Enter the highlighted area on the map and attack the mobs with the dim circle indicators at their feet. I got 2 masks by my 4th mob.
Quest
Masks of Deception
A World of Warcraft quest in Ardenweald. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You have to laugh at this. Yeah, let's put on these masks that seem to be controlling everyone to hide behind!
Dumbest idea ever...
This might a reference to a Visual Novel - Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen, which in English has a subtitle "Mask of Deception".
Quest facts
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Description
My hunting party was ambushed not far from here. I narrowly escaped capture, but the others were taken deeper into Blackthorn Grove. We must find and rescue them, but we are vastly outnumbered. We'll need to disguise ourselves while we search the grove. See if you can find something we can use to do so. I need just a little longer to recover from my wounds.
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 areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1565 43.3 40.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inArdenweald 43.3, 40.1
/way #1565 43.3 40.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ardenweald 42.3, 34.6
/way #1565 42.3 34.6
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 Ardenweald map
- Show, Don't Tell about 220 yards
- Break a Leg about 220 yards
- The Fourth Wall, er, War about 220 yards
- Getting Backstage about 250 yards
- What's My Motivation? about 280 yards
- The Battle of Ardenweald about 410 yards
- Can't Turn Our Backs about 490 yards
- The Heart of Ardenweald about 490 yards
- Trouble in the Banks about 560 yards
- Unsafe Workplace about 560 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Ardenweald, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ardenweald:
- Heart of the Forest, Ardenweald
- Glitterfall Basin, Ardenweald
- Refugee Camp, Ardenweald
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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Storyline
Drust to Drust
Part 2 of 17.
Previous: The Fate of Ara'lon · Next: Blackthorn Captives
- 1The Fate of Ara'lon
- 2Masks of Deception
- 3Blackthorn Captives
- 4Report to Lord Herne
- 5Ulfar's Guidance
- 6Into the Flame
- 7Kivarr the Thornspeaker
- 8Kivarr's Den
- 9Searching the Grove
- 10The Thornspeaker Captive
- 11A Swift Intervention
- 12Return to the Den
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 17.
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.
- The Fate of Ara'lon
<name>, I have an urgent request to make of you. Recently, the Wild Hunt has been encountering the masked fae in greater numbers... particularly in the area surrounding Blackthorn Grove. I sent a hunting party to investigate, but they have yet to return. Ara'lon was leading the hunt.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Blackthorn Captives
These disguises will allow us to explore the grove undetected, but beware of the overseers. Their Drust magic will more than likely be able to pierce through our deception. We need to save the rest of my hunting party while we still can.
The storyline at a glance
Drust to Drust has 17 steps, from The Fate of Ara'lon to Unbroken Bonds.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ardenweald (15), Drustvar (2).
Other storylines on the Ardenweald map
- Aiding Tirna Vaal
- Waning Grove
- For Queen and Grove!
- The Horned Hunter
- A Vessel of Ardenweald
- Night Warrior's Curse
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.