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Betrayal

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

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redandgray+275via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

After you teleport to the roof platform, your costume will fade and you will get a raid warning telling you it is time to use the scepter. Be sure to use it on one of the trolls along the outside of the platform, not Drakuru.

If you use the scepter too soon (before the raid warning), you will get control of a troll, but Drakuru will not attack. The troll will eventually despawn and then Drakuru will attack. The scepter has a longish cooldown, so you will be stuck soloing Drakuru. He simply stands in the center and casts shadow bolts and eventually Blight Crystals.

If you arrive on the platform while someone else is fighting Drakuru and use your scepter, you may end up in a similar situation after the other person is done.

After about 15 seconds, Drakuru will start throwing Blight Crystals at you. They explode on landing so you don't want to be standing where they hit. I was able to run in a big circle around the outside of the platform spamming the two troll attack powers for the entire fight.

Your pet has an ability that will heal you, but bring a healing pot or be prepared to heal yourself too.

You can group up and have two or more trolls attacking Drakuru at the same time, but someone will still be targeted for the Blight Crystals attack.

If you die, you will automatically resurrect at the Argent Stand graveyard (since there is no way you could get to your corpse), and you can just go back and restart the event.

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Eien+167via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

After you start the quest from Stefan Vadu, head up and talk to Drakuru. This will teleport you to the top of the citadel.

As soon as you're at the top and he starts talking, you will get a message that your disguise is about to run out. DON'T PANIC! it's perfectly normal. Just run towards one of the spawned trolls and begin to use your scepter of domination to MC it.

Quoted from quest text.

We've modified your scepter for the job. When the time is right, you will be able to use it on Drakuru's Blightbloods and turn them against him

Use the MC'd trolls abilities as soon as your able so he gets aggro. Keep stun up and avoid the places where Drakuru throws a gas bomb at you. If you take damage, just have your MC'd troll toss a heal. One of them isn't enough to get the job done so once your troll is around 5-10% hp, run towards the other troll and MC it as soon as your first one dies.

Again, use it's stun ability and its main damage attack whenever its up, toss a heal to you if you get too low. Drakaru should be around 35-40% hp at this point.

To recap:


  • Don't Panic if you get the message your disguise is about to fail. You can still use your scepter.

  • MC the spawned trolls as soon as you're able to.

  • When its almost dead, run towards the second summoned troll and MC it as soon as your first one is dead.


Good Luck!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
Quest ID12713

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12713))

What to do

StorylineZul'Drak, step 29 of 79

Description

The time has come to end this charade, {name}. As valuable as your information has been, we must bring Drakuru down and bring his project to an end before his freaks are unleashed. We've modified your scepter for the job. When the time is right, you will be able to use it on Drakuru's Blightbloods and turn them against him. It's your only hope of defeating him. Fight well.

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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.

Zul'Drak Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Zul'Drak map showing where to go for BetrayalTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #121 14.1 73.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZul'Drak 14.1, 73.8/way #121 14.1 73.8
  • Objective areaZul'Drak 28.2, 45.6/way #121 28.2 45.6

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 Zul'Drak map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zul'Drak:

  • Ebon Watch, Zul'DrakAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • Sunreaver's Command, Crystalsong ForestHorde · about 720 yards north-west
  • Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong ForestAlliance · about 800 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards north-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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money31 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Neck
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +3 Dodge, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for63 silver3 copper
TypeArmor Neck
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +5 Haste
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for62 silver56 copper
TypeArmor Neck
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility or Strength, +6 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for62 silver32 copper

Reputation: Knights of the Ebon Blade +500

Freed from the grasp of the Lich King, his former Death Knights have regrouped against him under the banner of Highlord Darion Mograine.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Zul'Drak that reward Knights of the Ebon Blade reputation: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide (+250), An Invitation, of Sorts... (+150), Darkness Calling (+150), Near Miss (+75), Close Call (+75), Silver Lining (+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

Zul'Drak

Part 29 of 79.

Previous: Sabotage · Next: Parachutes for the Argent Crusade

  1. 24Dark Horizon
  2. 25Reunited
  3. 26So Far, So Bad
  4. 27Hazardous Materials
  5. 28Sabotage
  6. 29Betrayal
  7. 30Parachutes for the Argent Crusade
  8. 31Pa'Troll
  9. 32Creature Comforts
  10. 33Something for the Pain
  11. 34Throwing Down
  12. 35Leave No One Behind

Showing steps 24 to 35 of 79.

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.

  • SabotageZul'Drak · Level 20-30

    While we're working to discover the purpose of these crystals, we need you back in Voltarus doing Drakuru's bidding. Every task you perform successfully gets you closer to him, and brings us that much nearer to knowing his mind. While you're there, I have another mission for you.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Parachutes for the Argent CrusadeZul'Drak · Level 20-30

    Those sky terrors are destroying my men and women! Dying from falling is a horrible way to go. <class>, you have to get these parachutes out to them! At least then they'll have a fighting chance to survive.

Also counted by Guru of Drakuru

Its criteria name 2 quests; others include:

Also counted by The Empire of Zul'Drak

Its criteria name 20 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Zul'Drak has 79 steps, from This Just In: Fire Still Hot! to Convocation at Zol'Heb.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zul'Drak (79).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Zul'Drak 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.