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A Tide Needing Turned

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

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Jesther+24via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is a real short and quick synopsis for the final chapter of The War Within campaign storyline (prior to the Siren Isle introduction). Just follow the objectives of each of the quests, pretty straightforward, this one takes you to Hallowfall where you pick up The Might of Khaz Algar and Steel and Flames. Completing the second one leads to Cutting Off the Legs. Completing all of these then leads to A Light in the Dark where a cinematic cutscene plays and then you enter a scenario. While in the scenario it's worth checking the big map to help navigate in the dark. When you complete the scenario you pick up and Return to Dornogal.. Complete that quest with a brief chat with Anduin and earn The War Within!

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L0vel0rn+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

It seems like this is a reference to Gandalf, the wizard who was thought dead after sacrificing himself so that others could get themselves to safety.
"And I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide."

That was the first thing that popped into my head when I read the title of the quest, and with Alleria turning the tide by dealing a first noticeable blow to Xa'latath and the return of our very own wizard, I couldn't help but notice the similarities.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 80
ZoneHallowfall
LocationHallowfall, Dornogal
SideBoth
SharableYes
Added inThe War Within
Quest ID78941

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(78941))

What to do

WhereHallowfall, Dornogal
StorylineA Light in the Dark, step 1 of 6
Rewards3g 9s, 1,450 XP

Description

Xal'atath's army has been capable of striking at us for a while now. So what caused her to choose this moment? Something is wrong here. She waited for us to build an army in response, and then attacks openly. We're playing into her hands. Report to the Arathi general. I'll head to the battlefield directly.

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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.

Hallowfall Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Hallowfall map showing where to go for A Tide Needing TurnedTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #2215 71.7 59.1

Dornogal Objective area no plotted point

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHallowfall 71.7, 59.1/way #2215 71.7 59.1

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 Hallowfall map

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

Getting there

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

  • The Aegis Wall, HallowfallAlliance and Horde · about 150 yards north
  • Dunelle's Kindness, HallowfallAlliance and Horde · about 880 yards north-west
  • Faerin's Advance, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 980 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.

Related
Money3 gold9 silver
Experience1,450 XP

Storyline

A Light in the Dark

Part 1 of 6.

Next: The Might of Khaz Algar

  1. 1A Tide Needing Turned
  2. 2The Might of Khaz Algar
  3. 3Steel and Flames
  4. 4Cutting Off the Legs
  5. 5A Light in the Dark
  6. 6Return to Dornogal

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

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Might of Khaz AlgarHallowfall · Level 80

    The Harbinger thinks she can catch us off guard, but she's a fool if she expects to win this fight. The Algari Offensive stands at your back, <name>. Spare no enemy.

The storyline at a glance

A Light in the Dark has 6 steps, from A Tide Needing Turned to Return to Dornogal.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hallowfall (5), Dornogal (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hallowfall 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.