Quest

Vile Defilers

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

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magette2014-08-12T14:40:16-05:00+63via 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 :)

Wolfie2014-11-13T19:25:21-06:00+26via Wowhead

There are more than five crystals. I found four outside, and four inside the cave with Xanatos the Defiler.
Outside
59.1, 80.9
61.6, 81.7
58.7, 82.8
57.4, 85.4
Inside
64.0, 85.6
64.8, 86.9
65.3, 85.4
64.4, 85.6

tarc2015-05-17T19:20:33-05:00+8via Wowhead

In olden (i.e. pre-Cataclysm) days Mehlar used to send you on a quest to retrieve an item which he then performed some magic on for you to use to defile Uther's Tomb. Now he's giving a quest to destroy defiling crystals. Hmm...

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40

ZoneTalador

Quest ID33972

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33972))

Requirements

FactionHorde 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 deathweb spiders are remarkable creatures. Their venom twists the very form of their victims. We are not the only ones privy to this information. The Shadow Council has already dispatched its warlocks to Deathweb Hollow to infuse the spiders with fel energy so that their venom turns creatures into demonic minions! We must destroy the defiling crystals to prevent all of Talador from bending to Teron'gor's will!

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 60.5, 72.4/way #535 60.5 72.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 64.9, 86.0/way #535 64.9 86.0
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 59.3, 83.3/way #535 59.3 83.3
Objective areaTalador 60.6, 72.4/way #535 60.6 72.4

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 Talador map

Going to the Gordunni about 160 yards
The Foot of the Fortress about 190 yards
The Lord of the Gordunni about 440 yards
Dropping In about 470 yards
While We're in the Neighborhood about 470 yards
Vicious Viziers about 470 yards
Orbs of Power about 470 yards
The Final Step about 470 yards
Dropping Bombs about 500 yards
Punching Through about 500 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

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

Exarch's Refuge, TaladorHorde · about 400 yards north-west
Terokkar Refuge, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 850 yards north-east
Retribution Point, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 600 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 440 yards south

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

Other quests on the Talador map

Storyline

In the Shadows of Auchindoun

Part 8 of 24.

Previous: Sunsworn Camp · 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.

Sunsworn CampTalador · Level 20-40
We no longer have a need to work alongside the Auchenai, champion. I have arranged for their lead soulbinders to continue to advise us, but I believe any action is best left to us at this point. Meet me at Sunsworn Camp, southeast 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: Horde only · Talador · Level 20-40.

Vile DefilersAlliance 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.