Quest Log

Altar Altercation

Altar Altercation is a quest for level 10-40. It is step 6 of 6 in The Bleeding Hollow storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Tanaan Jungle at 72.0, 40.5. It rewards 5,450 experience and money.

Description

You see that altar down there? There's a magical eye settled at its peak, and I fear our group will not survive if it sees us.

Distract the eye, <name>. Cause a commotion, kill some ritualists, whatever you have to do - just occupy that thing long enough for me to guide the rest of our group past its gaze.

Bring that strapping orc with you. The one that's not Thrall.

Rewards

You will receive:

Spell: Advanced Combat MechanicsUnlocks abilities which control the flow of combat, such as crowd controls, interrupts, and dispels. Mechanics vary by class and specialization.

Money16

Experience5,450 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Tanaan Jungle 72.0, 40.5 /way #577 72.0 40.5
Named in the quest text: Khadgar, Thrall.

Known issues

Top Comments

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royaliteJun 28, 2014+29via Wowhead

Wondering where the 3rd orb is? Look up silly!
Still need help? Go to the right and around the temple. Find the stairs leading up.

Random0230Nov 23, 2014+25via Wowhead

If you forget to talk to Arlok before running down to the altar area, you apparently will not receive credit for escorting him even if you run back up to talk him and take him down to the altar area. You will also not be able to kill the orbs.
If you logout and back in, this seems to work as a way to be able to get the escort credit. Abandoning and retaking the quest doesn't seem to fix this.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34423))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

royaliteJun 28, 2014+29via Wowhead

Wondering where the 3rd orb is? Look up silly!
Still need help? Go to the right and around the temple. Find the stairs leading up.

Random0230Nov 23, 2014+25via Wowhead

If you forget to talk to Arlok before running down to the altar area, you apparently will not receive credit for escorting him even if you run back up to talk him and take him down to the altar area. You will also not be able to kill the orbs.
If you logout and back in, this seems to work as a way to be able to get the escort credit. Abandoning and retaking the quest doesn't seem to fix this.

KadiGeeNov 23, 2014+23via Wowhead

Bring that strapping orc with you. The one that's not Thrall.
Haha, sorry, am I the only one that finds this the slightest bit amusing? I have no idea why...

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	5,450
Money	Gold	16g 98s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Tanaan Jungle	Turn-in marker at 72.0, 40.5, 13 mapped points

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inTanaan Jungle 72.0, 40.5/way #577 72.0 40.5
Objective areaTanaan Jungle 72.0, 62.2/way #577 72.0 62.2
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaan Jungle 77.7, 53.6/way #577 77.7 53.6
Objective areaTanaan Jungle 76.6, 53.9/way #577 76.6 53.9
Objective areaTanaan Jungle 78.1, 53.5/way #577 78.1 53.5

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 Tanaan Jungle map

A Potential Ally about 40 yards
The Kargathar Proving Grounds about 50 yards
The Cost of War about 340 yards
Kill Your Hundred about 350 yards
The Shadowmoon Clan about 420 yards
Yrel about 430 yards
Onslaught's End about 430 yards
The Portal's Power about 430 yards
Warlords of Draenor: The Dark Portal about 430 yards
Masters of Shadow about 440 yards

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

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 350 yards south
Objective areaabout 250 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 240 yards south-east

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Bleeding Hollow

Part 6 of 6.

Previous: Vengeance for the Fallen

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.

Vengeance for the FallenLevel 10-40
Too many of my people have fallen at the hands of the Bleeding Hollow. Their cruelty cannot be forgiven. <The grieving orc looks up at you.> Make them pay.

The storyline at a glance

The Bleeding Hollow has 6 steps, from Blaze of Glory to Altar Altercation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaan Jungle (6).

Other storylines on the Tanaan Jungle map

The Shadowmoon8 steps, starts with Masters of Shadow
The Blackrock8 steps, starts with Prepare for Battle
The Dark Portal6 steps, starts with Warlords of Draenor: The Dark Portal
The Shattered Hand4 steps, starts with The Kargathar Proving Grounds
Escape From Tanaan4 steps, starts with Taking a Trip to the Top of the Tank

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.

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