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The Battle for Shattrath

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40
ZoneTalador
Quest ID33731

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33731))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Battle for Shattrath, step 15 of 15
RewardsSha'tari Deadeye Gauntlets, Sha'tari Keeper Handguards, Auchenai Keeper Gloves, 67g 92s, 10,950 XP

Description

To stop the Iron Horde, we must overcome prejudice and work together, if only for this purpose. Horde, Alliance, past, present... all meaningless in the face of this enemy. We will retake Shattrath together... or die trying.

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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.

Talador Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Talador map showing where to go for The Battle for ShattrathTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #535 71.4 29.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTalador 71.4, 29.6/way #535 71.4 29.6
  • Objective areaTalador 50.3, 34.9/way #535 50.3 34.9
  • Objective areaTalador 46.7, 18.8/way #535 46.7 18.8
  • Objective areaTalador 54.3, 36.3/way #535 54.3 36.3

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 Talador map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Talador:

  • Vol'jin's Pride, TaladorHorde · about 40 yards west
  • Zangarra, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 560 yards east
  • The Iron Front, Tanaan JungleHorde · about 810 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,300 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 1,500 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 1,100 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money67 gold92 silver
Experience10,950 XP
ReputationFrostwolf Orcs +500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Hands
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Mastery, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for29 gold15 silver
TypePlate Hands
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +5 Haste, +7 Mastery
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for29 gold93 silver
TypeCloth Hands
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+7 Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Versatility, +7 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for30 gold59 silver
TypeLeather Hands
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +5 Mastery
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for29 gold37 silver

Reputation: Frostwolf Orcs +500

The Frostwolf orcs of Frostfire Ridge are a tight-knit family of brutal warriors, well equipped to deal with the savage realities of Draenor.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Talador that reward Frostwolf Orcs reputation: Decommissioned Mission (+250), Gazlowe's Solution (+250), Too Many Irons in the Fire (+250), Vol. X Pages ? (+250), An Eye for a Spy (+250), Born to Shred (+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

The Battle for Shattrath

Part 15 of 15.

Previous: Khadgar's Plan

  1. 1Through the Looking Glass
  2. 2Too Many Irons in the Fire
  3. 3In Short Supply
  4. 4Gazlowe's Solution
  5. 5Old Friends, New Enemies
  6. 6Decommissioned Mission
  7. 7Shredder Manual
  8. 8Vol. X Pages ?
  9. 9Dreadpiston
  10. 10Iron Them Out
  11. 11An Eye for a Spy
  12. 12Born to Shred
  13. 13Engineering Her Demise
  14. 14Khadgar's Plan
  15. 15The Battle for Shattrath

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.

  • Khadgar's PlanTalador · Level 20-40

    We have the Iron Horde backed into a corner now, thanks to you. It is almost time to enter the city of Shattrath and repel them. First, we must meet Khadgar and some new allies.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Talador · Level 20-40.

Also counted by Don't Let the Tala-door Hit You on the Way Out

Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Battle for Shattrath has 15 steps, from Through the Looking Glass to The Battle for Shattrath.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (15).

Other storylines on the Talador 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Don't Let the Tala-door Hit You on the Way OutComplete the Talador storylines listed below.10