Quest

Before They Grow

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

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Ooshraxa2025-11-23T08:07:47-06:00+15via Wowhead

If you're lost: /way #2413 63.17 57.84 Cave entrance

Aumsadhana2026-03-23T22:26:20-05:00+15via Wowhead

1. Use the item on a quest mob. The mob will burst and disappear, leaving behind little droplets on the ground.
2. Walk around where the mob disappeared, stepping on droplets it left behind.
3. Note quest progress. (yay!)

EmmyPup2026-04-01T21:16:19-05:00+11via Wowhead

The quest item doesn't work on the elite [npc=237684] mobs in the area.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 83-88

ZoneHarandar

Quest ID86860

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86860))

What to do

StorylineCall of the Goddess, step 9 of 21

Rewards31g 90s, 12,150 XP

Description

Within every creature that roams the Rift of Aln thrums a gathering of the foundation of the goddess's influence. This Alndust yearns to merge with others of its ilk. Part of my duties as the Shul'ka is to make sure to keep the number of large manifestations low so they do not overwhelm the Den. It is easiest to do that while they are small. Take this spear. You may use it to shatter the smaller creatures down to... trivial sizes.

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-inHarandar 61.1, 57.3/way #2413 61.1 57.3
Turn-inHarandar 63.1, 56.8/way #2413 63.1 56.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Harandar 64.9, 61.7/way #2413 64.9 61.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Harandar 64.9, 60.4/way #2413 64.9 60.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Harandar 63.6, 60.8/way #2413 63.6 60.8

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 Harandar map

The Final Rite about 150 yards
Meeting My Mentor about 250 yards
From This Point Forward about 250 yards
Once More Into the Rift about 250 yards
Shrouded by Aln'hara about 250 yards
Ritual Reinforcement about 250 yards
The Path Will Reveal Itself about 290 yards
Doing Is Becoming about 290 yards
As Her Voice Goes Silent about 290 yards
Haranir Never Say Die! about 460 yards

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

Getting there

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

The Den, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 570 yards west
Har'athir, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 670 yards east
Har'kuai, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 370 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 310 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 320 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.

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Money31 gold90 silver

Experience12,150 XP

Other quests on the Harandar map

Storyline

Call of the Goddess

Part 9 of 21.

Hagar believes that the solution lies in the Rift of Aln... the one place that is forbidden to Haranir.

Previous: Grinding Out a Solution · Next: Herding Manifestations

Showing steps 4 to 15 of 21.

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.

Grinding Out a SolutionHarandar · Level 83-88
I have been pondering what Hagar could have meant from the moment Orweyna mentioned an answer to your problems. There are no mystical fountains--no weapons. Everything in the rift is created from the same source: Alndust, the distillation of the influence of the goddess.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Herding ManifestationsHarandar · Level 83-88
We are preparing to fight a giant manifestation. Let me emphasize this again. We must fight just one. If we fight two at a time, we would have no chance of survival. Place these wards around the rift to draw the others away. They will not last long... but we will need every advantage we can gain.

Quests that require this one

The Greater They Aln

The storyline at a glance

Call of the Goddess has 21 steps, from Watch the Den to Culling the Light.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Harandar (21).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

One Does Not Simply Walk Into Harandar Complete the following questlines in Harandar.

Other storylines on the Harandar map

Of Caves and Cradles19 steps, starts with Harandar
The Grudge Pit12 steps, starts with Be Grudge You
The Empty Cradle13 steps, starts with The Listener
Trials of the Shul'ka9 steps, starts with My Brother's Alive!
Legends Relics7 steps, starts with Wey'nan's Ward
Legends of the Haranir7 steps, starts with The Story of Wey'nan's Ward

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.