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Searching for Evidence

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
Quest ID10316

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10316))

What to do

StorylineNetherstorm, step 64 of 103
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

Whoever is behind the transformation of the spirits has been very deliberate in their actions, taking care to target the most powerful mages first, but why? The kind of magic required to influence the spirits of slain Kirin Tor mages must be very powerful. Why would a powerful mage go to all this trouble? I'm inclined to say this is another plot of Kael'thas's, designed to cause more misery here. If there are blood elves here, they're likely to be hiding in the houses across the covered bridge.

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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.

Netherstorm Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Netherstorm map showing where to go for Searching for EvidenceTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #109 60.3 78.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNetherstorm 60.3, 78.0/way #109 60.3 78.0
  • Objective areaNetherstorm 57.5, 86.3/way #109 57.5 86.3

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 Netherstorm map

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

Getting there

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

  • Cosmowrench, NetherstormAlliance and Horde · about 500 yards north-east
  • Area 52, NetherstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards west
  • The Stormspire, NetherstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 350 yards south-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.

Related
Experience4,100 XP

Storyline

Netherstorm

Part 64 of 103.

Previous: The Annals of Kirin'Var · Next: A Lingering Suspicion

  1. 59Back to the Chief!
  2. 60The Archmage's Staff
  3. 61Rebuilding the Staff
  4. 62Malevolent Remnants
  5. 63The Annals of Kirin'Var
  6. 64Searching for Evidence
  7. 65A Lingering Suspicion
  8. 66Capturing the Phylactery
  9. 67Destroy Naberius!
  10. 68Curse of the Violet Tower
  11. 69The Sigil of Krasus
  12. 70The Sunfury Garrison

Showing steps 59 to 70 of 103.

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 Annals of Kirin'VarNetherstorm · Level 25-30

    Silencing the spirits has not bled them of their aggression as we had hoped it would. The malevolent spirits you subdued have reemerged in the streets of the town. We must uncover what is causing this to happen.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Lingering SuspicionNetherstorm · Level 25-30

    The strange magical device resembles nothing you've ever seen before. It's certainly not of blood elf manufacture. As you sense spirits moving closer to the building, the orb glows with a greater intensity, which fades as the spirits leave.

The storyline at a glance

Netherstorm has 103 steps, from Distraction at Manaforge B'naar to Dimensius the All-Devouring.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Netherstorm (98), Shattrath City (4), Terokkar Forest (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Netherstorm 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.