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A New Direction (775 XP)

A New Direction is a quest for level 8-45. It is step 13 of 20 in the Vault of the Wardens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormwind City at 72.6, 47.1. It rewards 775 experience and money.

Description

<Your hand burns with felfire as a scroll materializes within your grasp. The seal bears the mark of the Illidari.>

<name>, as leader of the Illidari in Lord Illidan's absence, you must choose your second-in-command.

Kayn or Altruis. You can only choose one.

The chosen shall become your personal champion, and their ideology will color our decisions for the Illidari going forward. No matter who is chosen, our mission remains unchanged.

-Kor'vas Bloodthorn

Rewards

Money2 gold2 silver20 copper
Experience775 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(95215))

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP775
MoneyGold2g 2s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapStormwind CityTurn-in marker at 72.6, 47.1, 2 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.

Stormwind City Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Stormwind City map showing where to go for A New DirectionTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #84 72.6 47.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormwind City 72.6, 47.1/way #84 72.6 47.1
  • Objective areaStormwind City 52.3, 14.2/way #84 52.3 14.2

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 Stormwind City map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormwind City:

  • Stormwind, ElwynnAlliance · about 300 yards south
  • Goldshire, ElwynnAlliance · about 970 yards south-east
  • Furlbrow's Pumpkin Farm, WestfallAlliance · about 1,500 yards south-west
  • Flamestar Post, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 520 yards north-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

Vault of the Wardens

Part 13 of 20.

Previous: A New Direction · Next: Between Us and Freedom

  1. 8Forged in Fire
  2. 9Beam Me Up
  3. 10Frozen in Time
  4. 11All The Way Up
  5. 12A New Direction
  6. 13A New Direction
  7. 15Between Us and Freedom
  8. 16Between Us and Freedom
  9. 17Between Us and Freedom
  10. 18Between Us and Freedom
  11. 19Illidari, We Are Leaving

Showing steps 8 to 19 of 20.

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.

  • All The Way UpLevel 8-45

    Kor'vas went ahead to meet up with Kayn and Altruis. Step onto the elevator when it arrives, and meet them in the Hall of Judgment above.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Between Us and FreedomLevel 8-45

    The last of our survivors have fought their way into the final chamber ahead. Only one obstacle stands between us and the vault's exit - the leader of this demon invasion, Bastillax. Kill him, take his power, and claim our freedom.

Other quests with this name

This one: Level 8-45.

The storyline at a glance

Vault of the Wardens has 20 steps, from Breaking Out to Illidari, We Are Leaving.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vault of the Wardens (7), Vault of the Wardens (7), Vault of the Wardens (5), Stormwind City (1).

Other storylines on the Stormwind City 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 New Direction. They differ in the classes/rewards shown here.

QuestClassesRewardsID
A New Direction (this page)Same775 XP95215
A New DirectionDemon Hunter7,700 XP40373
Related
A New Court
A New Dawn
A New Devouring
A New Direction
A New Era for the Plaguelands
A New Fate
A New Foothold
A New Friend
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