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Defenstrations

Defenstrations is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-40 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 4 of 18 in The Exarch Council storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Shadowmoon Valley at 57.0, 34.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,450 experience and money.

Description

No sooner does power rush to the crystal outside than you hear distant war cries and shouts of alarm. Elodor is being attacked!

If you want your laborers to come home in one piece, you'd best help with the defense of the town. Defeat the invasion and then return to the control console to reset the defenses.

Rewards

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250

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Top Comments

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Eilonthay+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

While you are killing what needs to be killed, here's the dialogue:

Exarch Hataaru says: Keep them engaged. The defense ward is drawing so much power - I can't maintain it for long.
Exarch Hataaru says: It's working! It's...not stable. But it's working.
Exarch Hataaru says: This new structure is able to tap into a surprising amount of power.
Exarch Hataaru says: Keep the Shadowmoon at bay. What is causing this madness?
Exarch Hataaru says: Defend the ridgeline. Let them come to us.

Once you've killed enough to complete the quest:

Shadowmoon Dark Zealot says: Pull back! We must find Ner'zhul his sacrifices elsewhere.

And once you've turned in the quest, an elite fungal giant comes to say hello! Don't worry, there's help there to kill it.

Exarch Hataaru says: Stop that thing! Bring it down!
Exarch Naielle says: What is going on here? The entire mushroom forest is riled up.
Exarch Hataaru says: Stay in your swamp, Rangari. I will handle this.
Exarch Naielle says: Did you sink resonance crystals in the ground again? You're driving the creatures of the earth berserk!
Exarch Naielle says: When will you learn that this world is nothing like Argus?

If you speak with Exarch Naielle, it is as follows:

<The two Exarchs are in the middle of a heated argument.>

Exarch Hataaru focuses too much on what we lost. I keep trying to tell him - it would be folly to turn this world into a second Argus, even if we had the power. Draenor is unique, and we should build our technology to suit this new world. Not the other way around!

He seems willing to listen to you. Maybe you can talk some sense into him.

If you speak with Exarch Hataaru, it is as follows:

<The two Exarchs are in the middle of a heated argument.>

Thank you for all your help, <Name>. Apparently my devices have riled up the local flora - not to mention my fellow Exarch.

It is no matter. I will do whatever it takes to defend our people and rebuild what we lost...the occasional but is to be expected. Surely you agree!

The next quest is The Exarch Council. Mount up or Maraad will leave you behind!

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Top Comments

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

1
Eilonthay+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

While you are killing what needs to be killed, here's the dialogue:

Exarch Hataaru says: Keep them engaged. The defense ward is drawing so much power - I can't maintain it for long.
Exarch Hataaru says: It's working! It's...not stable. But it's working.
Exarch Hataaru says: This new structure is able to tap into a surprising amount of power.
Exarch Hataaru says: Keep the Shadowmoon at bay. What is causing this madness?
Exarch Hataaru says: Defend the ridgeline. Let them come to us.

Once you've killed enough to complete the quest:

Shadowmoon Dark Zealot says: Pull back! We must find Ner'zhul his sacrifices elsewhere.

And once you've turned in the quest, an elite fungal giant comes to say hello! Don't worry, there's help there to kill it.

Exarch Hataaru says: Stop that thing! Bring it down!
Exarch Naielle says: What is going on here? The entire mushroom forest is riled up.
Exarch Hataaru says: Stay in your swamp, Rangari. I will handle this.
Exarch Naielle says: Did you sink resonance crystals in the ground again? You're driving the creatures of the earth berserk!
Exarch Naielle says: When will you learn that this world is nothing like Argus?

If you speak with Exarch Naielle, it is as follows:

<The two Exarchs are in the middle of a heated argument.>

Exarch Hataaru focuses too much on what we lost. I keep trying to tell him - it would be folly to turn this world into a second Argus, even if we had the power. Draenor is unique, and we should build our technology to suit this new world. Not the other way around!

He seems willing to listen to you. Maybe you can talk some sense into him.

If you speak with Exarch Hataaru, it is as follows:

<The two Exarchs are in the middle of a heated argument.>

Thank you for all your help, <Name>. Apparently my devices have riled up the local flora - not to mention my fellow Exarch.

It is no matter. I will do whatever it takes to defend our people and rebuild what we lost...the occasional but is to be expected. Surely you agree!

The next quest is The Exarch Council. Mount up or Maraad will leave you behind!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs+250

Reward details

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: The Fate of Karabor (+250), Think of the Children! (+250), Into Twilight (+75), A Hero's Welcome (+250), The Clarity Elixir (+250), A Grandmother's Remedy (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapShadowmoon ValleyTurn-in marker at 57.0, 34.8, 9 mapped points
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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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for DefenstrationsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #539 57.0 34.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 57.0, 34.8/way #539 57.0 34.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 54.8, 33.3/way #539 54.8 33.3

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shadowmoon Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:

  • Elodor (Alliance), Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 180 yards north-east
  • Path of the Light, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 530 yards south
  • Embaari Village, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 780 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 160 yards north-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 Exarch Council

Part 4 of 18.

Previous: Invisible Ramparts · Next: The Exarch Council

  1. 1Migrant Workers
  2. 2Circle the Wagon
  3. 3Invisible Ramparts
  4. 4Defenstrations
  5. 5The Exarch Council
  6. 6Naielle, The Rangari
  7. 7Fun with Fungus
  8. 8Hataaru, the Artificer
  9. 9Engorged Goren
  10. 10Exarch Maladaar
  11. 11Friend of the Exarchs
  12. 12Speaker for the Dead

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 18.

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.

  • Invisible RampartsShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    Exarch Akama is too cautious, but we shouldn't ignore a threat from the Shadowmoon clan. It is good you are here! Since we arrived on Draenor I have dedicated myself to recreating the technology we left behind. This large structure here is a defense ward.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Exarch CouncilShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    Good work at the gates! The Shadowmoon orcs have been seeking prisoners for some reason. Their aggression helps our cause. Come with me.

The storyline at a glance

The Exarch Council has 18 steps, from Migrant Workers to Supply Drop.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (18).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley map

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.

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