TheWoWDBFastest way to get there is to use [spell=224670] from Shal'aran
- Loot [item=138301] from [npc=108096]
They usually are dead because it is world quest and the respawn timer is low.
So wait in the area near the cages.( Can go up the stairs and check there)- Use [item=138301] on cages.
You need to complete Friends in Cages quest to unlock Freeing the Taken world quest. (Part of Good Suramaritan - A Waning Crescent storyline)
You can find more info about storyline in the achievement linkHere is Friends in Cages video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY1pQnOT6hk
Quest
Freeing the Taken
A World of Warcraft quest in Suramar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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That poor middle guy.
A tip that wasn't mentioned - you can open the cages with your disguise on. If you are in a crowded area and things might get hairy if you aggro a bunch of guards, kill the isolated [npc=108096] guards, then put on your disguise and waltz in, freeing the prisoners without raising suspicion!
Quest facts
Quest ID42209
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42209))
Requirements
Quest typeRare World Quest
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Prisoners freed x 4
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #680 45.9 67.5
Coordinates
- Objective areaSuramar 45.9, 67.5
/way #680 45.9 67.5
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 Suramar map
- Arluin's Request about 130 yards
- Ly'leth's Champion about 160 yards
- Waxing Crescent about 170 yards
- Lady Lunastre about 220 yards
- Friends in Cages about 220 yards
- Shift Change about 230 yards
- In the Bag about 240 yards
- Hired Help about 270 yards
- The Master's Legacy about 270 yards
- If Words Don't Work... about 280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Suramar:
- Western Suramar
- Meredil, Suramar
- Eastern Suramar
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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Where this quest fits
The client’s own unlock condition for this quest: Requires further advancement in the Suramar quests on Broken Isles.
Other storylines on the Suramar map
- Blood and Wine
- Balance of Power
- An Elven Problem
- Crafting War
- The Waning Crescent
- Eminent Grow-main
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.