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Ruin Has Come

Ruin Has Come is a quest for level 50 in Stormsong Valley. It is step 1 of 8 in The Forgotten Cove storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormsong Valley at 78.6, 54.8. It rewards 850 experience and money.

Description

There is a terror beneath the waves. It seeks to destroy my family, my house, and my legacy.

You must come, claim your destiny and deliver us from the terrors of the deep!

Find our estate to the east, among the isles. We lived opulently in the shadow of the great fortress. We believed the priests would deliver us from the darkness below. Now that darkness has bubbled to the surface, whispering madness in our dreams.

Hurry. The air turns the darkest I have seen in my cursed existence.

Rewards

Money2 gold34 silver
Experience850 XP
Top Comments

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1
varenne+56via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Start a quest from [object=281348] item.
/way Stormsong Valley 50.01 31.80 Horde Start Quest (Warfang Hold)
/way Stormsong Valley 59.49 68.34 Alliance Start Quest (Brennadam)

Find [npc=133640] in Forgotten Cove on an island south of Shrine of The Storm.
/way Stormsong Valley 78.55 55.21 Wayne the Ancestral

Horde PoV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPi812d5-JM
Alliance PoV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5GMxJxFdLk
This quest is a part of Forgotten Cove sidequests in Stormsong Valley. You can get the About To Break achievement during any of the following quests

ID
Quest
Sidequest Chain
Questgiver
Zone
Video
109<
Ruin Has Come
Forgotten Cove
Brennadam
https://youtu.be/W5GMxJxFdLk
110
Flush Them Out
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/IDokANmBOxI
111
Despondent Ablutions
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/HQNF4l74S3w
112
Trinkets and Baubles
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/AeZbnCVfEQ8
113
The Weight of My Ambition
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/ccdnxcP5yTc
114
Misplaced Faith
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/Z26LANcipXo
115
Indefatigable Purpose
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/F-NnuoWJWcY
116
Malign Inspiration
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/b0w5WiM4gqU
117
A Mote of Cosmic Truth
Forgotten Cove
[npc=133640]
The Lost Estate
https://youtu.be/kI69bOpr2MU


Id column is approximate quest № In Stormsong Valley storyline (Stormsong and Dance <= for more info)

I have done this questchain 3 times on beta and quest order was always different.
Sometimes i had to die to get the next quest.(probably a bug)

Update: On Beta The final reward after you complete all the quests was [item=163017] but it never worked so i think blizzard just decided to remove it.
Need confirmation about the toy

2
Samaramon1+53via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you're looking to start this chain: DON'T. It doesn't lead anywhere, it doesn't give you any rep, it is buggy as HELL and incredibly repetitive, you die a LOT during it, and in the end, all you get is about 300 azerite. It's not worth it, spare yourself a headache and a lot of time.

3
Drkgodz+50via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The quest chain is a reference to the game Darkest Dungeon, based on the game's narrator's quotes. In case anyone is curious, I will post which quotes are referenced. Bear in mind, I am not posting the entire quotes on some, as they are lengthy. But if you want me to post entire quotes, then ask.
Ruin has come: references the intro cinamatic, "Ruin has come to our family. You remember our venerable house, opulent and imperial. Gazing proudly from its stoic perch above the moor."

Flush them out: references the cleanse expedition, "These salt-soaked caverns are teeming with pelagic nightmares. They must be flushed out!"

Trinkets and Baubles: references the wagon, "Trinkets and charms, gathered from all the forgotten corners of the earth"

The Weight of my Ambition: references the drowned crew(seems the captain in game also references the game), "While the greedy dogs slept off their revelry, I hexed their anchor with every twisted incantation I could muster. Imbuing it with the weight of my ambition, and my contempt for their crude extortion."

Indefatigable Purpose: references not using a shovel to clear debris, "Without tools of iron, you must rely on flesh and indefatigable purpose."

Malign Inspiration: references the siren(seems the enchanted siren also hints to the game too), "The pact struck, my newfound accomplices slipped silently beneath the brackish water. A fearful stirring at the edge of the torchlight betrayed a familiar witness, and gifted me with malign inspiration."

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP850
MoneyGold2g 34s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapStormsong ValleyTurn-in marker at 78.6, 54.8, 3 mapped points
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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.

Stormsong Valley Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Stormsong Valley map showing where to go for Ruin Has ComeTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #942 78.6 54.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormsong Valley 78.6, 54.8/way #942 78.6 54.8
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 59.5, 68.4/way #942 59.5 68.4
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 50.0, 31.8/way #942 50.0 31.8

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 Stormsong Valley map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormsong Valley:

  • Ironmaul Overlook, Stormsong ValleyHorde · about 380 yards south-west
  • Mildenhall Meadery, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 690 yards south-west
  • Tidecross, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 780 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 1,800 yards north-west

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

The Forgotten Cove

Part 1 of 8.

Next: Flush Them Out

  1. 1Ruin Has Come
  2. 2Flush Them Out
  3. 3Trinkets and Baubles
  4. 4The Weight of My Ambition
  5. 5Misplaced Faith
  6. 6Indefatigable Purpose
  7. 7Malign Inspiration
  8. 8A Mote of Cosmic Truth

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

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Flush Them OutStormsong Valley · Level 50

    They lurk in the shadows, in the salt-soaked caverns. The dark brine beneath the pure gleam of the surface. I have seen them. They plague my dreams, their whispers are maddening. They speak of their master, clawing at the barrier... Search the cliffs for their warrens.

The storyline at a glance

The Forgotten Cove has 8 steps, from Ruin Has Come to A Mote of Cosmic Truth.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormsong Valley (8).

Other storylines on the Stormsong Valley 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.

Related
RSVP: The Countess
Rubble Rummaging
Rubble Trouble
Ruffled Pages
Ruinator Xok'nixx
Ruiner's End
Ruinous Rituals
Ruins of Ammon
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