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Quest
Ambush At The Overlook
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Pretty easy quest. Just run East to the Overlook, use the "disguise" in your inventory and a paper looking prop tree appears in front of you, while the courier appeared behind me immediately as well. Easy kill.
It's once again time for... CSI: Eastern Kingdoms!
"There has been grievous injury caused to this individual. Most baffling is, he was robbed of all his belongings, even his clothes were taken, only thing left here is this mangled body and that... Poorly drawn cardboard tree."
"It would seem that... *puts on shades* Curiosity killed the Crusader."
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Quest facts
Quest ID12754
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12754))
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 12754 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.
Description
While you were out burning churches and murdering vermin, I've been busy formulating a plan. The Scarlet courier is scheduled to pass by the Scarlet Overlook within the hour. The roads by the overlook are wide open and swarming with Crusaders. Use this makeshift cover to hide at the overlook and wait for the Scarlet Courier to pass. When he's close enough, strike with all your fury! Cut him down and take his belongings - including his clothes! The overlook is 200 paces east of here.
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-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 56.3 79.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 56.3, 79.8
/way #124 56.3 79.8 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 60.2, 74.9
/way #124 60.2 74.9
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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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Money10 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 47 of 58.
Previous: A Sort Of Homecoming · Next: A Meeting With Fate
- 42A Special Surprise
- 43A Special Surprise
- 44A Special Surprise
- 45A Special Surprise
- 46A Sort Of Homecoming
- 47Ambush At The Overlook
- 48A Meeting With Fate
- 49The Scarlet Onslaught Emerges
- 50Scarlet Armies Approach...
- 51The Scarlet Apocalypse
- 52An End To All Things...
- 53The Lich King's Command
Showing steps 42 to 53 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.
- A Sort Of Homecoming
Return to Thassarian at the Scarlet Tavern and let him know that Koltira's cry for vengeance has been answered. The Chapel of the Crimson Flame will be a pile of ashes in a matter of hours. You're one cold-blooded monster, <name>. I salute you, brother.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Meeting With Fate
This message must reach Abbendis. We do not want to draw their suspicion. They must continue under the assumption that everything is going as they planned. You will don the Scarlet courier's clothes and with the help of some dark magic, take on the form of the courier.
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
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.