Quest Log

Payment in Kind

Payment in Kind is an Alliance-only quest for level 50. It is step 1 of 2 in the Stay of Execution storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormwind City at 85.9, 31.5. It rewards 850 experience and money.

Description

<name>, King Anduin has requested our presence in Stormwind.

We've sent him reports on our situation here in Nazjatar, and he understands the severity of the threat we're facing. For him to pull both of us back from the front lines, it must be a matter of grave importance.

I will meet you in Stormwind Keep.

Rewards

Money2

Experience850 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Stormwind City 85.9, 31.5 /way #84 85.9 31.5
Go to Nazjatar 40.3, 55.2 /way #1355 40.3 55.2

Known issues

Top Comments

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burnoutsJun 26, 2019+60via Wowhead

If Anduin is not on his throne for you, make sure you have completed the Tyrande's Ascension story line first, Anduin will be standing in the war room next to the map on the ground if this is the case.

Shingen258Jul 5, 2019+42via Wowhead

You dont have to do entire Darkshore quest line, just handover the quest on the ship and port back to SW. Anduin will be back on his throne :-)

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55784))

Top Comments

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burnoutsJun 26, 2019+60via Wowhead

If Anduin is not on his throne for you, make sure you have completed the Tyrande's Ascension story line first, Anduin will be standing in the war room next to the map on the ground if this is the case.

Shingen258Jul 5, 2019+42via Wowhead

You dont have to do entire Darkshore quest line, just handover the quest on the ship and port back to SW. Anduin will be back on his throne :-)

dasbaumJul 15, 2019+22via Wowhead

This Quest shares phasing with the Battle for Darkshore quest line. Basically Anduin is already there and can't be in the Throne room at the same time.
Quest and events change the world around you through "Phasing", placing you in a certain time or story setting.
As long as you are on the phasing quest line, you won't be able to see or interact with other players or NPCs who are in a different phasing than you.
Imagine it like having a savegame, that is progressing through the times.
If you started on any of these quests (if any of these is marked as complete in the macro below) , you must complete all of them to see Anduin in Stormwind again.
On Whispered Winds
Waning Hope
Shores of Fate
Macro to check your progress:
/script for k,v in pairs({["On Whispered Winds"]=53847 ,["Waning Hope"]=53849 ,["Shores of Fate"]=53988 })do print(format("%s: %s", k, IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v) and "\124cff00ff00DONE\124r" or "\124cffff0000NOT DONE\124r")) end

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	850
Money	Gold	2g 34s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Stormwind City	Turn-in marker at 85.9, 31.5, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Nazjatar	1 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.

Nazjatar map showing where to go for Payment in Kind — **Nazjatar** Objective area 1 mapped point

Coordinates

Turn-inStormwind City 85.9, 31.5/way #84 85.9 31.5
Objective areaNazjatar 40.3, 55.2/way #1355 40.3 55.2

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 Stormwind City map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormwind City:

Stormwind, ElwynnAlliance · about 550 yards south-west
Goldshire, ElwynnAlliance · about 1,100 yards south
Flamestar Post, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Stay of Execution

Part 1 of 2.

Hearing that Baine Bloodhoof will be executed, King Anduin Wrynn requests you join a team to infiltrate Orgrimmar and save his life.

Next: Stay of Execution

1Payment in Kind
2Stay of Execution

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.

Stay of ExecutionLevel 50
When I was younger, Baine Bloodhoof and I began exchanging letters. Through our unlikely friendship, I learned that there was nobility in the Horde. He proved that by defying Sylvanas when she planned to strip the free will from Derek Proudmoore. That act of nobility will cost him his life...

The storyline at a glance

Stay of Execution has 2 steps, from Payment in Kind to Stay of Execution.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormwind City (1), Nazjatar (1).

Other storylines on the Stormwind City map

The Missing Expedition70 steps, starts with Warming Up
The Dragonscale Expedition28 steps, starts with The Dragon Isles Await
Dragon Isles City Intro Quests13 steps, starts with The Dragon Isles Await
The King's Path8 steps, starts with A Found Memento
Cataclysm Chromie Time Breadcrumbs6 steps, starts with Cataclysm: Onward to Adventure in the Eastern Kingdoms
Allies of the Alliance: Dark Iron Dwarf6 steps, starts with Blackrock Depths

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 42 comments

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Payback's a Lich

Paying Respects

Payment Due for Services Rendered

Peace at Last

Peace by Piece

Peace of Mind

Database

Downloads

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