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Altar Altercation

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

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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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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-40
LocationTanaan Jungle
CategoryAssault on the Dark Portal
Quest ID34423

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

Requirements

Requires all ofBlaze of Glory, Bled Dry, Vengeance for the Fallen

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

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. <Khadgar looks over his shoulder.> Bring that strapping orc with you. The one that's not Thrall.

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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.

Tanaan Jungle Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Tanaan Jungle map showing where to go for Altar AltercationTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #577 72.0 40.5

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

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.

Related
  • 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 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP

Storyline

The Bleeding Hollow

Part 6 of 6.

Previous: Vengeance for the Fallen

  1. 1Blaze of Glory
  2. 2Bled Dry
  3. 3Bled Dry
  4. 4Vengeance for the Fallen
  5. 5Vengeance for the Fallen
  6. 6Altar Altercation

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

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.