Overwhelming Distraction

Reward details

Items you receive

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.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Highmountain:

• Obsidian Overlook, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 650 yards east
• Sylvan Falls, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 810 yards north
• Starsong Refuge, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

• Objective areaabout 130 yards south (on the Suramar map)
• Objective areaabout 140 yards south-east (on the Suramar map)

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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• The Orchestrator of Our DemiseSuramar · Level 45

  Conjurer Thalerian must be stopped. He immediately sought out my father's private study when he arrived and he has not yet emerged. I worry that he may have found a very dangerous item. It is called the Astromancer's Keystone. It is used to manipulate the stronghold's defenses.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Last Stand of the Moon GuardSuramar · Level 45

  This is all that remains of the Moon Guard. Take a good look. We are but a shadow of our former selves, and we have the Nightborne to thank for our demise. For now there is nothing more we can do. If we want to live, we must leave immediately. Retribution can wait.

The storyline at a glance

Moon Guard Stronghold has 12 steps, from Fate of the Guard to Last Stand of the Moon Guard.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (9), Highmountain (2), Ley Station Moonfall (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

• Good Suramaritan Complete the Suramar storylines listed below.
• Sojourner of Suramar Complete the Suramar local storylines listed below with a Timerunner.
• Campaign: Suramar Complete the Suramar storylines listed below with a Timerunner.

Other storylines on the Highmountain map

• Legion Blacksmithing42 steps, starts with Strange New Ores
• The Bloodtotem Tribe14 steps, starts with The Bloodtotem Tribe
• Rivermane Tribe13 steps, starts with Keepers of the Hammer
• Allies of the Horde: Highmountain18 steps, starts with Walking in Their Footsteps
• Legion Leatherworking45 steps, starts with Skin Deep
• Snowblind Mesa10 steps, starts with Battle of Snowblind Mesa

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.