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For the Benefit of the Queen

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-70
ZoneThe Waking Shores
Quest ID66114

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(66114))

What to do

StorylineIn Defense of Life, step 1 of 18
Rewards14g 4s 50c, 4,750 XP

Description

We safeguard our precious eggs to protect the future of all dragonflights. The Primalists do not simply threaten pain or anguish with their actions. They threaten us with extinction. I must inform our queen at once.

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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.

The Waking Shores Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for For the Benefit of the QueenTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 62.3 73.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 62.3, 73.0/way #2022 62.3 73.0
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 62.3, 72.8/way #2022 62.3 72.8
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 55.1, 31.0/way #2022 55.1 31.0

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 The Waking Shores map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:

  • Ruby Lifeshrine, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 80 yards north-east
  • Ruby Life Pools, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 450 yards north-west
  • Life Vault Ruins, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 860 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 2,300 yards north

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
Money14 gold4 silver
Experience4,750 XP
ReputationValdrakken Accord +100

Reward details

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +100

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Other quests in The Waking Shores that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: How to Glide with Your Dragon (+50), How to Dive with Your Dragon (+50), How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon (+50), Punching Up (+100), A Cultist's Misgivings (+50), The Shadow of His Wings (+150).

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.

Storyline

In Defense of Life

Part 1 of 18.

Next: The Mandate of the Red

  1. 1For the Benefit of the Queen
  2. 2The Mandate of the Red
  3. 3Skyriding
  4. 4How to Glide with Your Dragon
  5. 5How to Dive with Your Dragon
  6. 6How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon
  7. 7The Need For Higher Velocities
  8. 8The Skytop Observatory
  9. 9Skyriding Talents and You
  10. 10Return to the Ruby Lifeshrine
  11. 11Training Wings
  12. 12Who Brought the Ruckus?

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 18.

Also part of: The Waking Shores (part 14 of 52).

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Mandate of the RedThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    Our calling is care and compassion. We aid the other flights not only for their own sake, but for the sake of dragonkind as a whole. Perhaps speaking with the dragonspawn here at the Ruby Lifeshrine will help you understand us further.

The storyline at a glance

In Defense of Life has 18 steps, from For the Benefit of the Queen to Exeunt, Triumphant.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (18).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Waking Hope Complete the following storylines in the Waking Shores.

Other storylines on The Waking Shores 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.