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Quest
Dark Vessels
A World of Warcraft quest in The Hinterlands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Looks like small cauldrons on the ground that you have to loot, just like the spiders in the previous quest.
Its easier to do this quest with It's Ours Now plus Primal and Eliza have you go into the same cave after you finish off these two quests.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneThe Hinterlands
Quest ID26309
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26309))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Hinterlands, step 49 of 61
RewardsDark Vessel Breastplate, 
Spider Venom Leggings, 
Sandrene's Invisible Vest, 10g 50s, 5,150 XP
Dark Vessel Breastplate, Spider Venom Leggings, Sandrene's Invisible Vest, 10g 50s, 5,150 XPDescription
The Vilebranch trolls here used to drink the corrupted blood of the god Hakkar himself for power. They boiled it in crude pots before drinking, dark vessels full of unholy strength. Hakkar was killed long ago, of course. But the interesting thing... I still see some cauldrons bubbling up there. Bring me back a few and we'll see just what they've got cooking.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #26 67.6 66.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Hinterlands 67.6, 66.6
/way #26 67.6 66.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Hinterlands 63.4, 73.0
/way #26 63.4 73.0
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 The Hinterlands map
- Honor the Flame about 410 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 2,090 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Hinterlands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Hinterlands:
- Revantusk Village, The Hinterlands
- Hammerfall, Arathi
- Hiri'watha Research Station, The Hinterlands
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Hinterlands map
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypePlate Chest
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor21
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for1 gold89 silver
TypeLeather Legs
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 gold88 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 gold88 silver
“It's there. You just can't see it.”
TypeCloth Feet
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for1 gold40 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 gold81 silver
TypeMail Chest
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 gold80 silver
“It's there. You just can't see it.”
Reputation: Undercity +250
Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in The Hinterlands that reward Undercity reputation: Prime Slime (+250), Venomous Secrets (+250), The Eye of Shadra (+250), Can't Make An Omelette Without... (+250), Starvation Diet (+250), The Fang of Shadra (+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
The Hinterlands
Part 49 of 61.
Previous: Death to the Vilebranch · Next: Ongo'longo's Revenge
- 44Start Taking Back
- 45Faces of Evil
- 46All That Skitters
- 47Heads Up
- 48Death to the Vilebranch
- 49Dark Vessels
- 50Ongo'longo's Revenge
- 51It's Ours Now
- 52Summit of Fate
- 53Venomous Secrets
- 54Hunt the Keeper
- 55The Eye of Shadra
Showing steps 44 to 55 of 61.
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.
- Death to the Vilebranch
We won't give them a chance to react. You must re-enter Jintha'Alor and charge all the way to the upper tiers. The Vilebranch berserkers and shadowcasters are dangerous enemies, <name>. When the others see their bodies thrown across the walls, they'll know we mean business.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Ongo'longo's Revenge
Ongo'longo was one of us. What outsiders called a Dire Troll, but he was a Revantusk, and a proud warrior like all of us! Then the Vilebranch took him. They keep him chained up in a pit at the top of Jintha'Alor, made to dance for their sick amusement. No chains can hold Ongo'longo.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · The Hinterlands · Level 10-30.
Also counted by Hinterlands Quests
Its criteria name 30 quests; others include:
- Gammerita, Mon!
- Snapjaws, Mon!
- Lard Lost His Lunch
- Hunt the Savages
- Pupellyverbos Port
- The Savage Dwarves
- Stomp To My Beat
- Skulk Rock Clean-Up
The storyline at a glance
The Hinterlands has 61 steps, from Razorbeak Friends to Starvation Diet.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Hinterlands (61).
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Hinterlands Quests: its criteria name 30 quests, this one included.