USEFUL INFO:
Coordinates are 70,70. Fire is just SW of Splintertree Post.
Quest
Desecrate this Fire!
A World of Warcraft quest in Ashenvale. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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For those of you whom are curious of what this is for; this is a seasonal quest called Midsummer Fire Festival. You put out your enemy's fire near one of their settlements. This will flag you for PvP. If you want more information check out: Midsummer Fire Festival Guide by Miyari.
Cataclysm edit: Moved to Silverwind Refuge (51, 65)
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11765))
What to do
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 #63 51.6 66.7
Coordinates
- Objective areaAshenvale 51.6, 66.7
/way #63 51.6 66.7
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 Ashenvale map
- King of the Foulweald about 330 yards
- Dartol's Rod about 330 yards
- A New Adornment about 330 yards
- Put Out The Fire about 380 yards
- Go With The Flow about 390 yards
- Vortex about 390 yards
- Hot Lava about 390 yards
- In the Hands of the Perverse about 500 yards
- He Who Would Be Forgiven about 500 yards
- Dryad Delivery about 510 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Ashenvale, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Ashenvale:
- Stardust Spire, Ashenvale
- Astranaar, Ashenvale
- Emerald Sanctuary, Felwood
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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Reward details
Items you receive
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 this quest fits
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Level 1-90.
- Desecrate this Fire!
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Also counted by Extinguishing Kalimdor
Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:
Other storylines on the Ashenvale map
- Ashenvale, Alliance
- Ashenvale, Horde
- The Warchief's Command
- Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance
- In Darkest Night
- Ashenvale, Everyone
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.
- Extinguishing Kalimdor: its criteria name 14 quests, this one included.