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The Karnitol Shipwreck (4,100 XP)

The Karnitol Shipwreck is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Desolace. It is step 7 of 63 in the Desolace storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Desolace at 36.1, 30.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

Greetings, friend. Have yerself a seat here...

My first order of business is for the mage Karnitol--a noble of some sort in Stormwind. Seems his ship was attacked by sea giants while off the coast in the northwest of Desolace. He and his servants tried to bring one of his more valuable chests ashore, but when the sea giants attacked in droves, he chose to abandon it and teleport himself and his servants to safety.

He wants us to find the chest and its contents, and return it to him in Stormwind.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationIronforge +250
Top Comments

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token+16via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The chest is on the shore near some floating debris in the water. There's also a journal lying beside it. Pick that up for another part of the quest. Also if you go up high on the mountainside where the ruins are there's an Argent Dawn guy there with another quest for you.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationIronforge+250

Reward details

Reputation: Ironforge +250

This Alliance capital is the pride of the Dun Morogh dwarves. Home to King Magni.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Desolace that reward Ironforge reputation: The Karnitol Shipwreck (+75), Reagents for Reclaimers Inc. (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDesolaceTurn-in marker at 36.1, 30.5, 1 mapped point
Objective areaStonetalon Mountains1 mapped point
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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.

Desolace Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Desolace map showing where to go for The Karnitol ShipwreckTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #66 36.1 30.5

Stonetalon Mountains Objective area 1 mapped point
Stonetalon Mountains map showing where to go for The Karnitol ShipwreckObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #65 44.8 82.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDesolace 36.1, 30.5/way #66 36.1 30.5
  • Objective areaStonetalon Mountains 44.8, 82.4/way #65 44.8 82.4

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 Desolace map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Desolace:

  • Ethel Rethor, DesolaceAlliance and Horde · about 170 yards north-east
  • Karnum's Glade, DesolaceAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-east
  • Thargad's Camp, DesolaceAlliance · about 1,200 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,500 yards north-east (on the Stonetalon Mountains map)

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

Desolace

Part 7 of 63.

Previous: Putting Their Heads Together · Next: The Karnitol Shipwreck

  1. 2Lay of the Land
  2. 3Elune's Gifts
  3. 4Peace of Mind
  4. 5You'll Know It When You See It
  5. 6Putting Their Heads Together
  6. 7The Karnitol Shipwreck
  7. 8The Karnitol Shipwreck
  8. 9The Karnitol Shipwreck
  9. 10Avenge Furien!
  10. 11Translation
  11. 12Peace of Mind
  12. 13Ears Are Burning

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 63.

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.

  • Putting Their Heads TogetherDesolace · Level 10-30

    So it's true.... The parchment you discovered in Thunder Axe Fortress details a powerful summoning ritual. One stronger than the Burning Blade have ever been known to possess. Clearly, this rite must be stopped at all costs!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Avenge Furien!Desolace · Level 10-30

    This cannot be! My dear brother - slain by Alliance scum! They must be made to suffer, <race>! Find a way to bring them pain! I shall not rest until it is so... Furien had been researching ancient artifacts in the eastern regions before his death. Speak to Sorrem.

The storyline at a glance

Desolace has 63 steps, from Rerouted! to Death to Agogridon.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Desolace (61), Stonetalon Mountains (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Desolace 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.

Other versions of this quest

3 quests carry the name The Karnitol Shipwreck. They differ in the rewards shown here.

QuestRewardsID
The Karnitol Shipwreck (this page)4,100 XP1454
The Karnitol Shipwreck2,050 XP1455
The Karnitol Shipwreck4,100 XP, Claimant Treads, Treads of the Seeker, Finder's Battleaxe, Karnitol's Leftover Robe1456
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WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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