TheWoWDBIf like me, you entered the instance, freed some of the druids and killed Shade of Xavius, then noticed all of them despawned afterwards.
Leave the group, reset all instances and go back into the instance. If you are saved, there shouldn’t be any mobs, just the druids that you can easily free to complete the world quest.
Quest
Darkheart Thicket: Preserving the Preservers
A World of Warcraft quest in Val'sharah. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This can be done on Normal
Just ran this on normal LFG, the rest of the group completed the quest, but I was stuck at 4/5 for some reason... Ran through the whole instance and couldn't find another guy to free...
Quest facts
Quest ID42744
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42744))
Requirements
Quest typeDungeon World Quest
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Shade of Xavius defeated
- Revive Preservers x 5
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #641 59.7 31.5
Coordinates
- Objective areaVal'sharah 59.7, 31.5
/way #641 59.7 31.5
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
- Ruins of Shala'nir about 170 yards
- Close Enough to Touch about 280 yards
- Softening the Target about 440 yards
- Given to Corruption about 600 yards
- Heart of the Nightmare about 610 yards
- Reading the Leaves about 610 yards
- Dark Side of the Moon about 790 yards
- Mending the Filter about 810 yards
- The Shrine of Ashamane about 810 yards
- Seeds of Renewal about 810 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:
- Starsong Refuge, Val'sharah
- The Dreamgrove, Val'sharah (Druids Only)
- Garden of the Moon, Val'sharah
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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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Val'sharah map
- Into the Nightmare
- All Nightmare Long
- The Black Rook Threat
- Archdruid of the Claw
- Bradensbrook
- Black Rook Hold
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.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.
Defeating Defeat the Shade of Xavius while he has 10 stacks of Apocalyptic Empowerment, this quest’s target, counts toward this achievement.
