TheWoWDBIf, like me, you are doing this on a woefully undergeared 120 and are having trouble with Blightgut... just remember that getting smashed reduces your enemy's perceived level. In this case, getting smashed will 'lower' Blightgut to level 115. It doesn't make him massively easier, but may help give you the edge you need to survive.
Quest
The Setting Sun
A World of Warcraft quest in Isle of Quel'Danas. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Travel all way across the isle, kill a mob, travel all the way back to turn it in. Blizzard is absolutely obsessed with time consuming travel for no reason. The NPC could have easily met us at the quest location for a quick turn in.
Anasterian died right at the start of this quest, but it feels like Arthas is supposed to be fighting/speaking to him after you kill Blightgut. I'm not sure if this is a bug or if there's a way to have him survive the initial fight?
Quest facts
Quest ID53853
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(53853))
Requirements
RaceBlood Elf
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Remember the Sunwell. We ride into battle with those words for a reason. We lost so much that day... I lost so much that day. Shine the lantern on the southern side of the island, where the Dead Scar meets the sea. There you will see how the fall of the Sunwell began. And with it, the last act of the High Elves.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #122 48.4 36.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inIsle of Quel'Danas 48.4, 36.0
/way #122 48.4 36.0 - Objective areaIsle of Quel'Danas 53.5, 87.2
/way #122 53.5 87.2
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Isle of Quel'Danas:
- Shattered Sun Staging Area
- Falconwing Square, Eversong Woods
- Silvermoon City
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Money56 gold18 silver
Experience11,900 XP
Storyline
Blood Elf Heritage Armor
Part 8 of 10.
Previous: Defense of Quel'Danas · Next: A People Shattered
- 1The Pride of the Sin'dorei
- 2Walk Among Ghosts
- 3Writing on the Wall
- 4The First to Fall
- 5Lament of the Highborne
- 6The Day Hope Died
- 7Defense of Quel'Danas
- 8The Setting Sun
- 9A People Shattered
- 10The Fall of the Sunwell
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.
- Defense of Quel'Danas
With our best defenders defeated and the line broken, Arthas made quick work of Silvermoon's remaining forces and tore through the city. This is where we part ways. I must return to Silvermoon before Halduron starts sending rangers to search for me.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A People Shattered
While the monument here was intended to honor the fallen members of the Shattered Sun, it quickly took on a second meaning for the sin'dorei. It was not far from here that we lost one of our greatest heroes: Anasterian Sunstrider, the last king of Quel'Thalas.
The storyline at a glance
Blood Elf Heritage Armor has 10 steps, from The Pride of the Sin'dorei to The Fall of the Sunwell.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ghostlands (5), Isle of Quel'Danas (3), Silvermoon City (2).
Other storylines on the Silvermoon City map
- Knights of Blood
- Dominance Offensive
- Allies of the Horde: Nightborne
- Lorewalking: Elves
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.