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Source of the Corruption (Horde)

Source of the Corruption is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Hellfire Peninsula. It is step 81 of 103 in the Hellfire Peninsula storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hellfire Peninsula at 26.8, 59.7. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Uncorrupted draenei, like this unlucky fellow here, are virtuous champions of the Light. What corruption caused their great race to devolve into the Broken and Lost Ones?

I've heard a theory that exposure to fel energies is what caused the mutation. I would like to put that theory to the test.

Northwest of here lie the Ruins of Sha'naar. There you will find lowly Broken commanded by Illidari taskmasters. Bring me demonic essences from the taskmasters so that I can test them on this draenei.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationSilvermoon City +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationSilvermoon City+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Neck
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for35 silver92 copper
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon4 - 7 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toDevastation, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Holy, Mistweaver, Frost, Fire, Arcane, Augmentation, Preservation, Devourer
Sells to vendors for67 gold85 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for1 gold57 silver

Reputation: Silvermoon City +250

The capital of Quel'Thalas, home of the blood elves. Though nearly destroyed by Arthas' attack on the Sunwell, Silvermoon is once again a thriving city.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Hellfire Peninsula that reward Silvermoon City reputation: The Great Fissure (+250), In Need of Felblood (+250), The Cleansing Must Be Stopped (+250), Arelion's Journal (+250), The Road to Falcon Watch (+250), A Pilgrim's Plight (+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.

3D Model

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

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHellfire PeninsulaTurn-in marker at 26.8, 59.7, 8 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.

Hellfire Peninsula Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Hellfire Peninsula map showing where to go for Source of the CorruptionTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #100 26.8 59.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHellfire Peninsula 26.8, 59.7/way #100 26.8 59.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hellfire Peninsula 14.9, 59.4/way #100 14.9 59.4

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 Hellfire Peninsula map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hellfire Peninsula:

  • Falcon Watch, Hellfire PeninsulaHorde · about 60 yards east
  • Swamprat Post, ZangarmarshHorde · about 1,300 yards north-west
  • Shattrath, Terokkar ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 610 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Hellfire Peninsula

Part 81 of 103.

Previous: Arelion's Mistress · Next: In Need of Felblood

  1. 76Birds of a Feather
  2. 77Arelion's Journal
  3. 78Arelion's Secret
  4. 79The Mistress Revealed
  5. 80Arelion's Mistress
  6. 81Source of the Corruption
  7. 82In Need of Felblood
  8. 83The Cleansing Must Be Stopped
  9. 84Magic of the Arakkoa
  10. 85In Search of Sedai
  11. 86Return to Obadei
  12. 87Makuru's Vengeance

Showing steps 76 to 87 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.

  • Arelion's MistressHellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30

    With all the important matters at hand Arelion still found time in his schedule to see a mistress! It's all becoming perfectly clear. Viera Sunwhisper, that filthy wench... we'll show her to never cross a magistrix again. Take this scroll and find Viera.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • In Need of FelbloodHellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30

    Northeast of here lie the Pools of Aggonar. Once a sacred site to the draenei, their waters were corrupted after the blood from the demon Aggonar was spilled into them. That blood, though old and diluted, still possesses tremendous power.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Hellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30.

The storyline at a glance

Hellfire Peninsula has 103 steps, from Eradicate the Burning Legion to Natural Remedies.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hellfire Peninsula (103).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hellfire Peninsula 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 Source of the Corruption. They differ in the faction/classes/level shown here.

QuestFactionClassesLevelID
Source of the Corruption (this page)HordeSameLevel 10-309387
Source of the CorruptionSameHunter, Warlock, Druid, Mage, Death Knight, Monk, Priest, Paladin, Rogue, Shaman, WarriorLevel 4546107
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