The Journal of Val'zareq: Portends of War
Quest #10793
Level 70
Shadowmoon Valley
no runs yet
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What to do
Locate Marcus Auralion, High General of the Sha'tar, at Crimson Watch.
Look for him inside a crystalline prison.
The quest giver's words
This journal documents the recent activities of Illidan's armies. It also explains why Val'zareq was parading around the Path of Conquest. He was personally responsible for the capture of a high general of the Sha'tar.
This general is being held at a post known as Crimson Watch, located at the southern end of the Path of Conquest. A mysterious faction, calling itself the Crimson Sigil, is charged with his incarceration. If you choose to investigate, it would be wise to bring allies.
Progress
<General Auralion is floating in the middle of the crystal.>
Wha... What are you doing here?
Completion
You slew their conqueror? Then we haven't much time...
The Crimson Sigil is a group comprised of Illidan's elite minions. They are at the top of the chain of command for all Illidari forces outside of the Black Temple. These soldiers communicate directly with the Betrayer here, carrying out his orders without question.
They are the fiends that will undoubtedly lead an assault on this world, trampling under foot all that would stand in their way.
Category: Shadowmoon Valley (Group).
What you need
- Handed to you when you accept it
- The Journal of Val'zareq
The reward
No item reward.
- Money
- none
- and 57s more at level 90, the level cap, in place of the experience
- Experience
- 9,500
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at level 75 or lower; less above
By character level
Level Experience Share 68–75 9,500 100% 76 7,600 80% 77 5,700 60% 78 3,800 40% 79 1,900 20% 80–89 950 10% 90 none 57s more money The game pays the full figure up to five levels above the quest, then 20 % less for each level more, down to a tenth, and none at the level cap. A bonus of your own (a guild perk, a holiday) comes on top.
Reputation
- The Sha'tar +150
Who it is for
- Faction
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- Race
- any race
- Class
- any class
- Level
- quest level 70, requires level 68
- Profession
- none
- Repeats
- once only
The chain
Before this
Nothing – this is where the chain starts.
After this
- Battle of the Crimson Watch #10781
Where it starts and ends
- Starts at
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- The Journal of Val'zareq item · no recorded location
- Hand in to
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- Crystal Prison object · Shadowmoon Valley at 0.514, 0.728
- turn in
These two markers are the quest giver's and the hand-in's own positions – not where anybody was standing. The recorded positions are further down, under the community data.
Relevant locations
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Shadowmoon Valley
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Crystal Prison
Hand the quest in · 51.4, 72.8
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The pins are the game's own map markers; the coordinates are the game's 0–100, as
/way takes them.
What players recorded
Everything below this line is a different kind of knowledge from everything above it. Above: what the quest is, the same on every realm. Below: what actually happened when people played it, uploaded by them, with the number of runs printed against every figure. It is an observation, not a fact about the quest.
Nobody has completed this quest with telemetry on yet, so there is no timing. Everything below is drawn straight from the 0 recorded attempts the hub has.
How precise this guide is
Early guide Built from 0 runs by 0 players – low confidence. Every upload of this quest sharpens it: the hotspots tighten, the order and the timings settle, and the parts below unlock as the sample grows.
- Where to go – pick-up, objectives and hand-in needs one recorded run not yet
- Typical time and objective order – median and middle half needs 3 completed runs (now 0) not yet
- Tips – what most players do needs 5 runs (now 0) not yet
- Where players die – death hotspots on the map needs 5 characters from at least 2 different people (now 0 from 0) not yet
Timings
Based on 0 completed runs. Computed on this page; the analyser has not published this quest yet.
Same 0 runs.
Counting every recorded attempt, finished or not.
0 tracked kills.
The route
An early route: drawn from the first runs and sharper with every upload. Pick-up, hand-in and the objective hotspots are where the quest is, so they are shown from the first run.
Map coordinates are the addon's own 0–1 zone coordinates (Shadowmoon Valley), origin top-left, x to the right and y downward. Drag the zone map to pan, ctrl/⌘ + scroll or the buttons to zoom; the grid lines are tenths of the zone.
- Pick up
- Not recorded yet.
- Turn in
- Not recorded yet.
- Deaths during this quest
- None recorded – nobody died doing this.
Objectives, in the order players do them
No objective progress has been uploaded for this quest yet. Once somebody plays it with the addon on, the objectives and their hotspots appear here automatically.
Tips
No tips yet – they need a handful of runs before they say anything true.
Recorded runs
No runs recorded yet.
Community notes
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