Quest Log

Light's Gambit

Light's Gambit is a quest for level 80 in Hallowfall, added in The War Within. It is step 5 of 5 in the Rest at Last storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hallowfall at 43.2, 52.4. It rewards 11,750 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

It's fine! We can catch you up on the rest of the rules later!

Resolving combat is the most fun, anyway!

You and Anduin can team up against me. Perhaps with the both of you together, you'll stand a chance!

Rewards

Money30

Experience11,750 XP

Top Comments

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FathelosAug 24, 2024+108via Wowhead

This is the kind of character depth that we've always wanted to see in WoW. This quest was so simple and yet so good at immersing you in the story. Loved the references and the character reactions!

BladestormTankSep 28, 2024+89via Wowhead

Winning the World Quest version of this quest on the Hardest difficulty awards an achievement.
Light's Gambit Champion
Strategy is quite simple, rush your cleric and knight to the opponents tower. Preferably behind so to avoid the Cone attack.
After that spam the heal on cleric every turn, spam the AoE attack on the knight on every turn, and spam the cannon from your tower to the opponents on every turn.
If you are quick about switching, the tower should die pretty quickly. After that switch to opponents Knight who is probably on top of your cleric trying to kill it, and then last take their cleric out.
Win. Im sure other strats work well too. GL took a few tries to get in the rhythm of switching, but super doable.

SoremacSep 1, 2024+83via Wowhead

If you're stuck in the chair, you can right click your player frame and select leave to get off the chair.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	11,750
Money	Gold	30g 98s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Hallowfall	Turn-in marker at 43.2, 52.4, 2 mapped points

Quest Line

Storyline

Rest at Last

Part 5 of 5.

Previous: Crowdsourcing

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Quest chain

Step 4 of 4. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

CrowdsourcingHallowfall · Level 80
Light's Gambit is an old and honored game. There's a reason so many Arathi play it! It can teach you a lot about strategy. And it can tell you a lot about your opponents. <Faerin suddenly deflates.> But we're still missing a few pieces that we need in order to play.

Also counted by Sojourner of Hallowfall

Its criteria name 16 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Rest at Last has 5 steps, from A Concerned Friend to Light's Gambit.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hallowfall (5).

Other storylines on the Hallowfall map

Hope in Solidarity15 steps, starts with To Mereldar
The Guiding Star12 steps, starts with The Hallowed Path
Gathering Shadows11 steps, starts with A Lamplighter's Duty
The Priory11 steps, starts with Wipe Away Their Smiles
Bringing Light to Velhan's Claim10 steps, starts with Lights Out
Striking Steel10 steps, starts with Economical Request

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Sojourner of HallowfallComplete the optional Hallowfall storylines listed below.10

Sojourner of Hallowfall: its criteria name 16 quests, this one included.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inHallowfall 43.2, 52.4/way #2215 43.2 52.4
Objective areaHallowfall 43.1, 52.5/way #2215 43.1 52.5

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 Hallowfall map

Honor the Flame about 80 yards
Burnout about 140 yards
Full Dress about 140 yards
A Home Cooked Meal about 150 yards
Spice Up Your Life about 150 yards
Eagle Eye, Eagle Die about 150 yards
The Light's Call about 160 yards
Spar Day about 160 yards
Cooking With Style about 160 yards
Nightwatch about 160 yards

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

Getting there

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

Mereldar, HallowfallAlliance and Horde · about 140 yards west
Lorel's Crossing, HallowfallAlliance and Horde · about 780 yards north-east
Lightspark, HallowfallAlliance and Horde · about 940 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.

Build history

First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight patch 12.0.7, the oldest build in our datamine).

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Light Won't Grant Me Vengeance

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