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Insane Druids

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

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Rooibos+46via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I was kinda baffled by the quest description.

I can feel the corruption even from here and I dare go no further.

While I am too well attuned to Ashenvale and the Forest Heart, you... you could descend into the barrow den and do what must be done.

So he can't - for some reason, likely being afraid of getting corrupted as well - descent into the den, but:

I've laid down breadcrumbs for you in there.

When? How?

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 7-30
ZoneAshenvale
Quest ID26472

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26472))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineAshenvale, Alliance, step 49 of 50
RewardsEmil's Brand, Emil's Staff, 21g, 5,150 XP

Description

The druids are dead, killed by their leaders who were driven insane by the Horde tainting the Forest Heart! I can feel the corruption even from here and I dare go no further. While I am too well attuned to Ashenvale and the Forest Heart, you... you could descend into the barrow den and do what must be done. I've laid down breadcrumbs for you in there. Though it tears me apart, I must ask that you put to rest the druids' once great leaders: Taneel Darkwood, Uthil Mooncall, and Mavoris Cloudsbreak.

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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.

Ashenvale Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Ashenvale map showing where to go for Insane DruidsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #63 75.8 74.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAshenvale 75.8, 74.8/way #63 75.8 74.8
  • Objective areaAshenvale 77.1, 74.0/way #63 77.1 74.0
  • Objective areaAshenvale 78.1, 72.8/way #63 78.1 72.8
  • Objective areaAshenvale 75.1, 74.2/way #63 75.1 74.2

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 Ashenvale map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ashenvale:

  • Forest Song, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,300 yards north-east
  • Stardust Spire, AshenvaleAlliance · about 2,400 yards west
  • Honor's Stand, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 2,400 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 150 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 50 yards north-west

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationDarnassus +350

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeTwo-Handed Sword Two-Hand
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon11 - 19 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+10 Strength, +3 Stamina
Suited toBlood, Frost, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Unholy
Sells to vendors for2 gold11 silver
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon13 - 17 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+10 Agility, +3 Stamina
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for1 gold96 silver

Reputation: Darnassus +350

This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Ashenvale that reward Darnassus reputation: Supplies to Auberdine (+500), Don't Forget the Horde (+250), Of Their Own Design (+250), Naga of the Strand (+250), West to the Strand (+10), Delivery for Orendil (+25).

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

Ashenvale, Alliance

Part 49 of 50.

Previous: The Shadewalker · Next: The Forest Heart

  1. 39The Branch of Cenarius
  2. 40Satyr Slaying!
  3. 41Stopping the Rituals
  4. 42Reclaiming Felfire Hill
  5. 43Agents of Destruction
  6. 44Recover the Remains
  7. 45Destroy the Legion
  8. 46Explosives Shredding
  9. 47Closure is Only Natural
  10. 48The Shadewalker
  11. 49Insane Druids
  12. 50The Forest Heart

Showing steps 39 to 50 of 50.

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 ShadewalkerAshenvale · Level 7-30

    Now that the demon gates have been destroyed, the power of the forest must be replenished. The Forest Heart must be retrieved! Gaivan Shadewalker, a powerful druid of the claw, has gone southwest, past Felfire Hill, to the Dor'Danil Barrow Den. Therein rests the Forest Heart.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Forest HeartAshenvale · Level 7-30

    You must get the Forest Heart to Gnarl at all costs! Down at the bottom of the Dor'Danil Barrow Den it sits, corrupted by the Horde. Only Gnarl can cleanse it. In order to move it, though, you'll need a Power of Nature.

Also counted by Ashenvale Quests

Its criteria name 12 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Ashenvale, Alliance has 50 steps, from Bathran's Hair to The Forest Heart.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ashenvale (50).

Other storylines on the Ashenvale 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Ashenvale QuestsComplete the Ashenvale storylines listed below.10