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The Shell of Shadra

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneThe Hinterlands
Quest ID26418

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26418))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Hinterlands, step 57 of 61
RewardsGown of the Last Priestess, Grips of Fanatical Zealotry, Gwenyth's Wristguards, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

We've one last part to collect, and then we'll have everything we need. The Shell of Shadra is held by the spider god's last living high priestess, Qiaga the Keeper. She stands atop the Altar of Zul, guarded by other fanatical zealots. Simple enough, no? Get up the steps of the altar and send her head rolling back down them. Bring the shell to me and we will have Shadra at last.

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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.

The Hinterlands Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
The Hinterlands map showing where to go for The Shell of ShadraTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #26 31.9 58.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Hinterlands 31.9, 58.4/way #26 31.9 58.4
  • Objective areaThe Hinterlands 48.4, 67.7/way #26 48.4 67.7

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 The Hinterlands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Hinterlands:

  • Hiri'watha Research Station, The HinterlandsHorde · about 20 yards east
  • Hammerfall, ArathiHorde · about 1,100 yards south-east
  • Galen's Fall, ArathiHorde · about 1,500 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 680 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationUndercity +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Chest
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +9 Haste, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for3 gold99 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 gold84 silver
TypeMail Wrist
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina, +10 Versatility
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for2 gold2 silver
TypeTwo-Handed Axe Two-Hand
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon10 - 22 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+7 Strength, +8 Stamina
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for6 gold51 silver
TypeLeather Hands
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for2 gold2 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina, +10 Versatility
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for2 gold1 silver

Reputation: Undercity +250

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in The Hinterlands that reward Undercity reputation: Prime Slime (+250), Dark Vessels (+250), Venomous Secrets (+250), The Eye of Shadra (+250), Can't Make An Omelette Without... (+250), Starvation Diet (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

The Hinterlands

Part 57 of 61.

Previous: The Fang of Shadra · Next: Summoning Shadra

  1. 50Ongo'longo's Revenge
  2. 51It's Ours Now
  3. 52Summit of Fate
  4. 53Venomous Secrets
  5. 54Hunt the Keeper
  6. 55The Eye of Shadra
  7. 56The Fang of Shadra
  8. 57The Shell of Shadra
  9. 58Summoning Shadra
  10. 59Shadra the Venom Queen
  11. 60Can't Make An Omelette Without...
  12. 61Starvation Diet

Showing steps 50 to 61 of 61.

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 Fang of ShadraThe Hinterlands · Level 10-30

    We'll need the Fang of Shadra next. It's kept in the Creeping Ruins to the east, guarded by Shadra's own spawn. Their venom is strong, <name>... don't get careless.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Summoning ShadraThe Hinterlands · Level 10-30

    The idol is prepared, <name>. I trust that you are as well? You will go southwest to Shadra'Alor ahead of us with the idol. You'll need to use the idol at each of the three temples. When you do that, Shadra will be summoned to this realm.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · The Hinterlands · Level 10-30.

The storyline at a glance

The Hinterlands has 61 steps, from Razorbeak Friends to Starvation Diet.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Hinterlands (61).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

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.