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Breaching the Path (Alliance)

Breaching the Path is an Alliance-only group quest for level 25-30 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 5 of 147 in the Shadowmoon Valley storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Shadowmoon Valley at 52.9, 65.2. It rewards 5,150 experience.

Description

We're going to need more time, <race>. I'm going to fly further ahead with some of the other gryphon riders. Hopefully, we can gather some more information. What I need from you now is to clear a path and more importantly, keep their arrows pointed away from us!

Call for a gryphon rider with the Wildhammer flare gun once you have thinned their numbers.

Rewards

Experience5,150 XP
Top Comments

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6850+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Obviously, the mobs are all on The Path of Conquest. Good place to fight mobs is 55,69, where the path starts on the back side. Holy Paladins can solo this (I did), but expect to take about 5 minutes per Son of Corok.

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Aurleis1+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7zw1ujCiLo

1. Breaching the Path
• Travel to the Path of Conquest, in Shadowmoon Valley.
• Use the [item=31310], that was given to you by [npc=21773], at Wildhammer Stronghold (coords: 36.2, 56.8).
• Accept the quest, Breaching the Path, from [npc=19382].
• Travel to the Path of Conquest in the area of 51.5, 62.5 (and further south)
• Kill 20 [npc=22016], 5 [npc=19824], and 10 [npc=22018].
• Use the [item=31310], and turn in the quest to the [npc=19382].

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapShadowmoon ValleyTurn-in marker at 52.9, 65.2, 27 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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 27 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #104 52.9 65.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 52.9, 65.2/way #104 52.9 65.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 52.5, 64.6/way #104 52.5 64.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 52.5, 67.3/way #104 52.5 67.3
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 36.2, 56.9/way #104 36.2 56.9

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:

  • Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 330 yards north-east
  • Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 910 yards north-west
  • Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 30 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 50 yards north

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Shadowmoon Valley

Part 5 of 147.

Previous: The Path of Conquest · Next: Blood Elf + Giant = ???

  1. 1Spleendid!
  2. 2The Second Course...
  3. 3The Main Course!
  4. 4The Path of Conquest
  5. 5Breaching the Path
  6. 6Blood Elf + Giant = ???
  7. 7Tabards of the Illidari
  8. 8Dissension Amongst the Ranks...
  9. 9Besieged!
  10. 10To Legion Hold
  11. 11Setting Up the Bomb
  12. 12Blast the Infernals!

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 147.

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.

  • The Path of ConquestShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    My gryphon riders have come back with a bit of news! The Eclipsion blood elves are planning something big. They've begun forming their armies at the Path of Conquest, located east of here - adjacent to Eclipse Point. I want you to travel to the Path of Conquest and assess the situation.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Blood Elf + Giant = ???Shadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    At the southern end of the Path of Conquest, near a stationary caravan, I discovered what looked like a meeting between a giant and a blood elf chancellor. What are giants even doing here? Something is just not right about all of this, grunt.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Shadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30 · Group.

The storyline at a glance

Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Breaching the Path. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Breaching the Path (this page)Alliance10773
Breaching the PathHorde10751
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