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The Deserter

The Deserter is a quest for level 15-30 in Silithus. It is step 9 of 12 in the Silithus storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Silithus at 68.7, 63.0. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 3,100 experience.

Description

There are rumors of a Twilight's Hammer member called Ortell having deserted his sect. Word has it he hid in the mountains south of Southwind Village, where he lives as a hermit. Perhaps you can enlist his help in deciphering the tablet.

Take the restored tablet with you and seek out Ortell.

Rewards

Experience3,100 XP
ReputationCenarion Circle +75
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,100
ReputationCenarion Circle+75

Reward details

Reputation: Cenarion Circle +75

The druids of Cenarion Circle are guardians of nature and make their home in tranquil Moonglade.

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Silithus that reward Cenarion Circle reputation: Deadly Desert Venom (+150), Noggle's Last Hope (+250), The Twilight Lexicon (+250), Securing the Supply Lines (+150), Stepping Up Security (+250), Noggle's Lost Satchel (+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 mapSilithusTurn-in marker at 68.7, 63.0, 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.

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

In-game waypoint: /way #81 68.7 63.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSilithus 68.7, 63.0/way #81 68.7 63.0
  • Objective areaSilithus 53.6, 35.3/way #81 53.6 35.3

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 Silithus map

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

Getting there

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

  • Oasis of Vir'sar, UldumAlliance and Horde · about 990 yards south-west
  • Cenarion Hold, SilithusAlliance · about 1,000 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 970 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Silithus

Part 9 of 12.

Previous: Unraveling the Mystery · Next: The Twilight Lexicon

  1. 1Twilight Geolords
  2. 2Vyral the Vile
  3. 3The Twilight Mystery
  4. 4Dearest Natalia
  5. 5Into The Maw of Madness
  6. 6Glyph Chasing
  7. 7Breaking the Code
  8. 8Unraveling the Mystery
  9. 9The Deserter
  10. 10The Twilight Lexicon
  11. 11True Believers
  12. 12A Terrible Purpose

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.

  • Unraveling the MysterySilithus · Level 15-30

    We're on the verge of a breakthrough, <name>! The rubbings you recovered have allowed us to recreate the glyphs on this crystalline prism. They are apparently a means for the Qiraji and other unknown entities to communicate various messages to the silithid.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Twilight LexiconSilithus · Level 15-30

    The Twilight's Hammer are not kind to those that leave their ranks. They hunt me to this day like I'm some sort of beast! Needless to say, an enemy of theirs is a friend of mine! To decipher this Tablet I'll need the book used by their scribes to encode secret messages: the Twilight Lexicon.

The storyline at a glance

Silithus has 12 steps, from Twilight Geolords to A Terrible Purpose.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silithus (12).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Silithus 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.

Related
The Depravity of the Forsaken
The Depths of Depravity
The Descent
The Desert Fox
The Deserters
The Deserters
The Desolate Council
The Devourer of Darkshore
WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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