Quest Log

Lest the Trail Go Cold

Lest the Trail Go Cold is a quest for level 60 in The Maw. It is step 6 of 8 in the Torghast storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Oribos at 40.0, 68.6. It rewards 16,350 experience and money.

Description

From what the captive dredger told you, it seems Thrall has been taken deep into Torghast. The torments he is enduring must be unimaginable.

We need to learn where he is being held before the trail goes cold.

The tower is vast and perilous. Search where you are able. Bring back any clues you find.

Go carefully, <name>. The Jailer's eye is upon you.

Rewards

You will receive:

Soul Ashx 50

Money102

Experience16,350 XP

Top Comments

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xstaindxDec 22, 2020+200via Wowhead

It is looted from the last boss on floor 6 and you may do this on any layer. Knowing this will save you some time since you don't have to go searching every nook and cranny. :)

VintusDec 22, 2020+63via Wowhead

Seems like, unlike the Jaina week, Thrall is going to be waiting a week after we pick up his trail. I didn't get Torment Chamber: Thrall after turning this in.

thevastayanDec 22, 2020+54via Wowhead

Not to mention if you miss a week you dont get to catch up to everyone else you just get left behind. Rip

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Currency	Soul Ash	50
Experience	XP	16,350
Money	Gold	102g 96s

Reward details

Currency: Soul Ash x 50

A raw source of power found within Torghast. Used to fuel the Runecarver's Chamber.

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 map	Oribos	Turn-in marker at 40.0, 68.6, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Torghast - Entrance
Objective area	The Maw	1 mapped point

World Map

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.

Torghast - Entrance Objective area

The Maw map showing where to go for Lest the Trail Go Cold — **The Maw** Objective area 1 mapped point

Coordinates

Turn-inOribos 40.0, 68.6/way #1670 40.0 68.6
Objective areaThe Maw 48.2, 40.0/way #1543 48.2 40.0

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 Oribos map

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

Getting there

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

9.0 Maw - Oribos - Teleport InAlliance and Horde · about 140 yards north-east
OribosAlliance and Horde · about 170 yards east
Halls of Atonement, RevendrethAlliance and Horde · about 4,000 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 8,400 yards north-west (on The Maw map)

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

Torghast

Part 6 of 8.

Previous: Finding a Witness · Next: Torment Chamber: Thrall

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.

Finding a WitnessThe Maw · Level 60
You have rescued two of our allies from Torghast, but Anduin and Thrall have yet to be found. That tower's corridors are vast... seemingly endless. You could spend an eternity wandering those unholy halls. In your expeditions, you have encountered many unfortunate prisoners.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Torment Chamber: ThrallThe Maw · Level 60
Using the totem you recovered, I will alter the Attuned Shard to guide you to Thrall's location. <Bolvar hands you the crystalline object.> Take care. You know the torments Baine and Lady Proudmoore endured in that accursed place. Thrall's confinement will be no less harrowing. Beware.

The storyline at a glance

Torghast has 8 steps, from Explore Torghast to Signs of the Lion.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Oribos (8).

Other storylines on the Oribos map

Arrival in the Shadowlands8 steps, starts with Stranger in an Even Stranger Land
Patch Intro32 steps, starts with The First Move
Patch Campaign104 steps, starts with The First Move
A Fateful Vision4 steps, starts with An Echo in the Darkness
Aiding the Shadowlands4 steps, starts with The Threads of Fate
Battle of Ardenweald8 steps, starts with The First Move

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 44 comments

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Lest the Trail Go Cold

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