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Into Anguish

Into Anguish is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-40 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 6 of 11 in The Light of Karabor storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Shadowmoon Valley at 35.7, 36.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,450 experience and money.

Description

Rulkan's gift to you, the Fragment of Anguish, will allow you to pass into the fortress unhindered. Go up these stairs to the doorway, then use the fragment to enter the compound.

Once you are inside, you will find three altars powering the magical barrier around their stronghold.

Destroy these runes, and Yrel and I will be able to join you in finding Ner'zhul.

Rewards

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250
Top Comments

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Favelio+59via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

cannot enter in the fortress as patch 8.1.0.28833.
I can see the purple shield disappear, my questlog register this as happening, but I am blocked by an invisible wall on top of the stairs
Anybody else with the same issue?

edit: restarting the game fixed the issue

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs+250

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapShadowmoon ValleyTurn-in marker at 35.7, 36.9, 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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for Into AnguishTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #539 35.7 36.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 35.7, 36.9/way #539 35.7 36.9
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 35.0, 37.9/way #539 35.0 37.9
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 29.5, 39.8/way #539 29.5 39.8
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 34.5, 41.4/way #539 34.5 41.4
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 32.7, 38.8/way #539 32.7 38.8

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

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 ValleyAlliance · about 680 yards east
  • Exile's Rise, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 840 yards north-east
  • Twilight Glade, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 880 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 440 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 220 yards south

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 Light of Karabor

Part 6 of 11.

Previous: On the Offensive · Next: The Dark Side of the Moon

  1. 1Darkness Falls
  2. 2The Righteous March
  3. 3The Defense of Karabor
  4. 4Darkest Night
  5. 5On the Offensive
  6. 6Into Anguish
  7. 7The Dark Side of the Moon
  8. 8The Dark Side of the Moon
  9. 9Harbingers of the Void
  10. 10The Great Salvation
  11. 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.

  • On the OffensiveShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    We cannot enter these gates, but you can, <class>. Your mission is critical, and the Shadowmoon will kill you on sight. Do not hesitate to return the favor.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Dark Side of the MoonShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    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.

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

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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