Rider on the Storm

Quest #14198 Level 31 Desolace 1 run – thin

What to do

Use the Raging Vortex Gem at Nijel's Point Ruin. While commanding your firestorm, kill 40 Nijel's Point Defenders and burn 15 Nijel's Point Merchants.

Should you lose your Raging Vortex Gem, you may acquire another from the Ancient Vortex Runestone.

Objective by objective

Kill or interact with Nijel's Point Defender NPC #35506
Kill or interact with Nijel's Point Merchant NPC #35510

The quest's own structured objectives. How many of each you need is set by the game when you accept it, so it is not stored here – the sentence above is the quest's own wording.

The quest giver's words

You cannot help but to feel a twinge of pride, having unlocked this long lost secret of the ancient worshippers of Elune.

You now possess the power to inflict great damage upon your enemy.

As it was Furien's tireless work that made this possible, it only seems right that the weapon should be unleashed upon those who took his life.

The Alliance scum at Nijel's Point shall pay for their offenses against the Horde!

Completion

Very impressive, <class>.

You completed Furien's work and rained vengeance down upon his killers.

You have brought peace to my brother's soul, and to my mind. Please accept this gift for your diligence.

Category: Desolace.

What you need

Handed to you when you accept it: Raging Vortex Gem

The reward

Nimblefinger Cloak item #55962 · Rare · item level 31 · sells for 37s 90c
Tranquility of Furien item #55963 · Rare · item level 31 · sells for 43s 56c
Flashfire Collar item #55964 · Rare · item level 31 · sells for 21s 54c

Money: 60s; and 19s 20c more at level 90, the level cap, in place of the experience
Experience: 3,150; at level 36 or lower; less above

By character level

Level Experience Share

27–36 3,150 100%

37 2,500 80%

38 1,900 60%

39 1,250 40%

40 625 20%

41–89 320 10%

90 none 19s 20c 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.

Level	Experience	Share
27–36	3,150	100%
37	2,500	80%
38	1,900	60%
39	1,250	40%
40	625	20%
41–89	320	10%
90	none	19s 20c more money

Observed, what players here were paid: 3,465 experience (median of 2 runs), 60s (median of 2 runs).

The listed figures and the players here disagree, so both are shown rather than one picked.

Experience: players were paid 10% more than the 3,150 listed. An experience bonus (heirlooms, a guild perk) pays more; a character well above the quest's level earns less.

Who it is for

Faction
Race: any race
Class: any class
Level: quest level 31, requires level 27
Profession: none
Repeats: once only

The chain

Before this

Firestarter #14196 · any one of these

After this

Nothing follows it.

Where it starts and ends

Starts at

Nijel's Point Defender npc · Desolace at 0.663, 0.099
Nijel's Point Merchant npc · Desolace at 0.665, 0.120
Ancient Vortex Runestone object · Desolace at 0.749, 0.133

Hand in to

Cerelia npc · Desolace at 0.446, 0.294

Where Rider on the Storm starts and ends in Desolace

pick up
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

Relevant locations in Desolace

Desolace
- Nijel's Point Defender Starts the quest · 66.3, 9.9
- Nijel's Point Merchant Starts the quest · 66.5, 12.0
- Ancient Vortex Runestone Starts the quest · 74.9, 13.3
- Cerelia Hand the quest in · 44.6, 29.4
- Nijel's Point Defender Quest objective · 67.4, 10.6
- Nijel's Point Merchant Quest objective · 67.6, 10.6

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.

This guide rests on 1 completed run. That is enough to show where people went and not enough to trust the timings – treat them as one player's evening.

How precise this guide is

Early guide Built from 3 runs by 2 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 available
Typical time and objective order – median and middle half needs 3 completed runs (now 1) not yet
Tips – what most players do needs 5 runs (now 3) not yet
Where players die – death hotspots on the map needs 5 characters from at least 2 different people (now 2 from 2) not yet

Observed, not a fact about the game: 1 completed run behind the medians, 3 recorded attempts in total.

4 min 11 s median time (accept → turn in) from 1 run

Based on 1 completed run. Published by the analyser – low confidence.

4 min 11 s fastest recorded run slowest 4 min 11 s

Same 1 run; mean 4 min 11 s.

2 / 3 turned in / attempted nobody abandoned it

Counting every recorded attempt, finished or not.

0.7 deaths per attempt 2 deaths in total

3 tracked kills, typically 3,465 XP, done around level 32.

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 (Desolace), 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.

Overview of Rider on the Storm in Desolace

hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
where players were
pick up
turn in
where players die – not published yet

Where they happened is shown once at least 5 characters from at least two different people have done this quest (now 2 from 2): unlike the route, a death spot is about the player, not the quest.

Pick up: 0.750, 0.130 median of 2 recorded accepts on Desolace
Turn in: 0.450, 0.290 median of 2 recorded turn-ins on Desolace
Deaths during this quest: 2 deaths, in 2 runs Only deaths between accepting and finishing this quest count. Where they happened is not published yet – see the map above.

Objectives, in the order players do them

Order published by the analyser from 3 runs.

Objective 1 — needs 40

Players finish it about 1 min 55 s into the quest (median over 1 run, low confidence). order not certain yet

Go to (published hotspots):

0.666, 0.106 weight 0.51, 48 points
0.650, 0.082 weight 0.49, 47 points

70 recorded positions in Desolace.

Objective 1 of Rider on the Storm in Desolace

hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
where players were
pick up
turn in
where players die – not published yet

Objective 2 — needs 15

Players finish it about 2 min 58 s into the quest (median over 1 run, low confidence). order not certain yet

Go to (published hotspots):

0.667, 0.105 weight 1.00, 45 points

30 recorded positions in Desolace.

Objective 2 of Rider on the Storm in Desolace

hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
where players were
pick up
turn in
where players die – not published yet

Tips

No tips yet – they need a handful of runs before they say anything true.

Recorded runs

The most recent 2 of 3 attempts; the median above is built from 1 completed run.
Character	Time	Deaths	Level	Reward
Bananaroot-Hoptallus	–	0	32	60s
Bananaroot-Hoptallus	–	1	32	–

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