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Ashenvale, Horde Find Gorat! Final Report To Dinah, at Once! Gorat's Vengeance Got Lumber? Management Material Needs a Little Oil Crisis at Splintertree To the Rescue! Blood of the Weak Pierce Their Heart! Mission Improbable Making Stumps Wet Work As Good as it Gets Security! Sheelah's Last Wish Playing With Felfire Tell No One! Dirty Deeds Rain of Destruction All Apologies Dread Head Redemption Keep the Fires Burning Naga at the Zoram Strand The Essence of Aku'Mai Deep Despair Before You Go... Vorsha the Lasher Tweedle's Dumb Set Us Up the Bomb Breathing Room Small Stature, Short Fuse Blastranaar! Condition Critical! Stalemate Tweedle's Tiny Parcel Mass Production They're Out There! Building Your Own Coffin Thunder Peak Vortex

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Comment by 447186

In order to complete this quest you will need to exit the keep and patrol around outside. Don't leave the compound though. Keep an eye on your chat log as you will get periodic messages that an assassin is evading your gaze and slipping back into the shadows. Eventually the assassin will attack you so you can go ahead and kill her. Loot the head from the corpse and return to Overseer Gorthak.

Leads to "Sheelah's Last Wish".

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Comment by psonica

I had to patrol inside the keep as well to get the assassin to appear. After a while the assassin attacked me at the keep's entrance. She had ~1100 health and hit moderately hard.

Comment by 222630

As of Patch 4.0.3a, the Assassin was located outside the main building over to the left. As soon I made my turn she jumped out of stealth and sprinted to me.

Comment by Liri

after a lap inside I did one outside, she attacked me just north of the keep, Im fairly sure her spawn is random if your wandering around.

Comment by 707798

I also found the assasin inside the hold, just make circles around the outside till you are attacked.

Comment by Kirbymorph

Terrible quest. Not worth doing for how long it takes to get the mob to spawn. Just horrid design by Blizzard. hard to believe it came with Cata. For reference, I spent 20 minutes running around inside and just outside the compound. A chatlog filled with messages about being watched and assassin in the shadows, but never a spawn. Ended up abandoning the quest.

Comment by trelliema

So, I just finished this quest. As stated previously, random emotes will pop up in your quest log; there doesn't seem to be any particular order:

A kaldorei assassin evades "Char. Name's" gaze and slips into the shadows.
You hear a shuffling noise nearby, but see nothing.
You think you see a shadowy figure out of the corner of your eye.
You have a feeling that someone is watching you...
And finally: A kaldorei assassin leaps from the shadows and attacks "Char. Name!"

I did a couple of laps both inside and outside the keep. Took about 5 and a half minutes all and all. Good luck!

Comment by 651575

Just did the quest. I ran around the building and only got one emote before I got ambushed by the mob. Seemed to work alright.

Comment by 710281

working towards the quest achievement...make sure you have your pet on passive or not present. an 80 lvl pet will kill the mob if you are not quick enough, thus preventing you from looting the head to finish the quest. prolly a common sense kind of thing, just thought I'd mention it

Comment by Quamar

This works completely fine. I went out of the building, stood still for a couple of seconds and the assassin attacked me without a warning.

Comment by 536280

This might have just been a fluke but I did not get any emotes until after I dismounted. I had been running around on my mount for about 5 minutes and as soon as I did that I got tons of emotes and was attacked in less than a minute.

Comment by 579589

i was able to abandon and re-pickup. so i guess they fixed the bug

Comment by 42190

Such an annoying quest, too much wandering aimlessly.

Comment by Dusktide

ok so i spent way too long trying to do this stupid quest.

PRO TIP: ignore the emotes and keep running circles (in front of keep and inside it) until the assassin attacks you. I wasted so much time looking in a small circle for the assassin after I read things like "you think you see a shadowy figure out of the corner of your eye". dont look for her, she'll find you.

keep. moving.

good luck

Comment by 525389

Also, if you're a higher level Hunter/Warlock/Death Knight make sure your pet is in Passive stance, otherwise once the mob attacks you, your pet will kill him and you will not be capable of looting the quest item.

This happened to me, and believe me, you don't want to wait again for that mob.

Comment by 60174

Shaman's Lightning Shield is also not good there, you dont get quest item if it suicides in you.

Comment by Kathuzad

The WORST QUEST IN THE GAME. I seriously wandered around for over 10 minutes before randomly being jumped inside the stronghold. Over 10 minutes so I could kill one person in about 5 seconds? Yeah, really cool design.....just wander around and hope for the best. There doesn't really seem to be any rhyme or reason as to how you get attacked. I tried the tip listed above of turning quickly when you get an emote. I tried looking around the immediate area when I got an emote. But none of this really helped, leading me to think it's random. If you get attacked right away, you'll have no problem with the quest. If it takes an obnoxious amount of time, you'll probably be ready to throw a brick at your monitor. Good luck...

Comment by Alcibie

After spending ~10 minutes running around, I came here to find out what to do. Went inside the Keep, and ran 1 lap before she attacked. Got 2 emotions before the attack.

Comment by poalgola

Its pbly just my luck but i spawned her just as i went outside the room of the questgiver. Might have been a fix to shorten the spawn timer but pbly just luck

Comment by Sinestra

Took me a long time to figured out, but I think you need to be unmounted.... !

Comment by 740229

i ran around outside, got emotes, ran inside, got emotes, outside got emotes, back in. decided to drop my pet incase he was scaring her off and she jumped me right away. called my pet back and he couldn't regain the aggro. i came so close to dying. don't even want to think about what i would have thrown my mouse at if i had. she's a random spawn, my only advice is to take deep breaths and keep saying to yourself "this is only a game, this only a game..."

Comment by Kailhun

Inside the keep, seems to be the place to go. I ran around for a while outside, but apart from some emotes, nothing.
Then I ran one lap inside and was attacked. Died. After finding my body and moving one step, attacked again. Died.
When I found my body, I moved one step and saw her in front of me. No despawn? Turned her into a sheep.

Comment by 336850

Walk around the keep and watch your chatbox. When you get the emote "A kaldorei assassin leaps from the shadows and attacks you" You kill her.

Comment by 756183

She is hidden in a small house that has metal fences for walls. Once you leave the place you get the quest. Leave through the wooden gate and turn right. Go forward for a few seconds and on your right you will see the house.

She ended up leaping to attack me. You don't have to kill night elves to get to her.

Comment by 762610

Just a word... STUPID

this quest was rediculous... the elf is stealthed and wandering around the camp... over 1000 health so i advise being in your twenties... i found her inside the main camp just to the right of the door to the main building... make sue to watch your convo box( chat screen) you get little hints like scurrying feet and "you feel like someones watching you"

Took me 3 f$#&*@g hours... it does start a chain... if your not worried drop it... waste of time

Comment by Coonga

An insanely annoying quest! Contrary to popular belief I had actually found the assassin inside the main building, on my 17 time around the circle and numerous emotes on the outside! Severely annoying quest!

Comment by cherme

I've probably done this quest at least 5 times on various toons. This was the first time on a level 85 so maybe level had something to do with aggro? Idk.... All I know is that all the times before I completed the quest within a minute of picking it up. Spawns varied with each toon I'd done it with - inside the building, outside the building, but I never left that main yard ouside the building where you get the quest. With my level 85 toon it took me about 15 minutes of running around and seeing those annoying emotes over and over again. I did abandon and retake the quest eventually (yes, I was able to pick it back up) and finally saw the assassin within 2 mins of picking up the quest the second time right in front of the building entrance.

Oh... and then there's the quest that follows soon after that one to gather Thorned Bloodcups. Good luck with the eye strain from trying to find those. (unrelated I know, but I had to say it)

Comment by SSakuras

I found her at 90, 57 inside the keep. I was wandering around outside the keep thinking she'd be out there then randomly ran into the keep and poof she attacked me.

Comment by 796468

90,5 - 57,8

Comment by 750021

I walked back and forth in front of the keep several times and had the chat posting warning me of hearing shuffling but seeing nothing. When those messages stopped I ventured inside the keep and headed south (right) for a ways down the outer ring until she appeared behind me to attack. Easy kill for rogue.

Comment by zeruriah

For 85 Mages and upper level mages in general ... TAKE OFF molten armor, this will kill her in two hits and if you don't get a hit in you won't be able to loot from her.

This being said the first time I aggro'd her was on the right side (facing keep). I was able to abandon and pick up the quest again. The second time I found her in front of the path to the keep. Seems to be a random spawn in a limited space.

Comment by coleg

OMG! ok, so listen to this! I got killed by the Kandori Assasin so i respawned myself. Then she suddenly attacked me and i vaneshed out of her sight (as im a rouge). After all of my health had regenerated, i walked out of the center of the keep and found the Kandori Assasin in the hall! So i say "l0l n00b4" and then go to backstab her. As my sword hits her it says "Baackstabb's Ambush hits Kandori Assasin for 381 physicle.(Critical).
Kandori Assasin fades from Baackstabb's vision"
I didnt get a kill, just a load of gauds telling me we had to kill all of the elves LOL!
Did this happen to anyone else?
Coleg

Comment by Malvenue

Whoever thought up this time-wasting POS quest should be fired on the spot.

Comment by 819878

i done one lap outside the keep and she attacked.
no need to spin around she just atacked

Comment by 816161

I went out of the area - dropped the quest and was able to get it back. As stated above went left and was attacked. Just used RoF as I am an 85 lock, killed the mob and cashed in the quest no problem.

Comment by 699952

I had the comment of "A kaldorei assassin evades ******* gaze and slips into the shadows" but after 9 mins nothing spawned. Dropped quest & picked it back up. Did what trelliema suggest, ran out of keep & then back into Kargartha Keep. Didn't even make it through one lap around before character was attacked. Advice - don't waste time running outside for NPC spawn, run out & back in for a lap.

Comment by tpie89

I found the assassin at (89.95, 57.38) to the right of the main building.

Comment by Syntexx

This quest requires the quest As Good As It Gets as a prerequisite.

As Good as it Gets

And the quest As Good As It Gets comes at the end of an entire chain of quests from Splintertree Post and from The Mor'shan Rampart beforehand. Completing the Mor'shan Rampart quests unlocks a quest which sends you to Splintertree Post. Completing this breadcrumb quest unlocks several other quests at Splintertree Post which are not available on their own. And it is these quests which lead to the quest As Good As It Gets, and then to Security!

Comment by katemosh

As a shammy for this quest and as elemental i just waited until i saw the chat message saying the asassin is watching you then immediately clicked thunderstorm which showed him and let me kill him. i dnt know what other aoe's this works with but worked pretty well for me. you do have to be very very quick tho.

Comment by WizzKiz

I picked this up, left the main room and was just about to exit the building when she attacked me. Took 1 minute, just luck I guess :3

Comment by 908911

cant seem to get the quest? he dosent have a ! over his head? Is the quest removed or do i have to finish some other quest/quests to get it? :S

Comment by 908911

Why can't i get the quest? I went to him, but no quest mark on him. Can't talk to him either! Do i have to do anything to get the quest or?

Comment by Kinni

after 15 minutes of running around on my new hunter I finally abandoned the quest. In about 15 minutes of questing I can gain almost a level, but now that Im headed to stonetalon, it will be about 5 levels in an hour. Good luck with this lousy quest

Comment by 921406

This quest really SUCKS. Attempting to use the tips given here did nothing; I wandered around inside and outside for way too long, seeing the orange messages in my chat box, and she finally attacked at random before I had a chance to turn around.

Comment by Tetteri

I relogged and abandoned the quest and retook it and ran outside, took a half walk around the building and she appeared.

Comment by 947951

I found the assassin in the outer ring of the building after speaking to gorthak. I think she was cloaked, I didn't see her until I was being attacked by her.

Comment by 941372

I only had to turn the corner around the building when she attacked me.

Comment by 961370

I just completed this quest, and was killed in the early process by ally. Point being, it took me about 10 minutes. Had I not died, I'm guessing probably would have taken about 5 minutes. I ran around mostly outside, and she seemed to trigger randomly. Thanks to all of you for your help!

Comment by 815161

she always spawns inside the keep for me. keep walking around inside til she spawns

Comment by 965513

I'm a lvl 83 Orc Warrior and I ran around for about 20 mins with occasional comments about the assasin, dropped the quest, stripped down naked (per other peoples suggestions), retook the quest, ran outside and to the right and got immediately attacked.

Comment by evertonyuma

ran around the outer circle of the keep , got jumped after about 2 mins,

Comment by flaicher

Spawned today on in 15secs inside the castle.

Comment by Lovebug98310

Ran around the building and she spawned at 90.0 and 58.87

Comment by 1127620

It sounds to me like she pops in random placed, but l ran around the whole camp a couple of times and she hit me as soon as I entered the empty stables.

Comment by truvafili

i found at 90,1 - 57,4..just right of the big building.

Comment by zaccari

For those who do not find it obvious, the spy is outside the building. Keep circling.

Comment by blurfox

I have found her on the right of the building, at 89.91 - 57.44 :)

Comment by LittleMaryJane

Don't know if this goes for everyone or not but this quest was not showing up on my map at all... Didn't know what was up so I wandered around the area and when I was about to head back to the Keep for the 7,000th time, she attacked me 88.7, 56.8.

Comment by ixoyebear50

Contrary to other posters, I killed her in the hallway inside the keep at coordinates 90,57. This was after roaming outside for a long time. I did see messages both inside and outside of her moving around and hiding. So she can be anywhere in the area, inside or outside.

Comment by 737521

I ran around for about ten minutes myself. I'd run a few times around the inside circle of the keep, then go outside and run around both sides of the outside. Eventually, after running around the circle inside a few times, I went outside, ran around to the left, and she attacked me.
It's definitely random though. I'd get no alerts/emotes for a couple of minutes, so I'd run to the other side and get them. I'd stick to that side, assuming she'd attack, and nothing.

It's very random. Anywhere from a couple of minutes to about a half hour, it seems. Definitely a pain in the butt.

Comment by 342007

She also attacked me inside the building right outside the Overseer's room…practically in the doorway!

Comment by TamiayTheGnome

Warning: This quest can be extremely boring! I spent longer than 35 minutes looking for the elf. Other people have found it instantly. I strongly recommend listening to music or watching tv while you do this quest! It could save you from being extremely bored!

Comment by Phlynch

Please stop posting where you found the assassin, she shows up in a random location within the walls of the camp. Other than that, the only way to find her is to walk around until she tries to kill you.

Comment by 1426748

Okay, I searched for a while and then I finally found her. Scared me haha. Anyways, I turned left outside the building and ran around the back. She jumped on me there. People say other places, but I found her there. Hope that helps.

Comment by Hampsterr

So after about 10 minutes of running to every possible place and in every building within the camp, I decided to abandon the quest and run back and re-accept it. The instant I abandoned the quest the assassin was on me! I was close enough to the questgiver to quickly pick it back up and 2-shot her. (I personally found it amusing that he asked me to search the camp for the assassin when she was 2 feet from him, smacking my butt.)

Comment by 1392687

Didn't even get outside of the hut when she attacked me.

Comment by 1440987

Security! http://youtu.be/FJMj5Nx0_Ok

Comment by 1374013

Security! https://youtu.be/WM9bx6BgXew

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfq-EUTVJKQ&feature=youtu.be

Comment by 1555673

She attacked me at 91.02, 59.64. You will not see her, she is stealth and will attack you! Good luck :)

Comment by raafu

She won't drop head if you are in party.

Comment by Tgrbnny

Did the quest today, and she attacked me as soon as I was walking out of the center of the big building (where the quest is picked up), in the hall!

Comment by Bruhdal

I'm not sure if this quest is no longer working or not, but I have spent an hour now running around inside the compound, just outside the keep, near the stables/pens to the right and still no attack, I saw emotes for awhile but then they went away and stopped appearing...

My suggestion, abandon quest and move on. I think it's bugged/broken something. It's not worth the time and effort you'll spend on it.

Comment by Meleamee

Quest at the moment takes a little while for most players.

Assassin is found in most cases from the worgen stables outside or entering/leaving the big building.

I just walked between the two buildings and managed to get the assassin jump on me while I was walking through the door.

Good luck and happy hunting!

Comment by Cailan

Not sure if it makes a difference but I ran all around for a good five minutes on my mount. As soon as I dismounted and ran around, I was attacked.

Comment by Fogde

As a high level going for Loremaster, this was a bit tricky since you have to almost stand on her (unmounted!) before she attacks. But I found her at coordinates 89.05-58.45. Best of luck :)

Comment by squiretoad

89.2, 57.2, on the rocky bluff above the keep's courtyard next to the worgen pens. She jumped me there.

Comment by Amarantos

She came out by the entrance of the camp. I was dismounted.

Comment by Comocosono

She mostly just spawns inside. Best bet is to just run around the circular hallway first inside. Use AoE like warrior whirlwind and druid swipe as you go past alcoves. I ran by her and she didn't pop out and attack me until I hit her on characters where she was inside.

Comment by Dreadalous

If you're having trouble getting her to pop up just dump the quest the take it again and do a figure eight patrol inside the building's circular corridor and she will jump ya.

Comment by bengsfort

Also took me waaaaaaay too long to complete this quest. Got the emotes randomly every few minutes, after about 10 minutes of doing laps around the keep to the little hut and back, she finally attacked me when I was inside the keep.

Comment by Chroek

I ran multiple laps through the building laying traps and flares with no luck. Finally found her outside to the left as you exit the main building by the Warsong Shredder NPC.

Comment by Lilus

Quest tends to be a pain due to the random nature of where the assassin can spawn. Also not helping matters is the fact that you've pretty much got to be on top of her before she'll aggro.

When I most recently did this, she spawned for me at 89, 57. It was on top of the hill near the shredder/stable. Others have found her just south of the main building in the camp (90, 59 near another shredder), and even inside the main building. During your search, you'll randomly see chat messages that seem to indicate the assassin is stalking you.

Bottom line: check near the shredders, go inside the building and loop around once or twice, then search shredders again if she has yet to jump you. Generally seems to work faster than running around the camp at random while spamming AoE attacks.

Comment by cotea

A perfect example of:

You think you do, but you don't!

Comment by Xrikzi

I found her outside the building to the southwest.

Comment by Raincloud

Just keep on walking and she will find you.
Walking outside you have more of a chance.

Comment by Idyaar

Found her outside and around the back to the right of the Keep at around /91, 59

Links

Security!

Overseer Gorthak wants you to bring him the Kaldorei Assassin's Head.

	Kaldorei Assassin's Head (1)

Description

It's not as like I haven't got enough to think about here!

Keeping this place operational is hard enough without constant elf and draenei harassment.

Now, on top of everything, there's an assassin lurking around the camp who's killed an important diplomat... on my watch!

Whoever it is couldn't have gotten far, <class>. Scour the camp until you find her and then avenge the diplomat!

At least I can bring the assassin's head with me when I have to answer to Hellscream.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Detective Buckler			Pilfered Kaldorei Belt
	Security Crossbow			Gorthak's Tool Belt

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Orgrimmar

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13871))