Thinning Their Defenses

Reward details

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.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zaralek Cavern:

• Obsidian Rest, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards north-east
• Loamm, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-east
• Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,900 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

• Objective areaabout 240 yards south-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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Blow It UpZaralek Cavern · Level 36-80

  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 CommunicationsZaralek Cavern · Level 36-80

  <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

• Air Superiority

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:

• Embers of Neltharion Complete the following storylines leading up to, and inside, Zaralek Cavern.

Other storylines on the Zaralek Cavern map

• The Ancient Bargain16 steps, starts with Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
• Sundered Legacy11 steps, starts with Future Aspects
• The Dragons and the Scale Expedition11 steps, starts with Medicinal Fungi
• Breaking Ground16 steps, starts with The Land Beneath
• Inevitable Confrontation10 steps, starts with Fading Embers
• Azerothian Archives44 steps, starts with To the 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.