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The Darkness

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 40-90
LocationHighmountain, Suramar
CategoryHighmountain Tauren
Quest ID48403

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(48403))

Description

For thousands of years, the Darkness was held at bay. The wards stood... protecting Highmountain. Now they are gone, and evil is free once more. The Darkness that haunted our dreams... that even the kobolds spoke of only in frightened whispers... has come. Uul'gyneth, herald of the Old Gods, paves the way for his masters. Unless we stand together and defeat him, all is lost. You must hold nothing back, champion. None of us can.

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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.

Highmountain Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Highmountain map showing where to go for The DarknessTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #650 56.6 92.8

Suramar Objective area 1 mapped point
Suramar map showing where to go for The DarknessObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #680 55.2 20.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHighmountain 56.6, 92.8/way #650 56.6 92.8
  • Objective areaHighmountain 56.8, 92.0/way #650 56.8 92.0
  • Objective areaSuramar 55.2, 20.6/way #680 55.2 20.6

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 Highmountain map

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

Getting there

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

  • Ironhorn Enclave, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 420 yards north
  • Obsidian Overlook, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 760 yards north-west
  • Lorna's Watch, StormheimAlliance · about 840 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 130 yards north-east (on the Suramar map)
  • Objective areaabout 40 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.

Related
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP
ReputationHighmountain Tribe +250

Reward details

Reputation: Highmountain Tribe +250

The Highmountain Tribe has dwindled in numbers over the years, and with the drogbar threat looming, seek new allies to save their homeland.

Reputation group: Legion.

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.

Storyline

Allies of the Horde: Highmountain

Part 14 of 18.

Previous: Huln's Mountain · Next: Together We Are the Horde!

  1. 7Whispers of the Darkness
  2. 8Dark Tales
  3. 9A Feast for Our Kin
  4. 10Shadow Over Thunder Bluff
  5. 11Return to Highmountain
  6. 12Shadow of the Sepulcher
  7. 13Huln's Mountain
  8. 14The Darkness
  9. 15Together We Are the Horde!
  10. 16How Fares Ebonhorn?
  11. 17The Spiritwalkers
  12. 18Dark Forces

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 18.

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.

  • Huln's MountainLevel 40-90

    We have made progress reactivating the wards, but more must be done. I sense Ebonhorn's struggle. Though he fights with all his strength, he is slipping away. Should this "Darkness" emerge into our realm, I fear our friend will be lost. Ebonhorn spoke of another ward somewhere within Snowblind Mesa.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Together We Are the Horde!Level 40-90

    What began with a simple feast led to a battle against an ancient evil seeking to consume the world. My kind of day! Your deeds have helped secure an alliance between Orgrimmar and Highmountain. These tauren will make a valuable addition to the Horde. The Warchief will be pleased.

The storyline at a glance

Allies of the Horde: Highmountain has 18 steps, from Walking in Their Footsteps to Dark Forces.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (13), Thunder Bluff (3), Orgrimmar (1), Thunder Totem (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.