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Matrons of the Crimsonwood

A World of Warcraft quest in Drustvar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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royalecheese+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

With several mentions of the quest being bugged, has anyone else noticed the weakening potion not weakening the matrons? I have tried to do this quest several times and pulling one pulls all of them. If I throw the potion prior to the pull, it does nothing. If I thrown it after the pull, it does not damage any of them.

Something is severely messed up on this quest.

EDIT:

After another attempt one month later, the issue I had with the weakening potion not working appears to have been fixed, or at least it worked for me this time. All three Matrons will pull at the same time. My issue was, as a hunter, on my original attempts I sent in the pet to do the dirty work first. This time I decided to charge in with my pet, get all of them together, and then see if the potion worked on the group in close quarters. It did. The potion took away their elite status and they became normal mobs.

However, and I have not seen this mentioned, but it appeared that they were healing each other or healing themselves. Be aware of that.

More than anything else, I am so glad to be finished with Drustvar.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-60
ZoneDrustvar
Quest ID50329

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(50329))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineCrimson Forest, step 6 of 10
Rewards51g 48s, 10,200 XP

Description

The witches in charge, the matrons... <Ashton shudders for a moment then composes himself.> The matrons are the ones leading the Grand Rite. They are fearsome but not invulnerable. Removing some of them from the equation will bolster our chances of stopping this. Take this potion. It will be able to weaken the matrons so you might have a better chance of dispatching them.

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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.

Drustvar Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Drustvar map showing where to go for Matrons of the CrimsonwoodTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #896 24.6 56.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDrustvar 24.6, 56.7/way #896 24.6 56.7
  • Objective areaDrustvar 19.5, 53.5/way #896 19.5 53.5

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 Drustvar map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Drustvar:

  • Anyport, DrustvarAlliance and Horde · about 600 yards north-west
  • Falconhurst, DrustvarAlliance · about 610 yards south
  • Arom's Stand, DrustvarAlliance · about 800 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 320 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 310 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 310 yards west

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.

Related
Money51 gold48 silver
Experience10,200 XP
ReputationOrder of Embers +75

Reward details

Reputation: Order of Embers +75

An ancient Kul Tiran order resurrected to battle the threat of witchcraft, the Order of Embers fights with knowledge guiding their blades.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Drustvar that reward Order of Embers reputation: Pieces of History (+75), Through the Old Roads (+10), Silver Blades (+75), Honorable Discharge (+75), The Order of Embers (+3,500), A Lesson in Witch Hunting (+75).

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.

Storyline

Crimson Forest

Part 6 of 10.

Previous: Stopping the Grand Rite · Next: Controlling the Situation

  1. 1Saving Master Ashton
  2. 2Odds and Ends
  3. 3A Little 'Pick Me Up'
  4. 4Deeper into the Woods
  5. 5Stopping the Grand Rite
  6. 6Matrons of the Crimsonwood
  7. 7Controlling the Situation
  8. 8Witch Way Out?
  9. 9In the Hall of the Drust King
  10. 10Stick It To 'Em!

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.

  • Stopping the Grand RiteDrustvar · Level 20-60

    The witches of the Crimsonwood are planning a Grand Rite, a powerful ritual. They intend to rip open reality and bring their dark master through! I suspect they may be in communion with Gorak Tul. We cannot allow their ritual to succeed.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Controlling the SituationDrustvar · Level 20-60

    I have been observing this macabre army of, wood, flesh, and bone and how the witches and servitors control the lesser creations with charms. I believe I can craft an even more powerful charm - one we can use. In the hearts of the servitors are the very strongest charms.

The storyline at a glance

Crimson Forest has 10 steps, from Saving Master Ashton to Stick It To 'Em!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Drustvar (10).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Drustvar 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.