Quest 8730 · Classic Era details

Nefarius's Corruption

Slay Nefarian and recover the Red Scepter Shard. Return the Red Scepter Shard to Anachronos at the Caverns of Time in Tanaris. You have 5 hours to complete this task.

Quest level60Requires level60Classic zoneBlackwing Lair

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB. Only details marked as owner beta observations were checked in Forever.

The task

Objectives

Red Scepter ShardItem 21138Amount not recorded
Classic drop leads: Nefarian.

Rewards and gains

Item rewards

This Classic source does not record whether these items are choices or all awarded.

Reputation

+200 Brood of Nozdormu reputation (Classic)

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The route

Classic locations

Approximate Classic points. Select a marker to copy a TomTom waypoint.

Start Turn in

Tanaris

? Turn inAnachronos (65.27, 50.03)

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

Story and dialogue

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Sources and limits

QuestieDB supplies the Classic quest details and approximate locations above. They are not verified for Forever or in game. Owner beta observations are marked separately and do not establish rewards for every character or level. Map artwork comes from the Forever beta client; its markers still come from Classic data. Revealed artwork appears only where its layers have been checked.

Version and retrieval details

Quest ID 8730 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.69977. QuestieDB 1.0.3, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-09-23. View source release.

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