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A Tempered Blade

A Tempered Blade is an Alliance-only quest for level 50 in Nazjatar, added in Battle for Azeroth. It is step 23 of 47 in the Welcome to Nazjatar storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Nazjatar at 39.5, 53.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 6,800 experience and money.

Description

These blades that I wield are newly forged. The time has come to temper them in the blood of my enemies.

I have heard that you are skilled in the ways of battle. I too am proficient in the business of death and I would be honored to fight at your side.

Accompany me, <class>, and together we will spill the blood of our enemies.

Rewards

You will receive:

  • Spell: World QuestsUnlocks access to World Quests in Nazjatar.
Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP
ReputationWaveblade Ankoan +75
Top Comments

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Oceandust+337via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The NPC that follows you around may not properly reset to Mezzamere. If you have the quest completed and Bladesman Inowari is still following you, try to zone out of Nazjatar (I took the portal from Mezz to Boralus) then take the Boralus portal back to Nazjatar. That should make the NPC show up properly to turn in this quest. At least it did for me.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,800
MoneyGold23g 40s
ReputationWaveblade Ankoan+75

Reward details

Reputation: Waveblade Ankoan +75

An ancient species of deep sea warriors, the Waveblade Ankoan traverse the deepest and most dangerous parts of the ocean.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Nazjatar that reward Waveblade Ankoan reputation: A Brief Respite (+500), Creature Study: Zanj'ir Naga (+150), The Laboratory of Mardivas (+500), Where the Road Leads (+150), The Lost Shaman (+25), Elemental Fury (+75).

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 mapNazjatarTurn-in marker at 39.5, 53.4, 12 mapped points
Quest Line

Storyline

Welcome to Nazjatar

Part 23 of 47.

Previous: Rescue The Farseer · Next: A Brief Respite

  1. 18The Heart Forge
  2. 19Harnessing the Power
  3. 20Scouting the Palace
  4. 21The Lost Shaman
  5. 22Rescue The Farseer
  6. 23A Tempered Blade
  7. 25A Brief Respite
  8. 26Insight into Our Enemies
  9. 27Deteriorating Knowledge
  10. 28Bound by Honor
  11. 29What We Know of the Naga

Showing steps 18 to 29 of 47.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Quest chain

  1. 1Scouting the Palace
  2. 2The Lost Shaman
  3. 3Rescue The Farseer
  4. 4A Tempered Blade

Step 4 of 4. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Rescue The FarseerNazjatar · Level 50

    My master, Farseer Ori, has been imprisoned by the forces of Queen Azshara. Farseer Ori was captured while performing a sacred ritual to call upon the elements for guidance. I managed to escape, but the ritual has been left unfinished.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Brief RespiteNazjatar · Level 50

    We have much to do, <name>. However, we are all weary and require rest. Decisions made while fatigued are almost always the wrong ones to make. The Ankoan have offered their home to us, yet they are barely holding on themselves.

The storyline at a glance

Welcome to Nazjatar has 47 steps, from Send the Fleet to Changing Tides.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazjatar (38), Chamber of Heart (4), The Dragon's Spine (4), Highmountain (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Nazjatar 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.

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.

Nazjatar Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Nazjatar map showing where to go for A Tempered BladeTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1355 39.5 53.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNazjatar 39.5, 53.4/way #1355 39.5 53.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Nazjatar 40.1, 37.7/way #1355 40.1 37.7
  • Objective areaNazjatar 39.5, 53.6/way #1355 39.5 53.6

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 Nazjatar map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Nazjatar:

  • Mezzamere, NazjatarAlliance · about 20 yards south-east
  • Ashen Strand, NazjatarAlliance · about 540 yards north-west
  • Wreck of the Old Blanchy, NazjatarAlliance · about 930 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 450 yards north

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.

Build history

First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight patch 12.0.7, the oldest build in our datamine).

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