The Lifewarden’s Wrath

Quest Giver: Avatar of Freya — Rainspeaker Rapids, Sholazar Basin [64.6, 48.7]

Objective: Use Freya’s Horn atop the Glimmering Pillar to destroy the Cult of the Damned forces.

Quick Facts

• Level: 77
• Location: Glimmering Pillar [49, 40]
• Prerequisites: Exterminate the Intruders, Weapons of Destruction, and Salvaging Life’s Strength (all three must be completed)
• Follows Into: Freya’s Pact
• Chain Position: 1 of 8 in the Waygate series (Lifewarden’s Wrath → Freya’s Pact → The Maker’s Perch → The Maker’s Overlook → The Etymidian → The Activation Rune → Back Through the Waygate → Reclamation)
• Requires: Cold Weather Flying

Walkthrough

Getting to the Pillar

• Fly northwest from the Avatar of Freya to the Glimmering Pillar at [49, 40]. You need Cold Weather Flying to reach the top.

Where to Use the Horn

• This is the part that confuses people. The quest says “atop the Glimmering Pillar,” but you do NOT fly up to the floating structure hovering above the mesa. Instead, fly to the flat top of the mesa itself. There you’ll see a cluster of light purple crystals directly beneath the floating device, surrounded by cultists and bombs.
• Stand on or next to these crystals at approximately [49.8, 37.1] and use Freya’s Horn from your quest inventory.

The Event

• Blowing the horn activates the floating device above, which fires energy beams down at the surrounding cultists, killing them all. The quest objective completes the moment you use the horn.
• You will take damage while the event plays out. The cultists around the crystals will aggro and attack you during the ~20 seconds it takes for the beams to wipe them out. You can take around 18,000 total damage during this window. Healers and tanks can shrug this off, but squishier classes should pop a defensive cooldown, health potion, or shield before using the horn.
• You cannot mount and fly away until the event finishes and all cultists are dead.

Efficiency Tips

• You do NOT need to clear any mobs before blowing the horn. Land, use the horn immediately, and survive the event. Clearing first wastes time since the beams handle everything.
• If you’re a fragile class and worried about surviving, you can clear the 2-3 cultists nearest the crystal cluster before using the horn to reduce incoming damage.
• After the event finishes, fly straight back to the Avatar of Freya to turn in and pick up Freya’s Pact, which is a simple dialogue quest that immediately unlocks the next two Waygate quests.

Lore Context

The cultists reached the Glimmering Pillar despite your efforts at the Death’s Hand Encampment. The Avatar admits she wasn’t fast enough, and this is essentially a last-ditch defense of the second pylon. After completion, she acknowledges your worth but warns the Scourge isn’t stopping, setting up the Waygate chain that ultimately leads to summoning the Etymidian as a more permanent solution.

Explore Sholazar Basin’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Sholazar Basin Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.