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The Black Blade

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50
LocationOrgrimmar, Crucible of Storms
CategoryCrucible of Storms
Quest ID54683

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(54683))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

<The blade that was known as Xal'atath rests on the ground before you. Though the consciousness that resided within the dagger is gone, it still resonates with power. Almost as if the weapon speaks with another voice. Another purpose.... You feel a compulsion to bring this artifact to the warchief.>

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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.

Orgrimmar Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Orgrimmar map showing where to go for The Black BladeTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #85 48.3 71.1

Crucible of Storms Objective area no plotted point

Coordinates

  • Turn-inOrgrimmar 48.3, 71.1/way #85 48.3 71.1

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 Orgrimmar map

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

Getting there

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

  • Orgrimmar, DurotarHorde · about 140 yards north
  • Nozzlepot's Outpost, Northern BarrensHorde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Valormok, AzsharaHorde · about 1,300 yards north

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
Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP

Reward details

Currency: Azerite x 500

The blood of Azeroth crystalizes into chunks of Azerite, an extremely potent and powerful material.

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

Crucible of Storms

Part 22 of 22.

Previous: The Missing Blade

  1. 11Unintended Consequences
  2. 12Unintended Consequences
  3. 13The Pirate's Treasure
  4. 14The Tempest Crown
  5. 15Twist the Knife
  6. 16Twist the Knife
  7. 17His Eye Upon You
  8. 18His Eye Upon You
  9. 19Crucible of Storms: Relics of Shadow
  10. 20Crucible of Storms: Relics of Shadow
  11. 21The Missing Blade
  12. 22The Black Blade

Showing steps 11 to 22 of 22.

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 Missing BladeLevel 50

    <The echo of the blade Xal'atath lingers before you. Though the consciousness that resided within the dagger is gone, the place it once occupied still resonates with power. You sense the weapon now speaks another voice. Another purpose....

The storyline at a glance

Crucible of Storms has 22 steps, from The Azsharan Medallion to The Black Blade.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormsong Valley (6), Zuldazar (5), Dazar'alor (3), Drustvar (2).

Other storylines on the Orgrimmar 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.