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To Catch a Banshee

To Catch a Banshee is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-45 in Stormheim. It is step 1 of 8 in The Secret of the Shieldmaidens storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormheim at 71.5, 59.8. It rewards 775 experience and money.

Description

The strange-talking vrykul said I might be able to meet you here. I have orders from Greymane. It seems he may have a lead on Sylvanas' location.

He's set up a camp near the base of the mountain. We've run into some troubles, though. It looks like the Horde may have homed in on our position.

We could use your help. You can take my gryphon. Just speak to me when you're ready to leave.

Rewards

Money2 gold2 silver20 copper
Experience775 XP
Top Comments

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TerribleAtGames+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To everyone confused about this quest:

The previous quest is A Heavy Burden.
When you are on current quest [npc=94346] says

You are needed at Greywatch, sir.

Whenever you're ready.

, and below she gives you the option "Take me to Greywatch". Click it, and you get a free flight to Greywatch.

When this quest is turned in in Greywatch, Ensign Ward in Valdisdall will still tell you the same thing. However, she won't offer you any flights, and you have to rely on [npc=98161], or get to Greywatch by yourself.

[npc=94318] in Greywatch will then offer the quests Combustible Contagion and Whispers from the Dark.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP775
MoneyGold2g 2s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapStormheimTurn-in marker at 71.5, 59.8, 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.

Stormheim Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Stormheim map showing where to go for To Catch a BansheeTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #634 71.5 59.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormheim 71.5, 59.8/way #634 71.5 59.8
  • Objective areaStormheim 59.9, 51.4/way #634 59.9 51.4

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 Stormheim map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormheim:

  • Greywatch, StormheimAlliance · about 30 yards east
  • Valdisdall, StormheimAlliance and Horde · about 720 yards north-west
  • Hafr Fjall, StormheimAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 750 yards north-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

The Secret of the Shieldmaidens

Part 1 of 8.

Next: Combustible Contagion

  1. 1To Catch a Banshee
  2. 2Combustible Contagion
  3. 3Whispers from the Dark
  4. 4Cut Out the Heart
  5. 5To Skold-Ashil
  6. 6Shielded Secrets
  7. 7Becoming the Ascendant
  8. 8Ending the New Beginning

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Combustible ContagionStormheim · Level 10-45

    It is true that we may have a lead on Sylvanas. Though I want nothing more than to get my hands on the Banshee Queen, the situation here at Greywatch requires immediate attention. Yesterday, a regiment of guards returned with word of Forsaken forces in the woods.

The storyline at a glance

The Secret of the Shieldmaidens has 8 steps, from To Catch a Banshee to Ending the New Beginning.

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

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stormheim 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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