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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 ID27285

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27285))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDustwallow Marsh, step 40 of 83
Rewards2,050 XP

Description

Ah, I almost missed this... The leather strap on the back must have burned off, but it seems like it was made to fit a large person. I'd guess a tauren, actually. That's about all I can tell you. Tell Captain Vimes I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.

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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.

Dustwallow Marsh Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dustwallow Marsh map showing where to go for The Black ShieldTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #70 68.2 48.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 68.2, 48.6/way #70 68.2 48.6
  • Objective areaDustwallow Marsh 64.8, 50.4/way #70 64.8 50.4

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

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

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:

  • Theramore, Dustwallow MarshAlliance · about 100 yards south-west
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-west
  • Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 1,900 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 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
Experience2,050 XP

Storyline

Dustwallow Marsh

Part 40 of 83.

Previous: The Black Shield · Next: Lieutenant Paval Reethe

  1. 35Inspecting the Ruins
  2. 36Suspicious Hoofprints
  3. 37They Call Him Smiling Jim
  4. 38The Black Shield
  5. 39The Black Shield
  6. 40The Black Shield
  7. 41Lieutenant Paval Reethe
  8. 42Lieutenant Paval Reethe
  9. 43Daelin's Men
  10. 44The Deserters
  11. 45The Deserters
  12. 46A Grim Connection

Showing steps 35 to 46 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.

  • They Call Him Smiling JimDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    I can't help it if I feel sorry for ol' Jim there. He wasn't always like that. Ran an inn out in the marsh for a while, wonderful place. Look, I don't really want to talk about it. Bring it up with Captain Vimes if you really have to.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Lieutenant Paval ReetheDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    A glint of light on the ground catches your eye from underneath the rubble. Brushing away 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".

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance 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

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 and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.