The Howling Oak
A verified Blizzard quest record from Darnassus. Use the archive brief, rewards, and linked research to finish it without losing your place.
Where to go
We have no location for this quest.
The game client's quest table carries no marker for this one. 21,736 of the 31,273 quests in this database have one. We would rather say that than draw a pin we invented.
unconfirmed. We could not confirm this. It is shown so you know the gap exists, not as a recommendation.client build 12.1.0.69587
Who gives The Howling Oak
0 recordsThe NPC, object, or item that starts this quest, with the first known coordinate when available.
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Where to turn it in
0 recordsThe NPC or object that accepts the completed quest. Phasing and alternate-faction versions can produce more than one endpoint.
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What To Do
Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker in Darnassus, then return to the turn-in NPC.
Quest Text
So this is it... our new home. I'm not sure if I'll ever feel like I truly have a home again. We mustn't be unappreciative of what the night elves have offered us though. Their race is not one to throw out idle welcomes to just anyone. It is a true testament to faith and generosity that they've taken us in. Gwen and Greymane are in the city proper, at the Howling Oak. You should stop by. Take the portal beneath the tree north of us, then seek out the Howling Oak in the northern portion of the city.
Plan the run before you travel
Check the quest area, faction, and level range before you travel. If this quest is part of a chain, finish nearby campaign quests in the same zone first.
Check the exact quest giver and turn-in records above first. Use this page's community comments for phase changes, cave entrances, spawn timing, and corrections from the live game.
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.
Objectives and map pin
Blizzard's public API publishes a quest's text and rewards but not its objectives, its own level, whether it can be shared, or any map coordinate. Nobody has synced quest 28517 yet, so there is nothing to show here rather than a guess. Running the WowGodSync addon while you play contributes those fields for everyone.
Check it in game
Quest completion is stored per character on Blizzard's side and is not in the public API, so paste this in your chat box and it prints true or false for “The Howling Oak” on the character you are logged into.
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28517))/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompletedOnAccount(28517))A false also comes back for a quest id the client does not know, so it means “not recorded as complete” rather than proof the quest exists on your account.
What people know about The Howling Oak
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Rewards
- Experience
- 2,050
- Money
- 5g 25s
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