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Quest
Thinning Their Defenses
A World of Warcraft quest in Zaralek Cavern. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Thank you so much. The quest tells you the exact opposite, that they have "strategic positioning on high ledges", so that's where I've been looking for almost 20 minutes now.
Struggled to find these for ages before reading gamer74123's comment. There's 2 that spawn at the lava near 45.29, 28.39. They should definitely increase either the spawn rate or number available though.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 36-80
ZoneZaralek Cavern
Quest ID74539
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(74539))
What to do
StorylineInherited Sin, step 5 of 10
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP
Description
The Firecallers are a formidable force. Their powerful, lethal magic allows them to vaporize anything that comes near them. Their strategic positioning on high ledges makes them difficult to reach, but we cannot allow them to continue causing destruction among our forces. The fate of our forces depends on your success. Good luck!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2133 46.7 29.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inZaralek Cavern 46.7, 29.6
/way #2133 46.7 29.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zaralek Cavern 43.9, 32.4
/way #2133 43.9 32.4
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 Zaralek Cavern map
- Restless Death about 190 yards
- Stain Removal about 190 yards
- A Ghastly Legacy about 200 yards
- Cataloging Horror about 200 yards
- A Tower Yonder about 790 yards
- Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion about 920 yards
- Antiquated Antics about 920 yards
- Surveying the Tower about 920 yards
- Hidden in the Midden about 920 yards
- The Tools of the Dragonkillers about 1,160 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Zaralek Cavern, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zaralek Cavern:
- Obsidian Rest, Zaralek Cavern
- Loamm, Zaralek Cavern
- Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek Cavern
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Other quests on the Zaralek Cavern map
Reward details
Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +130
Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.
Reputation group: Dragonflight.
Other quests in Zaralek Cavern that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: Secrets From Our Father (+60), Sight Beyond Sight (+130), Legends of the Zaqali (+130), Know Thy Enemy (+130), Take Out the Head (+130), Battlefield Triage (+130).
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
Inherited Sin
Part 5 of 10.
Previous: Blow It Up · Next: Intercepting Communications
- 1Here We Go Again
- 2The Obsidian Rest
- 3Report: Battlefield Ruins
- 4Blow It Up
- 5Thinning Their Defenses
- 6Intercepting Communications
- 7Air Superiority
- 8Investigating the Unknown
- 9Break Them Out
- 10Worst of the Worst
Also part of: Zaralek Cavern (part 46 of 72).
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.
- Blow It Up
Make no mistake, the djaradin are experienced dragon killers. But right now their ruthless tactics are overshadowed by the devastating power of their battlefield ballistae, capable of taking out any threat from a long distance. I have lost many good soldiers to these potent weapons.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Intercepting Communications
<name>, we need intel, and we need it now. Somewhere within one of the djaradin's encampments, you will find their field general. He is a seasoned and formidable opponent, responsible for many attacks on our forces.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Inherited Sin has 10 steps, from Here We Go Again to Worst of the Worst.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zaralek Cavern (10).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Zaralek Cavern map
- The Ancient Bargain
- Sundered Legacy
- The Dragons and the Scale Expedition
- Breaking Ground
- Inevitable Confrontation
- Azerothian Archives
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.