Quest

Flicker in the Dark

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

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PriestessAur2026-01-18T17:28:23-06:00+47via Wowhead

Currently T'era's AOE damage is overtuned and kills you before you can get her HP low enough to be subdued.

Ravenwylde2026-02-27T22:39:57-06:00+28via Wowhead

This quest can bug out at the point where the cutscene is supposed to start. If you get T'era's health down and she just disappears, you'll need to abandon the quest and retake it because simply starting to kill her again once she respawns does nothing but continue the loop.

Noriaela2026-02-28T17:39:52-06:00+26via Wowhead

This is outright impossible for me to do due to bugging out or the damage being so high that it kills me, even with some defensives...
I appreciate the lack of QA testing from these incompetent devs

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 88-90

ZoneVoidstorm

Quest ID86542

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86542))

Requirements

Requires all ofThird, Blow It Up, Just In Case..., Agents of Darkness

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Night's Veil, step 11 of 14

Rewards67g, 16,050 XP

Description

We're dawdling! There's no time to waste! Get that shield down, now! T'era's anguish tears at my soul!

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inVoidstorm 41.6, 78.8/way #2405 41.6 78.8
Objective areaVoidstorm 38.0, 83.5/way #2405 38.0 83.5
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Voidstorm 38.6, 84.0/way #2405 38.6 84.0
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Voidstorm 38.7, 85.6/way #2405 38.7 85.6

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 Voidstorm map

Ambition's Reward about 240 yards
What We Leave Behind about 270 yards
Home Sweet Grave about 290 yards
Like a Weed about 290 yards
Confronting It about 320 yards
Dominion of Deceit about 320 yards
Work It about 340 yards
Voices of Omens about 390 yards
Special Assignment: Agents of the Shield about 550 yards
Unlimited about 630 yards

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

Getting there

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

Locus Point, VoidstormAlliance and Horde · about 350 yards north
Howling Ridge, VoidstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north-east
The Ingress, VoidstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 490 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 470 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 550 yards south-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.

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Money67 gold

Experience16,050 XP

Other quests on the Voidstorm map

Storyline

The Night's Veil

Part 11 of 14.

Previous: Just In Case... · Next: Post-Mortem

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.

Just In Case...Voidstorm · Level 88-90
Perhaps Lothraxion will be able to bring that shield down on his own. Or perhaps he is a pompous blowhard. The Devouring Host offers its trusted soldiers fragments of a relic that can override any ethereal device, including that shield.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Post-MortemVoidstorm · Level 88-90
We all bear a heavy burden in this place. I feel myself slipping towards hopelessness. But we haven't failed until we refuse to stand back up. I know my mother will collect herself. But the others need to know this fight isn't over. Speak with Hieron. He and the other scouts should have information.

The storyline at a glance

The Night's Veil has 14 steps, from Reliable Enemies to A Naaru!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Voidstorm (14).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Breaching the Voidstorm Complete the following questlines in Voidstorm.

Other storylines on the Voidstorm map

Dawn of Reckoning16 steps, starts with Friend or Fiend
Foothold15 steps, starts with Feeding the Flame
Oaths to Family10 steps, starts with Distant Memories
Dance with the Devil10 steps, starts with A Born Killer
To Be Changed11 steps, starts with Stronger Than Before
Into the Abyss10 steps, starts with Voidstorm

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.