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Scholomancer (Alliance)

Scholomancer is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Western Plaguelands. It is step 4 of 63 in the Western Plaguelands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Western Plaguelands at 41.2, 70.3. It rewards 6 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 6,200 experience and money.

Description

The Scholomance is one of the few Scourge holdouts remaining west of the Thondroril. The headmaster of Scholomance, a cultist by the name of Darkmaster Gandling, has made an appearance on the battlefield.

This will be his final mistake.

You will find Gandling in a square near the southern end of town. I want you to fight and weaken Gandling. I will join you to help finish him off.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money31 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
ReputationStormwind +500
Top Comments

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1
447168+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

When you get Gandling to about 50% hp, he will lift you in the air, and Koltira and Thassarian will come and finish him off, after he teleports away, Koltira and Thassarian will have the following conversation:

Thassarian: Koltira! I had heard rumours that you were here in Lordaeron.
Koltira Deathweaver: You had heard correctly, Thassarian. I wanted to give you a chance to kill me again.
Thassarian; It looks like it may have to come to that.
Koltira Deathweaver: Yes, it may... but not today. with the scourge out of the way, I plan to pull my troops back and regroup.
Thassarian: I see. Then I will do the same.
Thassarian: But you must be aware, Koltira: we are brothers no longer. You are a member of the horde now, and I of the Alliance.
Thassarian: Eventually we will fight this battle for Andorhal, and only one of us can walk off of this battlefield victorious.
Koltira Deathweaver: Yes, I know. And don't think I'll go easy on you.
<Thassarian laughs>
Thassarian says: Very well. I look forward to it.

Koltira Deathweaver whispers: You are not to speak to ANYONE about the agreement that was made today, <name>. Consider this an order from your direct superior.

(note: this is the horde version, missed the '500 reputation with stormwind', and wowhead was/is showing '?' at side)

3
328410+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is one of the 3 quests you get that take you deeper into the town. There are battles between NPCs (your faction) and the soon-to-be-routed Scourge mobs.

You should get all three of these quests together--Araj, Gandling, and Rattlegore.

This is important: if the faction NPCs are fighting the Scourge mob you can run past and not aggro them. If the mob is not in combat or kills the faction NPC while you are in proximity you will be targeted.

Fairly challenging for me as a L36 Resto Shaman to burn him down to halfway. Idk if he has a nature resistance or some sort of healing convention, but it seemed like it took a very long time. He has higher health than the other two mini bosses but you also only have to get him to 1/2 health.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
MoneyGold31g 50s
ReputationStormwind+500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Hands
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for1 gold87 silver
TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for2 gold79 silver
TypeMail Shoulder
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for2 gold81 silver
TypeMail Wrist
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 gold88 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 gold88 silver
TypePlate Waist
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for1 gold89 silver

Reputation: Stormwind +500

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Western Plaguelands that reward Stormwind reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Horde Later (+250), War Machines (+350), The Endless Flow (+250), Brute Strength (+500), Victory, For Now (+10).

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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapWestern PlaguelandsTurn-in marker at 41.2, 70.3, 3 mapped points
World Map

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.

Western Plaguelands Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Western Plaguelands map showing where to go for ScholomancerTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #22 41.2 70.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 41.2, 70.3/way #22 41.2 70.3
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 45.3, 72.9/way #22 45.3 72.9
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 41.1, 70.5/way #22 41.1 70.5

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 Western Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:

  • Andorhal, Western PlaguelandsAlliance · about 80 yards west
  • Chillwind Camp, Western PlaguelandsAlliance · about 420 yards south
  • The Menders' Stead, Western PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 650 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Western Plaguelands

Part 4 of 63.

Previous: The Endless Flow · Next: Brute Strength

  1. 1Scourge First... Horde Later
  2. 2War Machines
  3. 3The Endless Flow
  4. 4Scholomancer
  5. 5Brute Strength
  6. 6Araj the Summoner
  7. 7Victory, For Now
  8. 8Go Fletch!
  9. 9A Mighty Hunger
  10. 10Uther's Blessing
  11. 11The Abandoned Crypt
  12. 12Ambushed!

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 63.

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.

  • The Endless FlowWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    Araj the Summoner is bolstering the Scourge defenses with simple skeletons... an army of weaklings that will overwhelm you before it overpowers you. He has assembled animi within Andorhal's northern towers that spew these skeletons out at an alarming rate. But I've got the solution!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Brute StrengthWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    Gandling has brought his lieutenant, Rattlegore, with him. This clattering horror is far more dangerous than any of the other Scourge you will find upon the battlefield... even the abominations. You will find Rattlegore within an old town-hall building, near the center of town.

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30.

  • ScholomancerHorde only · Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30

The storyline at a glance

Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Scholomancer. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

QuestFactionRewardsID
Scholomancer (this page)Alliance6,200 XP, Gandling's Gloves, Burden of Time, Shoulderguard of Timeless Restraint, Armguards of Binding, Elimination Bracers, Belt of Lingering Corruption27162
ScholomancerHorde6,200 XP, Shoulderguard of Timeless Restraint, Burden of Time, Elimination Bracers, Gandling's Gloves, Belt of Lingering Corruption, Armguards of Binding26924
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