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Lorewalking: The Blade's Gambit

Lorewalking: The Blade's Gambit is a quest for level 10-90. It is step 3 of 14 in the Lorewalking: Xal'atath storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Silvermoon City at 58.6, 70.8. It rewards 1,200 experience and money.

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...

Rewards

Money2 gold80 silver90 copper
Experience1,200 XP

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(84779))

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,200
MoneyGold2g 80s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSilvermoon CityTurn-in marker at 58.6, 70.8, 1 mapped point
Turn-in mapDornogal
Turn-in mapOrgrimmarTurn-in marker at 54.3, 56.5, 1 mapped point
Turn-in mapStormwind CityTurn-in marker at 64.1, 16.6, 3 mapped points
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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.

Silvermoon City Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Silvermoon City map showing where to go for Lorewalking: The Blade's GambitTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #2393 58.6 70.8

Dornogal Quest turn-in
Orgrimmar Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Orgrimmar map showing where to go for Lorewalking: The Blade's GambitTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #85 54.3 56.5

Stormwind City Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Stormwind City map showing where to go for Lorewalking: The Blade's GambitTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-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

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 CityAlliance and Horde · about 220 yards west
  • The Royal Exchange, Silvermoon CityHorde · about 330 yards north-east
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 17,600 yards south (on the Stormwind City map)
  • Objective areaabout 17,600 yards south (on the Stormwind City 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

Lorewalking: Xal'atath

Part 3 of 14.

Previous: Blade in Twilight · Next: Every Little Death Helps

  1. 1Lorewalking: The Blade and the High Priest
  2. 2Blade in Twilight
  3. 3Lorewalking: The Blade's Gambit
  4. 4Every Little Death Helps
  5. 5Every Little Death Helps
  6. 6Unintended Consequences
  7. 7The Pirate's Treasure
  8. 8The Tempest Crown
  9. 9Twist the Knife
  10. 10Twist the Knife
  11. 11Lorewalking: The Blade's Past
  12. 12Lorewalking: The Blade's Nemeses
  13. 13Lorewalking: The Blade's Forces
  14. 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 TwilightLevel 10-45

    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 HelpsLevel 50

    <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

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.

Related
Lorewalking: Paths Ever Onward
Lorewalking: The Blade and the High Priest
Lorewalking: The Blade's Downfall
Lorewalking: The Blade's Forces
Lorewalking: The Blade's Nemeses
Lorewalking: The Blade's Past
Lorewalking: The Blood Loa
Lorewalking: The Brokers
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