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Quest
A Necessary Distraction
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Slay Sunfury Warlocks(http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=21503) and use the quest item on Azaloth to free him.
The item you need is the Scroll of Demonic Unbanishing (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30811). Looks like the drop rate is better off of warlocks than summoners.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 25-30
Quest ID10688
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10688))
Requirements
ReputationThe Scryers: Neutral or higher
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineShadowmoon Valley, step 106 of 147
Rewards4,100 XP
Description
The weapons are authentic, as we feared. Illidan is training demon hunters at the Ruins of Karabor and we must put an end to it. Do not be fooled by their name, {name}, their power will be used against us as often as against any demon. Their warlocks summon and subdue demons to be used as part of the initiates' training. A pit lord named Azaloth has proven too strong to be used in training and is kept banished. Find a way to let him loose on his captors. That should buy us the time we need.
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 areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #104 55.7 58.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 55.7, 58.2
/way #104 55.7 58.2 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 69.8, 51.4
/way #104 69.8 51.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 71.2, 50.5
/way #104 71.2 50.5
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 Shadowmoon Valley map
- Honor the Flame about 900 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 900 yards
- Hero's Call: Shadowmoon Valley! about 910 yards
- Grand Master Antari about 1,510 yards
- Warchief's Command: Shadowmoon Valley! about 1,680 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shadowmoon Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
- Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon Valley
- Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley
- Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon Valley
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Scryers +250
Other quests on the Shadowmoon Valley map
Reward details
Reputation: The Scryers +250
Voren'thal the Seer leads the dissident blood elves who've rejected Kael'thas' path to power. They've joined forces with the naaru of Shattrath City, much to the dismay of the Aldor.
Reputation group: Shattrath City.
Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward The Scryers reputation: Tablets of Baa'ri (+250), Oronu the Elder (+250), The Ashtongue Corruptors (+250), The Warden's Cage (+75), Karabor Training Grounds (+250), Return to the Scryers (+75).
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
Shadowmoon Valley
Part 106 of 147.
Previous: Karabor Training Grounds · Next: Altruis
- 101The Cipher of Damnation
- 102Karabor Training Grounds
- 103A Necessary Distraction
- 104Altruis
- 105Karabor Training Grounds
- 106A Necessary Distraction
- 107Altruis
- 108Against the Legion
- 109Against the Illidari
- 110Against All Odds
- 111Illidan's Pupil
- 112The Book of Fel Names
Showing steps 101 to 112 of 147.
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.
- Karabor Training Grounds
Our scouts have reported a massive influx of Sunfury blood elf recruits heading to the Ruins of Karabor. Normally this would represent a purely military threat, however we believe something else is amiss.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Altruis
You don't see many demon hunters nowadays. They're viewed with suspicion by their own people and it's very rare to find one that doesn't have some sort of allegiance to Illidan. There are rumors of one such demon hunter out in Nagrand. His name is Altruis.
The storyline at a glance
Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley map
- Battle Pet Tamers
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.