Close Enough to Touch (Alliance)

Reward details

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.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Val'sharah:

• Garden of the Moon, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 700 yards south
• Starsong Refuge, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 770 yards south-east
• The Dreamgrove, Val'sharah (Druids Only)Alliance and Horde · about 960 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

• Objective areaabout 240 yards east
• Objective areaabout 310 yards east
• Objective areaabout 330 yards north-east

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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Softening the TargetVal'sharah · Level 10-45

  The Archdruid's end draws near. His memory will live on in the hearts of all who knew him. Elothir's desperate efforts revealed that Malfurion is being held in Shala'nir, amidst the roots of Shaladrassil. My love. So near, yet so far.... Shala'nir is infested with Nightmare creatures.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• The Fate of Val'sharahVal'sharah · Level 10-45

  Malfurion, my love.... My heart breaks for him, but I cannot follow where he goes. I have sworn myself to Elune, my goddess, to defend her temples and lands with all that I am. I cannot stand by while my order is in danger. May she keep you in her graces, Malfurion.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Val'sharah · Level 10-45.

• Close Enough to TouchHorde only · Val'sharah · Level 10-45

The storyline at a glance

All Nightmare Long has 11 steps, from Love Lost to Darkheart Thicket: Enter the Nightmare.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Val'sharah (10), Dalaran (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

• Campaign: Val'Sharah Complete the Val'Sharah storylines listed below with a Timerunner.
• That's Val'sharah Folks! Complete the Val'sharah storylines listed below.
• Pillars of Creation Scour the Broken Isles and recover all five Pillars of Creation.

Other storylines on the Val'sharah map

• Into the Nightmare12 steps, starts with Return to the Grove
• The Black Rook Threat12 steps, starts with Holy: The Bradensbrook Investigation
• Archdruid of the Claw9 steps, starts with Archdruid of the Claw
• Bradensbrook8 steps, starts with A Village in Peril
• Black Rook Hold9 steps, starts with Kur'talos Ravencrest
• Archdruid of Lore4 steps, starts with Archdruid of Lore

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.