Quest

A Way Back In

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

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Boxofbeer2017-01-26T13:23:32-06:00+34via Wowhead

There's [npc=100192] in Suramar city, you have to talk with him. You can find him inside a building at 41.4 60.6, get in through left entrance, there he is.

TomTom:
/way Suramar 41.4 60.6 Astoril
A Way Back In — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CVHK4eNmF4

speedmaster2016-09-05T09:38:51-05:00+12via Wowhead

So if you used the teleporter like I did you ended up where you need to be (Order of Sanctum).
You just need to go up to the main entrance again and take the teleporter to the left and you will find where you need to go.

Lazare692017-03-25T06:56:54-05:00+12via Wowhead

For those who tried to follow the "other instructions" on how to get to him. Disregard them as most are WRONG!. He is NOT in the Order of Sanctum, though you can use it to get to him faster if you want. He is actually in the building ACROSS from it on the Grand Promenade. Location is 41.4 60.7 (standing right on top of him) on the main level. The building he is located in does have three entrances, of which his is the left most which is the location I listed above.
A heartfelt thank you goes to Boxofbeer for his video as that is the only way I could find this guy using "other instructions"
Cheers!
For those who have TomTom:
/way Suramar 41.4 60.7 Astoril

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45

ZoneSuramar

Quest ID40401

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40401))

What to do

StorylineA Desperate Journey, step 1 of 4

Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

I must get back into Suramar. I was exiled unfairly! I cannot live out here like this. I need the Nightwell's energies... I saw a message carved into a wall a few days ago. There is someone in the Water Gardens who can smuggle people into the city. It said "We shall drink of the Well again." I cannot survive a confrontation with the guards again. Will you go in my stead? Once I am back in the city I can repay you.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inSuramar 41.4, 60.7/way #680 41.4 60.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 41.2, 59.9/way #680 41.2 59.9
Objective areaSuramar 34.3, 56.2/way #680 34.3 56.2

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 Suramar map

Elegant Design about 30 yards
In the Bag about 130 yards
Crystal Clearing about 140 yards
Powering Down the Portal about 140 yards
Breaching the Sanctum about 160 yards
Cling to Hope about 170 yards
Scouting the Breach about 170 yards
Ly'leth's Champion about 220 yards
Take Me To Your Leader about 280 yards
Taking a Promenade about 280 yards

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

Getting there

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

Meredil, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 580 yards north-west
Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards south
Irongrove Retreat, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 30 yards north
Objective areaabout 430 yards north-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.

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Money20 gold22 silver

Experience6,150 XP

Other quests on the Suramar map

Storyline

A Desperate Journey

Part 1 of 4.

Next: Final Preparations

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.

Final PreparationsSuramar · Level 45
We will need supplies for our trip into Suramar. We cannot exactly stop for refreshments at the gate with you two in tow, can we? The water gardens were a place to socialize and relax. Before the patrols arrived it was rather trivial to hide some mana wine for later retrieval.

The storyline at a glance

A Desperate Journey has 4 steps, from A Way Back In to Quality of Life.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (4).

Other storylines on the Suramar map

Blood and Wine17 steps, starts with Moths to a Flame
Balance of Power35 steps, starts with The Power Within
An Elven Problem14 steps, starts with Stabilizing Suramar
Crafting War17 steps, starts with Feeding the Rebellion
The Waning Crescent13 steps, starts with Lady Lunastre
Eminent Grow-main13 steps, starts with Feline Frantic

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.