TheWoWDBMake sure you get the quests Jarl Needs Eyes and Darkmist Extermination before you do this quest. I killed 9000 of these spiders for this and then when I got Jarl Needs Eyes I wanted to bash my head on the keyboard.
Quest
The Black Shield
A World of Warcraft quest in Dustwallow Marsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDustwallow Marsh
Quest ID27256
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27256))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineDustwallow Marsh, step 62 of 83
Rewards5,150 XP
Description
Hmmm, there's writing right here on the rim of the shield, but it's hard to read from all the burned stuff. I need acid to make it clear. Venom from the darkmist spiders would do good. The spiders have taken over an old mine, the Darkmist Cavern, northwest of the village. Get me some of their sacs and I can clean this up.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #70 36.5 30.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 36.5, 30.8
/way #70 36.5 30.8 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dustwallow Marsh 32.5, 21.9
/way #70 32.5 21.9
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 Dustwallow Marsh map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,380 yards
- The Sullied Banner about 1,540 yards
- Creative Solutions about 1,800 yards
- Aftershocks about 1,800 yards
- Breaking the Cycle about 1,800 yards
- A Bitter Reunion about 2,140 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dustwallow Marsh, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:
- Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh
- Desolation Hold, Southern Barrens
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Experience5,150 XP
Storyline
Dustwallow Marsh
Part 62 of 83.
Previous: The Black Shield · Next: Talk to Ogron
- 57Inspecting the Ruins
- 58Suspicious Hoofprints
- 59The Black Shield
- 60Lieutenant Paval Reethe
- 61The Black Shield
- 62The Black Shield
- 63Talk to Ogron
- 64The Black Shield
- 65Questioning Reethe
- 66The Black Shield
- 67Return to Krog
- 68The Grimtotem Plot
Showing steps 57 to 68 of 83.
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.
- Lieutenant Paval Reethe
A glint of light on the ground catches your eye from underneath the rubble. Brushing debris and ash caked onto the object reveals the insignia of a gold anchor on white, enameled on the surface: the sign of Theramore. Underneath the anchor is embossed the name "Lieutenant Paval Reethe".
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Talk to Ogron
I know this human, Paval Reethe. Pathetic, even for his kind. He deserted his fellow soldiers and is now hiding out in the woods. I sent Ogron out to track him down. Some of the others suspect he's been stealing from our supplies. I think I saw Ogron heading off to the southeast.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Dustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh map
- The Blue Dragons
- Testing Loyalties
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.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.
