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The Trial of Champions

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

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CallMeNoa+46via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This does still leave one spot on the Council empty.

Rangari Prime - Leader of the Rangari - Naielle
High Vindicator - Leader of the Vindicators - Akama
Sha'tari Proconsul - Leader of Shattrath City - Othaar, traitor
Speaker for the Dead - Leader of the Auchenai - Maladaar
Chief Artificer - Leader of the Artificiers - Hataaru, dead

We don't know which one Yrel took up, but I assume Sha'tari Proconsul since I can't see her being an engineer. Hataaru's spot is still open though.

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Tali0226+35via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I posted this under the "Garrison Campaign" but I think it might be helpful here as well.

I was going crazy trying to figure out how to find these quests! Hopefully this helps someone else out there!

The Garrison Campaign is made up of 12 weekly quest lines. Each one is started in your garrison by a quest giver.

Bloodmaul Compound is started by (A)Bodrick Grey/(H)Rokhan
Broken Precipice is started by Nixxie (A/H)
Darktide Roost is started by Bodrick Grey/Rokhan
Exarch’s Call is started by Deedree *This is the questline for The Trial of Champions** (I believe it's Alliance only). Ours is the Fury (horde side) is started by Thrall, but don't know if it's useful for decor.
The Fall Of Shattrath is started by Khadgar’s Servant(A/H)
Heart of the Breakers is started by Morthis Whisperwing/Choluna
Iron Siegeworks is started by Barros Alexston/Rokhan
Ring of Blood is started by Overly Gaudy Note (A/H) (this is hanging on the wall inside the Town Hall)
The Sargerei is started by Khadgar’s Servant (A/H)
Warlords Council is started by Bodrick Grey/Rokhan
A Strike at the Heart is started by Baros Alexston/Warmaster Zog
Primal Fury is started by Bodrick Grey/Rokhan

If you are like me and could not find ANY quests in your garrisons, **you were most likely in the middle of one of these questlines sometime in the past and abandoned the quest**. You will need to figure out where you left off so that you can continue.

Although it is time consuming, you will need to check the quest IDs of each step of each quest line. The master list of all quests can be found here: Garrison Campaign Quests.

If you’ve never done this before, here is how to do it: From the master list above, click on the “>Complete quest chains (click to view)” tab under each yellow heading. Then select the first entry under the Alliance tab if you’re Alliance or the Horde tab if you’re Horde. You will then see all of the required quests in the series in a list on the right hand side. You need to click on each of these to get the Wowhead page for each one to load. Then, on the left hand side, if you scroll down, under “Gains” and before “Guides” you will see a chat command that you can click to copy. Paste that into your chat box in game and you will see a “true” if you’ve completed the quest, “false” if you haven’t (alternatively, you can make a macro and change just the 5 digit quest id for each, which is the number in the parentheses). Once you find a quest chain that starts with a “true”, then skip to the last quest in the chain. If that is also true, then you have completed that quest chain with that toon. If the first quest in the chain is true, and the last quest is "false", then you have found the chain you’re stuck on! Go back to the top of the list and check the quests in order one by one until you find the first one that says false, and that’s the step you’re on!

To make things just a bit more challenging, I was on a step that required a disguise to see the quest giver! All I can say is that if you find what step you're on, but can’t see the “!”, look up the specific quest in Wowhead and see what you need to do. Luckily, I clicked on the quest giver, even without the “!” and he told me to go get a disguise and then come back and talk to him again. So frustrating!

Edit: Each of your alts has the possibility of a different quest being available. I usually cycle through 7-8 alts and see 3-4 different quests available. The achievement is account-wide, so it makes sense to check all of your alts. It says in the beginning of the Garrison Campaign post, "There are 12 quest chains total and you can complete one roughly every week. The order is mostly randomized except for a handful which come at the end." The ones for the decor are likely the ones at the end (since I haven't seen them yet on 8 alts), so do the quests every week on as many toons as you can to get there!

Edit 2: I ended up getting the two decor campaign chapters before I had seen all of the available quests. I had only completed 6/12 when I got the Fall of Shattrath and 7/12 when Deedree finally had the Exarch's Call quest. So they are not the last two you get. Good luck everyone!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 40
CategoryGarrison Campaign
Quest ID36169

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(36169))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineGarrison Campaign, step 5 of 6
RewardsTouch of the Naaru, 50g 94s, 1,350 XP

Description

The first three trials you have passed with flying colors. For the final trial, you shall face the Exarch Council. Speak to me when you are ready to begin.

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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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for The Trial of ChampionsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #539 75.1 57.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 75.1, 57.9/way #539 75.1 57.9
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 65.3, 26.4/way #539 65.3 26.4

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:

  • Tranquil Court, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 460 yards north-west
  • Path of the Light, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,200 yards north-west
  • The Draakorium, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,200 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,600 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
Money50 gold94 silver
Experience1,350 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +500

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeConsumable
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
UseTouch of the Naaru
Requires level40

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +500

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

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

Garrison Campaign

Part 5 of 6.

Previous: The Trial of Faith · Next: An Act of Kindness

  1. 1Garrison Campaign: The Exarch's Call
  2. 2The Trial of Courage
  3. 3The Trial of Heart
  4. 4The Trial of Faith
  5. 5The Trial of Champions
  6. 6An Act of Kindness

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 Trial of FaithLevel 40

    No Exarch trial is complete without a holy pilgrimage to the sacred resting place of our fallen champions. On the way, I ask that you take Vindicator Maraad's ashes and lay them to rest within the hallowed halls of Auchindoun.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • An Act of KindnessNagrand · Level 40

    I know that you and Vindicator Yrel are here on important matters, but I must ask you a favor. A squad of rangari left on patrol just before the poisonous mist set in. If they were caught out in the swamp, they are surely in trouble.

Also counted by The Garrison Campaign

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Garrison Campaign has 6 steps, from Garrison Campaign: The Exarch's Call to An Act of Kindness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (5), Nagrand (1).

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.