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Stop Gul'dan!

Stop Gul'dan! is a quest for level 8-45. It is step 5 of 20 in the Vault of the Wardens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Vault of the Wardens at 50.8, 72.8. It rewards 1 reward item, 7,700 experience and money.

Description

After his defeat at the Black Temple, we brought Illidan's lifeless body here, to be interred forever within the Vault of the Wardens.

Gul'dan has found his way through our defenses and is trying to steal the Betrayer's corpse.

Even in death, Illidan's body can be used by the Burning Legion. Gul'dan CANNOT succeed.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money40 gold44 silver
Experience7,700 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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SquareOFortune+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

How are there no comments about falling off the map on this stage of the quest chain? My buddy and I both played this section about 2 minutes apart and immediately got slapped off the side of the map from the two bosses and got stuck on the invisible floor... >_>

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40253))

Top Comments

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

2
SquareOFortune+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

How are there no comments about falling off the map on this stage of the quest chain? My buddy and I both played this section about 2 minutes apart and immediately got slapped off the side of the map from the two bosses and got stuck on the invisible floor... >_>

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

Stop Gul'dan! is part of the [class=12] starting quest chain. - Vault of the Wardens storyline.
We were chained in Vault of the Wardens after the events of previous Mardum quest chain. Now we are in Legion time and the Wardens prison is under attack... We have to escape and save Illidan, but Gul'dan manages to take Illidan cage with him.

Here is Stop Gul'dan! video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9gEVb11AHE

Stroyline starts after The Keystone. And here is storyline related to this quest:


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Quest
Note
Zone
Video
21
Return to the Black Temple
[item=132243]
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNcum3dKHc
22
Breaking Out
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0nLXK6YRIU
23
Vault of the Wardens
Bonus Objectives
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TeJwC1MPYg
24
1
Fel Infusion
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ4xWXMGeYA
25
2
Rise of the Illidari
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QNCEL4fzfY
26
Stop Gul'dan!
[spell=198793]
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9gEVb11AHE
27
Grand Theft Felbat
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZziuTkY5w
28
1
Forged in Fire
[spell=179057]
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kC4eZqk50c
29
2
Beam Me Up
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xheVrrDu5ag
30
3
Frozen in Time
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r07kfsLmBQ4
31
All The Way Up
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UskP-x722Ps
32
A New Direction
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A456r4pR74I
33
Between Us and Freedom
[spell=198589]
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWuw7xhLdfM
34
Illidari, We Are Leaving
Vault of the Wardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTYqnXtFG34
Next quest chain
Audience with the Warchief


You will get [spell=217832] [spell=196718] [spell=206478] after 100 level

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP7,700
MoneyGold40g 44s

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeConsumable
Item level8
BindingBinds when picked up
UseTwisted Heart
Requires level8

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 mapVault of the WardensTurn-in marker at 50.8, 72.8, 4 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.

Vault of the Wardens Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Vault of the Wardens map showing where to go for Stop Gul'dan!Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #677 50.8 72.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVault of the Wardens 50.8, 72.8/way #677 50.8 72.8
  • Objective areaVault of the Wardens 51.5, 77.2/way #677 51.5 77.2
  • Objective areaVault of the Wardens 48.3, 77.2/way #677 48.3 77.2
  • Objective areaVault of the Wardens 49.5, 49.8/way #677 49.5 49.8

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 30 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 40 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards north

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

Vault of the Wardens

Part 5 of 20.

Previous: Stop Gul'dan! · Next: Grand Theft Felbat

  1. 1Breaking Out
  2. 2Fel Infusion
  3. 3Rise of the Illidari
  4. 4Stop Gul'dan!
  5. 5Stop Gul'dan!
  6. 6Grand Theft Felbat
  7. 7Forged in Fire
  8. 8Forged in Fire
  9. 9Beam Me Up
  10. 10Frozen in Time
  11. 11All The Way Up
  12. 12A New Direction

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 20.

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.

  • Rise of the IllidariLevel 8-45

    Look down there. We are vastly outnumbered. We will need more allies on our side if we are to escape from here intact. Free the other Illidari imprisoned within the cells of this chamber. We will need everyone to escape this place alive.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Grand Theft FelbatLevel 8-45

    You heard what Maiev said. We need to get out of here. There is an elevator shaft at the far end of these caverns. Let us make our way there.

The storyline at a glance

Vault of the Wardens has 20 steps, from Breaking Out to Illidari, We Are Leaving.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vault of the Wardens (7), Vault of the Wardens (7), Vault of the Wardens (5), Stormwind City (1).

Other storylines on the Vault of the Wardens 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

These quests carry the same name and the same data in every field we hold. Quest 38723 is the main entry.

QuestID
Stop Gul'dan! (this page)40253
Stop Gul'dan!38723
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