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The Root Cause

A World of Warcraft quest in Harandar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Harogna+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I was curious, so I tried it on purpose: taking the portal in Silvermoon City does not count as progress towards this quest.
It has to be the one in Fairbreeze Village at coordinates 45.14, 46.94 as stated by redcrest.

Just in case you have unlocked that on an alt and are trying to plan your route that way.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 83-88
ZoneHarandar
LocationHarandar, Eversong Woods
Quest ID86899

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86899))

What to do

WhereHarandar, Eversong Woods
StorylineOf Caves and Cradles, step 2 of 19
Rewards3g 19s, 1,500 XP

Description

The rutaani who attacked Silvermoon come from my homeland, Harandar. This Lightbloom infection is new, however. The time has come for me to return to my people. I will face their judgement, and explain my actions. If the Lightbloom has spread, I must warn my people of the danger. If you're willing to join me, I will take you and your insistent friend through the rootways to Harandar. Let me know when you are ready to go.

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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.

Harandar Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Harandar map showing where to go for The Root CauseTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #2413 75.6 53.6

Eversong Woods Objective area 2 mapped points
Eversong Woods map showing where to go for The Root CauseObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2395 45.4 45.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHarandar 75.6, 53.6/way #2413 75.6 53.6
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 45.4, 45.5/way #2395 45.4 45.5
  • Objective areaEversong Woods 45.2, 46.9/way #2395 45.2 46.9

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 Harandar map

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

Getting there

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

  • Har'athir, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 480 yards west
  • The Den, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards west
  • Har'kuai, HarandarAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 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
Money3 gold19 silver
Experience1,500 XP

Storyline

Of Caves and Cradles

Part 2 of 19.

Previous: Harandar · Next: To Har'athir

  1. 1Harandar
  2. 2The Root Cause
  3. 3To Har'athir
  4. 4The Rift and the Den
  5. 5The Den of Echoes
  6. 6Koozat's Trample
  7. 7Echoes and Memories
  8. 8Echo of the Hunt
  9. 9Echo of the Call
  10. 10Down the Rootways
  11. 11A Hut in Har'mara
  12. 12Tending to Har'mara

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 19.

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.

  • HarandarHarandar · Level 83-88

    With the Devouring Host occupying much of our attention and time, we leave our backs exposed to other threats that wait in the wings. This Lightbloom that has afflicted Eversong grows worse by the day.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • To Har'athirHarandar · Level 83-88

    All of the world's roots grow toward our homeland. The ones above you are mighty, but new--born of a fledgling World Tree you call Amirdrassil. As far as World Trees go, it is a strange one. But its nature matters less than its reach.

The storyline at a glance

Of Caves and Cradles has 19 steps, from Harandar to The Traveling Flowers.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Harandar (18), Eversong Woods (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Harandar 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.