TheWoWDBMAJOR TIP: Kill the Initiates....not the supplicants...I have a 0% drop rate off of 20 supplicants, and a damn good 75% drop off of the initiates..Just trying to save everyone some time here. Finished quite quickly after I started killing initiates.
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Quest
Karabor Training Grounds
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This is the start of the Scryer 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) AltruisScryers need to visit Larissa Sunstrike at the Sanctum of the Stars:
1. (S) Karabor Training Grounds
2. (S) A Necessary Distraction
3. (S) AltruisHere 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 NamesNow 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 StoppedScryer:
7. (S) Return to the Scryers - back to Sanctum of Stars
8. (S) Varedis Must Be StoppedVaredis 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.
It's @ 70.50 btw, you been to enter through the main gate and go right.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 25-30
Quest ID10687
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10687))
Requirements
ReputationThe Scryers: Neutral or higher
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineShadowmoon Valley, step 105 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.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #104 55.7 58.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 55.7, 58.2
/way #104 55.7 58.2 - 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
- Honor the Flame about 900 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 900 yards
- Hero's Call: Shadowmoon Valley! about 910 yards
- Grand Master Antari about 1,510 yards
- Warchief's Command: Shadowmoon Valley! about 1,680 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
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
- Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon Valley
- Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley
- Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon Valley
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Scryers +250
Other quests on the Shadowmoon Valley map
Reward details
Reputation: The Scryers +250
Voren'thal the Seer leads the dissident blood elves who've rejected Kael'thas' path to power. They've joined forces with the naaru of Shattrath City, much to the dismay of the Aldor.
Reputation group: Shattrath City.
Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward The Scryers reputation: Tablets of Baa'ri (+250), Oronu the Elder (+250), The Ashtongue Corruptors (+250), The Warden's Cage (+75), A Necessary Distraction (+250), Return to the Scryers (+75).
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 105 of 147.
Previous: Altruis · Next: A Necessary Distraction
- 100The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered
- 101The Cipher of Damnation
- 102Karabor Training Grounds
- 103A Necessary Distraction
- 104Altruis
- 105Karabor Training Grounds
- 106A Necessary Distraction
- 107Altruis
- 108Against the Legion
- 109Against the Illidari
- 110Against All Odds
- 111Illidan's Pupil
Showing steps 100 to 111 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.
- Altruis
It is rare in this day and age to hear of those who follow the path of the demon hunter. It is rarer still to find someone who does and has no allegiance to Illidan. There are rumors of one such individual here in Outland.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Necessary Distraction
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
- Battle Pet Tamers
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.