Quest Log

The Dark Riders (ID 40934)

The Dark Riders is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 5 of 8 in the Apocalypse storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Deadwind Pass at 46.9, 69.5. It rewards 27,650 experience and money.

Description

The catacombs? I've never heard of such a place. Unless, he means...

There's a sewer grate along the edge of the river leading to a catacombs underneath Karazhan. I've never paid it much attention, but it could lead to the catacombs that the spirit spoke of.

To think, the Dark Riders may have been under our noses this entire time! Come, let us see where this leads.

Rewards

Money20

Experience27,650 XP

Top Comments

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DeastrumquodviciSep 13, 2016+18via Wowhead

If, for whatever reason, you can't figure out how to get past the grabby hands, you need to cast Death Grip, and bring him to you. I'm not sure if there are alternate methods, but that worked for me. (Popping Anti-Magic Shell and making a mad charge for the other side only resulted in death.)

kerrymayallOct 11, 2016+16via Wowhead

Pity they used the same scenario for multiple classes.

HellstrikeNov 1, 2025+11via Wowhead

Anyone else stuck on this quest in Legion Remix, or find a fix? I did the whole scenario but "Defeat the Dark Riders" never completed even after wielding Apocalypse. I tried resetting and doing it again but no success, and I'm unable to abandon the quest to restart it.
edit: Killing the boss slowly seemed to work on the 3rd time I tried. I just let my ghoul do all the work.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	27,650
Money	Gold	20g 22s

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Deadwind Pass	Turn-in marker at 46.9, 69.5, 3 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inDeadwind Pass 46.9, 69.5/way #42 46.9 69.5
Objective areaDeadwind Pass 46.8, 69.1/way #42 46.8 69.1
Objective areaDeadwind Pass 49.0, 75.4/way #42 49.0 75.4

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 Deadwind Pass map

The Dark Riders same spot
The Deadwind Hunt same spot
To the Catacombs! same spot
City Under Siege about 90 yards
The Diamond King about 90 yards
Corruption Runs Deep about 100 yards
Finite Numbers about 100 yards
Holding the Lines about 100 yards
The Power of Corruption about 100 yards
Thought Collection about 100 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Deadwind Pass:

Dreadmaul Hold, Blasted LandsHorde · about 790 yards east
Darkshire, DuskwoodAlliance · about 900 yards north-west
The Harborage, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 1,200 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 110 yards south-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

Apocalypse

Part 5 of 8.

Previous: A Grisly Task · Next: The Dark Riders

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.

A Grisly TaskLevel 10-45
Wet soil? Shallow graves? I think the journal is referring to the gravesites off of the lake near Karazhan. Nobody knows who is buried there, but they may be the key to finding the Dark Riders. You can... speak to the dead, yes?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The Call of VengeanceLevel 10-45
I was wrong about you, death knight. Your assistance against the Dark Riders has proven a great service to the Light. Perhaps I should not be so quick to judge. Nevertheless, you have allowed me to fill my purpose in returning these artifacts to their rightful owners.

Other quests with this name

This one: Death Knight · Level 10-45.

The Dark RidersWarlock · Level 10-45
The Dark RidersDruid · Level 10-45
The Dark RidersWarlock · Level 10-45

The storyline at a glance

Apocalypse has 8 steps, from Apocalypse to The Call of Vengeance.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Deadwind Pass (5), Acherus: The Ebon Hold (2), Duskwood (1).

Other storylines on the Deadwind Pass map

Ulthalesh, the Deadwind Harvester9 steps, starts with Ulthalesh, the Deadwind Harvester
The Scythe of Elune8 steps, starts with The Scythe of Elune
Swamp of Sorrows36 steps, starts with Maliciously Delicious
On the Trail of the Black Prince8 steps, starts with Whispers of N'Zoth

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.

Other versions of this quest

5 quests carry the name The Dark Riders. They differ in the classes shown here.

Quest	Classes	ID
The Dark Riders (this page)	Death Knight	40934
The Dark Riders	Warlock	40623
The Dark Riders	Druid	40838
The Dark Riders	Death Knight	40986
The Dark Riders	Warlock	41155

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The Dark Ranger's Pupil

The Dark Riders

The Dark Side of the Moon

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