TheWoWDBWhy the heck are we freeing her? If you're Horde, I think you know by now that she's responsible for Cairne's death. If you're Alliance, well... you just fought a bunch of Grimtotems on your way to get here, and they were hell bent on killing you.
She's evil. She should stay tied up. I don't get it. What am I missing?
Quest
The Elder Crone
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I don't want to free her :( She killed Cairne (and she used Garrosh Hellscream for it!), she tried to murder Baine, she tried to take over the entire tauren community...
Blegh. I want the loremaster but I just don't like these kinds of quests.
She is more dangerous controlled by the Twilight's Hammer than free. I don't see why we dont just stab her though.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneThousand Needles
Quest ID28140
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28140))
What to do
StorylineThousand Needles, step 100 of 107
Rewards21g, 5,150 XP
Description
You have the code. Now all you have to do is head to the eastern section of the Bulwark and free the Elder Crone. Good luck, {name}. Thank you for all you've done.
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.
Objective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #64 36.2 61.0
Coordinates
- Objective areaThousand Needles 36.2, 61.0
/way #64 36.2 61.0 - Objective areaThousand Needles 30.5, 49.3
/way #64 30.5 49.3
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 Thousand Needles map
- The Power of Thousands about 530 yards
- The Crone's Wrath about 840 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 840 yards
- Breaking Chains about 840 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 840 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Thousand Needles:
- Mossy Pile, Un'Goro Crater
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
- Westreach Summit, Thousand Needles
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.
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Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
Other quests on the Thousand Needles map
Storyline
Thousand Needles
Part 100 of 107.
Previous: Codemaster's Code · Next: To the Withering
- 95On to the Bulwark
- 96Something to Wear
- 97Break Them Out
- 98Behind You!
- 99Codemaster's Code
- 100The Elder Crone
- 101To the Withering
- 102To the Withering
- 103Four Twilight Elements
- 104Unbound
- 105The Doomstone
- 106Spread the Word
Showing steps 95 to 106 of 107.
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.
- Codemaster's Code
<name>, the bonds holding Magatha are specially encoded. She can only be released if we get those codes. There's a device near Codemaster Deethuk in the Bulwark to the southeast. It contains the codes. Please obtain them.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- To the Withering
According to Magatha, she'll meet you just outside of the Twilight Withering to the east.
The storyline at a glance
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.