TheWoWDBTo complete this quest:
When you are in the Shadow of Realms go to farm where you killed the villagers before..
Fight a Dark Rider of Acherus and steal his horse..
When you are sitting on the mount use the spell on your bar and you will summon Salanar the Horseman
Quest
Into the Realm of Shadows
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You do not start with a Deathcharger, you must complete this quest to achieve one.
Once you have completed a few quests, you get given this one by Salanar the Horseman - it's the 2nd quest in a 2 part series.Once you have completed it, you can summon your new Deathcharger by pressing "CTRL + P" for the Pet/Mounts tab (or pressing C, selecting pets) and then clicking on mount/dismount.
You can of course drag this to a bar for quick access.
It's SHIFT + P
Quest facts
Quest ID12687
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12687))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12687 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
Requirements
ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
The horse you stole has been taken to the Realm of Shadows. It is there that my dark rider will slay the beast and raise it as a deathcharger. Do you think yourself brave enough to enter the Realm of Shadows in pursuit of the deathcharger? If you accept, I will transport you to the shadow world. Once there, seek out a dark rider in the open fields south of us. To emerge victorious you must slay him, overtake his deathcharger and return it to Death's Breach. Issue the Horseman's Call should you succeed.
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-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 51.7 35.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 51.7, 35.7
/way #124 51.7 35.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 56.1, 44.8
/way #124 56.1 44.8 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 50.3, 41.5
/way #124 50.3 41.5
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Spell: Acherus DeathchargerSummons and dismisses your rideable Acherus Deathcharger.
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience8,250 XP
Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 13 of 58.
Previous: Grand Theft Palomino · Next: Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
- 8The Power Of Blood, Frost And Unholy
- 9Report To Scourge Commander Thalanor
- 10The Scarlet Harvest
- 11If Chaos Drives, Let Suffering Hold The Reins
- 12Grand Theft Palomino
- 13Into the Realm of Shadows
- 14Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
- 15Abandoned Mail
- 16Death's Challenge
- 17Gothik the Harvester
- 18The Gift That Keeps On Giving
- 19An Attack Of Opportunity
Showing steps 8 to 19 of 58.
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.
- Grand Theft Palomino
How fortuitous it is that the Crusade has a stable full of horses a mere stone's throw from this post. Though they guard it tenaciously, an enterprising young death knight could break through their defenses and take what is rightfully his!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
The Sky Darkeners are mindless constructs with one purpose: KILL! Specifically, they are aiming to kill any man or woman that they see fleeing Havenshire for the safety of New Avalon. We certainly can't allow those cowards to make it to safety and then take up arms against us!
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.