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A Shot at the Dark

A Shot at the Dark is a quest for level 80-90. It is step 4 of 4 in the Considering an Alternative storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Val at 59.7, 22.4. It rewards 29,400 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Now that our trap is attuned, we just need to lure our prey out into the open.

I have strategically... dismantled... certain parts of the projection device I obtained. Impotus should have difficulty seeing and hearing you clearly.

Claim to be one of his allies and demand a meeting at once. We will hope his curiosity gets the better of him.

And then...

<Leona holds up the void-infused gem, glances at it for a moment, then nods at you.>

Rewards

You will receive:

Money61 gold96 silver
Experience29,400 XP
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Mypciscraze+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Hi all

To Finish this Achievement Frosty Domanaar Politics. You need to do 3 Storylines. This Achievement is a part of A Trip Around the Stars.

List of Storyline in Val:

1. [storyline=6272] - See My Video if need it - https://youtu.be/vRLAd5APasI

Spoiler
1. Disrupting the Order:

- Slay 3 Mobs:
[npc=264669] - /way 38.09 54.89,
[npc=264677] - /way 38.20 67.72,
[npc=264680] - /way 56.25 84.37,

And any mobs from them until 100%. This Quest leade You to 'Port Of Entry' not on list in wowhead O_o.

2. Port of Entry - You need to take portal /way 34.44 75.68, and slay mobs next to oposite portal. This will open You next Quest

3. Victory Within Hindsight - Use portal to get out and wait for NPC then press on him /way 35.82 71.17, will be a conversation then go back to place when you take first Quest.


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2. [storyline=6291] - See My Video if need it - https://youtu.be/nHhYbEM82ts

Spoiler
1. A New Approach - Start in camp i Val. First use Quest item to transform will be on left on quest logs [item=275667]. Then Move ( i use teleport good at first to do quest Spatial Reasoning to activate teleports ) /way 47.24 71.06, and speak with Void, then take portal /way 49.46 97.05 inside bulding, and speak with NPC on left after portal, then You need to speak with Void on secound chamber is on other side then go down to the end and then move up /way 32.80 51.77, Then go back secound floor to return Quest /way 63.29 65.39,
2. Captivating Science - Slay Voids untill 100 % is hard to do solo on Heroic mode xD I started already with 50% You dont need to go far awey from NPC mobs are very close but hard solo. Return to Quest giver is same place.
3. A Place to Negotiate - Get Out From this Void palace xD and move to /way 61.79 69.97,
4. A Shot at the Dark - Interact with the projection device and slay [npc=267578] is next to quest giver. if not there just w8, i have like this and i waste a lot of time to try find him on map xD don't do my mistake :).


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3. [storyline=6297] - is up 22.07.2026. - https://youtu.be/nCcAX7-Q5SQ

Spoiler
1. Vanquish the Warmonger - Pick up in Val base. Go to Void Acropolis interior, you can go normal or use undercover. In Quest You need to get 100 by pressing on Supply Crates ( 6% ) or Wapons Crate ( 12 % ), or go with out under cover and slay mobs to get % to. When Get to 100% go to first chamber where is portal to get out and speak with [npc=267786] then You will be move in middle of chamber then slay [npc=265200] and loot [item=277116] then go back to base to return Quest.
2. Depose the Deranged - Not in Wowhead data base - Take a portal to Forgotten Depths /way 43.43 71.68, and inside deen investigate 3 objects, every time deeper in deen in 3rd one [npc=264939] will spown slay him and loot [item=276359] then go back to base.
3. Umbral Title Bout - Use [object=655933] /way 33.12 72.60, and at first Slay 3 waves of mobs ( i die 2 times ...... good that resp is next to it ) then slay [npc=264942] then go back to base that will finish story line and You will complete Frosty Domanaar Politics.


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Hope That Help You :).

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyField Accolade35
ExperienceXP29,400
MoneyGold61g 96s

Reward details

Currency: Field Accolade x 35

Maren Silverwing will exchange these for Void-Touched Caches in Silvermoon City.

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapValTurn-in marker at 59.7, 22.4, 2 mapped points
World Map

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.

Val Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Val map showing where to go for A Shot at the DarkTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2599 59.7 22.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVal 59.7, 22.4/way #2599 59.7 22.4
  • Objective areaVal 62.2, 70.4/way #2599 62.2 70.4

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 Val map

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

Getting there

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

  • Umbral Base CampAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards north
  • Steam RavineAlliance and Horde · about 290 yards south
  • Void AcropolisAlliance and Horde · about 330 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 300 yards south

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

Considering an Alternative

Part 4 of 4.

Previous: A Place to Negotiate

  1. 1A New Approach
  2. 2Captivating Science
  3. 3A Place to Negotiate
  4. 4A Shot at the Dark

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 Place to NegotiateLevel 80-90

    While you were attuning the gem to the Void, I managed to acquire one of Impotus's projection devices. We're going to use it to lure him to us, then prevent him from escaping with the gem. Not here, though. Let us find somewhere more discrete.

Also counted by Frosty Domanaar Politics

Its criteria name 3 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Considering an Alternative has 4 steps, from A New Approach to A Shot at the Dark.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Void Acropolis (2), Val (2).

Other storylines on the Val 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 this achievement.

Frosty Domanaar PoliticsComplete the following quest lines on Val.10
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A Shattered Past
A Short Fuse
A Short Fuse
A Short-Lived Peace
A Shot at the Top
A Show of Faith
A Show of Gratitude
A Show of Strength
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