World of Warcraft Shattered Sun Offensive

The World of Warcraft Shattered Sun Offensive, abbreviated as SSO, is the faction dealing with the Magisters’ Terrace and the Sunwell Plateau, consisting mostly of blood elves and draenei, led by the naaru. The faction was introduced in Patch 2.4 along with the Sunwell. The Shattered Sun Offensive is a faction of Shattrath City – an army of draenei priests of the Aldor and blood elf magisters of the Scryers, united against Kael’thas Sunstrider’s nefarious operations on the Isle of Quel’Danas. In addition, most of the NPC’s in the Terrace of Light are now marked as this faction, and will now have many blood elves among them rather than being almost exclusively draenei.

The Shattered Sun Offensive storyline is unique in WoW as far as gameplay is concerned, as most quests are added or removed based on the completion of server-wide objectives. These objectives typically flow in the form of “phases,” with a total of four main phase objectives (focused around the reclamation of major locations on the Isle) and four creation-oriented objectives (focused around collecting resources in order to create new, beneficial additions to the Isle). As servers complete objectives, new NPCs and quests will become available progressively leading towards full reclamation of the Isle. All quests are available at neutral reputation with the Shattered Sun Offensive, and while most quests take place solely on the Isle, a few involve activities elsewhere in Outland.

WoW Shattered Sun Offensive daily quests summary

You can level your reputation with this faction by running the tons of daily quests available on the Sunwell Isle, including the following daily quests :
Starting in Outland (always available):

• [70] Blast the Gateway (Throne of Kil’Jaeden) rewards 10G 10S , [Shattered Sun Supplies], and +250 reputation.
• [70] Blood for Blood (Throne of Kil’Jaeden) rewards 11G 99S , [Mark of Sargeras] x5 or [Sunfury Signet] x5, and +250 reputation.
• [70] Gaining the Advantage (Shattrath City / Outland gathering) rewards 16G 39S , [Major Rejuvenation Potion],x2, and +250 reputation.
• [70] The Multiphase Survey (Shattrath City / Oshu’gun) rewards 10G 10S , [Shattered Sun Supplies], and +250 reputation.
• [70] Sunfury Attack Plans (Shattrath City / Netherstorm) rewards 10G 10S , [Shattered Sun Supplies], and +250 reputation.
  

  Starting in the Shattered Sun Staging Area (Phase 1)

• [70] Erratic Behavior (replaced with Further Conversions) rewards 9G 10S , and +150 reputation.
• [70] The Sanctum Wards (replaced with Arm the Wards!) rewards 9G 10S , and +150 reputation.
  

  Available after recovering the Sun’s Reach Sanctum (Phase 2)

• [70] The Battle for the Sun’s Reach Armory (replaced with The Battle Must Go On) rewards 10G 10S , and +250 reputation.
• [70] Distraction at the Dead Scar (replaced with The Air Strikes Must Continue) rewards 9G 10S , and +150 reputation.
• [70] Intercepting the Mana Cells (Shattrath City / Blade’s Edge Mountains, replaced with Maintaining the Sunwell Portal) rewards 10G 10S , [Shattered Sun Supplies], and +250 reputation.
• [70] Know Your Ley Lines rewards 11G 99S , [Darnarian's Scroll of Teleportation], and +250 reputation.
  

  Available after recovering the Sun’s Reach Armory (Phase 3)

• [70] Intercept the Reinforcements (replaced with Keeping the Enemy at Bay) rewards 11G 99S , and +250 reputation.
• [70] Taking the Harbor (replaced with Crush the Dawnblade) rewards 11G 99S , and +250 reputation.
• [70] Making Ready (replaced with Don’t Stop Now…. rewards 11G 99S , and +250 reputation.
• [70] Ata’mal Armaments (Isle of Quel’Danas / Shadowmoon Valley) rewards 18G 28S , [Blessed Weapon Coating]or [Righteous Weapon Coating] and +350 reputation.
  

  Available after recovering the Sun’s Reach Harbor (Phase 4)

• [70] A Charitable Donation (replaced with Your Continued Support) rewards +150 reputation.
• [70] Disrupt the Greengill Coast rewards 11G 99S , and +250 reputation.
• [70] Discovering Your Roots (Isle of Quel’Danas / Terokkar Forest, replaced with Rediscovering Your Roots) rewards 9G 10S , [Shattered Sun Supplies], and +350 reputation.
• [70] Open for Business rewards 10G 10S , and +250 reputation

WoW Shattered Sun storyline

When the first players reach the Isle of Quel’Danas, the Shattered Sun Offensive’s base of operations at Sun’s Reach will only consist of the boat they came on and a small camp, the Shattered Sun Staging Area. As players complete daily quests for the Shattered Sun Offensive, they will progressively take over buildings on the island, unlocking more resources and quests.

Sun’s Reach Sanctum

The first building to be reclaimed is the Sun’s Reach Sanctum. The daily quests Erratic Behavior and The Sanctum Wards† count toward securing this objective. Upon retaking the Sanctum, a Trade Supplies vendor and two additional quest givers will appear, while players may also continue repeating the daily quests, via Further Conversions and Arm the Wards!.

Sun’s Reach Armory

Once World of Warcraft players have retaken the Sanctum, the next step is recovering the Sun’s Reach Armory. The two daily quests directly associated with retaking the Armory are The Battle for the Sun’s Reach Armory and Distraction at the Dead Scar. Once the Armory has been retaken, four PvP armor vendors, two questgivers, and the [Badge of Justice] vendor/repairer spawn. Additionally, the quests The Battle Must Go On and The Air Strikes Must Continue replace the earlier quests.

While players are working on retaking the Armory, in Shattrath City, Exarch Nasuun is in the process of creating a portal to the Isle of Quel’Danas. Players who complete Intercepting the Mana Cells will aid him in his task. Once the portal has been activated, Maintaining the Sunwell Portal replaces this quest, and Know Your Ley Lines is activated in the Sanctum.

Sun’s Reach Harbor

Sun’s Reach Harbor is the third and final location to be reclaimed, along with the Silvermoon’s Pride which is moored there. Quests associated with recapturing the Harbor include Intercept the Reinforcements and Taking the Harbor. Once the Harbor has been retaken, Crush the Dawnblade and Keeping the Enemy at Bay may still be completed.

While players are working on retaking the Harbor, work also commences on building a forge and anvil for Smith Hauthaa at the Armory. Players who complete Making Ready will aid her task. Once the forge and anvil have been completed, Ata’mal Armaments and Don’t Stop Now…. replace this quest and Hauthaa begins selling her Badge loot.

Alchemy Lab and Memorial

Upon reclaiming Sun’s Reach in its entirety, Mar’nah is trying to set up an Alchemy Lab for players, which also allows both her and Shaani to set up shop. Completing the quest Discovering Your Roots advances this objective. Once the Alchemy Lab has been built, the quests Open for Business and Rediscovering Your Roots replace Discovering Your Roots, and the reagents vendor, Kaalif, spawns.

Additionally, the Shattered Sun Offensive in World of Warcraft will begin to accept donations of gold to construct a statue in honor of the fallen via A Charitable Donation and A Magnanimous Benefactor, the latter of which becomes available at Exalted and alllows a player to obtain the title of the Shattered Sun in exchange for a donation of 1000 gold. Once the Memorial has been built, the quest Your Continued Support replaces A Charitable Donation for players who are not exalted with the Offensive.

Completion

Once all objectives on the Isle have been completed, K’iru spawns and buffs players zone-wide and inside the Magisters’ Terrace with K’iru’s Song of Victory, increasing Stamina by 79 and Intellect by 40.

Shattered Sun Offensive in World of Warcraft

Shattered Sun Offensive Phase 1

Phase 1 has players recover the Sun’s Reach Sanctum, the first of three locations that must be reclaimed.
There are two daily quests that will count toward securing this objective. Players can speak with Captain Theris Dawnhearth to remain updated on the current progress percentage. The two available daily quests are:

• Erratic Behavior (Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +150 Reputation) *
• The Sanctum Wards (Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +150 Reputation) *

When 100% progress has been reached, the following will happen:

1. Tradesman Portanuus <Trade Supplies> spawns
2. Harbinger Inuuro (questgiver) spawns
3. Battlemage Arynna (questgiver) spawns

The previous two objective-oriented daily quests will now be defunct, and will be replaced with two new daily quests in Phase 2.

Shattered Sun Offensive Phase 2

Phase 2 has players recover the Sun’s Reach Armory, the second location that must be reclaimed.
There are two daily quests that will count toward securing this objective. WoW players can speak with either questgiver to remain updated on the current progress percentage. The two new available daily quests are:

• The Battle for the Sun’s Reach Armory – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +250 Reputation *
• Distraction at the Dead Scar – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +150 Reputation *

Also, the replacements for the now-defunct Phase 1 quests become available. These quests will not count towards the phase objective, but still award money and reputation.

• Further Conversions – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +150 Reputation
• Arm the Wards! – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +150 Reputation

When 100% progress has been reached, the following will happen:

1. Smith Hauthaa <Weapons & Armorsmith> spawns – does not yet sell Badge of Justice rewards
2. Tyrael Flamekissed <General Goods> spawns
3. Magister Ilastar (questgiver) spawns
4. Vindicator Kaalan (questgiver) spawns
5. Four PVP armor vendors spawn:
   • Karynna <Exotic Gear Purveyor> – sells Season 1 armor in exchange for Tier 4 loot tokens
   • Kayri <Exotic Gear Purveyor> – sells Veteran’s PVP gear in exchange for Badges of Justice, Vindicator’s PVP gear for Tier 6 loot tokens
   • Olus <Exotic Gear Purveyor> – sells Season 2 armor in exchange for Tier 5 loot tokens
   • Soryn <Exotic Gear Purveyor> – sells Season 2 armor in exchange for Tier 6 loot tokens.

When this objective has been completed, Phase 3 will begin. The Sunwell Portal in World of Warcraft can be activated prior or afterwards, as it does not directly affect the progression through the phases.

The previous two objective-oriented daily quests will now be defunct, and will be replaced with two new daily quests in Phase 3.

Activating the Sunwell Portal
Phase 2 also has players activate the Sunwell Portal. Completion of this objective does not assist in advancing progress towards Phase 3 but rather focuses on transportation to and from the Isle. Players can complete a daily quest towards this goal, which will be replaced once it has been met. Tradesman Portanuus will ask that players travel to Shattrath to assist Exarch Nasuun in the process of creating a portal between Shattrath and the Isle of Quel’Danas.

• Report to Nasuun – Rewards 75 silver at 70, +10 Reputation *
  • Intercepting the Mana Cells – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +250 Reputation *

When 100% progress has been reached, the following will happen:

1. A one-way portal will be available to teleport players from Shattrath to the Isle of Quel’Danas
2. Astromancer Darnarian (questgiver) spawns

Once the Sunwell portal has been activated, the following WoW quests will replace the previous ones:

• Report to Nasuun – Rewards 75 silver at 70, +10 Reputation
  • Maintaining the Sunwell Portal – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +250 Reputation

Also, a new quest will be available:

• Know Your Ley Lines – Rewards +250 Reputation, Darnarian’s Scroll of Teleportation

Although the Darnarian’s Scroll of Teleportation is consumed with a single use, it is rewarded from a permanent daily quest, so you can obtain one easy method of returning to Shattrath per day.

Shattered Sun Offensive Phase 3

Phase 3 has players recover the Sun’s Reach Harbor, the third and final location that must be reclaimed.
There are two daily quests that will count toward securing this objective. Players can speak with either questgiver to remain updated on the current progress percentage. The two new available daily quests are:

• Intercept the Reinforcements – Rewards 11 gold 99 silver, +250 Reputation *
• Taking the Harbor – Rewards 11 gold 99 silver, +250 Reputation *

The replacements for the now-defunct Phase 2 quests become available. These quests will not count towards the phase objective, but still award money and reputation.

• The Battle Must Go On – Rewards 10 gold 10 silver, +250 Reputation
• The Air Strikes Must Continue – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +150 Reputation

When 100% progress has been reached, the following will happen:

1. Caregiver Inaara <Innkeeper> spawns
2. Anchorite Ayuri (questgiver) spawns
3. Anchorite Kairthos (questgiver) spawns
4. Captain Valindria (questgiver) spawns
5. Shaani <Jewelcrafting Supplies> spawns – sells epic-quality gems and jewelcrafting recipes.
6. Mar’nah <Alchemist> spawns
7. Seraphina Bloodheart <Stable Master> and her pet, Sentinel, spawn
8. Sereth Duskbringer <Poison Supplies> spawns

When this objective has been completed, Phase 4 will begin. The anvil and forge can be rebuilt prior or afterwards, as it does not directly affect the progression through the phases.

The previous two objective-oriented daily quests will now be defunct, and will be replaced with two new daily quests in Phase 4.

Rebuilding the Anvil and Forge
Phase 3 also has players rebuild the anvil and forge at the armory.
There are two World of Warcraft daily quests that will count toward securing this objective. Players can speak with Smith Hauthaa to remain updated on the current progress percentage. The two new available daily quests are:

• Making Ready – Rewards 11 gold 99 silver, +150 Reputation *

Once “Making Ready” has been completed enough times, the following quests replace it:

• Ata’mal Armaments – Rewards 18 gold 28 silver, +350 Reputation
• Don’t Stop Now…. – Rewards 11 gold 99 silver, +250 Reputation

When 100% progress has been reached, the following will happen:

1. Smith Hauthaa will now sell items in exchange for Badges of Justice

Shattered Sun Offensive Phase 4

Phase 4 is the last phase to be completed before successfully reclaiming Sun’s Reach. It focuses on two separate objectives that must both be completed in order for the Isle to be completely reclaimed.

The replacements for the now-defunct Phase 3 quests will be available:

• Keeping the Enemy at Bay – Rewards 7 gold 59 silver, +250 Reputation
• Crush the Dawnblade – Rewards 11 gold 99 silver, +250 Reputation

Creating the Alchemy Lab
Mar’nah is trying to set up an Alchemy Lab for players, which also allows both her and Shaani to set up shop.

• Discovering Your Roots – Rewards 9 gold 10 silver, +350 Reputation *
• Disrupt the Greengill Coast – Rewards 11 gold 99 silver, +250 Reputation

When 100% progress has been reached, the following will happen:

1. The Isle of Quel’Danas will have an alchemy lab
2. Kaalif <Reagent Vendor> spawns

Once “Discovering Your Roots” has been completed enough times, the following quests replace it:

• Rediscovering Your Roots – Rewards 13 gold 88 silver, +350 Reputation
• Open for Business – Rewards 11 gold 99 silver, Bloodberry Elixir, +250 Reputation

Building the Monument to the Fallen
Additionally, players are asked to help fund a memorial for the fallen.

• A Charitable Donation – Rewards +150 Reputation *
• A Magnanimous Benefactor – Rewards +500 Reputation, requires Exalted with Shattered Sun Offensive
  This quest, rather than awarding gold, requires 1000g, and rewards players in World of Warcraft willing to make the donation with a special title: <player> of the Shattered Sun! This quest can only be done while the monument is being constructed (ie. when A Charitable Donation is available) so if you want your title, be sure you are ready with the money before it is too late!

Once the Monument to the Fallen has been constructed, the following quest replaces “A Charitable Donation”:

• Your Continued Support – Rewards +150 Reputation

Once all objectives on the Isle of Quel’Danas have been completed, the naaru K’iru spawns and buffs players zone-wide and inside the Magisters’ Terrace with K’iru’s Song of Victory, increasing Stamina by 79 and Intellect by 40. This buff does not stack with Power Word: Fortitude or Arcane Intellect.

This concludes the effort to reclaim Sun Reach for the Shattered Sun Offensive. This area will now serve as a permanent quest hub, offering many daily quests, vendors and other resources for players. The permanent daily quests, including those not directly related to the reclamation, are detailed below.

Shattered Sun Offensive – New World of Warcraft title for 1000 gold

The only thing you’ll need to complete this quest (beside being Exalted) is a “small” fee of 1000 gold, that’s the price to pay to be “………… of the Shattered Sun” !

Shattered Sun Offensive Rewards

Additionally, after players retake the Sun’s Reach Armory, several other vendors spawn, including Smith Hauthaa, the [Badge of Justice] vendor. Once players retake Sun’s Reach Harbor and activate the Alchemy Lab, Shaani begins selling her jewelcrafting wares.