TheWoWDBIf you're reading this, you're probably wondering if it really is just a swim across the river, no insanely hidden pathways up a sheer bluff, or special hooks to look for, etc.
Yep, it really is that easy. You can even take a rowboat from the opposite shore, although it's like taking a taxi in Grand Theft Auto - you'll get there eventually, just not as quickly ;)
I was just as surprised, after navigating Stormheim for the past several levels, taking special FPs or using grappling hooks to get around. To suddenly have the path just be right across the river seemed too easy <3
Quest
To Skold-Ashil
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormheim. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Just make sure you bring your Mystic Woolies, because it's ... wait for it ... Skold-Ashil! oh, yeah...
For TomTom users:
/way Stormheim 55 72.4 Nathanos Blightcaller
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneStormheim
Quest ID39154
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39154))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Requires all ofDreadwake's Dilemma, Clear the Deck!, A Gift for Greymane
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Secret of the Shieldmaidens, step 5 of 7
Rewards2g 2s 20c, 775 XP
Description
Thanks to your initiative, {class}, the situation at Dreadwake's Landing is under control. We have no time to rest on our laurels, however - Sylvanas's mission must still be carried out. The dark rangers are heading up operations in Skold-Ashil from the tower overlooking the river junction. Seek them out there, and see if you can aid in completing this task.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #634 56.7 66.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inStormheim 56.7, 66.3
/way #634 56.7 66.3 - Objective areaStormheim 55.1, 72.5
/way #634 55.1 72.5
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
- Eyir about 270 yards
- Confront The Val'kyr about 270 yards
- Seeking the Valkyra about 360 yards
- The Mark about 360 yards
- Maw of Souls: Retrieving the Svalnguard about 360 yards
- A Feast Fit for Odyn about 360 yards
- Halls of Valor: Odyn's Blessing about 360 yards
- Neltharion's Lair: Presentation is Key about 360 yards
- The Iron Fist about 440 yards
- Put It All on Red about 460 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormheim, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormheim:
- Dreadwake's Landing, Stormheim
- Valdisdall, Stormheim
- Cullen's Post, Stormheim
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Money2 gold2 silver
Experience775 XP
Storyline
The Secret of the Shieldmaidens
Part 5 of 7.
Previous: Becoming the Ascendant · Next: Shielded Secrets
- 1Dreadwake's Dilemma
- 2Clear the Deck!
- 3A Gift for Greymane
- 4Becoming the Ascendant
- 5To Skold-Ashil
- 6Shielded Secrets
- 7A New Life for Undeath
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Quest chain
- 1To Skold-Ashil
- 2Assault on Skold-Ashil
Step 1 of 2. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Becoming the Ascendant
It would seem that the engravings depict a rite of ascension, which allows the shieldmaidens to enter the vault. I believe we can use this to our advantage. You must become the next ascendant. Go to the temple and perform the rites.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Shielded Secrets
Our goal lies within that vault, <class>. I don't have time to explain in detail - just know that it is vital to the Forsaken that we succeed. The shieldmaidens have proven tenacious in their defense, but I believe there may be another way in.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Stormheim · Level 10-45.
The storyline at a glance
The Secret of the Shieldmaidens has 7 steps, from Dreadwake's Dilemma to A New Life for Undeath.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormheim (7).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Stormheim map
- The Trial of Valor
- The Trial of Will
- Wreck of the Skyfire
- The Trial of Might
- Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Goblins
- Legion Skinning
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.