Quest Log

A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan is a quest for level 45. It is step 7 of 11 in the Saga of the Shadowblade III storyline. It rewards 3,050 experience and money.

Description

Like many dreadlords, Detheroc cannot help but gloat. He was careless and I overheard many of his plans while I was held captive.

With your leave, I would like to underscore the gravity of the situation in Stormwind. The fate of Azeroth hangs in the balance.

But for all of that, I have a simple plan: get 'em.

Rewards

Money10

Experience3,050 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Named in the quest text: Azeroth, Detheroc.

Known issues

Top Comments

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arbySep 11, 2016+67via Wowhead

If you suffer from pretty serious tunnel vision like me, you get a special action skill you need to use to "cast your vote" :p

valilivSep 11, 2016+50via Wowhead

Master Mathias Shaw says: Posing as me, Detheroc is whispering lies about the Horde in the ears of the new king of Stormwind. He must be stopped before it is too late.

Master Mathias Shaw says: Tethys will get us to the harbor by sea. We will have to stealth through to SI:7. We cannot fly in; Detheroc has snipers on the rooftops and wanted posters up with all of our faces
Dude, Detheroc literally looks like you... I don't think your face is on those wanted posters

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Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

arbySep 11, 2016+67via Wowhead

If you suffer from pretty serious tunnel vision like me, you get a special action skill you need to use to "cast your vote" :p

valilivSep 11, 2016+50via Wowhead

Master Mathias Shaw says: Posing as me, Detheroc is whispering lies about the Horde in the ears of the new king of Stormwind. He must be stopped before it is too late.

Master Mathias Shaw says: Tethys will get us to the harbor by sea. We will have to stealth through to SI:7. We cannot fly in; Detheroc has snipers on the rooftops and wanted posters up with all of our faces
Dude, Detheroc literally looks like you... I don't think your face is on those wanted posters

HvatumSep 9, 2016+29via Wowhead

I must say the voting gets kinda reduced when I have most of the council out on missions.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	3,050
Money	Gold	10g 11s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Dalaran

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.

Dalaran Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Dalaran map

Deciphering the Letter same spot
Call of The Uncrowned same spot
The Final Shadow same spot
A Worthy Blade same spot
Honoring Success same spot
Return to the Chamber of Shadows same spot
What Winstone Suggests same spot
Spy vs. Spy same spot
A Body of Evidence same spot
Another Worthy Blade same spot

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

Getting there

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

DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 270 yards east
Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north
Deliverance Point, Broken ShoreAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards south-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Saga of the Shadowblade III

Part 7 of 11.

Previous: Picking a Fight · Next: Under Cover of Darkness

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.

Picking a FightLevel 45
They're coming, <name>! I will get to work unlocking these fel-magic chains from the cage. You keep the Legion at bay.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Under Cover of DarknessLevel 45
We are off to Stormwind. Tethys will sneak us by water beneath the old barracks under cover of darkness tonight. The rest will be up to you, Mathias, and myself. We will have to stealth through Stormwind and confront Detheroc at SI:7. Are you ready to do this, <name>?

The storyline at a glance

Saga of the Shadowblade III has 11 steps, from Where In the World is Mathias? to Champion: Master Mathias Shaw.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (8), Suramar (2), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

A Classy Outfit Earn all 8 pieces of your Class Hall Armor Set.
A Heroic Campaign Complete three different class Order Campaigns.
An Epic Campaign Complete five different class Order Campaigns.

Other storylines on the Dalaran map

Saga of the Shadowblade I17 steps, starts with A Body of Evidence
The Uncrowned14 steps, starts with Call of The Uncrowned
Saga of the Shadowblade IV19 steps, starts with The Pirate's Bay
Saga of the Shadowblade II8 steps, starts with Maw of Souls: Ancient Vrykul Legends
The Kingslayers7 steps, starts with Finishing the Job

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 13 comments

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A Sight For Sore Eyes

A Sign From The Sky

A Signal in Storm Peaks

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