If you have progressed the 9.1 campaign on your main, alts will at this point be offered a skip into Korthia. I was curious what you're giving up with this skip and how much time it saves.
Going through the quests by yourself should take 2-3 hours.
This is what I picked up as quest rewards by not using the skip:
750 [currency=1813]
10 [item=186599]
1 Korthite Crystal
I didn't bother keeping track of gold, but probably ~1k187 weapon
200 armor
207 armor1750 Valarjar reputation (the Legion faction)
2850 Ve'nari reputation
1000 The Wild Hunt reputation
500 Court of Harvesters reputation
500 The Ascended reputation
500 The Undying Army reputation
Quest
The First Move
A World of Warcraft quest in Oribos. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Questline started at login in Oribos with 9.1. Maybe you have to complete the previous campaign before.
Part of Chains of Domination.
You can skip the first three chapters, if you've already done them with an other character by talking to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon instead of [npc=177136] at step 1.1Chapter 1
- The First Move - talk to [npc=177136] (cinematic)
If you want to skip, talk to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon instead of [npc=177136] and tell him "I have heard this tale before.". You get Korthia Awaits, which sends you to Tal-Galan- A Gathering of Covenants
- Voices of the Eternal - (cinematic)
- The Battle of Ardenweald - S1: go to southern part of Oribos and click [npc=178291]
S2: click the fae's [npc=178524] next to you
S3: kill enemies and click objectives ([npc=177820], [npc=178747]) to fill the bar
S4: go to marked area and attack [npc=177114]
S5: mount [npc=177365]
S6: use [spell=350749] against enemies
S7: kill [npc=177159]
S8: click 4 seeds, yellow dots on the map
S9: click the two [npc=178440]s
S10: kill enemies that are leaving the portals to fill the bar (cinematic)- Can't Turn Our Backs - talk to [npc=177460]
- The Heart of Ardenweald - talk to [npc=178565]
- Report to Oribos - return to Oribos
Questline took about 30 minutes, incl. cinematics.Chapter 2
Spoiler
- Opening the Maw - talk to [npc=159478]
- Link to the Maw - jump into the maw and talk to [npc=162804]
- Mysteries of the Maw - click [npc=177246] right behind, talk to [npc=177819] and follow her
- Korthia, the City of Secrets - talk to her and go to the marked area. Watch dialogue, talk to [npc=180469] and follow him
- Who is the Maw Walker? - start the test. You'll get [spell=353214]
- Opening to Oribos - activate waystone and use it
- Charge of the Covenants - click extra button [spell=353260] and enter the portal behind you
- Surveying Secrets - talk to [npc=180523], [npc=180520], [npc=180525] and [npc=180521], they are also marked on your map.Kill enemies until you find [item=187439]
- In Need of Assistance - complete quests nearby: Observational Records, Anima Reclamation, We Need a Healer - You!. Maybe they change, because they are marked as dailies.
Questline took about 40 minutes.Chapter 3
Spoiler
- A Show of Gratitude - go to [npc=178470]
- Ease of Passage - talk to her and click [npc=178085]. Collect her bag and bring it to the teleporter. Talk to [npc=162804] in her Refuge
- Grab Bag - click the transferral augmentor. Return and do it again
- Hearing Aid - click extra button [spell=351849] and click 3 objectives at marked areas
- Birds of a Feather - find [npc=177597]
- The Caged Bird - kill [npc=178311], open cage
- Claim the Sky - fly with [npc=177597] (cinematic)
- A Hate-Hate Relationship - go to her and watch dialogue. Click extra button [spell=353828]
- Fury Given Voice - talk to [npc=177732] and follow his instructions. Collect the horn
The Chosen Few - walk to the other side and blow the horn of challenge. Defeat 3 [npc=178151]- Wrath of Odyn - talk to [npc=177726]
- Mawsplaining - teleport back to Oribos or jump into the hole marked on the map. Return to [npc=162804] in the maw
- Tears of the Damned - collect tears from the ground
Anger Management - use [item=186094] on [npc=178572]. Don't kill them- Focusing the Eye - go to marked area and click extra button [spell=354133]. Defeat [npc=178863]: walk over your shadows and the spear. Throw [spell=354048] to let smaller eyes spawn. Kill them
- Good News, Everyone! - fly with [npc=178950] and talk to [npc=177228]
Questline took about 35 minutes.Continues at renown 44.
Just an FYI, Bolvar continues to offer the skip option if you continue on and then change your mind. I do not know for how long he has the option, but the skip is still offered after doing The Battle of Ardenweald, which is great for those alts needing a 187 weapon, or collectors who want all the unique weapon mogs. Credit to @Hyrcyne for pointing this out on another page.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
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What to do
Description
While the covenants labor to defend the Shadowlands, the Jailer has not sat idle within Torghast. It seems he intends to set the next phase of his scheme into motion. Polemarch Adrestes has brought us disturbing news from Elysian Hold. He will recount what he witnessed once you arrive. Make haste. I fear that time grows short.
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.
Nearby on the Oribos map
- Request of the Highlord same spot
- The Maw same spot
- Torment Chamber: Jaina same spot
- Torment Chamber: Thrall same spot
- The Search for Baine same spot
- An Echo in the Darkness same spot
- The Highlord's Vision same spot
- A Glimpse into Darkness same spot
- The Jailer's Grasp same spot
- Maw Walker same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Oribos, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Oribos:
- 9.0 Maw - Oribos - Teleport In
- Oribos
- Halls of Atonement, Revendreth
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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Storyline
Battle of Ardenweald
Part 1 of 8.
Next: A Gathering of Covenants
- 1The First Move
- 2A Gathering of Covenants
- 3Voices of the Eternal
- 4The Battle of Ardenweald
- 5Can't Turn Our Backs
- 6The Heart of Ardenweald
- 7Report to Oribos
- 8Shaping Fate
Also part of: Patch Intro (part 1 of 32), Patch Campaign (part 1 of 104).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Gathering of Covenants
Though the Jailer remains confined to the Maw, his cruelty extends beyond the bounds of his prison. Thankfully, the Archon is recovering from the attack. Though I am told her wound has an... unsettling quality.
The storyline at a glance
Battle of Ardenweald has 8 steps, from The First Move to Shaping Fate.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Oribos (4), Ardenweald (3), Korthia (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Oribos map
- Torghast
- Arrival in the Shadowlands
- A Fateful Vision
- Aiding the Shadowlands
- Tazavesh: The Veiled Market
- Lorewalking: Ethereals
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.