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A Moment's Respite

A Moment's Respite is a quest for level 50. It is step 10 of 23 in the Through the Shattered Sky storyline. It rewards 3,400 experience and money.

Description

Anduin insisted that our allies would come for us. I confess I had begun to doubt him.

I'm sure you have many questions. I'll do what I can to provide answers, but I'm afraid even after...

What has it been... weeks? Longer? Time loses all meaning in a place of such darkness.

Forgive me. Let me tell you what little I can.

Rewards

Money11 gold70 silver
Experience3,400 XP

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Top Comments

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glacialhawk+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

In case you want to read it altogether, here's the dialogue that occurs during this quest with significant actions in < >.

Spoiler
<Jaina wanders the cave, occasionally creating illusions to illustrate her tale and explain what she has seen.>
Jaina: Very well... where to begin? Denizens call this realm "the Maw." From what I have gathered, it was intended as a prison for the most foul, irredeemable souls that ever existed.
Thrall: Something has changed. Pure, noble souls are being held captive here as well. They cry out in torment.
Jaina: Indeed. And one of their tormentors--and ours--is Sylvanas Windrunner. It seems she has made a powerful ally. The shades whisper of someone called... the Jailer.
<Chat prompt with Jaina: Tell me more about the Jailer.>
Jaina: The Jailer rules this realm. We know little about him, but it's clear he has taken a special interest in us. He has personally overseen our... treatment here.
Thrall: We have endured countless torments. At times, it felt as if we were being tested. Though for what purpose, I cannot say.
Jaina: Whatever this Jailer and the Banshee are planning, it won't end well... for any of us.
<Chat prompt with Jaina: What about the others who were taken?>
Jaina: I caught glimpses of Baine and Anduin during my attempts to break free. They live... that's all I know for certain. But I have found no means of leaving the Maw. I can only manage to teleport short distances. This nightmare feels... inescapable.
Mograine: Countless souls are now pouring into this realm. But some have been here for untold ages. Perhaps one of them knows a way out.
Jaina: I can scarcely imagine the horrors such spirits have endured. I fear there's nothing left of them to save. They manifest as malevolent shades that wander the darkness. I doubt they'd willingly help us.
Mograine: Knights of the Ebon Blade have ways to compel the dead to speak. If we seize one of them, we can extract its secrets.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(59756))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
glacialhawk+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

In case you want to read it altogether, here's the dialogue that occurs during this quest with significant actions in < >.

Spoiler
<Jaina wanders the cave, occasionally creating illusions to illustrate her tale and explain what she has seen.>
Jaina: Very well... where to begin? Denizens call this realm "the Maw." From what I have gathered, it was intended as a prison for the most foul, irredeemable souls that ever existed.
Thrall: Something has changed. Pure, noble souls are being held captive here as well. They cry out in torment.
Jaina: Indeed. And one of their tormentors--and ours--is Sylvanas Windrunner. It seems she has made a powerful ally. The shades whisper of someone called... the Jailer.
<Chat prompt with Jaina: Tell me more about the Jailer.>
Jaina: The Jailer rules this realm. We know little about him, but it's clear he has taken a special interest in us. He has personally overseen our... treatment here.
Thrall: We have endured countless torments. At times, it felt as if we were being tested. Though for what purpose, I cannot say.
Jaina: Whatever this Jailer and the Banshee are planning, it won't end well... for any of us.
<Chat prompt with Jaina: What about the others who were taken?>
Jaina: I caught glimpses of Baine and Anduin during my attempts to break free. They live... that's all I know for certain. But I have found no means of leaving the Maw. I can only manage to teleport short distances. This nightmare feels... inescapable.
Mograine: Countless souls are now pouring into this realm. But some have been here for untold ages. Perhaps one of them knows a way out.
Jaina: I can scarcely imagine the horrors such spirits have endured. I fear there's nothing left of them to save. They manifest as malevolent shades that wander the darkness. I doubt they'd willingly help us.
Mograine: Knights of the Ebon Blade have ways to compel the dead to speak. If we seize one of them, we can extract its secrets.
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Boxofbeer+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete the quest you just need to speak with Jaina and learn what she knows.
Wait until she ends talking and speak with her to get information.
After some conversations you will be able to finish the quest and turn in.

A Moment's Respite quest - https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=908

There is a table covered under the spoiler, you can check you progress through Into the Maw quest chain.

Spoiler
Shadowlands Introduction quest chain - Into the Maw achievement
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Order
Quest Title
Video Time Link
x
#1
Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=7
x
#2
Through the Shattered Sky
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=120
x
#3a
A Fractured Blade
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=248
x
#3b
Mawsworn Menace
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=248
x
#3c
Ruiner's End
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=302
x
#4
Fear to Tread
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=513
x
#5
On Blackened Wings
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=603
x
#6
A Flight from Darkness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=700
===>
#7
A Moment's Respite
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=908
x
#8
Field Seance
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1018
x
#9
Speaking to the Dead
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1162
x
#10
Soul in Hand
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1258
x
#11
The Lion's Cage
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1297
x
#12a
The Afflictor's Key
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434
x
#12b
An Undeserved Fate
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434
x
#13
From the Mouths of Madness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1831
x
#14
By and Down the River
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1911
x
#15a
Wounds Beyond Flesh
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2030
x
#15b
A Good Axe
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2030
x
#16
Draw Out the Darkness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2210
x
#17
The Path to Salvation
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2285
x
#18
Stand as One
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2510

Read all 10 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,400
MoneyGold11g 70s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Maw
Objective areaStormwind City2 mapped points
Objective areaOrgrimmar2 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.

The Maw Quest turn-in
Stormwind City Objective area 2 mapped points
Stormwind City map showing where to go for A Moment's RespiteObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #84 77.1 42.1

Orgrimmar Objective area 2 mapped points
Orgrimmar map showing where to go for A Moment's RespiteObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #85 49.1 78.1

Coordinates

  • Objective areaStormwind City 77.1, 42.1/way #84 77.1 42.1
  • Objective areaOrgrimmar 49.1, 78.1/way #85 49.1 78.1

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Quest Line

Storyline

Through the Shattered Sky

Part 10 of 23.

Day 1 Shadowlands Questline

Previous: A Flight from Darkness · Next: Field Seance

  1. 5Mawsworn Menace
  2. 6Ruiner's End
  3. 7Fear to Tread
  4. 8On Blackened Wings
  5. 9A Flight from Darkness
  6. 10A Moment's Respite
  7. 11Field Seance
  8. 12Speaking to the Dead
  9. 13Soul in Hand
  10. 14The Lion's Cage
  11. 15The Afflictor's Key
  12. 16An Undeserved Fate

Showing steps 5 to 16 of 23.

Also part of: Maw Intro (part 9 of 23).

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.

  • A Flight from DarknessLevel 50

    There's a cave not far from here. If we hurry, we can seek refuge. Those fiends will give chase if they spot us. Be prepared for a fight!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Field SeanceLevel 50

    If these souls have information we need, we will take it from them. Even after being shattered by the Banshee, the helm fragment given to you by Bolvar holds the power of Domination. With it, we should be able to take control of the spirits long enough to find out what they know.

The storyline at a glance

Through the Shattered Sky has 23 steps, from Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons to Stand as One.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Maw (21), Icecrown Citadel (2).

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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