TheWoWDBOkay, so I think I figured it out. You can be sent to two different camps. But if one is destroyed and you still have the quest, you won't be able to turn it in, because Illidan/Alleria won't be there anymore (and you will see only some dead bats lying around). You can still go to another camp that is up and return later to get this one.
If you abandoned the quest, while the camp is dead or about to be destroyed (1 min warning given), you won't be able to hand in the quest, thus the game will not offer it again if you abandon it. Don't worry, the quest will be offered again and can be handed in when the camp is up again.
Basically the camp can be "active", it can be "destroyed" or it is "about to be destroyed" (with a 1min warning given).
Prequest Securing a Foothold
Followup Sizing Up The OppositionCamp 1: Reinforce Light's Purchase
Camp 2: Reinforce the Veiled DenORIGINAL POST
This seems to be a breadcrumb quest (as they usually are with go find NPC x somewhere else quests), that is supposed to bring you to another quest hub / story line. But if you already completed the followup Sizing Up The Opposition You won't be able and you don't actually need to do this quest anymore. Simply move on :)
You can check if you completed the followup with this script: /run print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(47473))
Edit 1: It does give you a flight path though, so not sure what's up with that and how to get it. When I moved to the camp there were no NPCs only dead bats on the ground
Edit 2: I realized that the camps seem to be randomized and destroyed every now and then. If the camp is destroyed and you did not hand in the quest in time, you should be able to pick it up later again, when the camp is back up and not dead.
Edit 3: Added info from response by FlowXL below regarding the 1 min timer
Quest
Reinforce the Veiled Den
A World of Warcraft quest in Antoran Wastes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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In remix the quest icon showed up at Hope's landing but I couldn't find the quest anywhere. I went to veiled den and then back to the ship and the quest was on the ship.
I see only dead ppl (well, and some demons too). No Illidan.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(48202))
What to do
Description
The foothold you established allows us to check in with our field operatives. On our last mission here, we set up a bastion to the northeast. It should be defensible for now, but that could change at any moment. Illidan has gone ahead to assess the situation. I suggest you go there and see if he needs a hand.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #885 68.8 26.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inAntoran Wastes 68.8, 26.1
/way #885 68.8 26.1 - Objective areaAntoran Wastes 68.9, 25.6
/way #885 68.9 25.6 - Objective areaAntoran Wastes 72.9, 50.3
/way #885 72.9 50.3
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Antoran Wastes:
- The Veiled Den, Antoran Wastes
- Vindicaar, Antoran Wastes
- Hope's Landing, Antoran Wastes
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Spell: Lightforged Beacon: The Veiled DenAdds The Veiled Den to your Navigation Console.
Storyline
The Heart of Argus
Part 4 of 6.
Previous: Reinforce Light's Purchase · Next: Sizing Up The Opposition
- 1The Burning Heart
- 2Securing a Foothold
- 3Reinforce Light's Purchase
- 4Reinforce the Veiled Den
- 5Sizing Up The Opposition
- 6Sizing Up The Opposition
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.
- Reinforce Light's Purchase
Now that we have established a foothold, we need to rendezvous with our soldiers in the field. We have an Army of the Light encampment to the south, near where the Legion is keeping their strongest warriors in some sort of stasis. Alleria went to scout the area.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Sizing Up The Opposition
Turalyon was no doubt hoping for better news, but I fear I cannot provide it. Attempting to drive into the heart of the Legion now would cost us everything. There must be another way. I do not know what it is, but I trust that we will find it. Best not keep Turalyon waiting. We must move forward.
The storyline at a glance
The Heart of Argus has 6 steps, from The Burning Heart to Sizing Up The Opposition.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Antoran Wastes (3), The Vindicaar (2), The Vindicaar (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on The Vindicaar map
- Petrified Forest
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.