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Quest
The Wards of Bastion
A World of Warcraft quest in Elysian Hold. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Totally agree that Blizzard should fix this, if someone just wants to run through the campaign the will be at about 52 1/2 when they hit this point and to have to wait to 53 to get the quest does not make sense. I confirmed today that one of my alts had to reach 53 and then go back and pick it up. Took me a few hours of running around and then finding this note to figure out what was wrong.
This quest makes me laugh every time I do it. Here are these 'wards' that are supposed to protect these different temples and they're out there in the open and Uther just flies up and disables them :p
Really great protection!
Quest facts
Quest ID59200
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(59200))
What to do
StorylineBy the Archon's Will, step 5 of 6
Rewards11g 93s 40c, 3,550 XP
Description
Each temple of Bastion is protected by a ward here in Elysian Hold. As long as the wards hold, no malevolent force can launch an assault. It is concerning that the Forsworn were able to attack Purity in such force... Your orders are to examine the wards. As long as they hold, Bastion stands strong.
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.
Nearby on the Elysian Hold map
- Elysian Hold same spot
- Our Eternal Charge same spot
- The Spires of Ascension same spot
- Kyrestia's Grace same spot
- Convene the Paragons same spot
- An Earned Bond same spot
- A Touch of Humility same spot
- Our Realm Reclaimed same spot
- Return to Adrestes same spot
- A Call to Ardenweald same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Elysian Hold, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Elysian Hold:
- Elysian Hold, Bastion
- Elysian Beacon, Bastion
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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Money11 gold93 silver
Experience3,550 XP
Other quests on the Elysian Hold map
Storyline
By the Archon's Will
Part 5 of 6.
Previous: Kyrestia, the Firstborne · Next: Your Personal Assistant
- 1Go in Service
- 2Steward at Work
- 3On Swift Wings
- 4Kyrestia, the Firstborne
- 5The Wards of Bastion
- 6Your Personal Assistant
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.
- Kyrestia, the Firstborne
I will escort you to hold audience with the Archon. I beseech you to present your information succinctly and directly. Our wise Archon will hear you and make a decision on the best course of action.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Your Personal Assistant
Here in Hero's Rest, we have a beacon that is the fastest way to draw the Polemarch's attention. It has been quite some time since we have used it, and I am afraid that it has fallen into disrepair. I authorize you to receive a steward companion during your stay here in Bastion.
The storyline at a glance
By the Archon's Will has 6 steps, from Go in Service to Your Personal Assistant.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Bastion (4), Elysian Hold (2).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Elysian Hold map
- Among the Kyrian
- Trial of Ascension
- The Bell Tolls
- Righteous Retribution
- The Path of Ascension
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.