The Slumbering Ancients
A verified Blizzard quest record from Darkshore. Use the archive brief, rewards, and linked research to finish it without losing your place.
What To Do
Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker in Darkshore, then return to the turn-in NPC.
Quest Text
We may not have twenty stone giants to take on our enemy, but we giants of ancient lumber are as strong as any rock. Look around you, {race}. My kindred sleep... yet they will heed the keeper's horn when the time of need is upon them. You will find Aros, the keeper of the grove, beyond the bridge northeast of here. Tell him the urgency of our situation.
Plan the run before you travel
Darkshore belongs to the Classic / Eastern Kingdoms & Kalimdor archive. Start with its campaign track if this record is unavailable or the next step is missing.
Open the Wowhead page for coordinates, NPC spawn comments, cave entrances, and player-submitted route notes. WoW-God links out instead of copying community comments.
No group size is listed by Blizzard, so this is usually soloable unless the objective text says otherwise.
Pin the quest in-game, enable objective outlines, then use the exact-title references in the archive for NPC or object coordinates. Add a correction below if the live game differs from this record.
Build The Slumbering Ancients together
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