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A New Life for Undeath

A World of Warcraft quest in Stormheim. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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1181172+29via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I was having the same issue today. Looks like I skipped a quest that looks very much like a side quest. If you are looking for her outside the vault you need to go back across the water and pickup a side quest from a tiny boat at 57,72. It makes you blow up a ship and takes you back across for another quest or two before you can meet Sylvanas again and enter the vault.

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OtterCid+26via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

for anyone trying to do this for the decor, without having done any quests in stormheim. it took me around 20 minutes to complete the entire questline and that's only because you cant fly in some zones.
just follow the campaign quests in stormheim, no need to use your brain at all. follow the main story quest and you will eventually get to this. :)

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneStormheim
Quest ID38882

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(38882))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Secret of the Shieldmaidens, step 7 of 7
RewardsFragment of the Soulcage, 20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

It seems that you are full of surprises, {name}. With the blessing of the Valkyra queen, you have opened a path that will shape the destiny of Azeroth. I invite you to bear witness, for today a new day dawns on the Forsaken!

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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.

Stormheim Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Stormheim map showing where to go for A New Life for UndeathTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #634 55.1 72.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormheim 55.1, 72.7/way #634 55.1 72.7
  • Objective areaStormheim 64.5, 68.1/way #634 64.5 68.1
  • Objective areaStormheim 62.6, 68.1/way #634 62.6 68.1

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 Stormheim map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormheim:

  • Dreadwake's Landing, StormheimHorde · about 40 yards west
  • Hafr Fjall, StormheimAlliance and Horde · about 570 yards south
  • Cullen's Post, StormheimHorde · about 780 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 570 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 470 yards east

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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
ReputationValarjar +250

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeConsumable
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
Sells to vendors for25 gold

“Gifted by Helya, the Soulcage held the power to compel the soul of any being.”

Reputation: Valarjar +250

These are the chosen warriors of Odyn, sworn to his service in life and death.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Stormheim that reward Valarjar reputation: A Grapple a Day (+150), Havi's Test (+10), Built to Scale (+150), Another Way (+150), To Weather the Storm (+150), Impalement Insurance (+150).

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

The Secret of the Shieldmaidens

Part 7 of 7.

Previous: Shielded Secrets

  1. 1Dreadwake's Dilemma
  2. 2Clear the Deck!
  3. 3A Gift for Greymane
  4. 4Becoming the Ascendant
  5. 5To Skold-Ashil
  6. 6Shielded Secrets
  7. 7A New Life for Undeath

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.

  • Shielded SecretsStormheim · Level 10-45

    Our goal lies within that vault, <class>. I don't have time to explain in detail - just know that it is vital to the Forsaken that we succeed. The shieldmaidens have proven tenacious in their defense, but I believe there may be another way in.

Also counted by Campaign: Stormheim

Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:

Also counted by Vrykul Story, Bro

Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Secret of the Shieldmaidens has 7 steps, from Dreadwake's Dilemma to A New Life for Undeath.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormheim (7).

Other storylines on the Stormheim 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.

Campaign: StormheimComplete the Stormheim storylines listed below with a Timerunner.Vrykul Story, BroComplete the Stormheim storylines listed below.10