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To Catch a Shadow

To Catch a Shadow is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-40 in Shadowmoon Valley. 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 Shadowmoon Valley at 29.2, 25.7. It rewards 3 reward items, 8,200 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Gul'dan is on the Shadow Rise just up the hill to the west. But, you must hurry, <name>. We know that he's about to leave for Talador and Frostfire Ridge.

The use of the soul trap is straightforward. Simply point and shoot to ensnare Gul'dan. The crystal will take care of the rest.

I'll see you back at Starfall Outpost when you have him.

Good luck.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money50 gold94 silver
Experience8,200 XP
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After you hand in the quest, a cutscene plays involving Garona.


Your character is sapped
Archmage Khadgar says: Commander, what's wrong?
Cordana Felsong says: Khadgar - someone's here!
Garona attempts to stab Khadgar, but Khadgar uses Ice Block.
Garona Halforcen: Sorcerous Coward.
Garona flees and Cordana gives chase
Cordana Felsong: Assassin!
Garona and Cordana fight, but Garona gets the upper hand on Cordana, disorienting her.
Garona leaps onto a rock, and blows a kiss before vanishing
Garona Halforcen says: Gul'dan sends his best.
Cordana recovers and checks up on Khadgar
Cordana Felsong says: I knew it. You should've stayed back at the garrison, Archmage.
Archmage Khadgar comes out of his ice shell
Archmage Khadgar says: Nonsense. I had that handled. Cool as a cucumber.
Meanwhile, your character is still standing there sapped the whole time. Would you mind helping me up a little bit? No? Okay...


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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 mapShadowmoon ValleyTurn-in marker at 29.2, 25.7, 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.

Shadowmoon Valley Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for To Catch a ShadowTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #539 29.2 25.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inShadowmoon Valley 29.2, 25.7/way #539 29.2 25.7
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 18.0, 30.4/way #539 18.0 30.4

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 Shadowmoon Valley map

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

Getting there

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

  • Lunarfall (Alliance), Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 370 yards north
  • Akeeta's Hovel, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 920 yards south-west
  • Anchorite's Sojourn, TaladorAlliance · about 1,000 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 780 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 790 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 700 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: Forging the Soul Trap

  1. 1Meet Us at Starfall Outpost
  2. 2Catching His Eye
  3. 3Shrouding Stones
  4. 4Ominous Portents
  5. 5Soul Shards of Summoning
  6. 6Heart On Fire
  7. 7Forging the Soul Trap
  8. 8To Catch a Shadow

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.

  • Forging the Soul TrapShadowmoon Valley · Level 10-40

    The fiery heart of Krosnis is in the forge. We have the soul shards. Now all that is left to do is to stoke the fires and combine all of these foul components into a trap for Gul'dan.

The storyline at a glance

On the Shadow's Trail has 8 steps, from Meet Us at Starfall Outpost to To Catch a Shadow.

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

Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley 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 Shadowmoon Valley storyline listed below.10
Related
To Bridge Earth and Sky
To Capture Gul'dan
To Catch a Banshee
To Catch a Dragon
To Catch A Spy
To Catch A Thistlehead
To Cleanse Shadow's Stain
To Cross the Veil
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