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Overseas Assassination

Overseas Assassination is an Alliance-only quest for level 50. It is step 1 of 16 in the Blood on the Sand storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Vol'dun at 37.7, 35.9. It rewards 6,800 experience and money.

Description

Ready to go to war, <name>?

Mathias Shaw has assembled a list of priority Horde targets, and the first is an influential blood elf by the name of Arlethal Sunwatcher. Intelligence shows that he's the highest ranking member of the Reliquary, an elite blood elf excavation force.

He's just standing out in the middle of the desert in Vol'dun, practically begging to be assassinated. Shall we?

Rewards

Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Brotown22+71via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Can't start this quest chain?

...Neither could I until I completed the Magni quest in Silithus. I avoided it (not knowing) because I was primarily focused on doing the Kul Tiris quests and didn't want to stray. Couldn't for the life of me understand why I couldnt get "uniting Kul Tiris" to pop or any of Blood on the Sand quest chain. Couldn't find any info in searches either (though admittedly I probably just skimmed some guide somewhere too quickly). I hope this helps anyone who might be stuck like I was

2
Rispetto+34via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Playing in Shadowlands, or beyond, and can't figure out why you can't start this quest chain?
It's because you need your Heart of Azeroth from Magni in Silithus. Yeah, I skipped it too. Absolutely nowhere does it tell you that you need it, but you do.
In order to start that quest chain you will have to loot an item that requires the HoA. The easiest way to do this is to buy a piece of PvP gear from the BFA expansion, such as the head, that give you azerite powers. This will start the A Dying World quest chain, which takes about 15 minutes, and gives you the HoA.
It took me 3 days to realize this. God speed, fellow frustrated WoW players.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52026))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Brotown22+71via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Can't start this quest chain?

...Neither could I until I completed the Magni quest in Silithus. I avoided it (not knowing) because I was primarily focused on doing the Kul Tiris quests and didn't want to stray. Couldn't for the life of me understand why I couldnt get "uniting Kul Tiris" to pop or any of Blood on the Sand quest chain. Couldn't find any info in searches either (though admittedly I probably just skimmed some guide somewhere too quickly). I hope this helps anyone who might be stuck like I was

2
Rispetto+34via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Playing in Shadowlands, or beyond, and can't figure out why you can't start this quest chain?
It's because you need your Heart of Azeroth from Magni in Silithus. Yeah, I skipped it too. Absolutely nowhere does it tell you that you need it, but you do.
In order to start that quest chain you will have to loot an item that requires the HoA. The easiest way to do this is to buy a piece of PvP gear from the BFA expansion, such as the head, that give you azerite powers. This will start the A Dying World quest chain, which takes about 15 minutes, and gives you the HoA.
It took me 3 days to realize this. God speed, fellow frustrated WoW players.

3
varenne+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Talk to [npc=142374] at Wind's Redemption ship and get to Wind's Redemption and get to Vol'dun.

Overseas Assassination quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFNoNSIVfk0
This quest is a part of the Alliance War Campaign (gated behind the [faction=2159] reputation).
Blood on the Sand questchain of the Ready for War achievement.

ID
Quest
Ready for War
Questgiver
Zone
Video
54<
Overseas Assassination
Blood on the Sand
[npc=135612]
Wind's Redemption
https://youtu.be/AFNoNSIVfk0
55
The Vol'dun Plan
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/eUkmmhC8Yf8
56
Comb the Desert
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/I1yEL4P1UDw
57
Dirty Work
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139719]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/oV69dZqAGmI
58
Keep Combing
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/365OKTNAPYQ
59
Classic Reliquary
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139719]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/-owWmmLOhjU
60
Never Stop Combing
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/054wTHivFlQ
61
A Message to the Zandalari
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139719]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/7dDzBJUzDag
62
Improvised Survival
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/Hjp0Lg9bJm8
63
They Have Alpacas Here
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139722]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/_HW2j8y1sWo
64
Splitting Up
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/1RergCnYTEw
65
Delayed Deathification
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139719]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/T6boLWROiz8
66
Full of Arrows
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139719]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/bWBvJDEuivk
67
Report to Wyrmbane
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139719]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/jJbUmQM29sY
68
The Big Boom
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/pzBPse3GroU
69
Blood on the Sand
Blood on the Sand
[npc=139705]
Vol'dun
https://youtu.be/1PLqvT54IWk


Id column is approximate quest № In storyline (Ready for War <= for more info)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,800
MoneyGold23g 40s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapVol'dunTurn-in marker at 37.7, 35.9, 1 mapped point
Objective areaBoralus
Objective areaTiragarde Sound1 mapped point
World Map

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.

Vol'dun Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Vol'dun map showing where to go for Overseas AssassinationTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #864 37.7 35.9

Boralus Objective area
Tiragarde Sound Objective area 1 mapped point
Tiragarde Sound map showing where to go for Overseas AssassinationObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #895 74.1 26.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVol'dun 37.7, 35.9/way #864 37.7 35.9
  • Objective areaTiragarde Sound 74.1, 26.3/way #895 74.1 26.3

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 Vol'dun map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vol'dun:

  • Shatterstone Harbor, Vol'dunAlliance · about 100 yards north-west
  • Sanctuary of the Devoted, Vol'dunAlliance and Horde · about 950 yards south-west
  • Vulture's Nest, Vol'dunAlliance · about 1,100 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Blood on the Sand

Part 1 of 16.

Our first Horde VIP target is Arlethal Sunwatcher, a high-ranking member of the Reliquary. Taking him out will show the Horde that no one is safe from the Alliance, even across an ocean.

Next: The Vol'dun Plan

  1. 1Overseas Assassination
  2. 2The Vol'dun Plan
  3. 3Comb the Desert
  4. 4Dirty Work
  5. 5Keep Combing
  6. 6Classic Reliquary
  7. 7Never Stop Combing
  8. 8A Message to the Zandalari
  9. 9Improvised Survival
  10. 10They Have Alpacas Here
  11. 11Splitting Up
  12. 12Delayed Deathification

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 16.

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.

  • The Vol'dun PlanLevel 50

    Our target: Arlethal Sunwatcher, High Examiner of the Reliquary. Before we charge off blindly into the dunes, however, I'd like to hold a quick strategy meeting with you and the others.

The storyline at a glance

Blood on the Sand has 16 steps, from Overseas Assassination to Blood on the Sand.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vol'dun (16).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Ready for War Complete the war campaign in Kul Tiras and Zandalar.

Other storylines on the Vol'dun 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.

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