TheWoWDBYou need to kill the three big mobs that spawn, one inside, two outside. Kill them all and the quest should complete itself.
...btw was I the only one who shouted "WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE?" when this quest started?
Quest
Moonshade Holdout
A World of Warcraft quest in Suramar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Moonshade Holdout is part of Nightfallen But Not Forgotten - The Light Below storyline.
You can find more info about storyline in the achievement link
You will also need this quest for Good SuramaritanHere is Moonshade Holdout video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3H91-Fh53AAnd here is storyline related to this quest:
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№ column is quest approximate order in Suramar storyline
Easy as a holy pally; it's a small gauntlet, of sorts. Cinematic at the end.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 45
ZoneSuramar
Quest ID42226
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42226))
What to do
StorylineAn Ancient Gift, step 5 of 8
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP
Description
<Tampering with the relic has drawn the attention of some hideous creatures from beneath Falanaar.>
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #680 36.5 46.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inSuramar 36.5, 46.8
/way #680 36.5 46.8 - Objective areaSuramar 17.9, 38.3
/way #680 17.9 38.3
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 Suramar map
- Close Enough same spot
- Arcan'dor, Gift of the Ancient Magi same spot
- The Way Back Home same spot
- The Seal's Power same spot
- A Dance With Dragons same spot
- A Message From Our Enemies same spot
- A Challenge From Our Enemies same spot
- Resisting Arrest same spot
- Felborne No More same spot
- Branch of the Arcan'dor same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:
- Meredil, Suramar
- Irongrove Retreat, Suramar
- Obsidian Overlook, Highmountain
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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Reward details
Reputation: The Nightfallen +75
These exiled Nightborne elves suffer withdrawals after being cut off from the Nightwell. They oppose their people's alliance with the Legion and fight for some kind of redemption.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Suramar that reward The Nightfallen reputation: Answering Aggression (+250), Regroup (+250), Crackdown (+250), No Reason to Stay (+250), Trail of Echoes (+250), The Only Way Out is Through (+250).
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
An Ancient Gift
Part 5 of 8.
Previous: Breaking the Seal · Next: Into the Crevasse
- 1Arcane Communion
- 2Scenes from a Memory
- 3Cloaked in Moonshade
- 4Breaking the Seal
- 5Moonshade Holdout
- 6Into the Crevasse
- 7The Hidden City
- 8The Valewalker's Burden
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.
- Breaking the Seal
<As you behold the relic, Thalyssra's voice echoes in your mind.> You found it! But it is sealed away tight. Search the room for a way to break those seals.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Into the Crevasse
I have protected that seed for ten thousand years. You let it fall into the hands of the fal'dorei. I should have let you die. Repay your debt. Help me get the seed back.
The storyline at a glance
An Ancient Gift has 8 steps, from Arcane Communion to The Valewalker's Burden.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Suramar map
- Blood and Wine
- Balance of Power
- An Elven Problem
- Crafting War
- The Waning Crescent
- Eminent Grow-main
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.