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Reading the Leaves

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

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1
Area54+16via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There's currently a progress-halting bug where you cannot grab this quest from Elothir. The same bug also prevents you from turning in the quest, in case you manage to acquire it from sharing via another player who is on the quest.

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Leadspitter+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As of today this quest is currently bugged. It appears on the map but the NPC has no quest to offer. Other players and myself have submitted a bug report.

Update - The quest now appears and hopefully its working for everyone. Thanks.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneVal'sharah
Quest ID38684

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(38684))

What to do

StorylineAll Nightmare Long, step 5 of 11
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

{name}, my friend. You must succeed where I have failed. You must find our dear Malfurion. As the Nightmare consumes my thoughts, I hear the voices of these twisted trees. I must cling to sanity long enough to aid you. Venture into Ash'theran and bring me Corrupted Petals from the fallen denizens there. With them, I might find your Archdruid while my mind is still my own.

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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.

Val'sharah Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Val'sharah map showing where to go for Reading the LeavesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #641 66.2 44.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVal'sharah 66.2, 44.8/way #641 66.2 44.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Val'sharah 67.2, 37.7/way #641 67.2 37.7

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 Val'sharah map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Val'sharah:

  • Starsong Refuge, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 270 yards south-east
  • Garden of the Moon, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 710 yards south-west
  • Sylvan Falls, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 970 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 260 yards north

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
ReputationDreamweavers +150

Reward details

Reputation: Dreamweavers +150

The druids and their allies in Val'sharah have guarded the Emerald Dream since time immemorial.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Val'sharah that reward Dreamweavers reputation: Archdruid of the Claw (+10), Awakening the Archdruid (+150), The Demons Below (+150), Out of the Dream (+150), The Chieftain's Beads (+150), Entangled Dreams (+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.

Storyline

All Nightmare Long

Part 5 of 11.

Previous: Heart of the Nightmare · Next: Given to Corruption

  1. 1Love Lost
  2. 2Dark Side of the Moon
  3. 3Regroup at the Refuge
  4. 4Heart of the Nightmare
  5. 5Reading the Leaves
  6. 6Given to Corruption
  7. 7Softening the Target
  8. 8Close Enough to Touch
  9. 9The Fate of Val'sharah
  10. 10The Tears of Elune
  11. 11Darkheart Thicket: Enter the Nightmare

Also part of: All Nightmare Long (part 5 of 11).

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Quest chain

  1. 1Reading the Leaves
  2. 2Ruins of Shala'nir

Step 1 of 2. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Heart of the NightmareVal'sharah · Level 10-45

    I know only that my husband is somewhere deeper in this twisted forest. He is still alive, but it remains to be seen if he is whole. <Tyrande's expression hardens into a scowl as she peers at you.> Elune herself cannot protect Xavius if he is not.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Given to CorruptionVal'sharah · Level 10-45

    A final favor for an old friend, perhaps? My age-old companion, Varethos, has fallen to the nightmare's torment. We once worked in unison to protect this land. His close ties to the land brought him low in this dark hour. As with all who suffer this fate, there is no restoring him.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

All Nightmare Long has 11 steps, from Love Lost to Darkheart Thicket: Enter the Nightmare.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Val'sharah (10), Dalaran (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Val'sharah 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.