TheWoWDBI too got stuck on this quest without the ability to turn it in. Logging out and back in again solved it for me.
Quest
Lorewalking: The Blade's Gambit
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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i DC'd after the voldun part and the next one is inside an instanced crucible of storms, the dragon to take me there was no longer at the cave's entrance.
had to abandon the questline and start over...
The next step is to go to Drustvar - Falcon's Rest /way 20.30, 35.92.
Here you will stop the ritual by killing Inanis, taking the [item=164911], and activating it (special action button).
Quest facts
Quest ID84779
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(84779))
Description
Though now only a blade of little power, Xal'atath was not idle. In the aftermath of the Legion invasion, tensions between the Horde and the Alliance erupted into the Fourth War. Xal'atath took advantage of the many forces at play in the war in a gambit to restore her power...
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #2393 58.6 70.8
Turn-inIn-game waypoint: /way #85 54.3 56.5
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #84 64.1 16.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inSilvermoon City 58.6, 70.8
/way #2393 58.6 70.8 - Turn-inOrgrimmar 54.3, 56.5
/way #85 54.3 56.5 - Turn-inStormwind City 64.1, 16.6
/way #84 64.1 16.6 - Objective areaStormwind City 64.2, 16.6
/way #84 64.2 16.6
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 Silvermoon City map
- Daylight is Breaking
- Magisters' Terrace: Homecoming
- Fractured
- Silvermoon Negotiations
- Diplomacy
- Paved in Ash
- A Worthy Forge
- A Bulwark Remade
- Rise of the Haranir
- Trials and Tabulations
Other quests whose map markers the client places on Silvermoon City.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Silvermoon City:
- Sanctum of Light, Silvermoon City
- The Royal Exchange, Silvermoon City
- Fairbreeze Village, Eversong Woods
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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Money2 gold80 silver
Experience1,200 XP
Storyline
Lorewalking: Xal'atath
Part 3 of 14.
Previous: Blade in Twilight · Next: Every Little Death Helps
- 1Lorewalking: The Blade and the High Priest
- 2Blade in Twilight
- 3Lorewalking: The Blade's Gambit
- 4Every Little Death Helps
- 5Every Little Death Helps
- 6Unintended Consequences
- 7The Pirate's Treasure
- 8The Tempest Crown
- 9Twist the Knife
- 10Twist the Knife
- 11Lorewalking: The Blade's Past
- 12Lorewalking: The Blade's Nemeses
- 13Lorewalking: The Blade's Forces
- 14Lorewalking: The Blade's Downfall
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.
- Blade in Twilight
I have been working with Moira Thaurissan to infiltrate the Twilight's Hammer cult. We've learned of an ancient and powerful Old God relic, a blade used at various points in history to wreak havoc.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Every Little Death Helps
<The whispers are faint, but grow louder as you hold the blade in your hand.> So weak... need... blood... souls... <The voice trails off, but you can still sense the dagger urging you on. It is a familiar sensation.>
The storyline at a glance
Lorewalking: Xal'atath has 14 steps, from Lorewalking: The Blade and the High Priest to Lorewalking: The Blade's Downfall.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dornogal (3), Ny'alotha, the Waking City (3), Tirisfal Glades (1), Stormsong Valley (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dornogal map
- Khaz Algar Emissary
- Rise of the Red Dawn
- The Light's Summons
- Overcharged Delves
- Horrific Visions Revisited
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.