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Opening the Way

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

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varenne+410via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You have to use items in the right order following the clues Pike gives you.
When you stand in the item's blue area the extra action button will appear allowing you to use the item.
Right order is bell -> knife -> lantern.

Opening the Way quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaEi8kqU7Io
This quest is a part of The Pride of Kul Tiras achievement. More info under the spoiler:

Spoiler
ID
Quest
Questgiver
Subzone
Video
1
Boralus Harbor
Harbormaster's Office
https://youtu.be/vHrGHFllzW8
2
[npc=140495]
Tiragarde Sound
Lord Admiral's Rest
https://youtu.be/p_BNbje6Z3w
3
[npc=140649]
Tiragarde Sound
Lord Admiral's Rest
https://youtu.be/FToveMERUJA
4
[npc=140732]
Boralus Harbor
Harbormaster's Office
https://youtu.be/BdMvZcZpIbY
5
[npc=140732]
Tiragarde Sound
Freehold
https://youtu.be/-pMCw7QQ9yY
6
[npc=141032]
Tiragarde Sound
Freehold
https://youtu.be/Vrkow0e6iNA
7
[npc=140732]
Tiragarde Sound
Bridgeport
https://youtu.be/LDI3QLOFtlg
8
[npc=140732]
Boralus Harbor
Harbormaster's Office
https://youtu.be/amqM7tdiadQ
9
[npc=140495]
Tiragarde Sound
Proudmoore Keep
https://youtu.be/RxPiy0i1uNI
10
[npc=141223]
Stormsong Valley
Path of Storms
https://youtu.be/I3ahWUks414
11
[npc=141223]
Stormsong Valley
Path of Storms
https://youtu.be/ca1DDR9Uvjc
12
[npc=137691]
Stormsong Valley
Shrine of the Storm
https://youtu.be/XMw2yWAufeY
13<
[npc=141223]
Stormsong Valley
Crescent Cove
https://youtu.be/KaEi8kqU7Io
14
[npc=141223]
Stormsong Valley
Crescent Cove
https://youtu.be/KrZmHxSOHew
15
[npc=141223]
Stormsong Valley
Fate's End
https://youtu.be/qwAGxFXKnsw
16
[npc=140495]
Tiragarde Sound
Proudmoore Keep
https://youtu.be/G1JkrApFSVU
17
[npc=129642]
Drustvar
Arom's Stand
https://youtu.be/FpX68y1ZHoo
18
[npc=141894]
Drustvar
Ulfar's Den
https://youtu.be/4knCzGjceNg
19
[npc=141159]
Drustvar
Ulfar's Den
https://youtu.be/ZQEPw1SMds4
20
[npc=141159]
Drustvar
Ulfar's Den
https://youtu.be/xS0-B_2qapo
21
[npc=141159]
Drustvar
Ulfar's Den
https://youtu.be/voxxll4a8uk
22
[npc=129642]
Drustvar
Arom's Stand
https://youtu.be/PRusvw_vVbM
23
[npc=142287]
Drustvar
Gol Inath
https://youtu.be/f5m55uQal6w
24
[npc=141785]
Drustvar
Gol Inath
https://youtu.be/FhQQbvNRX4I
25
[npc=141785]
Tiragarde Sound
Proudmoore Keep

Id column is approximate quest № In The Pride of Kul Tiras storyline <= for more info)
2
1319008+74via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This does not match the text. If the clues are in the text then the order is wrong. It says beacon to guide them, then hear our call, then calm the sea. this should mean lantern, bell, knife - but this doesn't work. Either the scroll is screwed up or the quest is screwed up.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50
CategoryThe Pride of Kul Tiras
Quest ID52511

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52511))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

Hmm. This ritual is a bit... tricky. No matter, together we will be able to complete it. I shall begin to channel. You will need to activate the runes in the proper order. I shall leave the scroll here so you may consult it.

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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.

Stormsong Valley Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Stormsong Valley map showing where to go for Opening the WayTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #942 21.4 69.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormsong Valley 21.4, 69.6/way #942 21.4 69.6
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 21.4, 69.4/way #942 21.4 69.4

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 Stormsong Valley map

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

Getting there

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

  • Millstone Hamlet, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 550 yards east
  • Fort Daelin, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 1,100 yards north-east
  • Deadwash, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 1,300 yards east

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
Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP

Storyline

The Pride of Kul Tiras

Part 13 of 24.

Previous: Shrine of the Storm: The Missing Ritual · Next: Fate's End

  1. 8The Mysterious Island
  2. 9A Forlorn Hope
  3. 10Ritual Effects
  4. 11The Strength of the Storm
  5. 12Shrine of the Storm: The Missing Ritual
  6. 13Opening the Way
  7. 14Fate's End
  8. 15Lost in Darkness
  9. 16Of Myth and Fable
  10. 17The Old Bear
  11. 18Nightmare Catcher
  12. 19Buried Power

Showing steps 8 to 19 of 24.

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.

  • Shrine of the Storm: The Missing RitualLevel 50

    The ritual which allows safe passage to Fate's End is a closely guarded secret to keep the curious from venturing there and suffering the same fate as the condemned. I have never conducted it before, but there is a scroll with instructions. It is held in the Shrine of the Storms.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Fate's EndLevel 50

    Fate's End is a place in turmoil. The seas froth, the air cracks with thunder. We tried to settle there once, but each settlement disappeared into the mists, every soul never to be seen again. The island did not want inhabitants. Now we send our most vile exiles there.

The storyline at a glance

The Pride of Kul Tiras has 24 steps, from What You May Regret to Thros, the Blighted Lands.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Drustvar (8), Tiragarde Sound (7), Stormsong Valley (6), Boralus (3).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stormsong Valley 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.