Quick Facts

Storyline
The Light of Karabor Darkness Falls The Righteous March The Defense of Karabor Darkest Night On the Offensive Into Anguish The Dark Side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon Harbingers of the Void The Great Salvation Across the Stars

Screenshots

Videos

Comments

Comment by Aoife59

Currently in Beta (07/05/2014) if you finish the quest and can't find Yrel, go to Altar of Sha'tar near Elodor - you can turn in the quest to her inside one of the buildings.

Comment by Arichy

If you don't know where to start: go to the Embaari Village, open the map and look at south - you'll see a cave entrance the Waning Crescent. :)

Comment by Alison

20/07/2014 Quest is bugged on beta realm.
Nerzhul should be killed slowly, possibly it bugs out when Velen shows up but the quest will be completed. Hand it to Yrel in Elodor Altar of Sha'tar (shes in the house on top), then come back to get Assault on Karabor quest from Maraad

Comment by Iruxos

As for beta (07/27/2014) Fight Ner'zhul using autoattacks only, so his health drops slowly enough for him to summon his Void Terror. Focus on the void WITHOUT moving from where it spawns. When it's dead, Ner'zhul yells "It's too late", a cinematic pops, then Yrel and a naaru will appear to turn in the quest.

1. DON'T hit Ner'zhul too fast or he'll despawn without completing the event. If that happens, you'll have to drop the quest and do it again.
2. When you fight the Void, don't move from where it spawns or it'll despawn and you'll have to repeat everything again.

Comment by Keldesh

For Beta (08 Aug 2014) if you are having issues completing this quest. Try this:

I had tried every which way. Tried all the suggestions I could find. Tried testing theories in chat. Tried things I was trying to come up with. I realizing that he would go immune, but would move to chase my pet and become become damageable again. So started kiting him with my pet on fallow, using my pet as bait. Then saw someone say it was phasing issue. So thought maybe I could pull him away from the area far enough so the phasing wouldn't bother him. This seemed to work.

This is what I did:

1. Aggro'd Ner'Zhul with my pet (then set pet to follow) If you don't have a pet just aggro.
2. Slowly Kite him up this path to the top of cliff
3. Attack him at the top.
4. When he starts choking you stop attacking and let him complete that.
5. Burn him and the Void down.

Here's the location of the path to the top: http://imgur.com/xNZakNr

Hope that helps.

Note: I have abandoned this quest twice on my hunter and tried it on multiple toons before posting this suggestion. This seems to work.

Comment by coremar

In order to get to Ner'zhul you must go through the cave with entrance at 46.4, 45.2 (directly south from Embaari Village) or you can climb from the other side of the hill if you are near the Draakorium. (Over the natural bridge at 51.5, 53.7)

Once inside the cave stick to the path on your right and you can't miss it.

Comment by leahbonq

The quest is shortly before the culmination of the main story in Shadowmoon.

The cut scene is magnificent. This was the first time a quest has brought tears to my eyes.

Comment by Dayta

Quest Video ( YouTube Link now working )
Showing the Quest beeing done from start to end
English - Darkness Falls
German - Die Dunkelheit kommt

Comment by 111285

Don't forget you can stand next to Yrel for healing while dealing with the Void.

Comment by ziggy29

As a Death Knight, I was about to be given no weapon as a quest reward in Blood spec, but when I changed to Frost Spec the 1-hand mace listed above was given to me. So if you are a blood DK and you dual spec into Frost (and maybe Unholy, I don't know), change your loot spec before turning in the quest.

Comment by Flitzy

So. Many. Tears. During. That. Cutscene.

Comment by tph88

How do I get this quest? I can't find the quest giver anywhere? Is there a pre-req? Can't seem to figure it out.

Comment by 261042

"The light does not abandon its champions"

Comment by Eilonthay

Once you reach your destination:

Ner'zhul says: You are just in time. Witness the dark majesty of the void!
Ner'zhul yells: I will save my clan, even if I must forfeit the souls of my ancestors.
*Ner'zhul summons Risen Spirits for the Ritual of Destruction!*
Ner'zhul yells: Darkness is my strength! With this power, the Shadowmoon will be conquerors!
Prophet Velen says: It is not too late. Turn from this dark path and let us help you.
Ner'zhul says: The shadows have already consumed my soul, prophet.
Prophet Velen says: There is no darkness light cannot pierce, Ner'zhul!
Ner'zhul says: No! The power of the Dark Star will be MINE!

Ner'zhul will cast Grip of Death, which as near as I can tell, probably lasts about 30 seconds. Then you'll join Velen in fighting him...be prepared for adds. There was at least one Void Horror that showed up to the party.

And then you get an amazing cutscene. I found it to be gut-wrenching, myself, since I happen to be rather fond of Velen. Uh, spoiler alert for you? Sure, why not.

Upon completion:

Yrel says: I...I can't believe he's gone...
Vindicator Maraad says: Yrel! The defense crystal is broken. The Iron Horde have overrun Karabor. We'd need a miracle to break through.
Yrel wipes away a tear.
Yrel says: Velen's sacrifice means nothing if the temple falls.
Vindicator Maraad says: You don't have to do this, Yrel. Take the survivors and flee.
Yrel says: No. We stand here against the Iron Horde. I will fight.
Yrel says: Hero, are you with us?

Next quest - The Righteous March.

If you happen to talk to K'ara before turning in the quest, the naaru has this to say...which is to say, not very much:

Comment by unklebobb

But no reference in the quest text to the Tooth Fairy

Comment by adman32

I don't know if this is true or not but I think this final quest references the anime Slayers with Dark Star and the pillar of light which came from series three of the anime.

Comment by Sprosbold

Did anyone think of Harry Potter when Ner'zhul and the Prophet Velen are straining against each other - the Light and the Shadow?
(This one: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/0/08/Movie-duel.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110802222056)

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times... if one only remembers... to turn on the light." ~ Albus Dumbledore

"There is no darkness light cannot pierce,Ner'zhul!" ~The Prophet Velen

Comment by donquixote235

I didn't see the cave, so I went around the back way and got to Ner'zhul by jumping on a rock and then on to the encounter. After defeating him I realized I had done the quest steps out of order, so it wouldn't let me complete the quest. The only solution was to abandon the quest and then retake it, entering the cave first.

Comment by varenne

As I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Moon
┌────────────────────┐
│ THE LIGHT PREVAILS │ Prerequisite: Dark Side of the Moon
└────────────────────┘

1.Darkness Falls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTtl4GGpw_c
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2.The Righteous March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk2veWvA8SQ
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3.The Defense of Karabor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuP1h0creFY

Comment by awrhody

Well you are all very wonderful. I keep dying and dying when the Void hits. Yrel heals very very slowly. Dropping the quest until I'm level 105 or so...... LOL

Comment by 1440987

Darkness Falls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR5eL77L27U

Comment by 1219166

For those of you trying to complete loremaster, and are having trouble accepting this quest from Velen, even after completing The Dark Side of the Moon, there are a few more quests to complete to unlock this one. All of the quests at anguish fortress need to be completed first. I'm not sure which particular quest unlocks this one, or if they are all needed. This is where I had to go to get the quest to appear.

Comment by prupparna

Doing the Loremaster of Draenor on my lv 100 toon, I wanted to do it the fastest way possible. Without finding any solid answers, I'm providing the list of pre-quests that needs to be finished before I was able to pick this up.

All the quests at Anguish Fortress.

Comment by Cynicwater

The feelz were real during that cutscene....

Comment by Zivhayr

I could not believe my eyes,
As Velen's Sacrifice,
Lit up the air as I stood and stared.
His Light filled the open air,
and left tear drops everywhere,
And now Yrel has,
A purple thing under her hair.

Comment by tKxOGIWYVSzVGhow

Enter the cave at 46.26, 45.13. Walk through the cave and exit at 50.03, 46.20. Continue straight ahead to the large circular stone in the ground. As you continue to walk "darkness will fall" and Ner'zhul will appear. Once you start fighting Ner'shul, kill the Risen Spirits and void Horrors as they appear.

Comment by Nahj00

Ner'zhul has 541.9k and I currently have 86.8k. To make matters worse, if you get his health down low enough, another encounter will start in which he summons a mob with 250k health. It is impossible to do on your own, I had to summon in a level 110 to help me due to the population of my server. I'm not sure whether this is due to the new scaling or if this is what Blizzard had in mind but, throughout the whole of Shadowmoon Valley I have had to summon in level 110's multiple times to help me complete quests.

Comment by Askanov

So annoying that the HP of so f'cking many mobs in wod scale so bad. I'm a warrior on 94 with 89k life and Ner'zhul has over 606k hp. Even with the garrison guardians and all trinkets and heirlooms you can't win this fight.
This issue is known for blizzard for over three weeks. It can't be that hard to scale his hp back to a normal version. I really liked the scaling until level 80 but the Cata and WoD content is just broken and not even tested. What are you doing with all the money that you're earning from us blizzard ? Should be enough for a litte bit of quality assurance

Comment by crockcw

I was able to solo on my 94 hunter. Had to get a few food buffs and what not but it was doable.

Comment by FakingKasutaja

This quest is now optional or somthing?

Comment by Poisonfrog13

As of today, 12/29/2020, this quest did NOT award me a weapon option. I am level 50 (post stat squish) and was only offered gold as a reward.

Comment by BleuOcarina

I couldn't get him below 1 health because I didn't approach him through the cave. Went up to the village, found the cave. Everything triggered.

Links

Darkness Falls

Find Ner'zhul.

	Enter the Waning Crescent (1)
	Find Ner'zhul (1)
	Ner'zhul defeated (1)

Description

It is already beginning, over the hills to the southeast.

Ner'zhul has everything he needs to summon the Dark Star. The Iron Horde attack on Karabor is imminent. This is where everything ends.

Champion, I must ask you to ride ahead and delay Ner'zhul. I will join you as quickly as I can.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Rangari Initiate Longbow			Karabor Starsinger Staff
	Karabor Warmace			Karabor Arcanist Wand
	Karabor Honor Guard Mace			Rangari Initiate Blackjack
	Rangari Skinning Knife			Karabor Anchorite Cudgel

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

500 reputation with Council of Exarchs

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(33837))

Guides

Council of Exarchs Reputation Guide