What to do
Enter the basement of the Temple of the Red Crane and defeat the Sha of Despair.
Objective by objective
- Kill or interact with Sha of Despair NPC #59651
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
"Broken are the bodies wherein hopeless hearts reside - the blight of despair strikes forth from inside."
This was the last piece of wisdom the Red Crane imparted to me, just hours before the Sha outbreak. It makes sense now...
$p, when the Sha attacked, they broke forth from the temple's basement...
All of his teachings - the very Way of the Crane itself... it's all been preparation for facing the Sha of Despair.
The Red Crane has been expecting this conflict for centuries!
Completion
You have vanquished the Sha of Despair. My order can handle the remaining cleanup from here.
It seems the time has finally come to face the consequences of Shaohao's actions.
This conflict has been a long time coming - the arrival of your people was merely a catalyst. Now, your help will be necessary if Pandaria is to survive.
Category: Krasarang Wilds.
What you need
Nothing: no quest item is handed out and none is required to start.
The reward
Choose one of
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Nayeli Cord
item #81485 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 12g 89s 95c
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Mortbreath Belt
item #81486 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 12g 94s 82c
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Deepwild Waistguard
item #81487 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 12g 99s 69c
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Narsong Clasp
item #81488 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 13g 4s 57c
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Angkhal Cord
item #81489 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 13g 44s 21c
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Riverblade Belt
item #81490 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 13g 49s 8c
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Sarjun Waistguard
item #81491 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 13g 53s 95c
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Korjan Girdle
item #81492 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 13g 58s 82c
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Dojani Girdle
item #81493 · Rare · item level 419 · sells for 13g 63s 57c
- Money
- 20g 40s
- and 13g 54s more at level 90, the level cap, in place of the experience
- Experience
- 161,000
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up to level 89; none at 90, the level cap
By character level
Level Experience Share 86–89 161,000 100% 90 none 13g 54s 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
Who it is for
- Faction
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- Race
- any race
- Class
- any class
- Level
- quest level 87, requires level 86
- Profession
- none
- Repeats
- once only
The chain
Before this
- Sha Can Awe #30271 · all of these
- Striking the Rain #30272 · all of these
- Ahead on the Way #30695 · all of these
After this
- Warn Stoneplow #30241
- Warn Stoneplow #30360
- Hope Springs Eternal #30376
Where it starts and ends
- Starts at
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- Anduin Wrynn npc · Krasarang Wilds at 0.406, 0.337
- Hand in to
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- Chi-Ji npc · Krasarang Wilds at 0.404, 0.492
- 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
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Krasarang Wilds
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Anduin Wrynn
Starts the quest · 40.6, 33.7
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Chi-Ji
Hand the quest in · 40.4, 49.2
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Sha of Despair
Quest objective · 40.4, 54.6
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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 (Krasarang Wilds), 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
Nobody has added a note to this quest yet.