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Following the Root

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 80-83
LocationWartha'nan Crypts, Eversong Woods
Quest ID86643

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86643))

What to do

WhereWartha'nan Crypts, Eversong Woods
StorylineRipple Effects, step 7 of 13
Rewards3g 9s, 1,450 XP

Description

Lor'themar has a right to defend this land, but I don't think he's seeing clearly. The presence of Amani is too inciting. This doesn't add up. The trolls are going out of their way to craft Lightbloom weapons--to fight what? It isn't us. They didn't attack Suncrown. They could have, and they didn't. We need to find the truth. Let's head south. That hideout I discovered must have some answers.

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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.

Wartha'nan Crypts Quest turn-in no plotted point
Eversong Woods Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Eversong Woods map showing where to go for Following the RootTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2395 56.7 65.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEversong Woods 56.7, 65.8/way #2395 56.7 65.8
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 56.5, 65.8/way #2395 56.5 65.8
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 64.5, 48.6/way #2395 64.5 48.6

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Wartha'nan Crypts:

  • Tranquillien, Eversong WoodsAlliance and Horde · about 660 yards west
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards north-west
  • Atal'Aman, Zul'AmanAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 160 yards east (on the Eversong Woods map)
  • Objective areaabout 1,400 yards north-east (on the Eversong Woods map)
  • Objective areaabout 90 yards 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
Money3 gold9 silver
Experience1,450 XP

Storyline

Ripple Effects

Part 7 of 13.

Previous: A Foe Unseen · Next: Gods Before Us

  1. 1Anything but Reprieve
  2. 2Choking Tendrils
  3. 3What's Left
  4. 4Premonition
  5. 5Old Scars
  6. 6A Foe Unseen
  7. 7Following the Root
  8. 8Gods Before Us
  9. 9An Impasse
  10. 10Beat of Blood
  11. 11Light Guide Us
  12. 12Past Redemption
  13. 13Fractured

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.

  • A Foe UnseenEversong Woods · Level 80-83

    I know Lor'themar is angry, but... this is strange, <name>. They didn't attack Suncrown--the Lightbloom did. What are the Amani doing over there? There has to be some kind of explanation for this. It doesn't look like an invasion. Let's see what we can find out.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Gods Before UsEversong Woods · Level 80-83

    I suppose I shouldn't have expected a greeting with open arms, but I did not expect to be trapped in here. The Amani are clever. They must have made a way to escape. We have only to find it. Let's look around.

The storyline at a glance

Ripple Effects has 13 steps, from Anything but Reprieve to Fractured.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eversong Woods (12), Silvermoon City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Eversong Woods 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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Eversong Woods.