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Powering the Defenses (Alliance)

Powering the Defenses is an Alliance-only quest for level 20-40 in Talador. It is step 4 of 24 in the In the Shadows of Auchindoun storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Talador at 61.6, 64.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 2,750 experience and money.

Description

What few soulpriests we don't have on the front lines are working fervently to maintain Auchindoun's defenses. They aren't going to be able to keep it up much longer alone.

Soulbinder Tuulani went inside the nearby Tomb of Lights to retrieve a backup power pylon and hasn't returned. I need you to find her and get her and the pylon back here safely.

Rewards

Money8 gold49 silver
Experience2,750 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250
Top Comments

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

1
jostor+23via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The question mark on the map is slightly deceiving, the NPC is in fact down inside a tunnel. The entrance is at 59 , 65. After you enter, go down the stairs, make a right and continue down, then go left in the first hallway.

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varenne+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)
Don't Let the Tala-door Hit You on the Way Out
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│   In the Shadows of Auchindoun  │
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1. Speaker for the Dead 
2. Holding the Line http://youtu.be/E53hvJEwq_o
3. Powering the Defenses http://youtu.be/9H_2yUe7GOw
4. We Must Construct Additional Pylons http://youtu.be/-iIAdVVCB9M
5. Nightmare in the Tomb http://youtu.be/_OaT2jE2x_k
6. The Heart of Auchindoun http://youtu.be/C6NsBCSc4c8
7. Disrupting the Flow http://youtu.be/L5CSHbX72nE
8. Light's Rest http://youtu.be/M5ECS54YktE
9. Antivenin http://youtu.be/HaUAGE16EvY
10. Into the Hollow http://youtu.be/RPiFKmHKsxs
11. Vile Defilers http://youtu.be/hwCVjViJxi8
12. Scheduled Pickup http://youtu.be/4CZnWN-9nXA
13. Restalaan, Captain of the Guard http://youtu.be/AUTm18aC0VY
14. The Final Piece http://youtu.be/8bcq63hP_yI
15. Changing the Tide http://youtu.be/zdWBohvzTXA
16. Desperate Measures http://youtu.be/IlYJdfZpERo
17. Into the Heart of Madness http://youtu.be/oHR9VcrZMSk
18. Destination: Unknown http://youtu.be/FZi058YgH_c
19. Together We Are Strong http://youtu.be/CgzTS1o4A5g
20. Come Together http://youtu.be/6ZefocAOJNI
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soneil+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest gives a great opportunity for gaining rep with a bodyguard garrison follower. An endless stream of enemies rushing at the NPC you need to get to. They're easy to kill and each one gives your follower 10 rep. So that racks up rep pretty quick. They keep on coming even when you've handed the quest in (probably when you don't even have the quest too).
I kept killing them til I got bored and ended up with about 6k more rep on my follower. Might check back later and do it again. :)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP2,750
MoneyGold8g 49s
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs+250

Reward details

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Talador that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: Nightmare in the Tomb (+250), Pieces of Us (+250), Burning Sky (+250), Barum's Notes (+250), Disrupting the Flow (+250), The Heart of Auchindoun (+250).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapTaladorTurn-in marker at 61.6, 64.1, 3 mapped points
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.

Talador Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Talador map showing where to go for Powering the DefensesTurn-inTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #535 61.6 64.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTalador 61.6, 64.1/way #535 61.6 64.1
  • Turn-inTalador 58.6, 65.1/way #535 58.6 65.1
  • Objective areaTalador 55.8, 67.9/way #535 55.8 67.9

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 Talador map

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

Getting there

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

  • Exarch's Refuge, TaladorAlliance · about 440 yards south-west
  • Terokkar Refuge, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 590 yards north-east
  • Shattrath City, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 380 yards south-west

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

In the Shadows of Auchindoun

Part 4 of 24.

Previous: The Heart of Auchindoun · Next: Nightmare in the Tomb

  1. 1Holding the Line
  2. 2Disrupting the Flow
  3. 3The Heart of Auchindoun
  4. 4Powering the Defenses
  5. 5Nightmare in the Tomb
  6. 6We Must Construct Additional Pylons
  7. 7Light's Rest
  8. 8Vile Defilers
  9. 9Into the Hollow
  10. 10Antivenin
  11. 11Scheduled Pickup
  12. 12Payback

Showing steps 1 to 12 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.

  • The Heart of AuchindounTalador · Level 20-40

    A band of Shadow Council orcs stole the Heart of Auchindoun! The Heart powers all of Auchindoun's defenses. Thankfully we were able to save its core and one of its four pieces.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Nightmare in the TombTalador · Level 20-40

    Down there... horrible... bodies everywhere... Dark ritual... please... you must stop it...

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Talador · Level 20-40.

The storyline at a glance

In the Shadows of Auchindoun has 24 steps, from Holding the Line to Together We Are Strong.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (24).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Talador 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Powering the Defenses. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Powering the Defenses (this page)Alliance34458
Powering the DefensesHorde35249
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Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Perch
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