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Quest
The Sword is Mightier
A World of Warcraft quest in Hallowfall. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I do believe Eliza farted when I killed it.
I found Eliza at these /way 45.78, 57.42
To turn in Orren is in a house up the stairs at /way 49.39, 62.07
Quest facts
LevelLevel 75-78
ZoneHallowfall
Quest ID82479
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(82479))
What to do
StorylineApart for Purpose, step 3 of 4
Rewards22g 12s, 7,650 XP
Description
I had told Orren I'd be back by now, but Velhan's Claim has larger problems than I expected. The people here need my help against the kobyss. {name}, I've always been better with a sword than a pen. Strong feelings and being far apart makes it even harder. I'm more at home protecting the vulnerable than being vulnerable. Perhaps I could tell you what I want to get across and you could write it for me?
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2215 46.6 59.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inHallowfall 46.6, 59.8
/way #2215 46.6 59.8 - Objective areaHallowfall 49.9, 20.8
/way #2215 49.9 20.8 - Objective areaHallowfall 45.8, 13.1
/way #2215 45.8 13.1 - Objective areaHallowfall 46.0, 10.4
/way #2215 46.0 10.4
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 Hallowfall map
- Arcane Experiments about 320 yards
- A Murder Most Foul about 320 yards
- The Last Mage about 320 yards
- Arcane Trickles about 320 yards
- Absolute Power about 330 yards
- A Great Responsibility about 330 yards
- The Sorrowful Journey Home about 340 yards
- Remembrance for the Fallen about 340 yards
- The Bastion of Hallowfall about 390 yards
- Targeted Recon about 420 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Hallowfall, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hallowfall:
- Lightspark, Hallowfall
- Mereldar, Hallowfall
- Light's Redoubt, Hallowfall
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Doubtlessly a play on the SNL skit Celebrity Jeopardy with Darrell Hammond brilliantly playing Sean Connery. The selection was "The Pen Is Mightier", but Darrell/Sean combined a couple of those words...
Money22 gold12 silver
Experience7,650 XP
Storyline
Apart for Purpose
Part 3 of 4.
Previous: Regularly Scheduled Maintenance · Next: Job Killing Robot Or...
- 1A Helping Farmhand
- 2Regularly Scheduled Maintenance
- 3The Sword is Mightier
- 4Job Killing Robot Or...
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.
- Regularly Scheduled Maintenance
I've got another problem that's a bit more... personal, <name>. My girlfriend, Aemyra, is a Lamplighter. I thought she'd be back from her last mission, to Velhan's Claim, by now. Could you go make sure she's okay, and deliver this message? I'm worried to the point of distraction.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Job Killing Robot Or...
I shouldn't have set ELIZA to simply gather as much food as she could. She was working, but when a wagon came by, full of food for Mereldar, she started chasing it! And she wouldn't let me access her decision sprockets or tensor springs! I kept trying, but ELIZA wouldn't stop.
The storyline at a glance
Apart for Purpose has 4 steps, from A Helping Farmhand to Job Killing Robot Or....
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hallowfall (4).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Hallowfall map
- Hope in Solidarity
- The Guiding Star
- Gathering Shadows
- The Priory
- Bringing Light to Velhan's Claim
- Striking Steel
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.