TheWoWDBCoordinates:
- Essence of Shadow: 34.1, 43.2
- Essence of Darkness: 31.2, 39.3
- Essence of Anguish: He/It is in the cave with entrance at: 35.4, 43.8
Quest
Harbingers of the Void
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Essence of Anguish was hard to find for me. It is in a cave called Ancestor's Grotto which is southeast of Anguish Fortress.
There's a second entrance to Anguish Fortress, which is west of the main entrance (I originally found it heading east from Killmaw). If you head in that way you'll find it easily. Alternatively, if you complete The Dark Side of the Moon and follow Yrel when she runs off, there's a ledge along the mountains. If you keep going you'll end up on top of the cave! Just jump down and enter.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-40
Quest ID33793
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33793))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Light of Karabor, step 9 of 11
Rewards16g 98s, 5,450 XP
Description
Our scouts have made a horrifying discovery, {name}. The souls of the prisoners are being used to summon creatures from the void. Inside, three beings of darkness already await - the Essence of Shadow, the Essence of Darkness, and the Essence of Anguish. They must be destroyed immediately, before their power can be unleashed.
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.
Turn-inTurn-inTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #539 46.4 38.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 46.4, 38.7
/way #539 46.4 38.7 - Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 35.7, 36.9
/way #539 35.7 36.9 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 34.0, 43.4
/way #539 34.0 43.4 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 31.3, 39.4
/way #539 31.3 39.4 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 34.8, 45.4
/way #539 34.8 45.4 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 35.8, 36.9
/way #539 35.8 36.9
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 Shadowmoon Valley map
- A Hero's Welcome about 20 yards
- Dark Enemies about 180 yards
- Closing the Door about 180 yards
- Think of the Children! about 180 yards
- Shadows Awaken about 210 yards
- Honor the Flame about 280 yards
- In Need of a Hero about 460 yards
- Ancestor's Memory about 560 yards
- Chasing Shadows about 560 yards
- Lost Lumberjacks about 620 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shadowmoon Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
- Embaari Village, Shadowmoon Valley
- Exile's Rise, Shadowmoon Valley
- Twilight Glade, Shadowmoon Valley
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Shadowmoon Valley map
Reward details
Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250
Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.
Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.
Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: The Fate of Karabor (+250), Think of the Children! (+250), Into Twilight (+75), A Hero's Welcome (+250), The Clarity Elixir (+250), A Grandmother's Remedy (+250).
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
The Light of Karabor
Part 9 of 11.
Previous: The Dark Side of the Moon · Next: The Great Salvation
- 1Darkness Falls
- 2The Righteous March
- 3The Defense of Karabor
- 4Darkest Night
- 5On the Offensive
- 6Into Anguish
- 7The Dark Side of the Moon
- 8The Dark Side of the Moon
- 9Harbingers of the Void
- 10The Great Salvation
- 11Across the Stars
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.
- The Dark Side of the Moon
<Prophet Velen's voice continues.> Yrel and I have located Warlord Ner'zhul. He is meeting with Grommash Hellscream atop the highest altar overlooking Anguish Fortress. Meet us there. We must stop him.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Great Salvation
We've located the prisoners. They are being held in captivity here, inside the Shadowmoon fortress. Please rescue as many of them as you can. And hurry. We can hear their screams out here.
The storyline at a glance
The Light of Karabor has 11 steps, from Darkness Falls to Across the Stars.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (11).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley map
- The Exarch Council
- On the Shadow's Trail
- Garrison Campaign
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Shadows Awaken
- Botani In Bloom
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.