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Thus Begins the War

Thus Begins the War is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 8 of 16 in the Becoming Valarjar storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Skyhold at 59.9, 12.8. It rewards 3,050 experience and money.

Description

The Legion thinks you are dead. It will be quite the surprise when you punish them for that assumption!

This allows us to see all across the Broken Isles and assign warriors to various tasks.

Once you've taken a look, you should choose your first area of operation. I've already picked out the best spots!

Rewards

Money10 gold11 silver
Experience3,050 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Skyhold 59.9, 12.8 /way #695 59.9 12.8

Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40585))

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,050
MoneyGold10g 11s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSkyholdTurn-in marker at 59.9, 12.8, 2 mapped points
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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.

Skyhold Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Skyhold map showing where to go for Thus Begins the WarTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #695 59.9 12.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSkyhold 59.9, 12.8/way #695 59.9 12.8
  • Objective areaSkyhold 59.2, 10.7/way #695 59.2 10.7

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 Skyhold map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Skyhold, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Quest Line

Storyline

Becoming Valarjar

Part 8 of 16.

Previous: The Eye of Odyn · Next: Odyn's Summons

  1. 3A Desperate Plea
  2. 4Return to the Broken Shore
  3. 5Odyn and the Valarjar
  4. 6Weapons of Legend
  5. 7The Eye of Odyn
  6. 8Thus Begins the War
  7. 9Odyn's Summons
  8. 10Champions of Skyhold
  9. 11Champion: Finna Bjornsdottir
  10. 12Champion: Ragnvald Drakeborn
  11. 13Captain Stahlstrom
  12. 14Recruiting the Troops

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 16.

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.

  • The Eye of OdynLevel 10-45

    It is time to begin the war in Azeroth. We have prepared a tool for you to direct your warriors and your own operations from here. It is called the Eye of Odyn. If you will follow me, I will take you to it, and someone that will help you use it.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Odyn's SummonsLevel 10-45

    Odyn would like to speak to you at once, my liege. He is convinced that as you have grown in power you are ready to take direct command of his armies and would like to begin preparations.

The storyline at a glance

Becoming Valarjar has 16 steps, from An Important Mission to Einar the Runecaster.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Skyhold (11), Dalaran (4).

Other storylines on the Skyhold map

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.

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