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An End to Beginnings

An End to Beginnings is a quest for level 7-10 in Exile's Reach. It is step 49 of 70 in The Missing Expedition storyline. It rewards 8 reward items, 5,650 experience and money.

Description

You've done fine work within Exile's Reach, recruit. You should continue on to the Dragon Isles.

I'm afraid I must change my plans and go back to Stormwind. I need to find out how the ogres found such powerful shadow magic.

I'm sure we'll meet again. I can tell you've got many adventures ahead of you.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money20 silver
Experience5,650 XP
Top Comments

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

1
TheBigDeeb+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I submitted a bug report about this issue, but there was no response from Blizzard. I tried Exile's Reach with five different characters until I finally figured out how to fix this bug.

Create a [race=7] Level 1 [class=5]
Choose Exile's Reach. Don’t forget to use your heirloom gear so you can one-shot everything with Shadow Word: Pain while in Exile's Reach.
Do not pick any talent specialization such as Shadow or Holy.

After you queue inside the dungeon and finish it, you will get teleported to the Dragon Isles. ONLY deliver the quest An End to Beginnings to [npc=238913], then do not take the new quest that gives you a flying mount.

Go to the dock and wait for the Stormwind ship to take you there.
Now fly to the Stormwind gate, where you will see [npc=154169]. Pick up the quest “Welcome to Stormwind.”
Do NOT click “Skip.” Deliver the quest to [npc=163095], and you will get the [item=248336].

Enjoy! ^^

Note:
The reason I told you to create a [race=7] is so you can buy [item=256330] from [npc=1247] <Must be a Gnome or Dwarf> :D

2
KenjiT28+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

"Alliance gryphon riden to Stormwind," so says the quest requirement. Yet shortly after you take to the air a gunship arrives over the island and instead of flying to it and riding on that back, we just keep going. Poor gryphons having to haul our butts all that way.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,650
MoneyGold20s

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeLeather Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 silver73 copper
TypeLeather Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 silver61 copper
TypeMail Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 silver61 copper
TypeMail Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 silver73 copper
TypePlate Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+1 Strength or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for2 silver33 copper
TypePlate Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+1 Strength or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for2 silver26 copper

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Objective areaExile's Reach1 mapped point
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.

Exile's Reach Objective area 1 mapped point
Exile's Reach map showing where to go for An End to BeginningsObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1409 39.9 32.1

Coordinates

  • Objective areaExile's Reach 39.9, 32.1/way #1409 39.9 32.1

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 Exile's Reach map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Exile's Reach:

  • Ogre Citadel, Exile's Reach IslandAlliance · about 640 yards north-west
  • Alliance Outpost, Exile's Reach OutpostAlliance · about 660 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 Missing Expedition

Part 49 of 70.

Previous: Hunting the Stalker · Next: Finding Your Way

  1. 44A Druid's Form
  2. 45A Mage's Knowledge
  3. 46The Best Way to Use Sheep
  4. 47A Hunter's Trap
  5. 48Hunting the Stalker
  6. 49An End to Beginnings
  7. 50Finding Your Way
  8. 53What's Your Specialty?
  9. 54Home Is Where the Hearth Is
  10. 55Welcome to Stormwind

Showing steps 44 to 55 of 70.

Also part of: To Darkmaul (part 7 of 7), A Dark Ritual (part 35 of 35).

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.

  • Hunting the StalkerExile's Reach · Level 1-10

    Now that you have your trap, there's a problem we need to deal with. A wild beast has been stalking our camp. It's already stolen some of our food. We have little enough as it is. You and I will work together. Set your freezing trap and lure out whatever this creature is.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Finding Your WayStormwind City · Level 7-10

    Stormwind has a lot to offer adventurers like us, but it's far too big to explore on foot. The captain has arranged for you to receive a mount to help you get around. She said to speak with Curly at the stables in Old Town... but I can't seem to remember the way there. Have no worries, <name>!

The storyline at a glance

The Missing Expedition has 70 steps, from Warming Up to Aiding the Dragon Isles.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Exile's Reach (49), Stormwind City (16), The Great Sea (3), The Waking Shores (2).

Other storylines on the Exile's Reach 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.

Other versions of this quest

These quests carry the same name and the same data in every field we hold. Quest 55991 is the main entry.

QuestID
An End to Beginnings (this page)55991
An End to Beginnings59985
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