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Before the Storm

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Aurleis1+27via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgynLiSpaco

1. Before the Storm (Scenario)
• Accept the quest, Before the Storm from [npc=98519], after arriving in [zone=7502], and you have turned in In the Blink of an Eye.
• Use Zen Pilgrimage to teleport to the [zone=6419], [zone=7952].

Stage 1 - The Council of Masters
• Speak with [npc=9778], and listen to the tale, until [npc=98001] bursts into the room with an [npc=98011] close behind.
• After the [npc=98011] charges into the room, defeat it.
- - Interrupt [spell=205259].

Stage 2 - The Cry of the Crane
• Follow [npc=9778] out of the Shrine of the Ox (through the west door), and travel to northwest toward 45.6, 42.7.
- - When you reach the area of 47, 43, you will come across scorched fel fire patches, on the ground. Avoid standing in these, as you make your way to the Cave of the Crane.
- - Enter the cave and defeat [npc=97968].
- - Interrupt [spell=203609] and [spell=181947].
- - After defeating [npc=97968], listen to [npc=97774].

Stage 3 - Journey to the East
• Follow [npc=97774] out of the cave, and take her hand [by clicking on her].

Stage 4 - Tangle with a Tiger
• After landing, cross the bridges to the north to 50.4, 38.3, killing any demons you come across.
• Assist [npc=103148] by defeating [npc=97811].

Stage 5 - Precious Cargo
• Follow [npc=103148] southwest, to coords 49.8, 39.7.
• Defeat the [npc=98496] that drops down.
- - Interrupt [spell=205259].
• Continue south to 49.8, 41.5.

Stage 6 - Mastering the Odds
• Listen to the conversation between [npc=103148] and [npc=97778].
• Follow [npc=97778] northwest to coords 48.7, 41.1.
• Defeat [npc=98217].
- - Avoid standing in [spell=194208], which [npc=98217] casts on the ground, in the area.

Stage 7 - Portal Problems (Final Stage)
• Click on the [npc=98353] to destroy the demon portal.
• After the destruction of the demon portal at the [zone=6419], you will awaken to find yourself on [zone=7902].
• Exit the building at the Mandori Village, and travel northwest to the [zone=7903] at 51.2, 54.4.
• Turn in the quest to Fearsome Jang.

NOTE: Contrary to information listed in Wowhead, this quest is active, and was reborn with the Legion expansion (thank you Sesiko).

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grumpypbear+23via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you're trying to start the Monk Class Hall with a fresh Remix character, Da-Nel won't show up while the quest to start War Within is in your quest log. I abandoned the quest and Da Nel immediately showed up. The other option (tested on my Warlock with a similar issue) is to complete the WW intro up to reaching Dornogal.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
CategoryMonk Campaign
Quest ID12103

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12103))

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 12103 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

ClassMonk

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

{name}! I have been looking all over this strange city for you! Grand Master Hight has requested all senior monks to return to the Peak of Serenity as soon as possible. That means you too, of course. I'll bet a week's worth of brew that this has something to do with the assault on the Broken Shore I've heard tales about!

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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.

The Wandering Isle Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
The Wandering Isle map showing where to go for Before the StormTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #709 51.3 54.3

Kun-Lai Summit Objective area 24 mapped points
Kun-Lai Summit map showing where to go for Before the StormObjective 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 #379 49.6 43.4

Dalaran Objective area 3 mapped points
Dalaran map showing where to go for Before the StormObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #627 38.8 64.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Wandering Isle 51.3, 54.3/way #709 51.3 54.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Kun-Lai Summit 48.8, 42.4/way #379 48.8 42.4
  • Objective areaDalaran 38.8, 64.3/way #627 38.8 64.3
  • Objective areaDalaran 56.0, 22.7/way #627 56.0 22.7
  • Objective areaDalaran 72.6, 45.5/way #627 72.6 45.5

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 The Wandering Isle map

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

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

The Broken Temple

Part 1 of 13.

Next: The Dawning Light

  1. 1Before the Storm
  2. 2The Dawning Light
  3. 3Prepare To Strike
  4. 4A Matter of Planning
  5. 5The Fight Begins
  6. 6Growing Power
  7. 7Rise, Champions
  8. 8Champion: Chen Stormstout
  9. 9Champion: Li Li Stormstout
  10. 10Tianji of the Ox
  11. 11Building Our Troops
  12. 12Scrolls of Knowledge
  13. 13Tech It Up A Notch

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Dawning LightThe Wandering Isle · Level 10-45

    It was a miracle that you were able to survive, <name>. It is with great sorrow that I have to say that Grand Master Hight was not so lucky. His spirit now rests with the ancestors. Now we must look to a new leader for our order, our broken temple.

The storyline at a glance

The Broken Temple has 13 steps, from Before the Storm to Tech It Up A Notch.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Wandering Isle (11), Eastern Plaguelands (2).

Other storylines on The Wandering Isle 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.