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The Invasion Begins

A World of Warcraft quest in Mardum, the Shattered Abyss. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 8-45
CategoryDemon Hunter
Quest ID40077

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40077))

Requirements

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

Our advance force of demon hunters is here and has engaged the Legion. Make our presence known. Let's send a shiver down every demon spine. Raise our colors with pride, {name}.

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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.

Mardum, the Shattered Abyss Quest turn-in 15 mapped points
Mardum, the Shattered Abyss map showing where to go for The Invasion BeginsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #672 28.6 62.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMardum, the Shattered Abyss 28.6, 62.8/way #672 28.6 62.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mardum, the Shattered Abyss 26.4, 62.3/way #672 26.4 62.3
  • Objective areaMardum, the Shattered Abyss 28.7, 62.9/way #672 28.7 62.9
  • Objective areaMardum, the Shattered Abyss 22.1, 55.8/way #672 22.1 55.8

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 300 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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

The Key to Defeating the Legion

Part 1 of 21.

Next: Enter the Illidari: Ashtongue

  1. 1The Invasion Begins
  2. 2Enter the Illidari: Ashtongue
  3. 3Enter the Illidari: Coilskar
  4. 4Set Them Free
  5. 5Eye On the Prize
  6. 6Meeting With the Queen
  7. 7Enter the Illidari: Shivarra
  8. 8Before We're Overrun
  9. 9Orders for Your Captains
  10. 10Give Me Sight Beyond Sight
  11. 11Hidden No More
  12. 12Stop the Bombardment

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 21.

Also part of: Void Elf Demon Hunter Quests (part 14 of 32).

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.

  • Enter the Illidari: AshtongueLevel 8-45

    Lord Illidan has placed you in charge. Now, we just need the rest of our Illidari attack force. There are three Burning Legion gateways ahead. Activate them and our Illidari will pour through from the Black Temple. Like most Legion constructs, the gateways are powered by souls.

The storyline at a glance

The Key to Defeating the Legion has 21 steps, from The Invasion Begins to Return to the Black Temple.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mardum, the Shattered Abyss (21).

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.