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The Nighthold

The Nighthold is a quest for level 45. It is step 4 of 4 in The Hunt for Illidan Stormrage storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dalaran at 28.5, 48.2. It rewards 775 experience.

Description

Illidan's soul rests safely within Light's Heart. Take this vessel and deliver it to Khadgar with the following instructions:

When Gul'dan attempts to tear the sky asunder and bring the dark titan into our world, call forth the power of this vessel and release Illidan's soul into his body.

Go now, <name>. We do not have much time. The dark ritual will begin soon.

Rewards

Experience775 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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

1
Romaras+548via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So, I guess that reunion will be pretty awkward.

*players messing up Gul'dan's ritual*

-Gul'dan: oh, great. these guys again.
-Illidan: OMG wtf were you trying to do with my body you pervert
-Gul'dan: hum, just making you Medivh 2.0, that's all
-Illidan: you are not pr...!
-Gul'dan: shut up, it's getting old
-Illidan: I'm taking your skull again

2
Opetto+395via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I was surprised the quest just ENDS there. I get it, we're handing off the responsibility to Khadgar, but I thought it would be like the artifact questline, where there is a delayed next quest you could only do after The Nighthold opens. But no, this is the actual end. Actually quite disappointed.

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Top Comments

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

1
Romaras+548via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So, I guess that reunion will be pretty awkward.

*players messing up Gul'dan's ritual*

-Gul'dan: oh, great. these guys again.
-Illidan: OMG wtf were you trying to do with my body you pervert
-Gul'dan: hum, just making you Medivh 2.0, that's all
-Illidan: you are not pr...!
-Gul'dan: shut up, it's getting old
-Illidan: I'm taking your skull again

2
Opetto+395via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I was surprised the quest just ENDS there. I get it, we're handing off the responsibility to Khadgar, but I thought it would be like the artifact questline, where there is a delayed next quest you could only do after The Nighthold opens. But no, this is the actual end. Actually quite disappointed.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP775
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDalaranTurn-in marker at 28.5, 48.2, 1 mapped point
Objective areaEastern Plaguelands1 mapped point
Objective areaLight's Hope Chapel
Objective areaDalaran
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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.

Dalaran Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Dalaran map showing where to go for The NightholdTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #627 28.5 48.2

Eastern Plaguelands Objective area 1 mapped point
Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for The NightholdObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #23 76.9 50.0

Light's Hope Chapel Objective area
Dalaran Objective area

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDalaran 28.5, 48.2/way #627 28.5 48.2
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 76.9, 50.0/way #23 76.9 50.0

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 Dalaran map

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

Getting there

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

  • DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 340 yards east
  • Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north
  • Shackle's Den, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 110 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 3,700 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 5,400 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Hunt for Illidan Stormrage

Part 4 of 4.

Previous: Trial of Valor: The Once and Future Lord of Shadows

  1. 1The Hunt for Illidan Stormrage
  2. 2Soul Prism of the Illidari
  3. 3Trial of Valor: The Once and Future Lord of Shadows
  4. 4The Nighthold

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.

  • Trial of Valor: The Once and Future Lord of ShadowsLevel 45

    While tracking the master's physical body proved challenging, we were able to locate it in the Nighthold of Suramar. Our intelligence reports that Gul'dan is making final preparations to the Nightwell in order to use its power to usher the soul of Sargeras into Illidan's body.

The storyline at a glance

The Hunt for Illidan Stormrage has 4 steps, from The Hunt for Illidan Stormrage to The Nighthold.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azsuna (2), Eastern Plaguelands (1), Dalaran (1).

Other storylines on the Dalaran 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 Nightborne Apprentice
The Nightborne Connection
The Nightborne Pact
The Nightborne Prince
The Nighthold: Darkness Calls
The Nighthold: Delusions of Grandeur
The Nighthold: Into the Nighthold
The Nighthuntress Beckons
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