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Softening the Target

Softening the Target is a quest for level 10-45 in Val'sharah. It is step 7 of 11 in the All Nightmare Long storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Val'sharah at 63.2, 42.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 6,150 experience and money.

Description

The Archdruid's end draws near. His memory will live on in the hearts of all who knew him.

Elothir's desperate efforts revealed that Malfurion is being held in Shala'nir, amidst the roots of Shaladrassil.

My love. So near, yet so far....

Shala'nir is infested with Nightmare creatures. To rush in would be suicide.

I subdued one of Xavius' creatures. Use it against him, <name> and clear us a path.

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
ReputationDreamweavers +150
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
ReputationDreamweavers+150

Reward details

Reputation: Dreamweavers +150

The druids and their allies in Val'sharah have guarded the Emerald Dream since time immemorial.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Val'sharah that reward Dreamweavers reputation: Archdruid of the Claw (+10), Awakening the Archdruid (+150), The Demons Below (+150), Out of the Dream (+150), The Chieftain's Beads (+150), Entangled Dreams (+250).

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 mapVal'sharahTurn-in marker at 63.2, 42.2, 10 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.

Val'sharah Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Val'sharah map showing where to go for Softening the TargetTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #641 63.2 42.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVal'sharah 63.2, 42.2/way #641 63.2 42.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Val'sharah 60.5, 34.9/way #641 60.5 34.9
  • Objective areaVal'sharah 66.2, 44.8/way #641 66.2 44.8

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 Val'sharah map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Val'sharah:

  • Starsong Refuge, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 450 yards south-east
  • Garden of the Moon, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 680 yards south-west
  • Sylvan Falls, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 310 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 190 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

All Nightmare Long

Part 7 of 11.

Previous: Given to Corruption · Next: Close Enough to Touch

  1. 1Love Lost
  2. 2Dark Side of the Moon
  3. 3Regroup at the Refuge
  4. 4Heart of the Nightmare
  5. 5Reading the Leaves
  6. 6Given to Corruption
  7. 7Softening the Target
  8. 8Close Enough to Touch
  9. 9The Fate of Val'sharah
  10. 10The Tears of Elune
  11. 11Darkheart Thicket: Enter the Nightmare

Also part of: All Nightmare Long (part 7 of 11).

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.

  • Given to CorruptionVal'sharah · Level 10-45

    A final favor for an old friend, perhaps? My age-old companion, Varethos, has fallen to the nightmare's torment. We once worked in unison to protect this land. His close ties to the land brought him low in this dark hour. As with all who suffer this fate, there is no restoring him.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Close Enough to TouchVal'sharah · Level 10-45

    He is near, <race>, I can feel it. We must search Shala'nir for Malfurion. If we do not find him soon, I fear he will be lost to me forever. I was unsure of your worth when first we met. I know now that you will not fail me. I am... grateful.

The storyline at a glance

All Nightmare Long has 11 steps, from Love Lost to Darkheart Thicket: Enter the Nightmare.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Val'sharah (10), Dalaran (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Val'sharah 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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