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The First to Fall

The First to Fall is a quest for level 50-90. It is step 4 of 10 in the Blood Elf Heritage Armor storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ghostlands at 36.9, 65.1. It rewards 9,500 experience and money.

Description

Arthas cut through the land itself to get to the Sunwell. The Dead Scar is a constant reminder of that desecration. Where it starts is where our first line of defense attempted to hold the Scourge at bay. It is where the first blood was spilled.

It was a slaughter.

Take the lantern to the base of the Dead Scar, and use its light to reveal the memories of what happened there.

Rewards

Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Ghostlands 36.9, 65.1 /way #95 36.9 65.1
  • Named in the quest text: Arthas.

Known issues

Top Comments

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161811+92via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Quest location is accurate (you'll see a ghostly figure there), but you'll need to dismount to get the extra action button to show up. Sometimes it disappears without working, so try using /click ExtraActionButton1 after that to get the quest to progress as intended.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(53735))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
161811+92via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Quest location is accurate (you'll see a ghostly figure there), but you'll need to dismount to get the extra action button to show up. Sometimes it disappears without working, so try using /click ExtraActionButton1 after that to get the quest to progress as intended.

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Chechelka+46via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I'm doing this quest during the Midnight prepatch and the map is bugged - it shows that i'm in Outland.
So if you have this problem like me, go to the Ghostlands at /way 97.94, 11.99
That's the lantern position. Dismount and the extra button should show up :)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP9,500
MoneyGold28g 9s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapGhostlandsTurn-in marker at 36.9, 65.1, 11 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.

Ghostlands Quest turn-in 11 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #95 36.9 65.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGhostlands 36.9, 65.1/way #95 36.9 65.1
  • Objective areaGhostlands 37.1, 65.5/way #95 37.1 65.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 36.8, 67.4/way #95 36.8 67.4
  • Objective areaGhostlands 46.7, 33.0/way #95 46.7 33.0

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 Ghostlands map

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

Getting there

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

  • Tranquillien, GhostlandsHorde · about 810 yards north
  • Zul'Aman, GhostlandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 1,900 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 780 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Blood Elf Heritage Armor

Part 4 of 10.

Previous: Writing on the Wall · Next: Lament of the Highborne

  1. 1The Pride of the Sin'dorei
  2. 2Walk Among Ghosts
  3. 3Writing on the Wall
  4. 4The First to Fall
  5. 5Lament of the Highborne
  6. 6The Day Hope Died
  7. 7Defense of Quel'Danas
  8. 8The Setting Sun
  9. 9A People Shattered
  10. 10The Fall of the Sunwell

Also part of: Lorewalking: Elves (part 3 of 9).

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.

  • Writing on the WallLevel 50-90

    Long has the southern wall separated Quel'Thalas from the once great kingdom of Lordaeron. We did not believe that anyone could breach it. That overconfidence was our undoing. When the Scourge arrived, the gate was not conquered by force. It was willingly opened by a traitor.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Lament of the HighborneLevel 50-90

    The next memory... Forgive me. For many of our people, it was when we realized death was coming for us. A memorial to a particular defender lies to the west, in the place of her home. The light there has no doubt attracted some of the area's lingering souls.

The storyline at a glance

Blood Elf Heritage Armor has 10 steps, from The Pride of the Sin'dorei to The Fall of the Sunwell.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ghostlands (5), Isle of Quel'Danas (3), Silvermoon City (2).

Other storylines on the Ghostlands 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 First Step
The First Step
The First Step
The First Time I Died
The First to Know
The First Trial of Ursol
The First Watch
The Firstborn Rises
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