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Secrets in Shadows

Secrets in Shadows is a quest for level 50-60. It is step 9 of 15 in the Return of the Scourge storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Icecrown at 45.0, 44.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 8,150 experience and money.

Description

Though we have been monitoring the cultist presence at Mord'rethar, we have not yet discovered what mysteries lie within its chambers.

Take these robes. Make your way into the inner sanctum and see what you can discover.

This may be our only chance to learn their intentions, <name>.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +75

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Icecrown 45.0, 44.8 /way #118 45.0 44.8

Known issues

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(60861))

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SilkCharm+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Ok my clarifications cos I found it a bit confusing. You do not need PHYSICAL robes it's BUTTON


  2. go to /way 63,7, 61,9 (tower entrance where you got the robes and hood)

  4. use Collaborator's Robes (button on your bar like the sanity button in Visions)

  6. Avoid the eyes/sentinels whatever they are. They have a circle around them and can detect you.

  8. enter the tower and go to /way 60,8, 62,2 at the back where the boss is. /kneel (well I did)

  10. use Submit to Darkness which is another button that replaces the robes button

  12. STAY click complete quest, get the next quest to sabotage stuff

  14. BURSTING THE BUBBLE quest: click a poison barrel, click the button on the bar, make sure the circle is OVER the cauldron, repeat 3 times

  16. NOW return to Crusader Renn at the Ironwall Rampart.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyArgent Commendation1
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
ReputationArgent Crusade+75

Reward details

Reputation: Argent Crusade +75

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Currency: Argent Commendation

Commendation from the Argent Crusade in northern Icecrown for actions taken against the invading forces of the Shadowlands.

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapIcecrownTurn-in marker at 45.0, 44.8, 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.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for Secrets in ShadowsTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 45.0 44.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 45.0, 44.8/way #118 45.0 44.8
  • Objective areaIcecrown 60.8, 62.2/way #118 60.8 62.2
  • Objective areaIcecrown 63.6, 62.1/way #118 63.6 62.1

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 Icecrown map

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

Getting there

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

  • The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 860 yards north
  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards west
  • Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 1,400 yards south-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

Return of the Scourge

Part 9 of 15.

Previous: Fighting for Attention · Next: Bursting the Bubble

  1. 1Securing the Area
  2. 2A Valiant Effort
  3. 3A Valiant Effort
  4. 4Scouting from a Safe Distance
  5. 5Advancing the Effort
  6. 6A New Foothold
  7. 7Cult Couture
  8. 8Fighting for Attention
  9. 9Secrets in Shadows
  10. 10Bursting the Bubble
  11. 11A Message from Above
  12. 12With Hope in Hand
  13. 13Only Shadows Remain
  14. 14With Hope in Hand
  15. 15With Hope in Hand

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.

  • Fighting for AttentionLevel 50-60

    Maintaining a watchful eye on the Cult of the Damned has proven challenging... and perilous. Several of our hippogryph riders recently ran afoul of the cult's winged terrors. Though a few were able to escape, the others were captured and brought to Aldur'thar.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Bursting the BubbleLevel 50-60

    <The words of the shadowy herald are dark and foreboding. Whatever "the Banished One" intends to accomplish, it must not come to pass. Something foul bubbles within the cauldrons nearby. Judging by the care with which the cultists are tending to them, their contents must be crucial to their plans.

The storyline at a glance

Return of the Scourge has 15 steps, from Securing the Area to With Hope in Hand.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (12), Orgrimmar (2), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Death Rising Complete the Death Rising storyline leading up to the events of Shadowlands.

Other storylines on the Icecrown 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.

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