TheWoWDBFollows Darkness Calling, which is only attainable if you completed Cleansing Drak'Tharon.
Equivalent to Near Miss.
Quest
Close Call
A World of Warcraft quest in Zul'Drak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Just 5yards apart ;)
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneZul'Drak
Quest ID12638
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12638))
What to do
StorylineZul'Drak, step 16 of 79
Rewards5g 25s, 2,050 XP
Description
It was either wisdom or luck that prevented you from wearing this choker, {race}. Either way, your acquiring it was no random occurence. You've been targeted by someone, or something.... Take your choker to Bloodrose, here. Let her demonstrate the fate that nearly befell you.
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 areaIn-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 14.3, 74.0
/way #121 14.3 74.0
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
- Warchief's Command: Zul'Drak! about 900 yards
- Hero's Call: Zul'Drak! about 900 yards
- A Flawless Plan about 1,180 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,380 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,390 yards
- You Can't Miss Him about 2,970 yards
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'Drak
- Sunreaver's Command, Crystalsong Forest
- Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong Forest
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: Knights of the Ebon Blade +75
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), Silver Lining (+250), Dressing Down (+150).
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 16 of 79.
Previous: Near Miss · Next: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
- 11Gymer's Salvation
- 12Kickin' Nass and Takin' Manes
- 13An Invitation, of Sorts...
- 14Darkness Calling
- 15Near Miss
- 16Close Call
- 17You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
- 18Silver Lining
- 19Dressing Down
- 20Suit Up!
- 21Our Only Hope
- 22The Storm King's Vengeance
Showing steps 11 to 22 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.
- Near Miss
It was either wisdom or luck that prevented you from wearing this choker, <race>. Either way, your acquiring it was no random occurance. You've been targeted by someone, or something.... Take your choker to Bloodrose, here. Let her demonstrate the fate that nearly befell you.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
Once the Scourge have a target in their sights, they'll stop at nothing to acquire it. You're doomed to a mindless existence as a walking corpse.... <Stefan's face twists into a cruel grin.> ... unless we can use their desires against them. I'll explain later.
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
- Lorewalking: Loa
- The Storm Peaks
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.