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Before Darkness Falls

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneTerokkar Forest
Quest ID10878

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10878))

What to do

StorylineTerokkar Forest, step 63 of 78
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

After our caravan fell prey to an attack by Shadow Council cabal cultists, scouts were sent to Shattrath to call for help. The guards think we're safe for now, but they underestimate these madmen. I, for one, am not looking forward to having my throat slit by some cabal initiate in the middle of the night. Do us all a favor and take the fight to them, before they come to us. You will find our attackers south of here, at Auchindoun's northern entrance.

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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.

Terokkar Forest Quest turn-in 34 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #108 37.6 51.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTerokkar Forest 37.6, 51.4/way #108 37.6 51.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 39.4, 57.2/way #108 39.4 57.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 31.2, 52.9/way #108 31.2 52.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 40.0, 58.4/way #108 40.0 58.4

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 Terokkar Forest map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Terokkar Forest:

  • Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar ForestHorde · about 690 yards north-east
  • Shattrath, Terokkar ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north
  • Allerian Stronghold, Terokkar ForestAlliance · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 230 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 350 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 280 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.

Related
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationLower City +250

Reward details

Reputation: Lower City +250

The refugees of Shattrath come from diverse backgrounds and races. Word of helpful deeds spreads quickly among the Denizens of Lower City.

Reputation group: Shattrath City.

Other quests in Terokkar Forest that reward Lower City reputation: Recover the Bones (+250), Helping the Lost Find Their Way (+250), Veil Skith: Darkstone of Terokk (+250), The Tomb of Lights (+250), Vengeful Souls (+250), The Eyes of Skettis (+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

Terokkar Forest

Part 63 of 78.

Previous: Helping the Lost Find Their Way · Next: The Infested Protectors

  1. 58Missing Friends
  2. 59The Tomb of Lights
  3. 60Vengeful Souls
  4. 61Recover the Bones
  5. 62Helping the Lost Find Their Way
  6. 63Before Darkness Falls
  7. 64The Infested Protectors
  8. 65Cabal Orders
  9. 66The Shadow Tomb
  10. 67Taken in the Night
  11. 68For the Fallen
  12. 69Terokkarantula

Showing steps 58 to 69 of 78.

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.

  • Helping the Lost Find Their WayTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    Many spirits of the draenei were corrupted by the explosion of Auchindoun. Now they wander the wastes in torment. <name>, I beseech you to put them to rest. Destroy the lost spirits and broken skeletons that haunt the Bone Wastes beyond Auchindoun's walls. What?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Infested ProtectorsTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    The trees of this land are ravaged by the power that was unleashed from Auchindoun. The foul magic that was unleashed blasted the land into the wastes you see all around. The trees that survived are now infested with wretched wood mites that crawl under their bark and gnaw at their flesh.

Also counted by Terror of Terokkar

Its criteria name 20 quests; others include:

Also counted by Terror of Terokkar

Its criteria name 20 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Terokkar Forest has 78 steps, from Vessels of Power to The Fallen Exarch.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Terokkar Forest (77), Shattrath City (1).

Other storylines on the Terokkar Forest 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 these achievements.

Terror of TerokkarComplete the Terokkar Forest storylines listed below.10Terror of TerokkarComplete the Terokkar Forest storylines listed below.10