TheWoWDBThe books only drop off the [npc=79187]s and since the area is a bottleneck, they can be hard to tag. Use a /tar [npc=79187] macro and it will be easier. You'll find them in buildings and out in the open up and down the 2nd level of the demon encampment.
Quest
Book Burning
A World of Warcraft quest in Talador. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You do not click on the books in your bag. Instead, once you get three click on the fire itself (a little tool icon will appear as your mouse) and you can burn them.
Don't be like me and spam click the books and wonder why my toon isnt doing anything to burn them, despite being next to the large fire.
Blizzard is being creative.
One of the other two "leather" panels has a skeleton attached. He isn't tied down or left to starve.
He's being/been flayed.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 20-40
ZoneTalador
Quest ID34164
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34164))
What to do
StorylineIn the Shadows of Auchindoun, step 22 of 24
Rewards16g 98s, 5,450 XP
Description
Please, {name}... I don't have much time. The Shadow Council have allowed themselves to be turned into demons by Teron'gor and his warlocks! I have reason to believe that the shadowborne dementors are using spells given to them by Gul'dan to empower the demonic orcs. Take their spellbooks and cast them into the fire by me... it will be a pleasant sight to die to.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #535 34.0 74.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inTalador 34.0, 74.0
/way #535 34.0 74.0 - Objective areaTalador 34.1, 74.3
/way #535 34.1 74.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 35.1, 75.6
/way #535 35.1 75.6
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 Talador map
- Honor the Flame about 570 yards
- Garrison Campaign: Onslaught at Auchindoun about 700 yards
- Secrets of the Sargerei about 860 yards
- Obtaining Ogre Offensive Orders about 910 yards
- Garrison Campaign: The Fall of Shattrath about 1,380 yards
- Reclaiming the City about 1,380 yards
- Socrethar's Demise about 1,380 yards
- Going to the Gordunni about 1,690 yards
- The Foot of the Fortress about 1,700 yards
- Engineering Her Demise about 1,830 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Talador, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Talador:
- Retribution Point, Talador
- Exarch's Refuge, Talador
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Reward details
Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250
Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.
Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.
Other quests in Talador that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: Nightmare in the Tomb (+250), Pieces of Us (+250), Burning Sky (+250), Barum's Notes (+250), Disrupting the Flow (+250), The Heart of Auchindoun (+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
In the Shadows of Auchindoun
Part 22 of 24.
Previous: Hiding in the Shadows · Next: Destination: Unknown
- 13Invasion of the Soul Eaters
- 14Never Forget
- 15Restalaan, Captain of the Guard
- 16The Final Piece
- 17Changing the Tide
- 18Desperate Measures
- 19Into the Heart of Madness
- 20Retribution for the Light
- 21Hiding in the Shadows
- 22Book Burning
- 23Destination: Unknown
- 24Together We Are Strong
Showing steps 13 to 24 of 24.
Also part of: In the Shadows of Auchindoun (part 22 of 24).
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.
- Hiding in the Shadows
<The voice of Teron'gor enters your mind.> Our final move must remain concealed from the Auchenai, my minions. Use the shadow orbs Gul'dan provided for us to veil Gul'rok in darkness. Prepare our forces, we march on Auchindoun on my order.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Destination: Unknown
Teron'gor and Gul'dan were just leaving through the portal as I arrived... and I... I know I won't be able to defeat them. I'll hold open the portal as long as I can. It will be up to you to strike the killing blow. Our fate is in your hands, <name>.
The storyline at a glance
In the Shadows of Auchindoun has 24 steps, from Holding the Line to Together We Are Strong.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (24).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Talador map
- Establishing your Outpost
- The Battle for Shattrath
- The Plight of the Arakkoa
- Garrison Campaign
- Gorefiend
- Against the Warsong
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.