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The Cleansing Must Be Stopped

The Cleansing Must Be Stopped is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Hellfire Peninsula. It is step 83 of 103 in the Hellfire Peninsula storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hellfire Peninsula at 27.0, 59.5. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Our scouts captured a draenei paladin at the Pools of Aggonar. He was to take part in a cleansing ritual to purify the pools. We must stop the draenei from succeeding or we will lose our supply of felblood!

He was carrying this signaling gem, looking to mark a spot where a priest - or "anchorite" as they call themselves - could perform their rituals in safety. Place the gem near the Altar of Aggonar and be ready to ambush any approaching draenei.

I suggest that you take a friend or two along.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationSilvermoon City +250
Top Comments

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8700+32via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Altar is at the south end of the pools of Aggonar, its in the water, alot of blobs around.
After you use the signaling gems, 3 draeni walk toward the altar, a lvl 62 is the quest target, and 2 paladins 57-58.

pretty easy if you're a caster, 1 chain lightning crit was enough for me to kill the quest target

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationSilvermoon City+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Neck
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for35 silver66 copper
TypeCloth Back
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for35 gold29 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility, +6 Stamina
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for52 silver11 copper

Reputation: Silvermoon City +250

The capital of Quel'Thalas, home of the blood elves. Though nearly destroyed by Arthas' attack on the Sunwell, Silvermoon is once again a thriving city.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Hellfire Peninsula that reward Silvermoon City reputation: The Great Fissure (+250), In Need of Felblood (+250), Arelion's Journal (+250), The Road to Falcon Watch (+250), A Pilgrim's Plight (+250), Thirsting For Power (+250).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHellfire PeninsulaTurn-in marker at 27.0, 59.5, 2 mapped points
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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.

Hellfire Peninsula Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Hellfire Peninsula map showing where to go for The Cleansing Must Be StoppedTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #100 27.0 59.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHellfire Peninsula 27.0, 59.5/way #100 27.0 59.5
  • Objective areaHellfire Peninsula 39.1, 39.2/way #100 39.1 39.2

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 Hellfire Peninsula map

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

Getting there

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

  • Falcon Watch, Hellfire PeninsulaHorde · about 50 yards east
  • Swamprat Post, ZangarmarshHorde · about 1,300 yards north-west
  • Thrallmar, Hellfire PeninsulaHorde · about 1,700 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 940 yards north-east

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Hellfire Peninsula

Part 83 of 103.

Previous: In Need of Felblood · Next: Magic of the Arakkoa

  1. 78Arelion's Secret
  2. 79The Mistress Revealed
  3. 80Arelion's Mistress
  4. 81Source of the Corruption
  5. 82In Need of Felblood
  6. 83The Cleansing Must Be Stopped
  7. 84Magic of the Arakkoa
  8. 85In Search of Sedai
  9. 86Return to Obadei
  10. 87Makuru's Vengeance
  11. 88Sha'naar Relics
  12. 89Atonement

Showing steps 78 to 89 of 103.

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.

  • In Need of FelbloodHellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30

    Northeast of here lie the Pools of Aggonar. Once a sacred site to the draenei, their waters were corrupted after the blood from the demon Aggonar was spilled into them. That blood, though old and diluted, still possesses tremendous power.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Magic of the ArakkoaHellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30

    Outland holds many secrets, <name>. It's only a matter of time before we uncover them all. The half-bird, half-man species of the arakkoa possesses ancient arcane knowledge that would aid us greatly in our exploration of this world. Travel to the Den of Haal'esh, south of here.

Also counted by To Hellfire and Back

Its criteria name 17 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Hellfire Peninsula has 103 steps, from Eradicate the Burning Legion to Natural Remedies.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hellfire Peninsula (103).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hellfire Peninsula 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

To Hellfire and BackComplete the Hellfire Peninsula storylines listed below.10
Related
The Clarion Call
The Clarity Elixir
The Cleansing
The Cleansing
The Cleanup Crew
The Clessington Will
The Clutches of Evil
The Coast is Clear
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