Quest Log

Death's Challenge

Death's Challenge is a quest for level 8-30. It is step 16 of 58 in The Scarlet Enclave storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave at 54.3, 34.0. It rewards 1 reward item, 6,200 experience and money.

Description

Born of the Lich King's victory over Illidan Stormrage in the heart of the frozen wastes, Death's Challenge is a rite of passage that all death knights must undergo.

Seek out other death knights of Acherus and challenge them to a duel. They must accept and fight until a victor emerges!

Go now, <name>! Victory for the Scourge! Glory to the Lich King!

Rewards

You will receive:

Insignia of the Scourge

Money31

Experience6,200 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 54.3, 34.0 /way #124 54.3 34.0
Named in the quest text: Illidan Stormrage.

Known issues

Top Comments

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

BlackMage66652Feb 27, 2010+146via Wowhead

If the quest bugs on you and you can't see any Initiates nearby, relog. It fixes the phasing for it.

228978Nov 17, 2008+41via Wowhead

I laughed out loud at the exchange when you challenge a Death Knight Initiate...
Death Knight Initiate says: Remember this day, <Character Name>, for it is the day that you will be thoroughly owned.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12733))

Top Comments

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

BlackMage66652Feb 27, 2010+146via Wowhead

If the quest bugs on you and you can't see any Initiates nearby, relog. It fixes the phasing for it.

228978Nov 17, 2008+41via Wowhead

I laughed out loud at the exchange when you challenge a Death Knight Initiate...
Death Knight Initiate says: Remember this day, <Character Name>, for it is the day that you will be thoroughly owned.

168988Aug 1, 2008+32via Wowhead

If you can't find a player controlled Death Knight to duel, you can challenge any NPC Death Knight that is running around Death's Breach. They are extremely easy to defeat, although they seem to vary in difficulty.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	6,200
Money	Gold	31g 50s

Reward details

Items you receive

Insignia of the Scourge

TypeArmor Trinket

Item level1

BindingBinds when picked up

UsePvP Trinket

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave	Turn-in marker at 54.3, 34.0, 13 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.

Coordinates

Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 54.3, 34.0/way #124 54.3 34.0
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 52.1, 34.5/way #124 52.1 34.5

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 areaabout 70 yards west

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 Scarlet Enclave

Part 16 of 58.

Previous: Abandoned Mail · Next: Gothik the Harvester

11If Chaos Drives, Let Suffering Hold The Reins
12Grand Theft Palomino
13Into the Realm of Shadows
14Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
15Abandoned Mail
16Death's Challenge
17Gothik the Harvester
18The Gift That Keeps On Giving
19An Attack Of Opportunity
20Massacre At Light's Point
21Victory At Death's Breach!
22The Will Of The Lich King

Showing steps 11 to 22 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.

Abandoned MailLevel 8-30

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Gothik the HarvesterLevel 8-30
CHAOS, <name>! The Crusade is in a frenzy. They have diverted all forces outside of New Avalon to set up a blockade at Light's Point, east of here. They are desperately trying to strip the Havenshire Mine of all resources and load the cargo aboard the frigates they have docked on the coast.

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 Plaguelands46 steps, starts with Gidwin Goldbraids
Origins20 steps, starts with A Falling Star
Path of the Light III8 steps, starts with Blood of Sargeras
Class Mount: Paladin8 steps, starts with Worthy of the Title
The Path of Light15 steps, starts with Arator
The Ashbringer6 steps, starts with Seeking Guidance

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 50 comments

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The comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.

The top 3 are shown in Top Comments above. Read all 50 on Wowhead.

Death to the Vilebranch

Death to the Witchmother

Death Trap

Death Worthy of a Dragonmaw

Death's Door

Death's End Destruction

Death's Gaze

Death's Power Grows

Database

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