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A Potential Ally

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

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varenne+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

"Assault on the Dark Portal" Quest chain
Welcome to Draenor(A) Welcome to Draenor(H)

Blasted Lands
1. Warlords of Draenor: The Dark Portal video
2. Azeroth's Last Stand video
3. Onslaught's End video
4. The Portal's Power video
5. The Cost of War video
6. Blaze of Glory video
7. Vengeance for the Fallen(A) Vengeance for the Fallen(H) video
8. Bled Dry(A) Bled Dry(H) video
9. Altar Altercation video
10. The Kargathar Proving Grounds video
11. A Potential Ally(A) A Potential Ally(H) video
12. Kill Your Hundred video

Umbral Halls
13. Masters of Shadow(A) Masters of Shadow(H) video
14. The Shadowmoon Clan(A) The Shadowmoon Clan(H) video
15. Yrel(A) Yrel(H) video
16. Keli'dan the Breaker(A) Keli'dan the Breaker(H) video

Blackrock Quarry
17. Prepare for Battle(A) Prepare for Battle(H) video
18. The Battle of the Forge video
19. Ga'nar of the Frostwolf video
20. The Gunpowder Plot video
21. The Shadow of the Worldbreaker video
22. Polishing the Iron Throne video
23. The Prodigal Frostwolf video
24. Taking a Trip to the Top of the Tank video
25. A Taste of Iron video
26. The Home Stretch(A) The Home Stretch(H) video

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Eilonthay+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Upon accepting the quest:

Vindicator Maraad says: Stay alive, <Name>.

And once you fight your way through some mobs to get to Drek'Thar and Maladaar:

Farseer Drek'Thar says: I feel the flames dying down. What is happening, exarch?
Exarch Maladaar says: We have a visitor. Perhaps...a savior.
Exarch Maladaar says: We are freed! Follow me, shaman. We will escape through the hills.

Next quest - Kill Your Hundred.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-40
CategoryAssault on the Dark Portal
Quest ID34478

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34478))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

One of the captured draenei is receiving some... preferential treatment, if you can call it that. While others are tied down and tortured, this one is tied to a stake and burned for the orcs' amusement. Use this runestone. It should handily deal with the ring of fire that surrounds this draenei.

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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.

Tanaan Jungle Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Tanaan Jungle map showing where to go for A Potential AllyTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #577 73.2 38.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTanaan Jungle 73.2, 38.9/way #577 73.2 38.9
  • Objective areaTanaan Jungle 69.1, 32.9/way #577 69.1 32.9
  • Objective areaTanaan Jungle 73.0, 38.1/way #577 73.0 38.1

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 Tanaan Jungle map

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

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 140 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Chest
Item level39
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+8 Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for57 gold25 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level39
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +9 Mastery
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for57 gold47 silver
TypeMail Chest
Item level39
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor19
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Haste, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for57 gold69 silver
TypePlate Chest
Item level39
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor28
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Mastery, +7 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for57 gold91 silver

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 Shattered Hand

Part 2 of 4.

Previous: The Kargathar Proving Grounds · Next: A Potential Ally

  1. 1The Kargathar Proving Grounds
  2. 2A Potential Ally
  3. 3A Potential Ally
  4. 4Kill Your Hundred

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.

  • The Kargathar Proving GroundsLevel 10-40

    The orcs in this area look like members of the Shattered Hand clan. You can tell by looking at their hands. Let's join up with the others. We must find a way out of here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Kill Your HundredLevel 10-40

    I see only one way out of this trap, <name>, and it's right through the middle of that arena. This might be the end of us.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Level 10-40.

The storyline at a glance

The Shattered Hand has 4 steps, from The Kargathar Proving Grounds to Kill Your Hundred.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaan Jungle (4).

Other storylines on the Tanaan Jungle 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.