horde is EEEEEVIL
Quest
A Message to the Zandalari
A World of Warcraft quest in Vol'dun. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This entire quest chain is the Alliance being forced to cosplay the Horde.
Murder non-combatants, steal from refugees because you are so bad at war you went into the desert without supplies, assume that any asset you can't take for yourself is something you have to destroy and generally be as bad at war as you are are diplomacy. Oh and when you see a Sanlayin your Commander Halford comments sadly on how far the Horde have fallen from honor because Metzen-forbid that the Alliance not ADMIRE THE HORDE.
I &*!@ing hate this expansion. *!@#ing hate it.
Oh but you get to boost an alpaca. Isn't that cute, doesn't that make everything better? "THIS IS FINE," RIGHT?
Kill 12 Zandalari Exiles in the ruins area.
A Message to the Zandalari quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dDzBJUzDag
This quest is a part of the Alliance War Campaign (gated behind the [faction=2159] reputation).
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Id column is approximate quest № In storyline (Ready for War <= for more info)
Quest facts
Quest ID52034
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52034))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
I know we're here to hunt the Horde, but this is an opportunity. Exiles or not, these are Zandalari trolls, and the Zandalari have all but put in their lot with the Horde. Let's show them what we do to friends of the Horde.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #864 41.1 72.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inVol'dun 41.1, 72.6
/way #864 41.1 72.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Vol'dun 40.6, 75.0
/way #864 40.6 75.0
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 Vol'dun map
- Dead Men Tell No Tales about 700 yards
- Seafaring Necessities about 700 yards
- The Captain's Cache about 840 yards
- Captain Hartford about 840 yards
- Friends in Strange Places about 1,270 yards
- Defang the Faithless about 1,290 yards
- Break the Siege about 1,290 yards
- Breaking Free about 1,290 yards
- Lines In the Sand about 1,300 yards
- Temple of Sethraliss: Booking on a Favor about 1,300 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Vol'dun, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vol'dun:
- Deadwood Cove, Vol'dun
- Sanctuary of the Devoted, Vol'dun
- Shatterstone Harbor, Vol'dun
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Reward details
Reputation: 7th Legion +150
A elite special force delegation of the Alliance army, currently focused on disrupting Horde operations in Zandalar.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
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
Blood on the Sand
Part 8 of 16.
Our first Horde VIP target is Arlethal Sunwatcher, a high-ranking member of the Reliquary. Taking him out will show the Horde that no one is safe from the Alliance, even across an ocean.
Previous: Never Stop Combing · Next: Improvised Survival
- 3Comb the Desert
- 4Dirty Work
- 5Keep Combing
- 6Classic Reliquary
- 7Never Stop Combing
- 8A Message to the Zandalari
- 9Improvised Survival
- 10They Have Alpacas Here
- 11Splitting Up
- 12Delayed Deathification
- 13Full of Arrows
- 14Report to Wyrmbane
Showing steps 3 to 14 of 16.
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.
- Never Stop Combing
<Halford eyes the map one last time before folding it up.> Onward to the south, then.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Improvised Survival
The entirety of our copter's hold was reserved for bombs. There's actually still a lot of bombs left inside. Unfortunately, that meant that we weren't able to pack sufficient water and rations for our survival. Desert natives hoard supplies efficiently.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Blood on the Sand has 16 steps, from Overseas Assassination to Blood on the Sand.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vol'dun (16).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Vol'dun map
- Dunes of Vol'dun
- Champion of the Arena
- The Warguard's Fate
- Port of Zem'lan
- Goldtusk Inn
- The Sands of Vol'dun
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.