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A Source of Terrifying Power

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneDread Wastes
Quest ID31661

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31661))

What to do

StorylineDread Wastes, step 12 of 72
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

<The clutch-keepers seem to be using these blinding white crystals as magical foci. Peering inside, you see thick tendrils of black smoke swirling in the center. One of the workers at Klaxxi'vess may know more about this material and why it is so abundant in the wastes.>

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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.

Dread Wastes Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dread Wastes map showing where to go for A Source of Terrifying PowerTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #422 55.0 35.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDread Wastes 55.0, 35.6/way #422 55.0 35.6
  • Objective areaDread Wastes 44.6, 41.3/way #422 44.6 41.3

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 Dread Wastes map

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

Getting there

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

  • Klaxxi'vess, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 50 yards north-east
  • The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 870 yards north
  • The Briny Muck, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 980 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 600 yards 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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Reward details

Currency: The Klaxxi x 75,000

Grants Reputation with The Klaxxi.

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

Dread Wastes

Part 12 of 72.

Previous: Amber Arms · Next: In Her Clutch

  1. 7The Klaxxi Council
  2. 8The Dread Clutches
  3. 9Not Fit to Swarm
  4. 10Dead Zone
  5. 11Amber Arms
  6. 12A Source of Terrifying Power
  7. 13In Her Clutch
  8. 14The Dreadsworn
  9. 15Concentrated Fear
  10. 16Citizens of a New Empire
  11. 17A Cry From Darkness
  12. 18Extending Our Coverage

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 72.

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.

  • Amber ArmsDread Wastes · Level 30-35

    You! Filth! You work for me now! The amber blades of the Shek'zeer Bladesworn are the finest weapons in the empire. If you are not impaled upon them immediately after leaving here, bring me as many of the blades as you can carry! I want to make sure we have weapons in reserve, should we need them.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • In Her ClutchDread Wastes · Level 30-35

    The crystal sings to the Klaxxi. They sense a paragon in the clutch, east of the tower. Clutch-keepers are trying to pollute this one. The Klaxxi will not permit this. Go and find the paragon. Place your hands on his chamber, and the Klaxxi will channel their whispers through you to break him free.

The storyline at a glance

Dread Wastes has 72 steps, from Falling Down to Blood of Ancients.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dread Wastes (69), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (3).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dread Wastes 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.