TheWoWDBYou can use the gun anywhere, as long as you've got the Path of Conquest discovered. I found the place and got swarmed by the blood elves, but I used the flare gun at the graveyard and it still completed properly.
Quest
The Path of Conquest
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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51, 58 will complete the quest and is just near the entrance to the path. 51, 63 does not complete the quest and is quite a headache.
Be aware that if you use the flare gun and the NPC gets attacked, she'll fly away and tell you to contact her when you're at a safe location. You'll have to wait 2 minutes to re-summon her. This means make sure there's no enemy NPCs around when you use it.
Quest facts
Quest ID10772
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10772))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineShadowmoon Valley, step 4 of 147
Rewards3,100 XP
Description
My gryphon riders have come back with a bit of news! The Eclipsion blood elves are planning something big. They've begun forming their armies at the Path of Conquest, located east of here - adjacent to Eclipse Point. I want you to travel to the Path of Conquest and assess the situation. Once you've done so, use this flare gun to signal a gryphon rider. One will swoop down from the sky to meet you. Tell 'em what you've discovered and they'll give you the next set of orders.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #104 52.1 62.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 52.1, 62.9
/way #104 52.1 62.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 52.5, 63.2
/way #104 52.5 63.2 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 36.3, 57.0
/way #104 36.3 57.0
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 Shadowmoon Valley map
- Honor the Flame about 750 yards
- Hero's Call: Shadowmoon Valley! about 770 yards
- Grand Master Antari about 1,420 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,570 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shadowmoon Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
- Sanctum of the Stars, Shadowmoon Valley
- Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley
- Altar of Sha'tar, Shadowmoon Valley
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Experience3,100 XP
Storyline
Shadowmoon Valley
Part 4 of 147.
Previous: The Main Course! · Next: Breaching the Path
- 1Spleendid!
- 2The Second Course...
- 3The Main Course!
- 4The Path of Conquest
- 5Breaching the Path
- 6Blood Elf + Giant = ???
- 7Tabards of the Illidari
- 8Dissension Amongst the Ranks...
- 9Besieged!
- 10To Legion Hold
- 11Setting Up the Bomb
- 12Blast the Infernals!
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 147.
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.
- The Main Course!
Long story short, I used to work with a blood elf named Tiorus. My partnership with Tiorus dissolved once I got into gourmet living. He decided to take it upon himself to continue our research using MY inventions.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Breaching the Path
We're going to need more time, <race>. I'm going to fly further ahead with some of the other gryphon riders. Hopefully, we can gather some more information. What I need from you now is to clear a path and more importantly, keep their arrows pointed away from us!
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Shadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30 · Group.
The storyline at a glance
Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley map
- Battle Pet Tamers
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.