Quest Log

Before the Storm

Before the Storm is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 1 of 13 in The Broken Temple storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Wandering Isle at 51.3, 54.3. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

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!

Rewards

Money20

Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at The Wandering Isle 51.3, 54.3 /way #709 51.3 54.3
Go to Kun-Lai Summit 49.6, 43.4 /way #379 49.6 43.4
Go to Dalaran 38.8, 64.3 /way #627 38.8 64.3

Known issues

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Aurleis1Dec 24, 2016+27via Wowhead

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).

grumpypbearOct 7, 2024+23via Wowhead

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

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Aurleis1Dec 24, 2016+27via Wowhead

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).

grumpypbearOct 7, 2024+23via Wowhead

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.

wowogamerFeb 10, 2021+11via Wowhead

If you do this quest at lvl 10, where you have not got Zen Pilgrimage yet, there will be a portal to Peak of Serenity in Dalarans portal room.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	6,150
Money	Gold	20g 22s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	The Wandering Isle	Turn-in marker at 51.3, 54.3, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Kun-Lai Summit	24 mapped points
Objective area	Dalaran	3 mapped points

World Map

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.

Kun-Lai Summit map showing where to go for Before the Storm — **Kun-Lai Summit** Objective area 24 mapped points

Dalaran map showing where to go for Before the Storm — **Dalaran** Objective area 3 mapped points

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 Wandering Isle map

Not Felling Well about 70 yards
Hope For a Cure about 70 yards
Tracking the Tideskorn about 70 yards
Further Training about 70 yards
Champion: Taran Zhu about 80 yards
Champion: Angus Ironfist about 80 yards
Champion: Sylara Steelsong about 80 yards
Champion: The Monkey King about 90 yards
Champion: Hiro about 90 yards
The Way of the Tiger about 100 yards

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

Quest Line

Storyline

The Broken Temple

Part 1 of 13.

Next: The Dawning Light

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

Journey of the Grandmaster II16 steps, starts with Appropriations
Journey of the Grandmaster III11 steps, starts with The Mead Master
Journey of the Grandmaster IV10 steps, starts with A Brewing Situation
Journey of the Grandmaster I10 steps, starts with Report from Tian Monastery
Class Mount: Monk10 steps, starts with Master Who?

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.

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