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Dark Binding (Alliance)

Dark Binding is an Alliance-only quest for level 35-40 in Nagrand. It is step 10 of 13 in The Throne of the Elements storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Nagrand at 55.5, 55.9. It rewards 5,450 experience and money.

Description

Even as we speak, the pale are enslaving an army of elementals in Shadowfall Canyon. Many have already been enslaved and if we do not lend our aid, more will follow.

Go to Shadowfall Canyon and set free the elemental spirits which are not yet fully enthralled by the pale. As for those already enslaved, the only mercy we can give them now is a swift death.

Rewards

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
477031+40via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Ok if you're trying to find this guy to turn in the quest Dark Binding Dark Binding - then ignore what everyone else is saying about where he is and just do this, trust me - it's where he is:

- there's a big underground area that's not quite a cave... this area contains the cave you're looking for.
- There's several ways to get into the underground area - use the one at 55,63
- hug the left wall
- keep your eye out on the left wall for a small opening that leads downward into the cave your'e looking for. ITS SUPER EASY TO MISS! - There's some tall purple crystals in front of it. It's not too far in, it's pretty quick into the underground area so don't go too deep or you'll miss it. (once you're in the underground area THEN you'll see your coords change and you start looking for 94,34 as the cave entrance)

3
cephadex+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The turn-in place for this quest is a bit frustrating to find. Some screenshots to (hopefully) make your life easier:

1. You first need to enter Shadowfall canyon; it's that underground place with the pale guys and elementals. You can find the entrance to Shadowfall canyon from 54, 64.3 in Nagrand, which is where I'm stood in this screenshot.

2. Once inside, you need to go into a cave which is located within Shadowfall Canyon; in this screenshot, I'm stood at 58.0, 62.8 and facing west, toward the mouth of the cave. You can see the way I came in from to the upper left of the picture.

3. After you go into that cave, keep following the road, and eventually you will come into an area where on your minimap you'll see where both the turn-in for Dark Binding and Greyseer are (here's how it looks on your minimap). As you can see, I'm stood at 59.91, 27.70 at that point.

Hope this helps.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapOshu'gun
Turn-in mapNagrandTurn-in marker at 55.5, 55.9, 7 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.

Oshu'gun Quest turn-in
Nagrand Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Nagrand map showing where to go for Dark BindingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #550 55.5 55.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNagrand 55.5, 55.9/way #550 55.5 55.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Nagrand 57.6, 61.6/way #550 57.6 61.6

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

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

  • Nivek's Overlook, NagrandAlliance and Horde · about 550 yards south
  • Telaari Station, NagrandAlliance · about 700 yards east
  • Yrel's Watch, NagrandAlliance · about 1,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 360 yards east (on the Nagrand map)

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 Throne of the Elements

Part 10 of 13.

Previous: The Call of Oshu'gun · Next: The Pale Threat

  1. 1Nobundo Sends Word
  2. 2Called to the Throne
  3. 3Elemental Attunement
  4. 4An Old Friend
  5. 5A Rare Bloom
  6. 6Guise of the Deceiver
  7. 7The Debt We Share
  8. 8The Ritual of Binding
  9. 9The Call of Oshu'gun
  10. 10Dark Binding
  11. 11The Pale Threat
  12. 12The Fate of Gordawg
  13. 13The Dark Heart of Oshu'gun

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 Call of Oshu'gunNagrand · Level 35-40

    The elements have spoken and a vision has been revealed, <name>. Together we shall travel to the great mountain Oshu'gun and put an end to the dark disturbance there. If what you saw in the vision is to be believed, then great danger awaits us.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Pale ThreatNagrand · Level 35-40

    If we are to succeed in stopping Cho'gall from destroying the naaru, we will need to fight our way through the Underpale; a dark, winding cavern infested with the Pale. The Pale are fallen orcs that despise all that is good and holy.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Nagrand · Level 35-40.

The storyline at a glance

The Throne of the Elements has 13 steps, from Nobundo Sends Word to The Dark Heart of Oshu'gun.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nagrand (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Nagrandeur Complete the Nagrand storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Nagrand 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Dark Binding. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Dark Binding (this page)Alliance35398
Dark BindingHorde35144
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