Shadowmoon Valley (alternate universe) storyline

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The Shadowmoon Valley storyline takes place after completing the Alliance portion of the Warlords of Draenor intro experience in Tanaan Jungle. The main storyline is tracked in the quest achievement   [As I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Moon].

There are also a large number of vignettes in Shadowmoon Valley, as in all zones of Draenor.

Main storyline

Establishing a Foothold

Plant the banner to stake a claim

After landing, a base of operations is in order. But make sure to clear out the hostiles first!

1.  [10-40] Step Three: Prophet!
2.  [10-40] Finding a Foothold
3.  [10-40] For the Alliance!
4. Complete both:
   •  [10-40] Looking for Lumber
   •  [10-40] Ravenous Ravens
5.  [10-40] Quakefist
6.  [10-40] Establish Your Garrison
7. Complete all of:
   •  [10-40] Keeping it Together
   •  [10-40] Ship Salvage
   •  [10-40] Pale Moonlight
8.  [10-40] Build Your Barracks
9.  [10-40] Qiana Moonshadow
10.  [10-40] Delegating on Draenor

After completing "Delegating on Draenor", two quests open up:  [10-40] A Hero's Welcome, which starts the "Shadows Awaken" chapter, and  [10-40] Migrant Workers, which starts the "The Pursuit of Justice" chapter. Additionally, a breadcrumb to Ashran opens up in  [10-40] Ashran Appearance.

Shadows Awaken

Ner'zhul at the observatory

Yrel wants to go on a welcome back tour, but things quickly go south after the Shadowmoon clan start invading.

1.  [10-40] A Hero's Welcome
2. Complete all of:
   •  [10-40] Dark Enemies
   •  [10-40] Closing the Door
   •  [10-40] Think of the Children!
     • Mandatory side quest:  [10-40] In Need of a Hero
3.  [10-40] Shadows Awaken

Optional side quests:

•  [10-40G3] WANTED: Kuu'rat's Tusks
•  [10-40] Artificer Romuul

After "Shadows Awaken", two quests open up:  [10-40] Into Twilight, which starts the "A Sister's Sacrifice" chapter, and  [10-40] The Southern Wilds, which starts the "Purifying the Gene Pool" chapter.

A Sister's Sacrifice

Yrel and Velen listening to Ner'zhul

Ner'zhul has taken Samaara, so it's time to go get her back and figure out what Ner'zhul's grand plan is.

1.  [10-40] Into Twilight
2. Complete both:
   • Visions
   1.  [10-40] The Clarity Elixir
   2.  [10-40] The Fate of Karabor
   • Shaz'gul
   1.  [10-40] Going Undercover
   2.  [10-40] Escape From Shaz'gul
   • Optional side quests:  [10-40] Loola's Lost Love,  [10-40] A Grandmother's Remedy
3.  [10-40] Chasing Shadows
   • Breadcrumb:  [10-40] Lost Lumberjacks
   • Breadcrumb:  [10-40] Fast Expansion →  [10-40] Bigger is Better
4.  [10-40] Ancestor's Memory
   • Optional side quests:  [10-40] Forbidden Love,  [10-40] Lunarblossom
5.  [10-40] Darkest Night
   • Optional side quest:  [10-40] Rulkan
6. Complete all of:
   1.  [10-40] Into Anguish
   2.  [10-40] The Dark Side of the Moon
   •  [10-40] On the Offensive
   •  [10-40] Harbingers of the Void
   •  [10-40] The Great Salvation
   •  [10-40] Across the Stars

After all of the step six quests, Velen starts the "The Light Prevails" chapter with  [10-40] Darkness Falls. In addition, the Shadowmoon Clan will launch an invasion ( [10-40] Shadowmoon Invasion!) on the Garrison. Unlike the Horde version, repelling the invasion is not necessary to finish the storyline.

The Light Prevails

Clearing a path to Karabor

The Iron Horde has launched their attack on Karabor! It's time to stop Ner'zhul once and for all.

1.  [10-40] Darkness Falls
2.  [10-40] The Righteous March
3.  [10-40] The Defense of Karabor

This concludes the primary Shadowmoon Valley storyline. After completing "The Defense of Karabor", Yrel sends players on to the Gorgrond storyline in  [15-40] The Secrets of Gorgrond. That breadcrumb is also available the instant players reach level 92 by speaking with Bodrick Grey at the garrison.

Don't forget the side-storyline quests in the next sections. In addition, check your mailbox for a mail from Yrel containing the  [The Prophet's Arcanum], for  [10-40] The Prophet's Final Message.

Gloomshade Grove

King Deathbloom

The podlings just outside Lunarfall in Gloomshade Grove have started attacking workers, so it's up to the commander to defend against the threat. A breadcrumb to Gloomshade Grove opens up after completing the "Shadows Awaken" chapter back at the garrison, but the chain can be started by finding the Lost Packmule in the Plains of Serenity, just south of the grove.

1.  [10-40] Lost Lumberjacks
   • Side quest:  [10-40] Gloomshade Game Hunter (optional)
2.  [10-40] Gloomshade Grove
3.  [10-40] Game of Thorns
   • Side quests:  [10-40] Prune the Podlings,  [10-40] Captured Critters (both optional)
4.  [10-40] Shelly Hamby (optional)

The Pursuit of Justice

There's a traitor here. Guess who?

The garrison needs food, so some workers are sent out to Elodor, the breadbasket of Shadowmoon Valley, but things quickly spiral out of control. This side story opens up upon completion of  [10-40] Delegating on Draenor.

1.  [10-40] Migrant Workers
2.  [10-40] Circle the Wagon
3.  [10-40] Invisible Ramparts
4.  [10-40] Defenstrations
5.  [10-40] The Exarch Council
6. Complete all of
   • Naielle
   1.  [10-40] Naielle, The Rangari
   2.  [10-40] Fun with Fungus
      • Side quest:  [10-40] The Sting (optional)
   • Hataaru
   1.  [10-40] Hataaru, the Artificer
   2.  [10-40] Shut 'er Down
      • Side quest:  [10-40] Engorged Goren (optional)
7.  [10-40] Exarch Maladaar
8.  [10-40] Trust No One
9.  [10-40] Warning the Exarchs
10.  [10-40] Speaker for the Dead
11.  [10-40] The Traitor's True Name

Optional Garrison Follower conclusion:

1.  [10-40] Friend of the Exarchs
2.  [10-40] Supply Drop

Purifying the Gene Pool

How'd they fit the caravan through the portal?

A breadcrumb to the Drakkorium opens up after completing the "Shadows Awaken" chapter, but the chain can be started by heading there at any point. A traveler (and her caravan) from Eastern Plaguelands makes an appearance!

1.  [10-40] The Southern Wilds
2.  [10-40] Crippled Caravan
3. Complete both:
   •  [10-40] Fiona's Solution
   •  [10-40] Swamplighter Queen
   • Side quests:  [10-40G3] WANTED: Maa'run's Hoof,  [10-40] Rotting Riverbeasts (both optional)
4.  [10-40] Cooking With Unstable Herbs
5.  [10-40] Blademoon Bloom
   • Side quests:  [10-40] Poison Paralysis,  [10-40] Botani Beatdown,  [10-40] Forever Young,  [10-40] Slumberbloom (all optional)
6.  [10-40] Gestating Genesaur
7.  [10-40] Fiona (optional)

Garrison buildings

Level 2 upgrade

At level 15, Baros Alexston offers a quest to upgrade the Garrison to level 2, and awards the commander all Level 1 blueprints with the exception of the Salvage Yard.

•  [10-40] Bigger is Better

Mine

After reaching level 15 and garrison level 2, Timothy Leens wants the commander to clear out the mine:

•  [15-40] Things Are Not Goren Our Way

Fishing Hut

After reaching level 20 and garrison level 2, Ron Ashton wants the commander to find someone who knows how to fish on Draenor:

•   [20-40] Looking For Help
•   [20-40] Moonshell Claws
•   [20-40] Proving Your Worth
•   [20-40] Anglin' In Our Garrison
•   [10-40] Fish Fight

Herb Garden

After reaching level 30 and garrison level 2, Naron Bloomthistle wants the commander to clear out the herb garden:

•   [30-40] Clearing the Garden

Level 3 upgrade

After reaching level 35 and garrison level 2, Baros Alexston offers a quest to upgrade the garrison to level 3. For a cost, of course.

•  [40] My Very Own Castle

Menagerie

After reaching level 35 and garrison level 3, Lio the Lioness wants the commander's pets to deal with pests around the garrison. This is a Pet Battle System-related building.

•  [35-40] Pets Versus Pests

Primary professions

Alchemy lab

Alchemists who complete  [10-40] Shadows Awaken will find a  [Mysterious Flask] in the Gift of the Draenei gift bag to start this side chain to unlock Draenor Alchemy and, if not already learned, the Garrison Alchemy Lab blueprints.

1.  [10-40] The Mysterious Flask
2.  [10-40] The Young Alchemist
3.  [10-40] The Missing Father
4.  [10-40] Shocking Assistance

Tannery

Somewhere in Shadowmoon Valley, Leatherworkers will find the  [Dirty Note], which starts a short quest chain to unlock Draenor Leatherworking and the Tannery.

1.  [10-40] A Call for Huntsman
2.  [10-40] Friendly Competition
3.  [10-40] Fair Trade

Engineering Works

Engineers will eventually be able to find a  [Gnomish Location Transponder], which starts a short quest chain to unlock Draenor Engineering and Engineering Works.

•  [10-40] Transponder 047-B
•  [10-40] Snatch 'n' Grab

The Forge

Blacksmiths will eventually find  [Haephest's Satchel], which starts a short quest chain to unlock Draenor Blacksmithing and The Forge.

•  [10-40] The Strength of Iron
•  [10-40] Father and Son

Enchanter's Study

Enchanters will eventually find the  [Enchanted Highmaul Bracer], which starts a short quest chain to unlock Draenor Enchanting and the Enchanter's Study.

•  [10-40] Enchanted Highmaul Bracer
•  [10-40] The Arakkoan Enchanter
•  [10-40] Failed Apprentice
•  [10-40] Oru'kai's Staff

Tailoring Emporium

Tailors will eventually find the  [Cryptic Tome of Tailoring], which starts a short quest chain to unlock Draenor Tailoring and the Tailoring Emporium.

•  [10-40] The Cryptic Tome of Tailoring
•  [10-40] Ameeka, Master Tailor
•  [10-40] The Clothes on Their Backs
•  [10-40] Hexcloth

Scribe's Quarters

Scribes will eventually find a  [Mysterious Satchel], which starts a short quest chain to unlock Draenor Inscription and the Scribe's Quarters.

•  [10-40] A Mysterious Satchel
•  [10-40] Slow and Steady
•  [10-40] The Power of Preservation

Gem Boutique

Jewelcrafters will eventually find a  [Drained Crystal Fragment], which starts a short quest chain to unlock Draenor Jewelcrafting and the Gem Boutique.

•  [10-40] A Power Lost
•  [10-40] Restoration

Side quests

Bonus objectives

There are four sets of bonus objectives in Shadowmoon Valley. Completing them all awards the achievement   [Shoot For the Moon].

• Shimmer Moor
  •  [10-40B] The Shimmer Moor
• Burial Fields
  •  [10-40B] The Burial Fields
  •  [10-40] The Dark that Blinds Us
• Bloodthorn Cave
  •  [10-40B] Bloodthorn Cave
  •  [10-40G3] WANTED: Kliaa's Stinger
  •  [10-40] A Matter of Life and Death
• The Hills of Valuun
  •  [10-40B] The Hills of Valuun
  •  [10-40] The Big Haul

On the Shadow's Trail

After establishing the garrison, a chain opens up at Starfall Outpost, just south of the garrison involving the Shadow Council.

1.  [10-40] Meet Us at Starfall Outpost
   • Side quest:  [10-40G3] Bounty: Twisted Ancient (optional)
2.  [10-40] Catching His Eye
   • Side chain:  [10-40] Shadowmoonwell &  [10-40] A Curse Upon the Woods (both optional)
3.  [10-40] Shrouding Stones
4.  [10-40] Ominous Portents
5.  [10-40] Soul Shards of Summoning
   • Side quest:  [10-40] Cleaning Up Gul'var (optional)
6.  [10-40] Heart On Fire
7.  [10-40] Forging the Soul Trap
8.  [10-40] To Catch a Shadow

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