Quest

Vile Defilers

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

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magette2014-08-12T14:39:12-05:00+108via Wowhead

I was having trouble finding the 5th one of these, 4 are inside the cave and 1 is past the cave to the right up alittle hill :)

Amerelock2014-11-14T20:58:03-06:00+34via Wowhead

These crystals do not respawn - so once you get one it will not be coming back...
Realized this when I sat and waited for them to respawn...
They do however spawn all over Deathweb Hollow, which is not just the cave area.
They are found all outside of the cave as well.

Twiceasnice2014-11-18T16:31:23-06:00+20via Wowhead

While you're in the cave, in the deep water to the left of the Defiler, swim all the way to the bottom and there's a lockbox with some loot in it. Also awards XP which is subject to the rested bonus.
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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40

ZoneTalador

Quest ID33969

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33969))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineIn the Shadows of Auchindoun, step 8 of 24

Rewards16g 98s, 5,450 XP

Description

The spiders in the nearby overrun mine are feared by many, for their venom twists the very form of their victims. Many of the locals stay far away from their hollow, but I fear the Shadow Council has become privy to this information. Our scouts report that their warlocks are infusing these spiders with fel energy so that their venom turns their victims into demonic minions! We must destroy the defiling crystals so this madness does not spread.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inTalador 57.5, 76.7/way #535 57.5 76.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 65.1, 86.5/way #535 65.1 86.5
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 59.5, 82.4/way #535 59.5 82.4
Objective areaTalador 57.7, 76.7/way #535 57.7 76.7

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 Talador map

The Foot of the Fortress about 440 yards
Going to the Gordunni about 460 yards
The Lord of the Gordunni about 460 yards
Secrets of the Sargerei about 730 yards
Dropping Bombs about 770 yards
Supply Recovery about 770 yards
Prized Repossessions about 770 yards
Punching Through about 770 yards
While We're in the Neighborhood about 790 yards
Vicious Viziers about 790 yards

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

Getting there

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

Exarch's Refuge, TaladorAlliance · about 350 yards north-west
Retribution Point, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 920 yards west
Apexis Excavation, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 990 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 600 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 250 yards south-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.

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Money16 gold98 silver

Experience5,450 XP

ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250

Other quests on the Talador map

Reward details

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Talador that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: Nightmare in the Tomb (+250), Pieces of Us (+250), Burning Sky (+250), Barum's Notes (+250), Disrupting the Flow (+250), The Heart of Auchindoun (+250).

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.

Storyline

In the Shadows of Auchindoun

Part 8 of 24.

Previous: Light's Rest · Next: Into the Hollow

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 24.

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.

Light's RestTalador · Level 20-40
With the brute force of our enemy neutralized, we must turn our sights on quelling the aftermath and preparing for any future assaults. We still need Auchindoun's defenses reinvigorated. Meet me at Light's Rest, not far south of here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Into the HollowTalador · Level 20-40
I've learned that the Shadow Council is using the nearby deathweb spiders' venom to spread fel corruption and augment their forces after their defeat at the Burning Front.

Quests that require this one

Scheduled Pickup

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Talador · Level 20-40.

Vile DefilersHorde only · Talador · Level 20-40

The storyline at a glance

In the Shadows of Auchindoun has 24 steps, from Holding the Line to Together We Are Strong.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (24).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Don't Let the Tala-door Hit You on the Way Out Complete the Talador storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Talador map

Establishing your Outpost27 steps, starts with The Quarry Quandary
The Battle for Shattrath15 steps, starts with Through the Looking Glass
The Plight of the Arakkoa10 steps, starts with As the Smoke Rises
Garrison Campaign3 steps, starts with Garrison Campaign: The Fall of Shattrath
Gorefiend2 steps, starts with Garrison Campaign: Onslaught at Auchindoun
Against the Warsong21 steps, starts with The Might of the Warsong

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.