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Karabor Training Grounds

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

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18193+34via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Best Location: 68.8, 52.8 The mobs will fight one another until they reach 49%, then they will stop and regen instantly to 100%. This makes it an ideal place to farm the Glaives.If you happen to pull more than you can kill, jump off the side of the wall and run west. I suggest getting on the side of the wall prior to getting low health. PS - They do drop Sunfire Signets and Arcane Tombs BUT those are low drop rates and they do not have anything else on their loot table...

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Sihmm+33via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is the start of the Aldor version of the Book of Fel Names chain. As well as reputation with your chosen faction, if you complete it you can choose from:
Ceremonial Kris (+heal dagger)
Slayer's Axe (2H +str axe)
Sunfury Legguards (+AP mail pants)
Hauberk of Karabor (+AP leather chest)
Summoner's Blade (+dmg sword)
Wildcaller (feral staff)

As with the Medallion of Karabor line, this chain starts different depending on whether you're Aldor (A) or Scryer (S). All the quests are rated level 70 - though the chain is available at level 68, it sends you to the Shadow Labyrinth to kill Blackheart, which you might want to hold off on until level 70.

Aldors pick it up from Exarch Onaala at the Altar of Sha'tar:
1. (A) Karabor Training Grounds
2. (A) A Necessary Distraction
3. (A) Altruis

Scryers need to visit Larissa Sunstrike at the Sanctum of the Stars:
1. (S) Karabor Training Grounds
2. (S) A Necessary Distraction
3. (S) Altruis

Here the chains converge on your old friend Altruis the Sufferer in Nagrand. He gives out three quests that need to be completed (in any order) before you can continue:
4a. Against the Legion - Netherstorm
4b. Against the Illidari - Shadowmoon Valley
4c. Against All Odds - Zangarmarsh
Having gone around the world killing stuff, you can now return to Altruis and receive:
5. Illidan's Pupil
which leads directly into
6. The Book of Fel Names

Now it's time for a venture into the Shadow Labyrinth to kill Blackheart! Once that's done that and his body has been looted for the book, it's back to Altruis where again the chains diverge depending on your allegiance.

Aldor:
7. (A) Return to the Aldor - back to Altar of Sha'tar
8. (A) Varedis Must Be Stopped

Scryer:
7. (S) Return to the Scryers - back to Sanctum of Stars
8. (S) Varedis Must Be Stopped

Varedis Must Be Stopped is the final part. It's a 5-man group quest that sends you to the terrace outside the Black Temple to kill four elites: Varedis, Netharel, Theras and Alandien. Look them up for co-ordinates and tips on killing them - they're pretty straightforward, really.

When they're dead it's a simple matter of returning to the questgiver to choose a prize.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneShadowmoon Valley
Quest ID10587

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10587))

Requirements

ReputationThe Aldor: Neutral or higher

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineShadowmoon Valley, step 102 of 147
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

Our scouts have reported a massive influx of Sunfury blood elf recruits heading to the Ruins of Karabor. Normally this would represent a purely military threat, however we believe something else is amiss. Descriptions of their attire and fighting style are suspiciously close to that of Illidan himself. I do not want to become alarmed without good reason, so I would like you to go there and bring me back their weapons. We will then determine whether my fears are unfounded or not.

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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 12 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for Karabor Training GroundsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #104 61.2 29.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 61.2, 29.2/way #104 61.2 29.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 70.3, 51.4/way #104 70.3 51.4

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

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:

  • Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 120 yards south-east
  • Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south
  • Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,600 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 950 yards south-east

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
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Aldor +250

Reward details

Reputation: The Aldor +250

An ancient order of draenei priests once run by Velen, the Aldor are currently led by High Priestess Ishanah. They are servants of the naaru in Shattrath City known as the Sha'tar. Rivals of the Scryers.

Reputation group: Shattrath City.

Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward The Aldor reputation: Tablets of Baa'ri (+250), Oronu the Elder (+250), The Ashtongue Corruptors (+250), The Warden's Cage (+75), The Ashtongue Tribe (+250), A Necessary Distraction (+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

Shadowmoon Valley

Part 102 of 147.

Previous: The Cipher of Damnation · Next: A Necessary Distraction

  1. 97The Shadowmoon Shuffle
  2. 98What Illidan Wants, Illidan Gets...
  3. 99The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge
  4. 100The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered
  5. 101The Cipher of Damnation
  6. 102Karabor Training Grounds
  7. 103A Necessary Distraction
  8. 104Altruis
  9. 105Karabor Training Grounds
  10. 106A Necessary Distraction
  11. 107Altruis
  12. 108Against the Legion

Showing steps 97 to 108 of 147.

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 Cipher of DamnationShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    How many times has this spell been used in the history of our worlds? Undoubtedly, its power for destruction is unparalleled. What you must do now is take the cipher, now made whole, and read from it at the Altar of Damnation - where the memory of Gul'dan stands.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Necessary DistractionShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    The weapons are authentic, as we feared. Illidan is training demon hunters at the Ruins of Karabor and we must put an end to it. Do not be fooled by their name, <name>, their power will be used against us as often as against any demon.

The storyline at a glance

Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).

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.