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Essential Consumption

Essential Consumption is a quest for level 45. It is step 13 of 35 in the Balance of Power storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Azsuna at 47.9, 26.0. It rewards 1 reward item, 6,150 experience and money.

Description

As before, <name>, once you are ready raise your artifact and channel its energy upon the Heart of Zin-Azshari and we will unleash the power of the essence you gathered.

Do not worry - we still have enough of the blood you gathered to ensure the ritual remains stable.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Azsuna 47.9, 26.0 /way #630 47.9 26.0

Known issues

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43522))

Top Comments

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Wolverrine+24via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

THERE IS NO REASON TO TURN THIS IN NOW

Nighthold won't be released until approximately the middle of January, maybe a little later. The follow up quests when you turn this in can easily be done in a day, and have no time-sensitive requirement to get to the final quest requiring Nighthold.

What this means is, at the current Artifact Knowledge level (which is 19) this quest gives 146,000 Artifact Power. Another 3 or 4 levels could easily put it over 250,000 by the time Nighthold has almost been released.

Save the quest, do not turn it in yet, because the AP gain you will get from it later is absolutely massive.

Edit 1; At Artifact Knowledge level 22, this quest gives 286,000 artifact power, and we still have 3 more levels to go!

Edit 2; Artifact Knowledge level 25, 500,000 artifact power. If you're not maxed out on a weapon, or you just want to build more into your paragon points (the bonus gold trait with 20 levels) this will give a HUGE chunk towards that.

Read all 12 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeConsumable
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
Sells to vendors for50 gold

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 mapAzsunaTurn-in marker at 47.9, 26.0, 2 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.

Azsuna Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Azsuna map showing where to go for Essential ConsumptionTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #630 47.9 26.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzsuna 47.9, 26.0/way #630 47.9 26.0
  • Objective areaAzsuna 48.1, 25.7/way #630 48.1 25.7

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 Azsuna map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azsuna:

  • Azurewing Repose, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 90 yards south
  • Illidari Stand, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 810 yards south
  • Challiane's Terrace, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 880 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

Balance of Power

Part 13 of 35.

Previous: The Emerald Nightmare: Essence of Power · Next: Focusing Our Efforts

  1. 8Tempering Darkness
  2. 9Lucid Strength
  3. 10The Wisdom of Patience
  4. 11The Emerald Nightmare: In Nightmares
  5. 12The Emerald Nightmare: Essence of Power
  6. 13Essential Consumption
  7. 14Focusing Our Efforts
  8. 15Saving the Guard
  9. 16Seeking Refuge
  10. 17Repaid Debt
  11. 18Lost Knowledge
  12. 19Court of Stars: Literary Perfection

Showing steps 8 to 19 of 35.

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 Emerald Nightmare: Essence of PowerLevel 45

    Now that we have a better understanding on the Heart's capabilities, it is time we tap into its true potential. In the Emerald Nightmare you will find creatures that should not be; monsters that defy all that the Dream stands for. All that the green flight itself stands for.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Focusing Our EffortsLevel 45

    The Nightfallen in Suramar were once a part of the Nightborne, but have been exiled by their former brethren and cut off from the Nightwell. I believe they could be valuable allies in our quest if you can turn them to our side. I know only that they have gone into hiding somewhere in Suramar.

The storyline at a glance

Balance of Power has 35 steps, from The Power Within to Balance of Power.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (16), Azsuna (13), Stormheim (6).

Other storylines on the Azsuna 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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