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What Must Be Done

What Must Be Done is a Horde-only quest for level 10-40 in Frostfire Ridge. It is step 3 of 8 in the On the Shadow's Trail storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Frostfire Ridge at 31.7, 11.9. It rewards 6,850 experience and money.

Description

I believe we have seen this demonic corruption your friends speak of.

The Mother of Wolves has not been herself lately. Now, her pack has her surrounded.

The wolves are protecting our hunters and will not let them near. They're not likely to stop you, though.

If the alpha mother is infected with this fel-energy, then she must be put down.

You would greatly honor the Frostwolves by returning with her corpse and giving it a proper burial.

Rewards

Money33 gold96 silver
Experience6,850 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,850
MoneyGold33g 96s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapFrostfire RidgeTurn-in marker at 31.7, 11.9, 4 mapped points
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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.

Frostfire Ridge Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Frostfire Ridge map showing where to go for What Must Be DoneTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #525 31.7 11.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inFrostfire Ridge 31.7, 11.9/way #525 31.7 11.9
  • Objective areaFrostfire Ridge 28.1, 15.1/way #525 28.1 15.1
  • Objective areaFrostfire Ridge 30.1, 8.7/way #525 30.1 8.7
  • Objective areaFrostfire Ridge 31.7, 11.8/way #525 31.7 11.8

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 Frostfire Ridge map

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

Getting there

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

  • Throm'Var, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 90 yards north
  • Bladespire Citadel, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Frostfire RidgeAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 260 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

On the Shadow's Trail

Part 3 of 8.

Previous: Safe Passage · Next: Eye Need That

  1. 1Vouchsafe Our Arrival
  2. 2Safe Passage
  3. 3What Must Be Done
  4. 4Eye Need That
  5. 5All is Revealed
  6. 6Have a Heart
  7. 7The Fel Crystals
  8. 8To Capture Gul'dan

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.

  • Safe PassageFrostfire Ridge · Level 10-40

    Being a human and a night elf, the archmage and I aren't likely to be well-received by the orcs of the Frostwolf clan. We need you to make an introduction for us with the Throm'var farseer. There is much to discuss. Shall I bring you up to speed on the way to the village?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Eye Need ThatFrostfire Ridge · Level 10-40

    The Mother of Wolves was infected with demon magic. The Shadow Council must have hoped to spread the corruption to the other frost wolves and then to Throm'var. The hunters are reporting they've seen glowing green eyes down in the Icescar Boneyard to the west. We both know what that means.

The storyline at a glance

On the Shadow's Trail has 8 steps, from Vouchsafe Our Arrival to To Capture Gul'dan.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Frostfire Ridge (8).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Frostfire Ridge 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.

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