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Descent into Darkness

A World of Warcraft quest in Grizzly Hills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneGrizzly Hills
Quest ID12105

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12105))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineGrizzly Hills, step 30 of 115
RewardsAbandoned Hood, Discarded Miner's Jerkin, Patched Trapper Pauldrons, 2,050 XP

Description

The journal was written by a denizen of Silverbrook named Mikhail. It details the arrival of a shadow-worshipping group called the "wolfcult." The villagers were reluctant to embrace the cult at first, but sympathizers sprung up gradually among town residents. Unsettled by this, Mikhail sent his daughter Sasha away from Silverbrook while he attempted to reason with the other villagers. Mikhail's last entry mentions a meeting of local town leaders to discuss unspecified events in Hollowstone Mine.

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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.

Grizzly Hills Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Grizzly Hills map showing where to go for Descent into DarknessTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #116 31.8 60.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGrizzly Hills 31.8, 60.2/way #116 31.8 60.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Grizzly Hills 36.6, 69.0/way #116 36.6 69.0
  • Objective areaGrizzly Hills 36.2, 67.7/way #116 36.2 67.7

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 Grizzly Hills map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Grizzly Hills:

  • Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly HillsAlliance · about 50 yards north-west
  • Light's Breach, Zul'DrakAlliance and Horde · about 1,900 yards north
  • Westfall Brigade, Grizzly HillsAlliance · about 1,900 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 400 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 350 yards south-east

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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Experience2,050 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +75

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Head
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+8 Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for35 gold12 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for46 gold93 silver
TypeMail Shoulder
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for37 gold1 silver
TypePlate Feet
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +12 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for85 silver9 copper

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +75

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Grizzly Hills that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again (+25), Replenishing the Storehouse (+250), Them or Us! (+150), Take Their Rear! (+250), Eagle Eyes (+250), The Failed World Tree (+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.

Storyline

Grizzly Hills

Part 30 of 115.

Previous: Thinning the Ranks · Next: Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again

  1. 25Words of Warning
  2. 26Escape from Silverbrook
  3. 27A Swift Response
  4. 28Secrets of the Flamebinders
  5. 29Thinning the Ranks
  6. 30Descent into Darkness
  7. 31Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again
  8. 32Hollowstone Mine
  9. 33The Damaged Journal
  10. 34The Runic Keystone
  11. 35The Runic Prophecies
  12. 36Softening the Blow

Showing steps 25 to 36 of 115.

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.

  • Thinning the RanksGrizzly Hills · Level 15-30

    There's a flurry of activity down in Voldrune village to the south. Thane Torvald Eriksson and his huscarls are preparing for war. With most of our men in the field dealing with the Horde's treachery, Amberpine will be vulnerable.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... AgainGrizzly Hills · Level 15-30

    The Westfall boys were sent east to look for a path into the northern territories. Their secondary objective is to secure strategic resource points, so I'm sure they wouldn't mind investigating a mine. Look for the Westfall Brigade encampment far to the northeast and seek out Gryan Stoutmantle.

The storyline at a glance

Grizzly Hills has 115 steps, from Local Support to Loken's Orders.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Grizzly Hills (115).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Grizzly Hills 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.