TheWoWDBIt's also the only mailbox a Death Knight can fully use without completing their questline...
Pretty useful in some weird ways...
Quest
Abandoned Mail
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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From that mailbox you obtain the letter News from the North, explaining the movement of Naxxramas from Eastern Plaguelands.
This quest is picked up in front of the small house at (55,46)
It sits above a functioning mailbox in the Death Knight starting zone.
Quest facts
Quest ID12711
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12711))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12711 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
Requirements
ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
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.
Turn-inIn-game waypoint: /way #124 55.3 46.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 55.3, 46.2
/way #124 55.3 46.2
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
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Experience525 XP
Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 15 of 58.
Previous: Tonight We Dine In Havenshire · Next: Death's Challenge
- 10The Scarlet Harvest
- 11If Chaos Drives, Let Suffering Hold The Reins
- 12Grand Theft Palomino
- 13Into the Realm of Shadows
- 14Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
- 15Abandoned Mail
- 16Death's Challenge
- 17Gothik the Harvester
- 18The Gift That Keeps On Giving
- 19An Attack Of Opportunity
- 20Massacre At Light's Point
- 21Victory At Death's Breach!
Showing steps 10 to 21 of 58.
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.
- Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
The Sky Darkeners are mindless constructs with one purpose: KILL! Specifically, they are aiming to kill any man or woman that they see fleeing Havenshire for the safety of New Avalon. We certainly can't allow those cowards to make it to safety and then take up arms against us!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Death's Challenge
Born of the Lich King's victory over Illidan Stormrage in the heart of the frozen wastes, Death's Challenge is a rite of passage that all death knights must undergo. Seek out other death knights of Acherus and challenge them to a duel. They must accept and fight until a victor emerges!
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.