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To Capture Gul'dan

To Capture Gul'dan is a Horde-only quest for level 10-40 in Frostfire Ridge. It is step 8 of 8 in the On the Shadow's Trail storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Frostfire Ridge at 31.7, 11.9. It rewards 3 reward items, 8,200 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Gul'dan is in the cave further into the Gloomspire.

We know that he's about to leave for Talador and Shadowmoon Valley. You must capture him by any means necessary, <name>.

I'll see you back at Throm'var. Good luck.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money50 gold94 silver
Experience8,200 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP8,200
MoneyGold50g 94s

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Back
Item level41
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Agility, +7 Stamina, +5 Haste, +4 Mastery
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for45 gold93 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level41
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Haste, +5 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for46 gold26 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level41
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Strength, +7 Stamina, +4 Mastery, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for46 gold9 silver

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapFrostfire RidgeTurn-in marker at 31.7, 11.9, 4 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.

Frostfire Ridge Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Frostfire Ridge map showing where to go for To Capture Gul'danTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #525 31.7 11.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inFrostfire Ridge 31.7, 11.9/way #525 31.7 11.9
  • Objective areaFrostfire Ridge 18.7, 12.7/way #525 18.7 12.7
  • Objective areaFrostfire Ridge 21.8, 14.7/way #525 21.8 14.7

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 Frostfire Ridge map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Frostfire Ridge:

  • Throm'Var, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 90 yards north
  • Bladespire Citadel, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Frostfire RidgeAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 800 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 800 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 620 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

On the Shadow's Trail

Part 8 of 8.

Previous: The Fel Crystals

  1. 1Vouchsafe Our Arrival
  2. 2Safe Passage
  3. 3What Must Be Done
  4. 4Eye Need That
  5. 5All is Revealed
  6. 6Have a Heart
  7. 7The Fel Crystals
  8. 8To Capture Gul'dan

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 Fel CrystalsFrostfire Ridge · Level 10-40

    You have the key. Now use it to destroy the fel crystals. Once they are eliminated, the magical barrier blocking the entrance to the Gloomspire will come down. And once the barrier is down, you'll go inside to confront Gul'dan.

The storyline at a glance

On the Shadow's Trail has 8 steps, from Vouchsafe Our Arrival to To Capture Gul'dan.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Frostfire Ridge (8).

Other storylines on the Frostfire Ridge 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

On the Shadow's TrailComplete the Frostfire Ridge storyline listed below.10
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