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The Arcane Way

The Arcane Way is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 4 of 17 in the Destiny of the Illidari I storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dalaran at 26.0, 52.1. It rewards 3,050 experience and money.

Description

Getting into the Black Temple is going to be tricky. Following the break-in by the Council of the Black Harvest, Akama had his Sha'tari priests erect a holy barrier. It prevents my teleportation.

However, I might know a way to bypass those protections and take us directly to the Temple Summit.

Long ago, I had a... liaison with a certain high elf wizard named Lan'dalock. He later joined the Kirin Tor.

If you were to ask him very nicely, and drop my name, I am certain that he would help.

Rewards

Money10 gold11 silver
Experience3,050 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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zoransis+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Midnight prepatch seems to have yielded a progression issue at least for boosted characters. Doing the quest chain including farming out the blood and being entitled by Illidan lets me turn in The Arcane Way but does not give me the next in the chain, Move Like No Other. I added "A Falling Star" and "The Hunt for the Harbinger" in hopes this would help, but I cannot turn in A Falling Star even relogging after doing The Hunt for the Harbinger. It seems the phase with Khadgar and Jaina in the Chamber of the Guardian gets stuck. I am assuming this is blocking access to Move Like No Other, but this in itself is also curious.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42593))

Top Comments

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

2
zoransis+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Midnight prepatch seems to have yielded a progression issue at least for boosted characters. Doing the quest chain including farming out the blood and being entitled by Illidan lets me turn in The Arcane Way but does not give me the next in the chain, Move Like No Other. I added "A Falling Star" and "The Hunt for the Harbinger" in hopes this would help, but I cannot turn in A Falling Star even relogging after doing The Hunt for the Harbinger. It seems the phase with Khadgar and Jaina in the Chamber of the Guardian gets stuck. I am assuming this is blocking access to Move Like No Other, but this in itself is also curious.

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Elfizm+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you've hit level 103 and are wondering why you can't pick up this starter quest, I've done a bit of experimenting to see what the prerequisite is.

You need to complete the quest to gather 100 fel bloods (The Blood of Demons) and then the followup quests in the basement of the Fel Hammer where you summon the image of Illidan and he speaks to you of becoming the Illidari leader. Once this has been done and you've gone upstairs for Kayn or Altruis to make the announcement, then this quest (The Arcane Way) becomes available.

**Just a note regarding The Blood of Demons quest, I've seen it mentioned in comments to do "The Defense of the Exodar" scenario. This quest chain starts with Khadgar in the Violet Citadel where he sends you to Suramar to investigate the thing falling from the sky. I can recommend this as a good way to get most of them. I managed 80/100 by killing a few stray mobs on the way into the Exodar. By the time you've rescued frightened citizens and closed the portals the demon mobs become thin on the ground. Try and hold off completing the portal closure until you've got the bulk of the bloods you need. Also, towards the end of the scenario when lots of friendly npc's are clustered around the place, try and pull mobs to them and tag them all.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,050
MoneyGold10g 11s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDalaranTurn-in marker at 26.0, 52.1, 1 mapped point
Objective areaMardum, the Shattered Abyss1 mapped point
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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.

Dalaran Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Dalaran map showing where to go for The Arcane WayTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #627 26.0 52.1

Mardum, the Shattered Abyss Objective area 1 mapped point
Mardum, the Shattered Abyss map showing where to go for The Arcane WayObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #719 70.0 39.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDalaran 26.0, 52.1/way #627 26.0 52.1
  • Objective areaMardum, the Shattered Abyss 70.0, 39.9/way #719 70.0 39.9

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 Dalaran map

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

Getting there

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

  • DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards east
  • Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north
  • Shackle's Den, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 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

Destiny of the Illidari I

Part 4 of 17.

Previous: Leader of the Illidari · Next: Move Like No Other

  1. 1The Blood of Demons
  2. 2Immortal Soul
  3. 3Leader of the Illidari
  4. 4The Arcane Way
  5. 5Move Like No Other
  6. 6Back in Black
  7. 7Confrontation at the Black Temple
  8. 8Confrontation at the Black Temple
  9. 9Into Our Ranks
  10. 10Into Our Ranks
  11. 11Champion: Akama
  12. 12Champion: Shade of Akama

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 17.

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.

  • Leader of the IllidariLevel 10-45

    Illidan has officially placed you in charge, <name>. The Illidari are now yours. Meet me upstairs. We will let everyone know together.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Move Like No OtherLevel 10-45

    Sorry about the holographic projection... I literally need to be in two places at once these days. A holy barrier that protects against fel magic, you say? I have just the thing to bypass it and enable Malevolence's teleport.

The storyline at a glance

Destiny of the Illidari I has 17 steps, from The Blood of Demons to Working With the Wardens.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mardum, the Shattered Abyss (13), Mardum, the Shattered Abyss (3), Dalaran (1).

Other storylines on the Dalaran 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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