Quest

Arcane Instability

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

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69342006-12-06T03:48:26-06:00+10via Wowhead

These guys spawn all over the West Sanctum, good idea to do this quest with Darnassian Intrussions.

138112007-01-21T21:54:49-06:00+6via Wowhead

36,58 West Sanctum

drinkdrankdrunk2009-01-27T22:30:22-06:00+3via Wowhead

These guys share spawns so if you can't find one of them, kill the other and it will possibly spawn what you want.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 1-30

ZoneEversong Woods (Burning Crusade)

LocationEversong Woods

Quest ID8486

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(8486))

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 8486 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

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

It's about time that dimwit, Caidanis, sent someone this way. I warned of the dangers of increasing the load on the West Sanctum! Now one of our energy converters is destroyed and arcane wraiths are pouring out of the sanctum! I'm going to need you to take care of these creatures before we send anyone in for repairs. Make haste!

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-inEversong Woods 36.7, 57.4/way #94 36.7 57.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Eversong Woods 34.8, 60.1/way #94 34.8 60.1

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 Eversong Woods map

Honor the Flame about 530 yards
Completing the Delivery about 650 yards
Slain by the Wretched about 760 yards
Aiding the Outrunners about 850 yards
Package Recovery about 850 yards
One Last Grasp about 1,170 yards
Reclaiming Sunstrider Isle about 1,200 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eversong Woods:

Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 540 yards south-east
Falconwing Square, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 580 yards north-east
Silvermoon CityHorde · about 900 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 130 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 130 yards south-west

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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Choose one of these rewards:

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationSilvermoon City +250

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

Ley-Keeper's Blade

TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand

Item level3

BindingBinds when picked up

Weapon1 - 2 damage, speed 2.6

Suited toDevastation, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Holy, Mistweaver, Frost, Fire, Arcane, Augmentation, Preservation, Devourer, Brewmaster, Vengeance, Havoc, Windwalker, Outlaw, Survival, Protection

Sells to vendors for38 copper

Velania's Walking Stick

TypeStaff Two-Hand

Item level3

BindingBinds when picked up

Weapon2 - 3 damage, speed 3.6

Suited toAugmentation, Fire, Arcane, Restoration, Preservation, Devastation, Frost, Balance, Shadow, Mistweaver, Elemental, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Discipline, Holy, Guardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster

Sells to vendors for48 copper

Reputation: Silvermoon City +250

The capital of Quel'Thalas, home of the blood elves. Though nearly destroyed by Arthas' attack on the Sunwell, Silvermoon is once again a thriving city.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Eversong Woods (Burning Crusade) that reward Silvermoon City reputation: Unstable Mana Crystals (+250), WANTED: Thaelis the Hungerer (+250), Major Malfunction (+250), A Somber Task (+250), Old Whitebark's Pendant (+250), The Dead Scar (+250).

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

Eversong Woods

Part 5 of 35.

Previous: Major Malfunction · Next: Incriminating Documents

Showing steps 1 to 12 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.

Major MalfunctionEversong Woods (Burning Crusade) · Level 1-30
The arcane patrollers crafted by our forefathers to protect the city have fallen into a dangerous state of disrepair. They fail to recognize us as their masters and will attack us on sight!

After this quest