Quest

The War of the Ancients

A World of Warcraft quest in Malorne's Nightmare. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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CallMeNoa2016-09-10T17:22:53-05:00+26via Wowhead

Seeing all the Wild Gods fighting on Hyjal like this was an incredible experience for me, personally. I was disappointed at first that Goldrinn wasn't there, but then I remembered that of course he wasn't; during the WotA, Goldrinn was defending Eldre'Thalas (what we now call Dire Maul). He wasn't part of the main army.
As for Malorne fighting Archimonde, Malorne stepped in during the war to save his son Cenarius when Archimonde appeared on the battlefield. Archimonde killed him by snapping his neck, which explains why it's his worst nightmare that the Emerald Nightmare trapped him inside.

TegoZanduba2016-10-01T10:18:35-05:00+26via Wowhead

Keeper Remulos needs to check a calendar... he says "A millennia ago"... well, no, it was 10 millennia ago.
#RedShirtGuy

asmindria2017-01-09T14:04:02-06:00+16via Wowhead

If you abandoned this quest or left the scenario without accepting it, you can re-enter the scenario from the portal in the Nightmare area of the Emerald Dreamway at coordinates 80,39 - the quest will be available once you're inside!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45

LocationMalorne's Nightmare

CategoryDruid Campaign

Quest ID42053

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42053))

Requirements

ClassDruid

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

To free Malorne, we must win the War of the Ancients. A millennia ago, this battle took the combined efforts of the greatest defenders of our world. To win now, we must do the same. Go upon the battlefield and defeat Legion foes, rescue and revive our allies, and free the innocent who have been caught in the battle. Every enemy defeated and every ally saved will help turn the tide in our favor!

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inMalorne's Nightmare 61.4, 65.7/way #760 61.4 65.7
Objective areaMalorne's Nightmare 65.1, 62.1/way #760 65.1 62.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Malorne's Nightmare 55.7, 38.1/way #760 55.7 38.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Malorne's Nightmare 59.0, 43.3/way #760 59.0 43.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Malorne's Nightmare 55.9, 36.1/way #760 55.9 36.1

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 60 yards north-east
Objective areaabout 260 yards north
Objective areaabout 200 yards north

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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Money20 gold22 silver

Experience6,150 XP

The War Cache

The War Campaign

The War of Northwatch Aggression

The War Within

The Warchief and the Darkness

The Warchief Awaits

Storyline

The Eternal Dream III

Part 7 of 11.

Previous: Defenders of the Dream · Next: Archimonde, The Defiler

1Powering the Portal
2Focusing the Energies
3Focusing the Energies
4Defending the Isles
5Enter Nightmare
6Defenders of the Dream
7The War of the Ancients
8Archimonde, The Defiler
9The Demi-God's Return
10Champion: Remulos
11The Emerald Nightmare: The Emerald Nightmare

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.

Defenders of the DreamLevel 45
Never has our order faced such a difficult challenge. To succeed, we must rely on each other's strengths. However, we only have a few defenders to spare for the battle ahead. Broll, Sylendra, Zen'tabra, and Mylune have all volunteered to accompany you into the valley below, but I can only spare one.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Archimonde, The DefilerLevel 45
We have turned the battle, <name>! The Burning Legion is greatly weakened. Only one task remains. Malorne is locked in battle with Archimonde, the demon that slew him ten thousand years ago. Remember, <name>, we are trapped in Malorne's nightmare.

The storyline at a glance

The Eternal Dream III has 11 steps, from Powering the Portal to The Emerald Nightmare: The Emerald Nightmare.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Dreamgrove (7), Malorne's Nightmare (4).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

A Heroic Campaign Complete three different class Order Campaigns.
A Classy Outfit Earn all 8 pieces of your Class Hall Armor Set.
The Archdruid's Campaign Complete the Druid class Order Campaign.

Other storylines on The Dreamgrove map

The Dreamgrove17 steps, starts with A Summons From Moonglade
The Eternal Dream II19 steps, starts with Gathering the Dreamweavers
The Eternal Dream I9 steps, starts with Sampling the Nightmare
G'Hanir, the Mother Tree6 steps, starts with Meet with Mylune
Weapon of Legend25 steps, starts with Blades of Destiny

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.