Quest

Changing the Tide

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

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varenne2015-01-13T11:23:00-06:00+1via Wowhead

Don't Let the Tala-door Hit You on the Way Out
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│   In the Shadows of Auchindoun  │
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1. Speaker for the Dead 
2. Holding the Line http://youtu.be/E53hvJEwq_o
3. Powering the Defenses http://youtu.be/9H_2yUe7GOw
4. We Must Construct Additional Pylons http://youtu.be/-iIAdVVCB9M
5. Nightmare in the Tomb http://youtu.be/_OaT2jE2x_k
6. The Heart of Auchindoun http://youtu.be/C6NsBCSc4c8
7. Disrupting the Flow http://youtu.be/L5CSHbX72nE
8. Light's Rest http://youtu.be/M5ECS54YktE
9. Antivenin http://youtu.be/HaUAGE16EvY
10. Into the Hollow http://youtu.be/RPiFKmHKsxs
11. Vile Defilers http://youtu.be/hwCVjViJxi8
12. Scheduled Pickup http://youtu.be/4CZnWN-9nXA
13. Restalaan, Captain of the Guard http://youtu.be/AUTm18aC0VY
14. The Final Piece http://youtu.be/8bcq63hP_yI
15. Changing the Tide http://youtu.be/zdWBohvzTXA
16. Desperate Measures http://youtu.be/IlYJdfZpERo
17. Into the Heart of Madness http://youtu.be/oHR9VcrZMSk
18. Destination: Unknown http://youtu.be/FZi058YgH_c
19. Together We Are Strong http://youtu.be/CgzTS1o4A5g
20. Come Together http://youtu.be/6ZefocAOJNI

Aurleis12015-07-07T11:29:35-05:00+1via Wowhead

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv61Lgoo75A
Accept the quest, Scheduled Pickup from [npc=75250] at coords 57.2, 77.0, in Light's Rest.
1. Scheduled Pickup - (Video) - Travel west to coords 55.0, 77.1, and then follow the paved path south to coords 52.3, 82.5.
• Travel down the stairs, and continue to follow the paved path southwest to 50.4, 87.5.
• Turn in this quest to [npc=77869] and accept Restalaan, Captain of the Guard.
• Accept Never Forget from [npc=78083].
• Accept Payback from [npc=78082].
Payback - Travel up the nearby stairs and defeat 12 Telmor invaders, while completing quests in this area.
• Pick up Invasion of the Soul Eaters from a note located at coords 49.3, 88.1.
Invasion of the Soul Eaters - Click the [item=108886] located at 49.2, 87.9.
• Click on 4 [object=227525] in Telmor to burn them.
Never Forget - Click on the [item=108896] located at coords 49.2, 87.9.
• Travel to a building and enter at 48.8, 90.5, and click on the [item=109622], located in the back of the room.
• Exit the building and travel to another building to enter at coords 47.9, 89.6 and click on [item=108897], located in the back of the room.
• Travel to 50, 87 to turn in the quests.
2. Restalaan, Captain of the Guard - (Video) - Travel back up the stairs to coords 48.4, 89.8.
• Turn right and continue up another set of stairs, and into a building located at coords 45.3, 90.4.
• Turn in the quest to Restalaan, at 44.9, 90.5, and accept The Final Piece.
3. The Final Piece - (Video) - Defeat [npc=77051] at coords 44.6, 90.8.
• Click on [item=109197] (crystal fragment at same location) to retrieve it.
• Turn in the quest to Restalaan, accepting Changing the Tide.
4. Changing the Tide - (Video) - Exit the building and travel northwest to coords 43.4, 76.0 and turn in the quest to [npc=77799], accepting Desperate Measures.
5. Desperate Measures - (Video) - Travel south to coords 42.4, 84.8 and defeat [npc=77349], and loot the [item=109162] from his corpse.
• Travel west to coords 39.4, 83.4 and defeat [npc=77350], and loot the [item=109163] from his corpse.
• Travel east to coords 41.1, 82.4 and click on [npc=77729] to perform the ritual.
• After the ritual is complete, travel northeast to coords 43.4, 76.0 and turn in the quest to [npc=77799].

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40

ZoneTalador

Quest ID34326

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34326))

What to do

StorylineIn the Shadows of Auchindoun, step 17 of 24

Rewards1g 69s 80c, 675 XP

Description

It is time to retaliate against this foe. Meet me at Retribution Point and we will take this fight to the Shadow Council. Teron'gor shall not feast on another soul so long as we stand in his way! His reign of terror ends today.

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-inTalador 43.2, 76.7/way #535 43.2 76.7
Objective areaTalador 45.0, 90.4/way #535 45.0 90.4

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 200 yards
Garrison Campaign: Onslaught at Auchindoun about 460 yards
Secrets of the Sargerei about 500 yards
Going to the Gordunni about 1,170 yards
Garrison Campaign: The Fall of Shattrath about 1,180 yards
Reclaiming the City about 1,180 yards
Socrethar's Demise about 1,180 yards
The Foot of the Fortress about 1,190 yards
The Lord of the Gordunni about 1,290 yards
Obtaining Ogre Offensive Orders about 1,440 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, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 60 yards west
Exarch's Refuge, TaladorHorde · about 760 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 550 yards south

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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14409872015-03-03T22:51:51-06:00-1via Wowhead

Changing the Tide http://youtu.be/LvD7nTLlV1s

Money1 gold69 silver

Experience675 XP

ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +10

Other quests on the Talador map

Reward details

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +10

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 17 of 24.

Previous: The Final Piece · Next: Desperate Measures

Showing steps 12 to 23 of 24.

Also part of: In the Shadows of Auchindoun (part 17 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.

The Final PieceTalador · Level 20-40
I am too injured to fight, <class>. I have failed my city and its people. This battle is yours. Vorpil waits just ahead. He's trying to use Auch'naaru's powers for some sort of dark ritual. You must do what I could not.

After this quest