Quest 6583 · Classic Era details

The Test of Skulls, Somnus

Quest level60Requires level55Classic zoneDustwallow MarshEligible races in ClassicOrc, Undead, Tauren, Troll

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB, not verified for Forever. Quest ID 6583 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70790. QuestieDB 1.0.10, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-11-03 (source).

The task

Objectives

Destroy the drake champion of the Green Flight, Somnus. Take his skull and return it to Emberstrife.

The Skull of SomnusItem 16870Amount not recorded
In the Classic reference, The Skull of Somnus can drop from Somnus.

Rewards and gains

Reputation

No reputation gain is recorded in this source.

Experience and money are not supplied by this imported quest record.

The route

Quest locations

Classic pins are approximate reference points. Reported ! and ? markers are search points near quest NPCs. Hover or focus a marker for details.

Start Turn in

Dustwallow Marsh

Classic start and turn-in

Fully revealed map assembled from client map and exploration textures. Artwork from build 1.60.1.69977, compared file by file with build 1.60.1.70790 and unchanged. Associated by the client filename `Interface/WorldMap/DustwallowMarsh_c60`, not by a direct map-art foreign key. This is client artwork, not a verified in-game map. Artwork © Blizzard Entertainment.

Start and turn inEmberstrife (56.66, 87.72)

From Classic. One NPC can have several recorded spots; the map shows each one where it was recorded.

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

Ends at

Coordinates are approximate Classic references. The `/way` formats require TomTom or a compatible addon; use the named-zone form from outside the zone.

The path

Quest chain

Quest text

No quest text yet. It appears here once a player reports it through RestedRealm Companion.

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