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Quilboar Shadow Magic

A World of Warcraft quest in Exile's Reach. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 1-5
ZoneExile's Reach
Quest ID55184

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55184))

What to do

StorylineThe Missing Expedition, step 13 of 70
RewardsExpeditionary Cloth Boots, Expeditionary Plate Warboots, Expeditionary Plate Warboots, 5s 65c, 750 XP

Description

Quilboar are primitive and savage. They rarely practice any magic other than geomancy. But these particular quilboar seem to be dabbling in shadow magic. They must be stopped. Slay the quilboar in the den. They cannot spread this magic in the island!

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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.

Exile's Reach Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the Exile's Reach map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Exile's Reach:

  • Alliance Outpost, Exile's Reach OutpostAlliance · about 160 yards north-west
  • Ogre Citadel, Exile's Reach IslandAlliance · about 1,400 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 330 yards south-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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money5 silver65 copper
Experience750 XP

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Feet
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+1 Intellect, +1 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for1 silver60 copper
TypePlate Feet
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+1 Strength or Intellect, +1 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for1 silver71 copper
TypePlate Feet
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+1 Strength or Intellect, +1 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for1 silver59 copper
TypeMail Feet
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +1 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 silver72 copper
TypeMail Feet
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +1 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 silver60 copper
TypeLeather Feet
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +1 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 silver73 copper

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

The Missing Expedition

Part 13 of 70.

Previous: Down with the Quilboar · Next: The Scout-o-Matic 5000

  1. 8Enhanced Combat Tactics
  2. 9Enhanced Combat Tactics
  3. 10Northbound
  4. 11Taming the Wilds
  5. 12Down with the Quilboar
  6. 13Quilboar Shadow Magic
  7. 14The Scout-o-Matic 5000
  8. 15Re-sizing the Situation
  9. 16Ride of the Scientifically Enhanced Boar
  10. 17The Harpy Problem
  11. 18Westward Bound
  12. 19A Warrior's End

Showing steps 8 to 19 of 70.

Also part of: The Missing Expedition (part 11 of 14), The Missing Expedition (part 13 of 16).

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.

  • Down with the QuilboarExile's Reach · Level 1-5

    From what I can gather, the quilboar are performing a shadow ritual on one of the expedition members. Their chief is Geolord Grek'og. He is the one who seeks to drain the life from our friend. Slay Grek'og and save the captive member of the expedition. He may know where the others were taken.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Scout-o-Matic 5000Exile's Reach · Level 1-5

    You look like a <race> that needs help finding the scattered members of our alliance expedition! Luckily, you have happened to rescue the one and only Lindie Springstock, inventor extraordinaire! I've got my Scout-o-Matic 5000 all set to go. It'll fly up in the air and let you scout the entire area.

The storyline at a glance

The Missing Expedition has 70 steps, from Warming Up to Aiding the Dragon Isles.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Exile's Reach (49), Stormwind City (16), The Great Sea (3), The Waking Shores (2).

Other storylines on the Exile's Reach 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.