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Two Ruins of Lordaeron Horde dungeon quests now need a quest chain first

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Blizzard's November 2 beta notes say the Ruins of Lordaeron dungeon quests now start at level 15 and that some prerequisites were adjusted. Wowhead reports the two Horde quests The Wrath of Rath'mael and The New Plague now need a quest chain done first, where before they were available right away.

What Blizzard changed

Blizzard's November 2 development notes, posted by Kaivax on 3 November, touched the quests for the new Ruins of Lordaeron dungeon. They now start at a lower minimum level, and the prerequisites were changed:

Ruins of Lordaeron dungeon quests now consistently require a minimum of level 15 to start (was a mix of 15 and 16), and some pre-requisites have been adjusted. Kaivax, Community Manager

Blizzard's note doesn't say which quests the prerequisites were changed for, or what you now have to do first.

The two Horde quests Wowhead names

Wowhead reports that two of the Horde quests now need a quest chain finished before you can pick them up, where before they were available straight away on the beta. The two they name are The Wrath of Rath'mael and The New Plague. Wowhead says the Alliance quests still have no prerequisites.

Reported by Wowhead, not spelled out by Blizzard. Blizzard's note confirms prerequisites were adjusted for the Ruins of Lordaeron quests; it doesn't name these two quests or say which chain you now have to finish.

Both quests are in our files for the dungeon. The Wrath of Rath'mael (level 15, listed in the client at suggested level 22) has you kill Rath'mael, the dungeon's last boss, for Deathguard Kristof in Brill. The New Plague has you collect the Highly Toxic Strain from Witherfang, the first boss, for Theodore Griffs in Undercity. Both send you to Forsaken hubs, which fits Wowhead calling them Horde quests.

In the client quest files we read, neither quest records a previous quest (its "prev" is 0), so the chain Wowhead describes isn't captured in the data we have. Blizzard's note says the prerequisites were adjusted, so the game's own gating may have moved ahead of the tables we datamine.

What it means for you

If you're taking a Forsaken character to the Ruins of Lordaeron, reached from the ruined city above the Undercity, talk to the quest givers in Brill and Undercity first and work through what they give you. On the current build The Wrath of Rath'mael and The New Plague won't be there to pick up until you've done the lead-up. Dungeon quests are a good chunk of levelling experience, so it's worth sorting before you queue. Our Ruins of Lordaeron page has the bosses and loot, and the levelling guide covers where the dungeon fits.

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