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Freeing the Light

Freeing the Light is a quest for level 6-9 in Exile's Reach. It is step 67 of 70 in The Missing Expedition storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Exile's Reach at 58.2, 50.3. It rewards 160 experience and money.

Description

Ah... you are not in league with the ogres. Please, you must aid me.

I have been bound against my will by dark magic. I ask only that you free me.

Take a piece of my light. Use it to dispel the shadow energies that are keeping me captive.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money1 silver70 copper
Experience160 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP160
MoneyGold1s 70c
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapExile's ReachTurn-in marker at 58.2, 50.3, 5 mapped points
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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.

Exile's Reach Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Exile's Reach map showing where to go for Freeing the LightTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1409 58.2 50.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inExile's Reach 58.2, 50.3/way #1409 58.2 50.3
  • Objective areaExile's Reach 57.4, 49.7/way #1409 57.4 49.7
  • Objective areaExile's Reach 58.5, 49.2/way #1409 58.5 49.2
  • Objective areaExile's Reach 59.0, 50.7/way #1409 59.0 50.7
  • Objective areaExile's Reach 57.8, 51.2/way #1409 57.8 51.2

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 Exile's Reach map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Exile's Reach:

  • Alliance Outpost, Exile's Reach OutpostAlliance · about 210 yards south-west
  • Ogre Citadel, Exile's Reach IslandAlliance · about 1,400 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 30 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 30 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 30 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Missing Expedition

Part 67 of 70.

Previous: Killclaw the Terrible · Next: The Art of Taming

  1. 59What's Your Specialty?
  2. 60What's Your Specialty?
  3. 61What's Your Specialty?
  4. 62What's Your Specialty?
  5. 63What's Your Specialty?
  6. 64What's Your Specialty?
  7. 65What's Your Specialty?
  8. 66Killclaw the Terrible
  9. 67Freeing the Light
  10. 68The Art of Taming
  11. 69Home Is Where the Hearth Is
  12. 70Aiding the Dragon Isles

Showing steps 59 to 70 of 70.

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.

  • Killclaw the TerribleExile's Reach · Level 7-10

    <You see a crude sign made by the ogres. It contains a warning.> BIG bear! Bad! Big bear guard big ogre treasure! Kill after ritual! Get treasure, make more power!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Art of TamingExile's Reach · Level 1-10

    I'm quite surprised to find this beast still alive and kicking. It appears to like you. Before we finish, you had better learn how to wrangle multiple pets. I'll give you one last lesson.

The storyline at a glance

The Missing Expedition has 70 steps, from Warming Up to Aiding the Dragon Isles.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Exile's Reach (49), Stormwind City (16), The Great Sea (3), The Waking Shores (2).

Other storylines on the Exile's Reach 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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Freedom for the Lingering
Freedom for the Sea
Freehold
Freeing Our Brothers
Freezing the Pipes
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Frenzied Furbolgs
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