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An Issue of Trust

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

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Force of Nature Quest Tree From Whiterock

      S)Force of Nature
      j)An Issue of Trust
      j)Returned Sevenfold──>k)Salvaging Life's Strength
      k)The Fallen Pillar
      l)Cultist Incursion
      /                  \
m)Weapons of Destruction m)Exterminate the Intruders
      \                  /
      n)The Lifewarden's Wrath
      o)Freya's Pact
      p)Powering the Waygate - The Maker's Perch
      q)Powering the Waygate - The Maker's Overlook  q)A Timeworn Coffer
      #)The Etymidian
      #)The Activation Rune
      r)Back Through the Waygate
      s)Reclamation

Legend:
S menas Skippable
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneSholazar Basin
Quest ID12561

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12561))

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 43 of 65
RewardsPreservative-Stained Gauntlets, Skeleton Smashers, Splattered Zombie Wristguards, 21g, 5,150 XP

Description

This should never have happened. The forces of undeath storm the very cradle of life! If you're not here to destroy the minions of the Lich King, then leave at once. Do not incur my wrath by distracting me from my duties.

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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 26 mapped points
Sholazar Basin map showing where to go for An Issue of TrustTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #119 64.6 48.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 64.6, 48.6/way #119 64.6 48.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 64.1, 40.5/way #119 64.1 40.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 73.1, 51.0/way #119 73.1 51.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 68.2, 47.0/way #119 68.2 47.0

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Sholazar Basin:

  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 730 yards south-west
  • Warsong Camp, WintergraspHorde · about 950 yards south-east
  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 240 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 380 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 170 yards 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Hands
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for23 gold14 silver
TypeMail Feet
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for37 gold12 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for23 gold13 silver
TypeCloth Waist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +11 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for25 gold30 silver

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.

Storyline

Sholazar Basin

Part 43 of 65.

Previous: Making Peace · Next: Back So Soon?

  1. 38Just Following Orders
  2. 39Fortunate Misunderstandings
  3. 40Make the Bad Snake Go Away
  4. 41Gods like Shiny Things
  5. 42Making Peace
  6. 43An Issue of Trust
  7. 44Back So Soon?
  8. 45Returned Sevenfold
  9. 46The Lost Mistwhisper Treasure
  10. 47Forced Hand
  11. 48Home Time!
  12. 49The Angry Gorloc

Showing steps 38 to 49 of 65.

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.

  • Making PeaceSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    We have great idea. You were friends with puppy-men, they maybe listen to you. We want you to go give offering to Shaman Vekjik. He southwest where river turns into waterfall. Tell puppy-man we no want fight. Tell him we play nice. You good <race>. We trust you do this right.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Back So Soon?Sholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    <High-Oracle Soo-say stares at your forehead for a while before speaking.> Soo-gan ask for help. We think they might have been attacked by puppy-men again. We sending you and Jaloot to help... follow west river up to Mistwhisper Refuge. Do what Soo-gan says...

Also counted by Into the Basin

Its criteria name 7 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Into the BasinComplete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.10