Quest Log

The Kessel Run

The Kessel Run is an Alliance-only quest for level 1-30 in Bloodmyst Isle. It is step 1 of 38 in the Bloodmyst Isle storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Bloodmyst Isle at 63.0, 87.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

You're just in time, <name>. Blood elf activity in this area has doubled in the past week. Our agents have informed us that the blood elves that call themselves Sunhawks plan to launch an offensive upon Azuremyst soon. I need you to get a warning out to our allies and compatriots.

Warn High Chief Stillpine at Stillpine Hold, Exarch Menelaous at Azure Watch and Admiral Odesyus at Odesyus' Landing.

Time is of the essence so I am lending you my elekk. Be sure to keep it out of water.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationExodar +250

Top Comments

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MblastMar 18, 2007+123via Wowhead

If you didn't know, the quest name is a reference to Star Wars where there actually is a Kessel run. Han Solo did it in less than twelve parsecs.

749Mar 12, 2007+84via Wowhead

Be sure to turn in the quest before the timer runs out, else it fails, even if you have warned the NPC's.

313896Feb 23, 2009+73via Wowhead

I completed this quest in less than twelve parsecs.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Reputation	Exodar	+250

Reward details

Reputation: Exodar +250

The naaru vessel that brought the draenei to Azeroth. Though stranded in the Azuremyst Isles, it acts as a home city for this noble race.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Bloodmyst Isle that reward Exodar reputation: Deciphering the Book (+250), Know Thine Enemy (+250), Containing the Threat (+250), Victims of Corruption (+250), Cruelfin's Necklace (+250), Searching for Galaen (+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 map	Bloodmyst Isle	Turn-in marker at 63.0, 87.5, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Azuremyst Isle	3 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.

Azuremyst Isle map showing where to go for The Kessel Run — **Azuremyst Isle** Objective area 3 mapped points

Coordinates

Turn-inBloodmyst Isle 63.0, 87.5/way #106 63.0 87.5
Objective areaAzuremyst Isle 46.7, 20.6/way #97 46.7 20.6
Objective areaAzuremyst Isle 47.1, 50.6/way #97 47.1 50.6
Objective areaAzuremyst Isle 47.0, 70.2/way #97 47.0 70.2

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 Bloodmyst Isle map

Honor the Flame about 490 yards

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

Getting there

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

Blood Watch, Bloodmyst IsleAlliance · about 750 yards north
The ExodarAlliance · about 1,300 yards south
Azure Watch, Azuremyst IsleAlliance · about 1,500 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 740 yards south (on the Azuremyst Isle map)
Objective areaabout 1,500 yards south (on the Azuremyst Isle map)
Objective areaabout 2,100 yards south (on the Azuremyst Isle 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

Bloodmyst Isle

Part 1 of 38.

Next: Declaration of Power

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 38.

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.

Declaration of PowerBloodmyst Isle · Level 1-30
Have you seen the serpent men? The ones that call themselves naga? <Kessel spits.> They dared make an advance upon this camp under cover of darkness only three nights ago. Can you believe the audacity of those primitive beasts? I need you to deliver a message to their leadership, <name>.

The storyline at a glance

Bloodmyst Isle has 38 steps, from The Kessel Run to The Unwritten Prophecy.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Bloodmyst Isle (36), Azuremyst Isle (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Bloodmyst Isle Quests Complete the Bloodmyst Isle storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Azuremyst Isle map

Azuremyst Isle32 steps, starts with Word from Azure Watch
Ammen Vale22 steps, starts with You Survived!

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.

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The Kessel Run

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