The Captive Spymaster is a quest for level 45. It is step 5 of 11 in the Saga of the Shadowblade III storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Suramar at 26.9, 89.1. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.
We must move swiftly while the distraction is working. Mathias Shaw is being held in the lower levels of the Halls of the Eclipse directly to the south.
Quickly, <name>, we must go!
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Taoshi- "Let us stealth quickly to Mathias Shaw!"
<stealths as slowly as possible>
If Continued Exposure is a WQ I recommend getting it out of the way before starting The Captive Spymaster. The withered will not stealth with you!
Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43508))
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
Taoshi- "Let us stealth quickly to Mathias Shaw!"
<stealths as slowly as possible>
If Continued Exposure is a WQ I recommend getting it out of the way before starting The Captive Spymaster. The withered will not stealth with you!
Remix:
There is no need to walk slowly with her, rush on down and you can hand in immediately.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 6,150 |
| Money | Gold | 20g 22s |
| Turn-in map | Suramar | Turn-in marker at 26.9, 89.1, 2 mapped points |
|---|
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #680 26.9 89.1
/way #680 26.9 89.1/way #680 29.8 79.7Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Suramar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 5 of 11.
Previous: A Burning Distraction · Next: Picking a Fight
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
We're going to need a distraction if we are to rescue Mathias Shaw from where he's being held captive in Felsoul Hold. A big one. Explosives placed in a few key locations should do nicely. Noggenfogger is playing nice and has donated some bombs to the cause.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
They're coming, <name>! I will get to work unlocking these fel-magic chains from the cage. You keep the Legion at bay.
Saga of the Shadowblade III has 11 steps, from Where In the World is Mathias? to Champion: Master Mathias Shaw.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (8), Suramar (2), Stormwind City (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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