TheWoWDBIf you're wondering where this seemingly sidetrack is going to take you... you are To Catch a Shadow On the Shadow's Trail.
You'll be awarded a 534 cloak for your efforts as well as some great Lore.
The Horde equivalent is To Capture Gul'dan.
Quest
Meet Us at Starfall Outpost
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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April 2020: during double XP, this was showing as my presumptive zone in my late 90s, got to garrison area at about 102. This quest was missing--you move out of the area and an exclamation mark shows up, move into the area and it disappears. Ignore that. Talk to Baros to establish your garrison ( Establish Your Garrison ). You will see he has the quest, but it isn't showing up because it is 'low level'.
The quest is currently showing the completion question mark at about 26,7 in Shadowmoon Valley, but the actual completion location is at 29,25.
Quest facts
Quest ID33359
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33359))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
The archmage has uncovered a potential Shadow Council presence in the valley. He asked me to let you know. As soon as you can, join us at Starfall Outpost. We're going to need your muscle to root them out, commander.
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 #539 29.2 25.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 29.2, 25.7
/way #539 29.2 25.7
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 Shadowmoon Valley map
- Prune the Podlings about 330 yards
- And The Mole You Rode In On about 340 yards
- Supply Drop about 360 yards
- Game of Thorns about 560 yards
- Destroying the Competition about 630 yards
- If At First You Fail, Try Again! about 630 yards
- Upgrading The Fleet about 640 yards
- Naval Domination about 640 yards
- Equipping Our Fleet about 650 yards
- All Hands on Deck about 660 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shadowmoon Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
- Lunarfall (Alliance), Shadowmoon Valley
- Akeeta's Hovel, Shadowmoon Valley
- Anchorite's Sojourn, Talador
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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Experience675 XP
Other quests on the Shadowmoon Valley map
Storyline
On the Shadow's Trail
Part 1 of 8.
Next: Catching His Eye
- 1Meet Us at Starfall Outpost
- 2Catching His Eye
- 3Shrouding Stones
- 4Ominous Portents
- 5Soul Shards of Summoning
- 6Heart On Fire
- 7Forging the Soul Trap
- 8To Catch a Shadow
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Catching His Eye
For what must be done, I need someone I can trust. You're one of those few. The woods and the orc village, Gul'var, are protected from my scrying magic. We need to pierce that veil. I think I know a way. There's a fel presence within the woods.
The storyline at a glance
On the Shadow's Trail has 8 steps, from Meet Us at Starfall Outpost to To Catch a Shadow.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley map
- The Exarch Council
- The Light of Karabor
- Garrison Campaign
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Shadows Awaken
- Botani In Bloom
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.