Quest

The Baroness' Missive

A World of Warcraft quest in Eastern Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Nifel2010-11-24T11:19:40-06:00+18via Wowhead

Done most of the quests in here, got the drop and it says I don't meet the requirements. Bug? Any other suggestions?
EDIT: Found the problem. I started the EP quests from Light's Hope Chapel and worked my way towards Stratholme. Turns out you have to do the Caravan questline which starts at the border WP/EP until the part where you go look for Tarenar Sunstrike on the road close to Stratholme. There you get the quest Guardians of Stratholme which involves killing Omasum Blighthoof and Karthis Darkrune for the item which starts this quest. If you kill them prior to this it will be useless and just take up inventory space.

2210092010-11-24T20:21:04-06:00+11via Wowhead

I believe you have to have completed Blind Fury to be able to activate the item that gives this quest. No idea why you can get the drop before then.

Shadow120002018-10-06T15:06:08-05:00+4via Wowhead

Just a note since none of the other comments mention it. Unlike other items that start quests, this wont start automatically upon looting it. This is because you need to have completed the quest to kill the death knights that actually drop the item first before being able to accept the quest. This also means that until you accept the quest, it'll have a marker on your world map that a quest is at one of the ziggurats, even if you have the item in your inventory. Overall, it was an odd choice to make this quest start from a drop, rather than just making the "kill the death knights" quest end with you turning in the missive as some objective of its own like "Learn Gidwin's Location".

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30

ZoneEastern Plaguelands

Quest ID27551

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27551))

What to do

StorylineEastern Plaguelands, step 44 of 46

Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The note is from Baroness Anastari, and it describes a ritual that is about to happen in the Plaguewood's central slaughterhouse - just south of where Tarenar is at. This could be where they're holding Gidwin! Tarenar will want to know about this... and quickly, before it's too late!

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 27.3, 21.3/way #23 27.3 21.3
Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 25.4, 19.8/way #23 25.4 19.8

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 Eastern Plaguelands map

Battle Pet Tamers: Eastern Kingdoms about 1,800 yards
Relics of Light's Hope about 2,060 yards
Flickering Hope about 2,070 yards
Relics of Paladins Past about 2,070 yards
Hope Prevails about 2,080 yards
The Search for the Highlord about 2,080 yards
Champion: Li Li Stormstout about 2,140 yards
Champion: Chen Stormstout about 2,140 yards
Champion: Vanessa VanCleef about 2,140 yards
Champion: Garona Halforcen about 2,140 yards

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

Getting there

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

Plaguewood Tower, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 390 yards south-west
Northpass Tower, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 960 yards east
Crown Guard Tower, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 90 yards north-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.

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Money10 gold50 silver

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationArgent Crusade +250

Other quests on the Eastern Plaguelands map

Reward details

Reputation: Argent Crusade +250

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Eastern Plaguelands that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Rough Roads (+350), Zaeldarr the Outcast (+250), Frederick's Fish Fancy (+250), To Kill With Purpose (+250), Dark Garb (+250), Catalysm (+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.

Storyline

Eastern Plaguelands

Part 44 of 46.

Previous: Blind Fury · Next: Gidwin's Fate Revealed

Showing steps 35 to 46 of 46.

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.

Blind FuryEastern Plaguelands · Level 15-30
Tarenar wasn't joking when he said that he didn't care about judgment and caution. He nearly took off that high elf's head as he ran into the Plaguewood, looking for Gidwin. You should go after him. The Plaguewood is a big place, <name>. Good luck.

After this quest