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Breaking the Emperor's Shield

Breaking the Emperor's Shield is a quest for level 20-35 in Kun-Lai Summit. It is step 47 of 88 in the Kun-Lai Summit storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Kun-Lai Summit at 57.9, 48.9. It rewards 4,800 experience and money.

Description

The Mogu have been scattered and sparse in number for many years. Their purpose in the valley makes sense now.

With this many restless spirits they can build themselves an army using the guardians buried in each tomb. Combined with the Zandalari forces this would be devastating!

The Tomb of Secrets houses elite warriors called the Emperor's Shield. They must not be resurrected! You'll find the tomb on the highest rise to the southwest.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Top Comments

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BlizzardCS+49via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

UPDATE: We didn't get any further report, so it seems like the issue is indeed totally fixed. Thanks all for your patience and understanding while we were working on it.

UPDATE 11/11/2014: This issue should be fixed by now. Please, if you are still experiencing this issue let us know so we can look into it. :)

Hello all!

Just wanted to let you know that there’s a bug right now with this quest. [npc=60572] is despawning during the encounter, making it impossible to complete the quest. Our developers are already investigating this and looking for a solution. Thanks for your patience!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapKun-Lai SummitTurn-in marker at 57.9, 48.9, 3 mapped points
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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.

Kun-Lai Summit Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Kun-Lai Summit map showing where to go for Breaking the Emperor's ShieldTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #379 57.9 48.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inKun-Lai Summit 57.9, 48.9/way #379 57.9 48.9
  • Objective areaKun-Lai Summit 53.0, 51.4/way #379 53.0 51.4
  • Objective areaKun-Lai Summit 57.8, 48.9/way #379 57.8 48.9

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 Kun-Lai Summit map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kun-Lai Summit:

  • One Keg, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 450 yards south
  • Temple of the White Tiger, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 530 yards east
  • Zouchin Village, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 840 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 320 yards west

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

Kun-Lai Summit

Part 47 of 88.

Previous: The Tomb of Shadows · Next: Stealing Their Thunder King

  1. 42Seeker's Folly
  2. 43Seeker's Folly
  3. 44The Tongue of Ba-Shon
  4. 45It Was Almost Alive
  5. 46The Tomb of Shadows
  6. 47Breaking the Emperor's Shield
  7. 48Stealing Their Thunder King
  8. 49Lessons from History
  9. 50Chasing the Storm
  10. 51Fisherman's Tale
  11. 52A Celestial Experience
  12. 53A Celestial Experience

Showing steps 42 to 53 of 88.

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 Tomb of ShadowsKun-Lai Summit · Level 20-35

    Given the artifacts you found on the altar, I would guess they were attempting to perform a Spiritbinding ritual. Most of the texts involving Spiritbinding were locked away in the Tomb of Shadows. Perhaps we will find the answers we seek there. Look for anything that might help us.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Stealing Their Thunder KingKun-Lai Summit · Level 20-35

    Our only hope is to find the Thunder King's remains before they do. He must be buried within the Tomb of Conquerors. Getting to his remains will not be easy, <name>. The tomb will no doubt be defended by guardians and other unfriendly surprises intended to ward off thieves.

The storyline at a glance

Kun-Lai Summit has 88 steps, from Call Out Their Leader to Unbelievable!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Kun-Lai Summit (87), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Kun-Lai Summit 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.

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Breaking the Bonespeakers
Breaking the Chain
Breaking the Code
Breaking the Cycle
Breaking the Faith
Breaking The Food Chain
Breaking The Food Chain
Breaking the Hand
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