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Overwhelming Distraction

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

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Boxofbeer+50via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Stand on purple rune and channel a beam to conjurers using your [item=133999]. Dont need to come close, you can cast it from very long distance. To turn in the quest, you have to meet Syrana at 30.0 10.4 point, stairs leading up are left from place where Thalerian is, from 28.5 14.2 point.

Overwhelming Distraction — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0EHhtMLZg

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datgrl+36via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To turn in this quest and 'Orchestration of our Demise, you have to run through the courtyard to the steps on the far side of the area. Then run up the steps past a huge amount of mobs and get to the NPC inside a big purple bubble at the far end of the path. I was doing the World Quest 'The Battle Rages On' and had the extra action button that was supposed to do the big aoe. It would fade in and out, depending on where I was in Moonfall Overlook and didn't work on all the mobs there. Just fair warning: get some Stonehide Leather Barding and run like crazy. I died in the purple bubble, and was lucky that when I rezzed, I was right up on top about 25 feet away from the NPC.

Luckily the last quest you pick up will teleport you out. However, there is a teleporter quest behind the bubble to pick up and turn in all in one. Do that before you get teleported out.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45
ZoneSuramar
LocationHighmountain, Suramar
Quest ID40971

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40971))

What to do

WhereHighmountain, Suramar
StorylineMoon Guard Stronghold, step 11 of 12
RewardsEnchanted Nightborne Coin, 20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

Do you see the Nightborne outside this room? They hold us here, like mice in a cage. It is more convenient for them that we are pinned down while they search the Sanctum for my father's relics. My companions and I can escape to higher ground with some help. Take this crystal. While standing on a mana focusing rune, use it to overcharge a Conjurer. Their summons will turn on them and create an opening. Use it well, and we will meet you atop the stronghold when the way is clear.

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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.

Highmountain Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Highmountain map showing where to go for Overwhelming DistractionTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #650 38.2 82.8

Suramar Objective area 13 mapped points
Suramar map showing where to go for Overwhelming DistractionObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #680 32.2 14.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHighmountain 38.2, 82.8/way #650 38.2 82.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 30.4, 13.9/way #680 30.4 13.9
  • Objective areaSuramar 32.2, 12.7/way #680 32.2 12.7

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 Highmountain map

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

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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeConsumable
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
Sells to vendors for25 gold

“Handed down for generations, this coin holds lingering knowledge from all its previous holders.”

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

Moon Guard Stronghold

Part 11 of 12.

Previous: The Orchestrator of Our Demise · Next: Last Stand of the Moon Guard

  1. 1Fate of the Guard
  2. 2Sigil Reclamation
  3. 3Not Their Last Stand
  4. 4Take Them in Claw
  5. 5The Rift Between
  6. 6Lay Waste, Lay Mines
  7. 7Precious Little Left
  8. 8Stop the Spell Seekers
  9. 9Starweaver's Fate
  10. 10The Orchestrator of Our Demise
  11. 11Overwhelming Distraction
  12. 12Last Stand of the Moon Guard

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.

  • 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:

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.