If you are prone to glitches (like myself) this quest is NOT as easy as it sounds at first. I read all the comments here and tried everything, doing this quest way more times than I care to admit. Learn from my mistakes.
First, placement. As you enter the town, there's a hill to your left. STAND THERE and face the town. Especially if you are at-level and/or alone, place yourself in the middle of the hill and don't move.
Second, don't be a hero. Let the NPCs do the work and don't attack anything (after all, THEY are the heroes of this battle). All the important NPCs will spawn from the well in the center of town and run down the road a little towards you. Target them, right-click on the portrait and set them as your focus. Anything they attack (this is assuming you have the target-of-target display option on), you can go ahead and attack. You can move around on the hill slightly, but do NOT run off. That way, you won't aggro any of the elite mobs that spawn down the road to your right (as you face town).
Third, pay attention. Chromie sent you there to watch the battle, so do it. Keep the hero targeted, and let them start every fight before you 'help' from the shadows. Like many others have said, LET DAVIL AGGRO HORGUS. He's not going to die in one hit, so seriously let them duke it out a bit. The one drawback of the hill position is you can't see the text they say to each other, but after doing this a ton of times and having it glitched, I just wanted this to be over, and I'm sure others feel the same.
Anyway, once Davil aggros Horgus, go ahead and finish him off. Davil will die, then Redpath spawns. Again, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING HE HASN'T TOUCHED FIRST. Seriously. It might take a few minutes, but the beauty of this plan is the corrupted Redpath spawns literally at your feet (at the base of the hill you're on). Using the "don't touch it until they've hit it first" way I've described here is the ONLY way I have been able to complete this quest so far (since Cata) without Redpath pulling one of several disappearing acts. As soon as the corrupted Redpath spawns, NUKE HIM then run over to the well at the center of town as all the NPCs despawn. Talk to the spirit, and thank the Light you've finally completed the quest without glitches.
TL;DR -
1. Stay on top of the hill to your left as you enter town (the last hill)
2. Only attack what the MAIN quest npcs have attacked first (as long as you can do so from the hill)
3. Seriously, stay on the hill and let the NPCs fight
4. Kill the corrupted Redpath when he appears.
5. ?Spirit by the well?
6. Profit! - and tea
Quest
The Battle of Darrowshire
A World of Warcraft quest in Eastern Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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- Go to the town square at Darrowshire (34.9, 83.9) and place your Relic Bundle.
- NPC's will appear just around the outskirts of Darrowshire - help them fight the hostile mobs.
- Make sure Davil Lightfire does not die (if you help him kill the mobs this shouldn't be a problem at all).
- After some time Horgus will appear - kill him with the help from the NPC's.
- Now protect Captain Redpath. Again, this should not be a problem with the help from the NPC's.
- Redpath will eventually turn evil. Time to DESTROY him.. or just kill him even.
- Hurray - you are victorious. Go to the town square and talk to Redpath. It may take some time before you can actually talk to him - be patient.
- Turn the quest in at Pamela Redpath - she is in the western part of Darrowshire.
One note: Do NOT kill Horgus until Davil interacts with him.
I tried this again after a server restart, but because I killed Horgus when he showed up (being 80), he and Davil did not interact as intended. Eventually Davil just despawned, bugging the event.
Quest facts
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Now, {name}, you will take part in battle of Darrowshire, and you will save Joseph Redpath. Place this relic bundle in the Darrowshire town square, and the spirits of Darrowshire will rise. Join their battle and assure that these two things come to pass: Davil must survive beyond the death of Horgus, and Redpath must survive to be corrupted, then defeated. After defeating the corrupted Redpath, his spirit will be saved. Speak with him, then return to his daughter Pamela.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #23 32.5 83.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 32.5, 83.7
/way #23 32.5 83.7 - Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 35.1, 84.1
/way #23 35.1 84.1 - Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 35.3, 68.1
/way #23 35.3 68.1
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 1,620 yards
- Relics of Light's Hope about 1,850 yards
- Flickering Hope about 1,860 yards
- Relics of Paladins Past about 1,860 yards
- Hope Prevails about 1,870 yards
- The Search for the Highlord about 1,880 yards
- Champion: Li Li Stormstout about 1,980 yards
- Champion: Chen Stormstout about 1,980 yards
- Champion: Vanessa VanCleef about 1,980 yards
- Champion: Garona Halforcen about 1,980 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:
- Crown Guard Tower, Eastern Plaguelands
- Thondroril River, Eastern Plaguelands
- Light's Shield Tower, Eastern Plaguelands
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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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Reward details
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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 18 of 46.
Previous: Marauders of Darrowshire · Next: Hidden Treasures
- 13Uncle Carlin
- 14A Strange Historian
- 15Villains of Darrowshire
- 16Heroes of Darrowshire
- 17Marauders of Darrowshire
- 18The Battle of Darrowshire
- 19Hidden Treasures
- 20The Trek Continues
- 21Boys Will Be Boys
- 22A Boyhood Dream
- 23Argent Call: The Trial of the Crypt
- 24Argent Call: The Noxious Glade
Showing steps 13 to 24 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.
- Marauders of Darrowshire
I require a rare reagent for the powerful spell I intend to cast: skulls from the scourge who took part in the battle of Darrowshire. Take this crystal and hunt scourge champions for their skulls.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hidden Treasures
Daddy told me to give you this key. He said it opens a chest out back behind the house. He also wanted me to thank you. Did you do a favor for him? Did you tell him you found my doll? Well here's the key. And thank you <name>. Thank you! You're a very nice man!
Also counted by Full Caravan
Its criteria name 6 quests; others include:
The storyline at a glance
Eastern Plaguelands has 46 steps, from Gidwin Goldbraids to Journey's End.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eastern Plaguelands (46).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Scarlet Enclave
- The Ashbringer
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.
- Full Caravan: its criteria name 6 quests, this one included. Decor Reward: Goldshire Food Cart.