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Return Lost Souls

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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varenne+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete his quest you have to


  • Go to the Maw from Ring of Transference in Oribos

  • There are several types of souls you can save. You will see a blue mark on your minimap in Maw:

    • [npc=176149] (<= map inside) the closest to the [npc=162804] base
      Destroy the rocks to free them Demo video 1:27

    • [npc=174182] (<= map inside) all over the maw, but most of them are to the north of main [npc=162804] base Demo video 2:00


    • [npc=174158] / [npc=175897] (<= map inside) are also to the north but instead of cages
      They are moving randomly and fearing everyone from time to time. Demo video 3:12

    • Later versions of this quest when you need to get 15 souls count rares quest progress Demo video 5:07





/way 36.24 37.28 Best area to farm souls in stones is around that point
/way 35.93 41.23 also good area
/way 31.93 30.62 Wailing or Aimless Soul locations area

Full video of the quest (Wailing Soul / Aimless Soul / Caged Soul ): https://youtu.be/A12VPVGmp0k
Bastion Kyrian Pow (Imprisoned Soul): https://youtu.be/MgVhcPF1fik

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 60
LocationHeart of the Forest, The Maw
CategoryCovenant Sanctum
Quest ID62860

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(62860))

Requirements

RepeatsWeekly

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

Souls continue to pour into the Maw. As long as this is still happening, we need to save as many as possible! The Jailer twists the cycle of life and rebirth. This cannot be allowed to continue! We must thwart his plans. Return to the Maw and rescue those that you can.

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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.

Heart of the Forest Quest turn-in no plotted point
The Maw Objective area 1 mapped point
The Maw map showing where to go for Return Lost SoulsObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1543 46.0 41.1

Coordinates

  • Objective areaThe Maw 46.0, 41.1/way #1543 46.0 41.1

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 Heart of the Forest map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Heart of the Forest:

  • Heart of the Forest, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 150 yards north-east
  • Refugee Camp, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 320 yards east
  • Root-Home, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 700 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 12,800 yards north-west (on The Maw map)

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
Money51 gold48 silver

Storyline

For Queen and Grove!

Part 36 of 36.

Previous: Return Lost Souls

  1. 25The First New Growth
  2. 26The Forge of Bonds
  3. 27The Forge of Bonds
  4. 28The Boon of Binding
  5. 29Strengthening the Bond
  6. 30A Conduit for Growth
  7. 31The Endless Forest
  8. 32Replenish the Reservoir
  9. 33Return Lost Souls
  10. 34Return Lost Souls
  11. 35Return Lost Souls
  12. 36Return Lost Souls

Showing steps 25 to 36 of 36.

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.

  • Replenish the ReservoirLevel 60

    Greetings, Maw Walker. The Tirna Achiad, Heart of Ardenweald, flourishes in our care, yet more anima is needed for our Sanctum. The cycle of rebirth, our purpose, must continue. To help our Queen, we must acquire more. Will you help us replenish the reservoir?

The storyline at a glance

For Queen and Grove! has 36 steps, from Report to Moonberry to Return Lost Souls.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Heart of the Forest (12), Ardenweald (10), The Maw (5), Heart of the Forest (4).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Heart of the Forest 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.