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Where They Least Expect It

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45
LocationAntoran Wastes, The Vindicaar, Krokuun, The Vindicaar
Quest ID48461

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(48461))

What to do

WhereAntoran Wastes, The Vindicaar, Krokuun, The Vindicaar
StorylineInvasion Rifts, step 1 of 2

Description

The Legion's fanatical crusade leaves them spread thin. As they focus their defenses on Argus, we are free to tear into their forces on other worlds. Travel through an Invasion Point on Argus and show the Legion that there is no hiding from death.

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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.

Antoran Wastes Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Antoran Wastes map showing where to go for Where They Least Expect ItTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #885 69.2 25.8

The Vindicaar Quest turn-in no plotted point
Krokuun Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Krokuun map showing where to go for Where They Least Expect ItTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #830 61.6 86.6

The Vindicaar Quest turn-in no plotted point

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAntoran Wastes 69.2, 25.8/way #885 69.2 25.8
  • Objective areaAntoran Wastes 64.3, 69.2/way #885 64.3 69.2
  • Objective areaAntoran Wastes 66.5, 33.3/way #885 66.5 33.3
  • Objective areaAntoran Wastes 59.9, 43.0/way #885 59.9 43.0
  • Objective areaAntoran Wastes 72.1, 65.2/way #885 72.1 65.2
  • Objective areaAntoran Wastes 55.4, 19.3/way #885 55.4 19.3
  • Objective areaAntoran Wastes 54.8, 29.7/way #885 54.8 29.7
  • Turn-inKrokuun 61.6, 86.6/way #830 61.6 86.6
  • Objective areaKrokuun 73.0, 33.8/way #830 73.0 33.8
  • Objective areaKrokuun 68.4, 81.8/way #830 68.4 81.8
  • Objective areaKrokuun 46.2, 77.2/way #830 46.2 77.2

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 Antoran Wastes map

Other quests whose map markers the client places on Antoran Wastes.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Antoran Wastes:

  • The Veiled Den, Antoran WastesAlliance and Horde · about 50 yards east
  • Vindicaar, Antoran WastesAlliance and Horde · about 350 yards south-east
  • Hope's Landing, Antoran WastesAlliance and Horde · about 570 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 8,800 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 1,000 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 8,900 yards north-east (on the Krokuun map)

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

Reward details

Reputation: Army of the Light +250

After the fall of Argus, the draenei's finest warriors followed the prime naaru Xe'ra across the cosmos in an eternal war to bring about the Legion's end. Since then, other survivors of the Burning Crusade have joined the ranks of the Lightforged.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Krokuun that reward Army of the Light reputation: A Grim Equation (+150), Crystals Not Included (+150), Overwhelming Power (+150), A Strike at the Heart (+250), The Mysterious Missive (+75), Imprisoned Inquisitor (+150).

Currency: Veiled Argunite x 100

This dull-colored crystal is highly valued by ethereal traders, especially Thaumaturge Vashreen aboard the Vindicaar.

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

Invasion Rifts

Part 1 of 2.

Next: Invasion Point Offensive

  1. 1Where They Least Expect It
  2. 2Invasion Point Offensive

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Invasion Point OffensiveInvasion Point · Level 45

    The invasion points are key to cutting off Legion reinforcements to Argus. Defeating their armies within the lesser portals will allow us to assault larger invasion points and extinguish the Legion presence within.

The storyline at a glance

Invasion Rifts has 2 steps, from Where They Least Expect It to Invasion Point Offensive.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Krokuun (1), The Vindicaar (1).

Other storylines on the Krokuun 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.