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Understanding the War Within

A World of Warcraft quest in Valdrakken. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Beace+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This seems to be a simple breadcrumb in Valdrakken, leading players to the Tome of History for the new Recap feature. On my main (which had completed all the Dragonfllght questlines previously) I was able to simply pick it up from Alexstrasza and turn it in at the Tome.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 70
Quest ID92875

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(92875))

What to do

StorylineThe Emerald Dream, step 71 of 71
Rewards2g 80s 90c, 1,200 XP

Description

I fear your time in Valdrakken must come to an end. Dark forces gather to threaten other parts of Azeroth. We will do what we can to uncover Iridikron's schemes. You must learn more of what has unfolded.

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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.

Valdrakken Objective area no plotted point

Nearby on the Valdrakken map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Valdrakken:

  • Valdrakken, ThaldraszusAlliance and Horde · about 380 yards south-west
  • Gelikyr Post, ThaldraszusAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-east
  • Algeth'era, ThaldraszusAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north-east

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.

Related
Money2 gold80 silver
Experience1,200 XP

Storyline

The Emerald Dream

Part 71 of 71.

Previous: Siblings Until the End

  1. 60A Changed Land
  2. 61Auspicious Gathering
  3. 62Offerings for the Well
  4. 63A Personal Offering
  5. 64New Moon
  6. 65Something Worth Celebrating
  7. 66A Different Enthusiasm
  8. 67A Disquieting Feeling
  9. 68Andu-falah-dor
  10. 69Fair Skies and Strong Winds
  11. 70Siblings Until the End
  12. 71Understanding the War Within

Showing steps 60 to 71 of 71.

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.

  • Siblings Until the EndValdrakken · Level 10-80

    Some time ago, Vyranoth received an unexpected summons... from Iridikron. You will want to hear what he had to say.

The storyline at a glance

The Emerald Dream has 71 steps, from Fire Season to Understanding the War Within.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Emerald Dream (51), Ohn'ahran Plains (8), Amirdrassil (8), Valdrakken (4).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Valdrakken 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.