Quest Log

Preludes and Preparations

Preludes and Preparations is a quest for level 80 in The Maw. It is step 8 of 12 in the Paths Forward storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Maw at 30.5, 18.8. It rewards 11,750 experience and money.

Description

As you are no doubt aware, ferrying souls beyond the bounds of the Maw is no easy task. This is not a place from whence souls are meant to ascend.

Our resources are limited, but I have devised a way to ensure the relative safety of the souls I retrieve--though I will require materials. Fetch for me the reeds that grow in the silt of the Gorgoa River, soulthread from the cloaks of the wandering specters, the hide of a soul-eater... Ah. And mawrat teeth.

We mustn't forget the mawrat teeth.

Rewards

Money30

Experience11,750 XP

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at The Maw 30.5, 18.8 /way #1543 30.5 18.8

Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(84944))

Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	11,750
Money	Gold	30g 98s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	The Maw	Turn-in marker at 30.5, 18.8, 40 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.

Coordinates

Turn-inThe Maw 30.5, 18.8/way #1543 30.5 18.8
Turn-inThe Maw 26.9, 37.8/way #1543 26.9 37.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Maw 28.6, 28.1/way #1543 28.6 28.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Maw 32.4, 19.3/way #1543 32.4 19.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Maw 28.9, 32.0/way #1543 28.9 32.0
Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Maw 28.8, 24.4/way #1543 28.8 24.4

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 Maw map

A Shadowed Fate about 70 yards
Sundered Souls about 150 yards
Acquisition: Runeforged Shackles about 260 yards
Focusing the Eye about 270 yards
Anger Management about 360 yards
Tears of the Damned about 360 yards
Drowned and Torn Asunder about 370 yards
Here Goes Something about 430 yards
On the Trail about 490 yards
Acquisition: Crystallized Stygia about 570 yards

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

Getting there

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

Progenitor ConsoleAlliance and Horde · about 940 yards south-east
Ve'nari's RefugeAlliance and Horde · about 970 yards south-east
Keeper's RespiteAlliance and Horde · about 2,600 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 270 yards south
Objective areaabout 80 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 370 yards south

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

Paths Forward

Part 8 of 12.

Previous: The Long Vigil · Next: Repent of the Highborne

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 Long VigilThe Maw · Level 80
If you and Arator desire something of me, it will have to wait. There are souls here that require my attention, assuming your bumbling hasn't driven them off. I've managed to track four souls that fell into the Maw without proper judgment.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Repent of the HighborneThe Maw · Level 80
The reagents are gathered, and the lingering souls have been put at ease for the moment. We do not have long. Stand back, while I send them to where they are meant to dwell.

The storyline at a glance

Paths Forward has 12 steps, from Excising the Incursion to The Eleventh Hour.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Maw (10), Tazavesh (1), Dornogal (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Visions of a Shadowed Sun Complete the Visions of a Shadowed Sun storyline.
Ready for Midnight Complete the final chapter of the War Within campaign.

Other storylines on The Maw map

Patch Campaign104 steps, starts with The First Move
Patch Intro32 steps, starts with The First Move
An Army of Bone and Steel10 steps, starts with The Chains of Command
Focusing the Eye16 steps, starts with A Show of Gratitude
Torghast13 steps, starts with The Highlord Calls
New Rules7 steps, starts with Trust Issues

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.

Preparation for Ceremony

Preparation for the Hunt

Database

Quest Location and Connections

More Quests in The Maw

See all 8 quests in The Maw

Downloads

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Sounds for Preludes and Preparations

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