TheWoWDBImportant note: Unlike the Heart, because the Essence actually drops off a boss, you may not receive it if you already have a Mythic Darkheart Thicket lockout for the week.
The good news is, at present, the followup to this quest leads into Emerald Nightmare which isn't open yet, so you need not rush to get it.After this, A Vainglorious Past and Tempering Darkness are completed, Kalec will give you the quest Lucid Strength.
Quest
Darkheart Thicket: Fallen Power
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Hand-in is at Azurewing Repose in Azsuna.
VERY IMPORTANT: do NOT do the mything dungeon again for this quest if you have already done in that week. You will not receive the item from OakHeart because is lootlocked. You will only receive credit for killing the Shadow.
Quest facts
Quest ID43517
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Description
Once we have the proper implements we can use the Heart to infuse great power into your artifact. We need only a source. Deep within the Darkheart Thicket lies the ancient Oakheart, once a great and mighty protector of Shaladrassil. He has regrettably fallen to the nightmare like so many of his kin. As the darkness within him has taken root, an essence of the corruption has manifested. I ask that you recover the essence so that we may draw from its power, and put noble Oakheart to rest.
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #630 47.9 26.0
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #641 59.0 31.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzsuna 47.9, 26.0
/way #630 47.9 26.0 - Objective areaVal'sharah 59.0, 31.2
/way #641 59.0 31.2
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 Azsuna map
- Hunger's End same spot
- Their Dying Breaths about 30 yards
- On Azure Wings about 50 yards
- Neltharion's Lair: Rod of Azure about 50 yards
- Down to the Core about 50 yards
- The Death of the Eldest about 50 yards
- Journey to the Repose about 50 yards
- Agapanthus about 70 yards
- Champion: Thassarian about 110 yards
- Champion: Nazgrim about 110 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azsuna, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azsuna:
- Azurewing Repose, Azsuna
- Illidari Stand, Azsuna
- Challiane's Terrace, Azsuna
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Inside the dungeon: Darkheart Thicket
In the shadow of Shaladrassil, the Nightmare permeates every inch of the once-lush forest. Where the eldest and greatest druids once tended to the woods, meditating beneath the great world tree, corruption and madness now reign.
Bosses in the Adventure Guide, in order: Archdruid Glaidalis, Oakheart, Dresaron, Shade of Xavius.
Entrance: Val'sharah at 58.9, 31.0.
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. Instance text, bosses and entrances are the client’s Adventure Guide data.
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Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
Storyline
Balance of Power
Part 7 of 35.
Previous: A Vainglorious Past · Next: Tempering Darkness
- 2The Power Within
- 3The Power Within
- 4The Power Within
- 5Eye of Azshara: The Heart of Zin-Azshari
- 6A Vainglorious Past
- 7Darkheart Thicket: Fallen Power
- 8Tempering Darkness
- 9Lucid Strength
- 10The Wisdom of Patience
- 11The Emerald Nightmare: In Nightmares
- 12The Emerald Nightmare: Essence of Power
- 13Essential Consumption
Showing steps 2 to 13 of 35.
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.
- A Vainglorious Past
The Heart's magic is attuned to Azshara's elite through powerful warding spells. If we tried to tap into its power now we would be met only with our own demise. However, there may be a way we can bypass the wards.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Tempering Darkness
I do not doubt Senegos' plan, but I do have some concerns about the Heart's volatility, especially when combined with nightmare energy. Despite its name, Blood of Sargeras is often used as a tempering agent by master craftsmen. I believe it would work for our ritual as well.
The storyline at a glance
Balance of Power has 35 steps, from The Power Within to Balance of Power.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (16), Azsuna (13), Stormheim (6).
Other storylines on the Azsuna map
- Defending Azurewing Repose
- Azsuna versus Azshara
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Enchanting
- Behind Legion Lines
- Against the Giants
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.