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WANTED: Devouring Darkness

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

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varenne+355via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

[quest=40414] is at 54.4, 41.2 in Highmountain. You have to go East from Skyhorn down the mountain, you'll find an area with cobolds and Candl Rock cave (55.2, 44.3), Devouring Darkness is inside the cave, there is an area with 6 candles, turning them off will spawn rare.
He's a part of Adventurer of Highmountain achievement, has a chance to drop [item=131780], [item=138839].

For TomTom users:
/way Highmountain 54.4, 41.2 Devouring Darkness
/way Highmountain 55.2, 44.3 Cave to Devouring Darkness

Devouring Darkness location https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UardC-5ePyE
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1402622+66via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The boss is at 54.51, 41.51, inside a cave. To summon him, click the 6 candles to 'blow them out'.

The entrance to the cave is at 55.25, 44.41, and is due east and down from Skyhorn.

Enter the cave, and follow the ramp up. Don't take the tunnels leading off to the right. Just walk up the ramp a little way, and the alcove with the candles is on your right. You don't need to leave the first big cavern you enter.

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Tig3rE+35via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For the achievement Adventurer of Highmountain you also must kill Devouring Darkness.
Coordinates: 54.4, 41.2 - Highmountain, Sepulcher of the Sky, Candle Rock,
Flight point: Skyhorn - [npc=97860]
Item: [item=131780]


  • the best way to find him is to start at the flight point in Skyhorn. Go down the small hill and turn right, go to the narrow gorge with the small hut. Behind is the area of "Sepulcher of the Sky". To the left you will see the entrance to the "Candle Rock" cave. Inside go right a few meters until you see six candles on the right niche, click all candles and Devouring Darkness will appear.
    If you complete the quest Wax On, Wax Off, Candle to the Grave and The Gates of Wax, the cobolds around this area will be neutral to you.

Worldquest:
WANTED: Devouring Darkness
WANTED: Devouring Darkness

I show you an alternative way to [quest=40414] in this Video: https://youtu.be/fHm92ga9W_o
Better Video quality here: https://youtu.be/DFJ8_nDIrGE

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45
LocationHighmountain
SideBoth
SharableNo
Added inLegion
Quest ID43617

The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43617))

Requirements

Quest typeRare World Quest

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

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.

Highmountain Objective area 1 mapped point
Highmountain map showing where to go for WANTED: Devouring DarknessObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #650 54.3 40.9

Coordinates

  • Objective areaHighmountain 54.3, 40.9/way #650 54.3 40.9

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 Highmountain map

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

Getting there

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

  • Skyhorn, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 230 yards south-west
  • Prepfoot, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 640 yards north-east
  • Thunder Totem, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south-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.

Objective targets

Devouring Darkness

KindCreature
TypeAberration
RankRare

Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.

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Where this quest fits

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.