TheWoWDBThe first of many impressive quests for the Death Knight starting area!
Right click on the orb on the middle of the platform. A floating eye will come out, after a short cut-scene of it floating down to the town you will have full control to fly around.
Be wary to stay within the confines of the town, as flying elsewhere will cancel the spell.You have 3 main abilities.
1.) Siphon of Acherus - Approach a building and cast a channeled spell to analyse the building.
2.) Summon Ghouls - A targeted spell usable on the ground that will summon ghouls that attack the Scarlet Crusade and townsfolk. Use this to distract them long enough to stop attacking you so you can analyse the buildings.
3.) Shroud - Cloaks the eye. Spell casting will break the ability.Buildings that require analysing will have a red arrow mark above them.
New Avalon Forge - 61, 60
New Avalon Town Hall - 53, 71
Scarlet Hold - 60, 69
Chapel of the Crimson Flame - 52, 81After you have analysed all 4 buildings cancel the eye, or use the recall ability, and speak to the Lich King.
Quest
Death Comes From On High
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Didn't need to fight at all ...
Think like a Rogue. Hit stealth the instant you get the thing under your control, and just walk to the back of each building, analyze it there out of everyone's sight, and go back to stealth.
Wash, rinse, and repeat as needed.
Easy.
i had a very hard time finding the chapel of the crimson flame. here's the directions to it:
from the initial point where you gain control of the eye find the dirth path under you that branches away from the rock paths and follow it, you should be heading south. take right at the first, second, and third forks of the dirt path and you will be right in front of the chapel
Quest facts
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Towering above this platform is the eye of Acherus. From it you will call forth a probe that you will then use to analyze Scarlet Crusade fortifications at New Avalon. The eye has a host of powers that should make the acquisition of this data simple. Use the eye's siphon to analyze the forge, town hall, hold, and chapel. The eye's control mechanisms are located on either side of this platform. Waste no more time, {name}. The Scourge will have this place. The Lich King commands it!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 51.4 35.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 51.4, 35.2
/way #124 51.4 35.2 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 61.4, 60.4
/way #124 61.4 60.4 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 53.2, 71.0
/way #124 53.2 71.0 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 61.6, 68.1
/way #124 61.6 68.1 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 52.3, 80.7
/way #124 52.3 80.7
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 6 of 58.
Previous: The Eye Of Acherus · Next: The Might Of The Scourge
- 1In Service Of The Lich King
- 2The Emblazoned Runeblade
- 3Runeforging: Preparation For Battle
- 4The Endless Hunger
- 5The Eye Of Acherus
- 6Death Comes From On High
- 7The Might Of The Scourge
- 8The Power Of Blood, Frost And Unholy
- 9Report To Scourge Commander Thalanor
- 10The Scarlet Harvest
- 11If Chaos Drives, Let Suffering Hold The Reins
- 12Grand Theft Palomino
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 58.
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 Eye Of Acherus
Behold, Acherus, the grand citadel of death! It has no equal in this world! Not even the mighty Naxxramas could withstand a direct assault from the Ebon Hold. Looming above the face of the necropolis is the all-seeing eye of Acherus.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Might Of The Scourge
Listen well, death knight, for I give to you the words that will start a war. My final judgment has been passed: Death. To. All. None shall stand so boldly against the might of the Scourge without reprisal! As you have served me well in your first task, so too shall you serve me in your next task.
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.