Softening the Target
A verified Blizzard quest record from Val'sharah. Use the archive brief, rewards, and linked research to finish it without losing your place.
Who gives Softening the Target
1 recordThe NPC, object, or item that starts this quest, with the first known coordinate when available.
- Tyrande WhisperwindNPC #104728Val'sharah · 66.2, 44.8
Where to turn it in
1 recordThe NPC or object that accepts the completed quest. Phasing and alternate-faction versions can produce more than one endpoint.
- Tyrande WhisperwindNPC #104728Val'sharah · 66.2, 44.8
Identity and tooltip facts come from Blizzard. Relationship rows are refreshed from Wowhead's structured source tables and merged with anonymous in-game observations from WoW-God Sync. Inspect source
What To Do
Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker in Val'sharah, then return to the turn-in NPC.
Quest Text
The Archdruid's end draws near. His memory will live on in the hearts of all who knew him. Elothir's desperate efforts revealed that Malfurion is being held in Shala'nir, amidst the roots of Shaladrassil. My love. So near, yet so far.... Shala'nir is infested with Nightmare creatures. To rush in would be suicide. I subdued one of Xavius' creatures. Use it against him, {name} and clear us a path.
Plan the run before you travel
Val'sharah belongs to the Legion archive. Start with its campaign track if this record is unavailable or the next step is missing.
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.
Before this quest
Blizzard publishes a quest's prerequisites but not what follows it, so this chain runs backwards only.
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 43702 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 “Softening the Target” on the character you are logged into.
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43702))/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompletedOnAccount(43702))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.
Build Softening the Target together
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Rewards
- Experience
- 6,150
- Money
- 20g 22s
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