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Stepping into the Shadows

Stepping into the Shadows is a quest for level 50-90. It is step 6 of 12 in the Night Elf Heritage Armor storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Felwood at 38.3, 53.0. It rewards 9,500 experience and money.

Description

Their ranks have been thinned, and their corpses cleansed. You have done well.

<Maiev shifts her weight, looking towards the path leading into Shadow Hold.>

Come, <name>. We must find what lurks below and put an end to it.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Felwood 38.3, 53.0 /way #77 38.3 53.0

Known issues

Top Comments

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

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cpuri+122via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So here's how you do it:
1. You just run through, don't wait for Maiev, click all the 6 braziers, so the quest is complete except the "discover what..." part
2. When you are down seeing the elite "Nethus" you log out. Not reload, you actually log out there.
3. When you log in back again Maiev will be standing right next to you. Then you walk the path back up again where you came from, slowly waiting for Maiev. Around halfway in the gangway the "discover part" will complete

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(76203))

Top Comments

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

1
cpuri+122via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So here's how you do it:
1. You just run through, don't wait for Maiev, click all the 6 braziers, so the quest is complete except the "discover what..." part
2. When you are down seeing the elite "Nethus" you log out. Not reload, you actually log out there.
3. When you log in back again Maiev will be standing right next to you. Then you walk the path back up again where you came from, slowly waiting for Maiev. Around halfway in the gangway the "discover part" will complete

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyFlightstones10
ExperienceXP9,500
MoneyGold28g 9s

Reward details

Currency: Flightstones x 10

Earned from completing world quests, raids, dungeons, battlegrounds, arena matches, and other activities. Used to upgrade max-level gear.

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 mapFelwoodTurn-in marker at 38.3, 53.0, 9 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.

Felwood Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Felwood map showing where to go for Stepping into the ShadowsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #77 38.3 53.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inFelwood 38.3, 53.0/way #77 38.3 53.0
  • Objective areaFelwood 36.1, 57.8/way #77 36.1 57.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Felwood 37.5, 55.1/way #77 37.5 55.1
  • Objective areaFelwood 37.8, 52.8/way #77 37.8 52.8

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 Felwood map

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

Getting there

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

  • Wildheart Point, FelwoodAlliance and Horde · about 510 yards south-east
  • Grove of the Ancients, DarkshoreAlliance · about 680 yards west
  • Whisperwind Grove, FelwoodAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 230 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 90 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 30 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

Night Elf Heritage Armor

Part 6 of 12.

Previous: Mercy or Misery · Next: A Glimpse of Terror

  1. 1The Clarion Call
  2. 2Ancient Curses
  3. 3A Grim Portent
  4. 4Countering Corruption
  5. 5Mercy or Misery
  6. 6Stepping into the Shadows
  7. 7A Glimpse of Terror
  8. 8Balancing the Scales
  9. 9Heart of the Issue
  10. 10Wardens' Wrath
  11. 11A Mark For A Protector
  12. 12Honor of the Goddess

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.

  • Mercy or MiseryLevel 50-90

    This place... it was once so important to my family. That is why I agreed to come--and why Lysander wanted to come along as well. <Arko'narin glances over at Lysander before looking back at you.> Even after the horrors of Teldrassil, my brother still tries to do everything he can to help others.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Glimpse of TerrorLevel 50-90

    We will strike together on your command, <name>. <Maiev rolls her shoulders.> The last thing this fiend will see is our blades.

The storyline at a glance

Night Elf Heritage Armor has 12 steps, from The Clarion Call to Honor of the Goddess.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Felwood (9), Stormwind City (3).

Other storylines on the Felwood 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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