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Quest
The Word of Socrethar
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Book locations:
The Promise of Eternity - 50.7, 79.6 (next to a lean-to hut on the ground by the lake)
The Eredar Destiny - 51.4, 75.6 (on a table)
The Purpose of Unity - 50.0, 72.4 (in a house)
The quest giver says one of the books in "in the house by the garden" and these are the loosest, technically accurate directions an NPC has ever given me.
There are three gardens and two of them have houses near them. It doesn't mean either garden house. It means go up to the upper gardens and look in the actual, non-outdoorsy house that is roughly between them and slightly closer to the Northwest one with the pumpkins than to the East one with the bushes.
The lower garden with crystals is easiest to find but it's not remotely what the guy means when he says, "by the garden." I'm betting good money that if you're reading this, this is where you are. You'll see a path leading up. Take it to find the other two gardens and the actual house. The garden houses are not what he means.
I'm sick of you Saegeri and you Twilight people and your loose translations and metaphors. Just let me in your cults damnit!
Quest facts
Quest ID35189
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Description
The Sargerei follow Socrethar zealously. From what I can gather, he is a persuasive and compelling leader. Many of the initiates carry books of his writings. I need you to read these works and report back to me. If we can understand the Sargerei's motivations, perhaps we can undermine them. I last saw these books near the lake, on a table near the fountain, and in the house near the gardens.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #539 50.0 81.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 50.0, 81.2
/way #539 50.0 81.2 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 51.4, 75.6
/way #539 51.4 75.6 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 50.1, 72.5
/way #539 50.1 72.5 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 50.7, 79.8
/way #539 50.7 79.8
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
- Blademoon Bloom about 560 yards
- Gestating Genesaur about 560 yards
- Shredder Suppressor about 620 yards
- A Good Death about 620 yards
- Garrison Campaign: Darktide Roost about 620 yards
- Dirty Rats about 790 yards
- Releasing Rylak about 790 yards
- Downsizing the Darktide about 790 yards
- Forever Young about 1,090 yards
- Cooking With Unstable Herbs about 1,090 yards
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
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
- Socrethar's Rise, Shadowmoon Valley
- Darktide Roost, Shadowmoon Valley
- The Draakorium, Shadowmoon Valley
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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Money16 gold98 silver
Experience1,350 XP
Storyline
Garrison Campaign
Part 4 of 9.
Previous: Pesky Podlings · Next: An Ancient Threat
- 1Garrison Campaign: The Sargerei
- 2Infiltrating the Sargerei
- 3Pesky Podlings
- 4The Word of Socrethar
- 5An Ancient Threat
- 6Shattering the Enemy
- 7Facing Demons
- 8Socrethar's Fury
- 9Forging Ahead
Also part of: Garrison Campaign (part 4 of 9).
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.
- Pesky Podlings
Ah, initiate. Are you ready for your first task? The woods to the south are filled with pesky podlings. The filthy things dig up our farms, steal supplies, and prey on unwitting trainees. They are disgusting, horrible creatures which need to be eliminated.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- An Ancient Threat
To the northwest, an Ancient has settled into a forest glade. I need someone to take care of this nuisance. This should be a simple matter, even for an initiate like you.
The storyline at a glance
Garrison Campaign has 9 steps, from Garrison Campaign: The Sargerei to Forging Ahead.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (8), Frostwall (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley map
- The Exarch Council
- The Light of Karabor
- On the Shadow's Trail
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Shadows Awaken
- Botani In Bloom
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.