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Find the Deserter

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
Quest ID10761

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10761))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineShadowmoon Valley, step 61 of 147
Rewards525 XP

Description

There's nothing here that would explain why the spirits of these arakkoa have remained in this world or how they came into thirst for the blood of orcs. I think our best lead is to try to find the deserter mentioned in the journal. If he left his comrades at the camp, there's a chance you might be able to persuade him to help us understand what the dark conclave arakkoa are planning. Start your search for him on the road through the Magma Fields to the southeast.

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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 2 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for Find the DeserterTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #104 35.4 42.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 35.4, 42.4/way #104 35.4 42.4
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 31.0, 29.8/way #104 31.0 29.8

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

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

  • Shadowmoon Village, Shadowmoon ValleyHorde · about 560 yards north-west
  • Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards south-east
  • Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 520 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.

Related
Experience525 XP

Storyline

Shadowmoon Valley

Part 61 of 147.

Previous: The Sketh'lon Wreckage · Next: Asghar's Totem

  1. 56Bane of the Illidari
  2. 57Quenching the Blade
  3. 58The Sketh'lon Wreckage
  4. 59Find the Deserter
  5. 60The Sketh'lon Wreckage
  6. 61Find the Deserter
  7. 62Asghar's Totem
  8. 63The Rod of Lianthe
  9. 64Sketh'lon Feathers
  10. 65Imbuing the Headpiece
  11. 66Thwart the Dark Conclave
  12. 67A Ghost in the Machine

Showing steps 56 to 67 of 147.

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 Sketh'lon WreckageShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    The Sketh'lon Wreckage, just to the east, is an eerie place. The peons are convinced that it's cursed. There are few trees here, so the peons have no choice but to venture into the arakkoa ruins to chop wood.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Asghar's TotemShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    What you read in the commander's journal is true. While the orcish Horde massed under Gul'dan, my people sought to defend ourselves from the threat by striking against him. Gul'dan learned of their intentions and cast a mighty spell that destroyed our camps and twisted the spirits of my brothers.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Shadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30.

The storyline at a glance

Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).

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.