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Shadows Awaken

Shadows Awaken is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-40 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 6 of 6 in the Shadows Awaken storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Shadowmoon Valley at 49.4, 37.1. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 6,850 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

We've managed to pin Ner'zhul inside the Observatory, but he's taken many down with him.

He has taken Yrel's sister, Samaara.

I am needed to hold the line here. Please, do whatever you can to save her, hero.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

You will also receive:

Money33 gold96 silver
Experience6,850 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
RegDavE+40via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you kill the shadow creature and you cannot turn in because the prophet isn't there, don't worry!

Leave the area and come back to the lower level, where you fought the creature.
The prophet will spawn, and you will be able to turn in your quest!

Happy Leveling! :)

2
FlibbitSC+26via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is HIGHLY pivotal for both crafting and building your garrison. Here's why:

The reward you get from this quest will contain items that start quests for both of your primary trade skills, no matter which two you know. I can't say if you already need to be max skill or not - I was at 600 in both (based on Fluclo's comment, max skill not required). I'm assuming all of these work the same way, but my trades were tailoring and enchanting. Each one had a short quest chain (go see an NPC, do 1 or 2 kill/drop quests, return to NPC) which ends with them increasing your maximum skill to 700. For tailoring I was taught several new patterns. For enchanting I was not (probably just not in-beta yet).

But there's more. You also get the garrison blueprint for the corresponding small buildings (there is one for every primary trade skill). When you get back to your garrison, you can build one of the two you have just learned. It takes one hour to complete, and when that is done, your architect will give you the quest to raise your garrison to tier two, which allows you to build more buildings.

So this one quest accomplishes far more than any other in the early game.

3
Silden+19via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Looting [npc=75043] will provide you with a quest starter depending on the professions you have.

For Alchemy, you loot [item=113103] which starts the quest The Mysterious Flask
For Blacksmithing, you loot [item=115343] which starts the quest The Strength of Iron
For Enchanting, you loot [item=115281] which starts the quest Enchanted Highmaul Bracer
For Engineering, you loot [item=115278] which starts the quest Transponder 047-B
For Inscription, you loot [item=114984] which starts the quest A Mysterious Satchel
For Jewelcrafting, you loot [item=115507] which starts the quest A Power Lost
For Leatherworking, you loot [item=114877] which starts the quest A Call for Huntsman
For Tailoring, you loot [item=114972] which starts the quest The Cryptic Tome of Tailoring

There is no minimum skill level, if you have the profession, you will have the item drop.
If you have two professions from the list above, then both items will drop.

Read all 35 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyGarrison Resources100
ExperienceXP6,850
MoneyGold33g 96s
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Waist
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Versatility, +7 Mastery
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for25 gold1 silver
TypeLeather Waist
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Haste, +7 Versatility
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for24 gold55 silver
TypeMail Waist
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Mastery, +6 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for24 gold65 silver
TypeCloth Waist
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +5 Mastery
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for23 gold63 silver

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Shadowmoon Valley that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: The Fate of Karabor (+250), Think of the Children! (+250), Into Twilight (+75), A Hero's Welcome (+250), The Clarity Elixir (+250), A Grandmother's Remedy (+250).

Currency: Garrison Resources x 100

Earn resources to build-up and expand your garrison.

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 mapShadowmoon ValleyTurn-in marker at 49.4, 37.1, 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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for Shadows AwakenTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #539 49.4 37.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 49.4, 37.1/way #539 49.4 37.1
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 49.4, 37.0/way #539 49.4 37.0
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 49.1, 38.5/way #539 49.1 38.5

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:

  • Embaari Village, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 260 yards west
  • Exile's Rise, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 580 yards north-west
  • Elodor (Alliance), Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 670 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 70 yards south

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

Shadows Awaken

Part 6 of 6.

Previous: In Need of a Hero

  1. 1A Hero's Welcome
  2. 2Think of the Children!
  3. 3Dark Enemies
  4. 4Closing the Door
  5. 5In Need of a Hero
  6. 6Shadows Awaken

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.

  • In Need of a HeroShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    I...<sob>... I can't leave...<gulp>... without... Squiggy...! He... he's... trapped! You need... to put out... the fire! <Ariaana points across the room and bursts into tears.>

Also counted by As I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Moon

Its criteria name 8 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Shadows Awaken has 6 steps, from A Hero's Welcome to Shadows Awaken.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (6).

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

As I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of MoonComplete the Shadowmoon Valley storylines listed below.Unlock: "Treasure Map: Shadowmoon Valley"10
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