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The Afflictor's Key

The Afflictor's Key is a quest for level 50. It is step 15 of 23 in the Through the Shattered Sky storyline. It rewards 6,800 experience and money.

Description

Sylvanas thinks us broken. She believes she has already won.

We will show her how mistaken she is.

First, I will need your help. The bonds that hold me are impossibly strong. We will need the key to free me of them.

My... imprisonment here has been overseen by a creature they call the Afflictor. The key is likely in its possession.

Rewards

Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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

1
Boxofbeer+23via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete the quest you need to collect the [item=178558] from [npc=167834].
Make your way to 28.21 14.69 coordinates where you will see a long stairs to The Tremaculum.
Follow the stairs up to the pad, where [npc=167834] is. There are also some mobs around, dont overpull.


TomeTom coordinates:

/way 28.21 14.69 Stairs to Phael the Afflictor

The Afflictor's Key quest - https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434

There is a table covered under the spoiler, you can check you progress through Into the Maw quest chain.

Spoiler
Shadowlands Introduction quest chain - Into the Maw achievement
*
Order
Quest Title
Video Time Link
x
#1
Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=7
x
#2
Through the Shattered Sky
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=120
x
#3a
A Fractured Blade
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=248
x
#3b
Mawsworn Menace
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=248
x
#3c
Ruiner's End
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=302
x
#4
Fear to Tread
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=513
x
#5
On Blackened Wings
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=603
x
#6
A Flight from Darkness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=700
x
#7
A Moment's Respite
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=908
x
#8
Field Seance
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1018
x
#9
Speaking to the Dead
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1162
x
#10
Soul in Hand
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1258
x
#11
The Lion's Cage
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1297
===>
#12a
The Afflictor's Key
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434
x
#12b
An Undeserved Fate
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434
x
#13
From the Mouths of Madness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1831
x
#14
By and Down the River
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1911
x
#15a
Wounds Beyond Flesh
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2030
x
#15b
A Good Axe
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2030
x
#16
Draw Out the Darkness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2210
x
#17
The Path to Salvation
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2285
x
#18
Stand as One
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2510

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(59760))

Top Comments

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

1
Boxofbeer+23via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete the quest you need to collect the [item=178558] from [npc=167834].
Make your way to 28.21 14.69 coordinates where you will see a long stairs to The Tremaculum.
Follow the stairs up to the pad, where [npc=167834] is. There are also some mobs around, dont overpull.


TomeTom coordinates:

/way 28.21 14.69 Stairs to Phael the Afflictor

The Afflictor's Key quest - https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434

There is a table covered under the spoiler, you can check you progress through Into the Maw quest chain.

Spoiler
Shadowlands Introduction quest chain - Into the Maw achievement
*
Order
Quest Title
Video Time Link
x
#1
Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=7
x
#2
Through the Shattered Sky
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=120
x
#3a
A Fractured Blade
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=248
x
#3b
Mawsworn Menace
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=248
x
#3c
Ruiner's End
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=302
x
#4
Fear to Tread
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=513
x
#5
On Blackened Wings
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=603
x
#6
A Flight from Darkness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=700
x
#7
A Moment's Respite
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=908
x
#8
Field Seance
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1018
x
#9
Speaking to the Dead
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1162
x
#10
Soul in Hand
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1258
x
#11
The Lion's Cage
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1297
===>
#12a
The Afflictor's Key
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434
x
#12b
An Undeserved Fate
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1434
x
#13
From the Mouths of Madness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1831
x
#14
By and Down the River
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=1911
x
#15a
Wounds Beyond Flesh
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2030
x
#15b
A Good Axe
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2030
x
#16
Draw Out the Darkness
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2210
x
#17
The Path to Salvation
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2285
x
#18
Stand as One
https://youtu.be/G9uEK-woZDs?t=2510

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,800
MoneyGold23g 40s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Maw
Objective areaStormwind City2 mapped points
Objective areaOrgrimmar2 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.

The Maw Quest turn-in
Stormwind City Objective area 2 mapped points
Stormwind City map showing where to go for The Afflictor's KeyObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #84 77.1 42.1

Orgrimmar Objective area 2 mapped points
Orgrimmar map showing where to go for The Afflictor's KeyObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #85 49.1 78.1

Coordinates

  • Objective areaStormwind City 77.1, 42.1/way #84 77.1 42.1
  • Objective areaOrgrimmar 49.1, 78.1/way #85 49.1 78.1

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 210 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 150 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

Through the Shattered Sky

Part 15 of 23.

Day 1 Shadowlands Questline

Previous: The Lion's Cage · Next: An Undeserved Fate

  1. 10A Moment's Respite
  2. 11Field Seance
  3. 12Speaking to the Dead
  4. 13Soul in Hand
  5. 14The Lion's Cage
  6. 15The Afflictor's Key
  7. 16An Undeserved Fate
  8. 17From the Mouths of Madness
  9. 18By and Down the River
  10. 19Wounds Beyond Flesh
  11. 20A Good Axe
  12. 21Draw Out the Darkness

Showing steps 10 to 21 of 23.

Also part of: Maw Intro (part 13 of 23).

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.

  • The Lion's CageLevel 50

    Anduin is being kept in a place the shades call the Tremaculum. It's not far, but the way is perilous. I have tried more than once to free him from his captors, but the forces holding him are too great for me to handle alone. I'm counting on your presence to tip the scales.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • An Undeserved FateLevel 50

    I have seen many souls brought here during my detention. The Jailer seems to want to break them, to twist them into his service... or worse. No soul deserves such a fate, <name>. The Mawsworn here hold the keys to their chains. Free as many as you can and we'll get them away from here.

The storyline at a glance

Through the Shattered Sky has 23 steps, from Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons to Stand as One.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Maw (21), Icecrown Citadel (2).

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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