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Quest
Becoming the Ascendant
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormheim. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Don't do like i did... complete the other area quests/bonus quests... THEN complete this one by talking to the statue, because you will be ported away from the area!
Becoming the Ascendant — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWHDunec9I8
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneStormheim
Quest ID39092
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39092))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Secret of the Shieldmaidens, step 7 of 8
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP
Description
Our course is now clear. We must enter the vault and prevent Sylvanas from obtaining the power to create more Val'kyr. The entrance is barred, which is likely what has kept her out so far, but you may have already uncovered the key to this barrier. You must become the next ascendant. Complete the rites as depicted on the shields and take down the barrier to the vault. I will send word to Greymane of our findings - he will wish to confront Sylvanas himself.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #634 62.3 68.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inStormheim 62.3, 68.1
/way #634 62.3 68.1 - Objective areaStormheim 61.4, 69.5
/way #634 61.4 69.5 - Objective areaStormheim 60.4, 66.6
/way #634 60.4 66.6 - Objective areaStormheim 61.8, 68.1
/way #634 61.8 68.1 - Objective areaStormheim 60.6, 65.1
/way #634 60.6 65.1
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 Stormheim map
- Seeking the Valkyra about 30 yards
- The Mark about 30 yards
- Maw of Souls: Retrieving the Svalnguard about 30 yards
- A Feast Fit for Odyn about 30 yards
- Halls of Valor: Odyn's Blessing about 30 yards
- Neltharion's Lair: Presentation is Key about 30 yards
- The Reluctant Queen about 170 yards
- Unanswered Questions about 170 yards
- Strange Bedfellows about 290 yards
- Quelling the Tide about 310 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormheim, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormheim:
- Greywatch, Stormheim
- Valdisdall, Stormheim
- Hafr Fjall, Stormheim
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Reward details
Reputation: Valarjar +150
These are the chosen warriors of Odyn, sworn to his service in life and death.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Stormheim that reward Valarjar reputation: A Grapple a Day (+150), Havi's Test (+10), Built to Scale (+150), Another Way (+150), To Weather the Storm (+150), Impalement Insurance (+150).
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
The Secret of the Shieldmaidens
Part 7 of 8.
Previous: Shielded Secrets · Next: Ending the New Beginning
- 1To Catch a Banshee
- 2Combustible Contagion
- 3Whispers from the Dark
- 4Cut Out the Heart
- 5To Skold-Ashil
- 6Shielded Secrets
- 7Becoming the Ascendant
- 8Ending the New Beginning
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.
- Shielded Secrets
It's obvious at this point that the Horde wants something in Skold-Ashil. Unfortunately we still don't know what they're after. We think the secret lies with the shieldmaidens here, so we need to find out more about them.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Ending the New Beginning
The Banshee Queen is here! I'd recognize those tainted arrows anywhere. This is the moment we have been fighting for. Sylvanas will answer for her crimes against Varian Wrynn and the Alliance! To arms!
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Stormheim · Level 10-45.
The storyline at a glance
The Secret of the Shieldmaidens has 8 steps, from To Catch a Banshee to Ending the New Beginning.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormheim (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Stormheim map
- The Trial of Valor
- The Trial of Will
- Wreck of the Skyfire
- The Trial of Might
- Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Goblins
- Legion Skinning
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.