Quest Log

Cutting off the Heads

Cutting off the Heads is a quest for level 45. It is step 9 of 12 in The Black Rook Threat storyline. It rewards 775 experience and money.

Description

Erdris Thorn was a key commander of Ravencrest's forces. To hear him confusing us for the Legion fills me with a great sadness. He will be a difficult foe to defeat.

We must stop his squad leaders from forming up for a focused assault on Bradensbrook. Defeating them should delay his forces long enough for us to find and deal with him. Let us begin our grim task.

Rewards

Money2

Experience775 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Go to Val'sharah 36.8, 61.3 /way #641 36.8 61.3

Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(46106))

Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	775
Money	Gold	2g 2s

Where it comes from

Objective area	Val'sharah	4 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.

Coordinates

Objective areaVal'sharah 36.8, 61.3/way #641 36.8 61.3
Objective areaVal'sharah 37.0, 58.5/way #641 37.0 58.5
Objective areaVal'sharah 39.1, 62.2/way #641 39.1 62.2
Objective areaVal'sharah 39.1, 58.1/way #641 39.1 58.1

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 Val'sharah map

Shriek No More about 100 yards
A Sight For Sore Eyes about 120 yards
For the Corn! about 120 yards
Mad Ernie the Alchemist about 140 yards
Doom and Gloom about 140 yards
Herding Goats about 140 yards
Lending a Hand about 270 yards
Rising Troubles about 270 yards
Assassin Entrapment about 270 yards
Between the Hammer... about 300 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Val'sharah:

Bradensbrook, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 320 yards east
Gloaming Reef, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 620 yards west
Lorlathil, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Black Rook Threat

Part 9 of 12.

Previous: Shadowsong's Return · Next: Source of the Corruption

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.

Shadowsong's ReturnLevel 45
Well our lines are doing a lot better, thanks to you. A good thing too, because we need the rest! That being said, we noticed a big group of bigger, meaner risen coming from the farmstead. They would've given us a hard time, but that Shadowsong fellow has returned and killed them all.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Source of the CorruptionLevel 45
There was something wrong with those three, they had a fel taint about them that was... unsettling. I believe they were somehow woken later than the other risen. Curse the Legion and their meddling! The reinforcements are streaming out of Black Rook Hold from Heroes' Rest.

The storyline at a glance

The Black Rook Threat has 12 steps, from Holy: The Bradensbrook Investigation to A Gift From the Six.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Val'sharah (10), Dalaran (2).

Other storylines on the Val'sharah map

Into the Nightmare12 steps, starts with Return to the Grove
All Nightmare Long11 steps, starts with Love Lost
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.

Cutting Off the Source

Cutting Stone

Cutting Supply

Database

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