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The Heart of Auchindoun

A World of Warcraft quest in Talador. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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1
Railander+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Nyami doesn't show up in the location (horde), even though the map marks as the quest being available.
Anyone else with the same problem?
EDIT: opened a ticket and a GM confirmed it was bugged and should not be showing up in my map as horde.

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BeingDS+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I tried this 3 times on my 95 Rogue. Apparently this boss has unlimited minions. He just summons 12 of them and they stand in circle beating on you until you die. I guess someone forgot to put a limit on his summons... Bug? Or did they just forget to flag this one as a group quest?

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Aurleis1+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCU_wer_zig

Accept the quests:
• Holding the Line, from Exarch Maladaar at coords 55.6, 67.7.
• The Heart of Auchindoun, from [npc=78519] at coords 56.5, 67.1.
• Disrupting the Flow, from [npc=78482] in the vicinity of 56.7, 65.8 (usually fighting demons).

1. Holding the Line - (Video) - Kill 15 assorted demons in this area.

2. Disrupting the Flow - (Video) - Click on 4 [object=229139] (appear as fel green crystals) to destroy them. They can be found at coords:
• 57.3, 64.1
• 56.4, 63.3
• 54.9, 62.3
• 55.6, 64.2

3. The Heart of Auchindoun - (Video) - Travel to 56.6, 63.0 and kill [npc=76876].
• Click [item=108733] at coords 56.7, 62.5
• Travel back to [npc=78482] (coords: 56.7, 65.8) and turn in Disrupting the Flow.
• Turn in The Heart of Auchindoun to [npc=78519].
• Turn in Holding the Line to Exarch Maladaar.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40
ZoneTalador
Quest ID33920

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33920))

What to do

StorylineIn the Shadows of Auchindoun, step 3 of 24
RewardsEredar Soulchain, Soulcrystal Dust Pendant, Legion Lord's Gorget, 16g 98s, 5,450 XP

Description

A band of Shadow Council orcs stole the Heart of Auchindoun! The Heart powers all of Auchindoun's defenses. Thankfully we were able to save its core and one of its four pieces. The warlock O'mogg Blackheart is using Karab'uun, one of the stolen pieces, to power the largest portal in the Burning Front. Return Karab'uun to me.

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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.

Talador Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Talador map showing where to go for The Heart of AuchindounTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #535 56.5 67.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTalador 56.5, 67.1/way #535 56.5 67.1
  • Objective areaTalador 56.5, 62.8/way #535 56.5 62.8
  • Objective areaTalador 56.6, 67.3/way #535 56.6 67.3

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 Talador map

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

Getting there

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

  • Exarch's Refuge, TaladorAlliance · about 120 yards south-west
  • Terokkar Refuge, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 920 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 180 yards north

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +5 Mastery
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for21 gold67 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +5 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for20 gold49 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Agility or Strength, +7 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +5 Versatility
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for21 gold77 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Agility, +7 Stamina, +5 Mastery, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for21 gold51 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Strength, +7 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +5 Haste
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for21 gold59 silver

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Talador that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: Nightmare in the Tomb (+250), Pieces of Us (+250), Burning Sky (+250), Barum's Notes (+250), Disrupting the Flow (+250), Into the Hollow (+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.

Storyline

In the Shadows of Auchindoun

Part 3 of 24.

Previous: Disrupting the Flow · Next: Powering the Defenses

  1. 1Holding the Line
  2. 2Disrupting the Flow
  3. 3The Heart of Auchindoun
  4. 4Powering the Defenses
  5. 5Nightmare in the Tomb
  6. 6We Must Construct Additional Pylons
  7. 7Light's Rest
  8. 8Vile Defilers
  9. 9Into the Hollow
  10. 10Antivenin
  11. 11Scheduled Pickup
  12. 12Payback

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 24.

Also part of: In the Shadows of Auchindoun (part 3 of 24).

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.

  • Disrupting the FlowTalador · Level 20-40

    You there, we need to stop the flow of demon reinforcements! Do you see the floating fel crystals spread throughout the front? Those resonators are powering the portals unleashing hell on our forces. I need you to take them out!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Powering the DefensesTalador · Level 20-40

    What few soulpriests we don't have on the front lines are working fervently to maintain Auchindoun's defenses. They aren't going to be able to keep it up much longer alone. Soulbinder Tuulani went inside the nearby Tomb of Lights to retrieve a backup power pylon and hasn't returned.

The storyline at a glance

In the Shadows of Auchindoun has 24 steps, from Holding the Line to Together We Are Strong.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (24).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Talador 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.