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The Search for the Highlord

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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CCwow+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Surprised that nobody posted how brave that [npc=90384] is..

Flying us all the way from Eastern Plaguelands to the Broken Isles in one flight ! We clearly need that Mount for all of our travels ^^

Back and Forth...

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Aurleis1+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afabtIVMxg4

1. The Search for the Highlord (Scenario)
• Accept the quest, The Search for the Highlord, from [npc=90369] at coords 74.2, 53.2 (Outside Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands).
• Click on the [npc=90384] to ride it to the [zone=7796].

Stage 1 - Sounding the Charge
• After landing, use the [spell=190359] to alert your forces that you're ready.

Stage 2 - Crusader's March
• Fight the demon army, in front of you, until your bar has filled up to 100%: [npc=95984], [npc=91636], [npc=97566], & [npc=96005] mob-types

Stage 3 - Holy Vengeance
• After the bar has reached 100%, travel south, through the burning ruins to 16.9, 56.5.
• Defeat the nearby [npc=91697].
• Continue southwest to coords 19.9, 61.5, defeating demons you come across.
• Defeat [npc=91672], and any demonic adds he summons.
• • Interrupt [spell=182217].

Stage 4 - The Ashbringer
• After defeating [npc=91672], and [npc=90883] informing you he will break [npc=91255] free from the crystal prison, travel east to a cave entrance at 22.1, 61.1.
• Enter the cave of the Lost Temple, following its passageways toward 24.3, 64.3, defeating the demons that interfere.
• Defeat the [npc=96192] and [npc=96196].
• • Interrupt the [spell=193022] cast by [npc=96196].
• Continue to coords 26.8, 61.3.
• Pick up [object=247318] to collect your artifact weapon, [item=120978].
• After collecting [item=120978], [npc=90981] shows up.

Stage 5 - One Final Blessing
• Use your extra action ability, [spell=216693], to free yourself from [spell=216690].

Stage 6 - Balnazzar the Risen
• Defeat [npc=90981].

Stage 7 - The Fate of the Highlord (Final Stage)
• Shortly before you would've killed, [npc=90981], he retreats.
• Exit the Lost Temple, traveling to coords 20.3, 61.3 with [npc=91144].
• Listen to [npc=92676], before his death.
• Turn in the quest to [npc=91144].

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
LocationEastern Plaguelands, Light's Hope Chapel, Dalaran
CategoryArtifact
Quest ID38376

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(38376))

Requirements

ClassPaladin

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereEastern Plaguelands, Light's Hope Chapel, Dalaran
StorylineThe Ashbringer, step 6 of 6
Rewards60g 66s, 27,650 XP

Description

Tirion is fading away on that infernal shore... and the Ashbringer with him! We must not waste another moment. Give the word and we'll set off. We're ready when you are.

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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.

Eastern Plaguelands Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for The Search for the HighlordTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #23 74.3 53.1

Light's Hope Chapel Quest turn-in no plotted point
Dalaran Objective area 1 mapped point
Dalaran map showing where to go for The Search for the HighlordObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #627 49.5 47.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 74.3, 53.1/way #23 74.3 53.1
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 74.2, 53.1/way #23 74.2 53.1
  • Objective areaDalaran 49.5, 47.9/way #627 49.5 47.9

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 Eastern Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

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

  • Light's Hope Chapel, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance · about 60 yards east
  • Acherus: The Ebon HoldAlliance and Horde · about 390 yards east

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
Money60 gold66 silver
Experience27,650 XP

Storyline

The Ashbringer

Part 6 of 6.

Previous: Hope Prevails

  1. 1Seeking Guidance
  2. 2Keeping the Peace
  3. 3Sacred Ground
  4. 4The Light Reveals
  5. 5Hope Prevails
  6. 6The Search for the Highlord

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.

  • Hope PrevailsLevel 10-45

    Tirion... still alive! We have to save him. Light's Hope Chapel is not far from here. We must rally our forces and leave at once for the Broken Shore.

The storyline at a glance

The Ashbringer has 6 steps, from Seeking Guidance to The Search for the Highlord.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (4), Eastern Plaguelands (2).

Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands 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.