[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":249},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site-settings":3,"article:\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fforever-ret-paladin-divine-storm-quest-guide":16,"article-surround:\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fforever-ret-paladin-divine-storm-quest-guide":238},{"id":4,"description":5,"email":6,"extension":7,"footerNote":8,"legalNotice":9,"locale":10,"meta":11,"name":12,"stem":13,"url":14,"__hash__":15},"settings\u002Fsettings.yml","Compare World of Warcraft realms by expansion, region, population and play style.","listings@realmlist.org","yml","An independent realm directory.","Not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.","en",{},"RealmList","settings","https:\u002F\u002Frealmlist.org","QXaYspLUSxnrVumL6oFir6PInhNsRw-yJchxEYSe1AU",{"id":17,"title":18,"author":19,"body":20,"category":201,"description":202,"draft":203,"extension":204,"featured":203,"meta":205,"navigation":206,"path":207,"publishedAt":208,"seo":209,"sitemap":210,"sources":213,"stem":229,"tags":230,"updatedAt":236,"__hash__":237},"articles\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fforever-ret-paladin-divine-storm-quest-guide.md","The Retribution Paladin Class Quest Is in the Forever Beta — How to Earn the Cloak of Divine Storm","RealmList Editorial",{"type":21,"value":22,"toc":193},"minimark",[23,45,52,57,79,83,93,103,113,123,133,143,157,166,170,173,177,184,187],[24,25,26,27,31,32,36,37,40,41,44],"p",{},"When the Forever beta opened, Blizzard's Josh \"Aggrend\" Greenfield confirmed that Season of Discovery's class quests were coming back — ",[28,29,30],"em",{},"\"some of those made it into Forever, and some new ones got added\""," — without saying which. The first one testers have now run end to end belongs to ",[33,34,35],"strong",{},"Retribution paladins",": a multi-zone chain that ends with the ",[33,38,39],{},"Cloak of Divine Storm",", a spell-power cloak aimed squarely at leveling holy-damage paladins. The catch, at least for now: only ",[33,42,43],{},"Alliance"," paladins can pick it up. Horde paladins — who exist in Forever thanks to the new Undead Paladin combo — get no version of it yet, and Blizzard has not said whether that is intentional.",[24,46,47,48,51],{},"Everything below comes from player discovery in the beta as reported by the Chinese-language sources cited, cross-checked against what Blizzard has actually confirmed. ",[33,49,50],{},"RealmList has not run the chain",", and the coordinates are player-reported, not datamined — treat them as strong leads, not gospel.",[53,54,56],"h2",{"id":55},"before-you-start","Before you start",[58,59,60,67,73],"ul",{},[61,62,63,66],"li",{},[33,64,65],{},"You need an Alliance paladin."," No Horde version has been found in the beta.",[61,68,69,72],{},[33,70,71],{},"The beta's level cap is 30."," The chain sends you into Darkshore, Ashenvale, Stormwind, Redridge Mountains and back to Ashenvale, so plan the travel before you accept anything — there is no flying, and the boat and flight-path network is your friend.",[61,74,75,78],{},[33,76,77],{},"Nothing here is officially documented."," If a step does not work on your build, that is the beta working as intended.",[53,80,82],{"id":81},"the-chain-step-by-step","The chain, step by step",[24,84,85,88,89,92],{},[33,86,87],{},"1. The orb at the Tower of Althalaxx (Darkshore)."," Head to the tower on Darkshore's northern coast and climb to the top. At roughly ",[33,90,91],{},"56.2, 26.5"," a strange orb sits waiting; investigating it starts the line (\"A Strange Artifact\" per the reports) and hands you the Orb of Althalaxx.",[24,94,95,98,99,102],{},[33,96,97],{},"2. Delgren the Purifier (Ashenvale)."," Carry the orb southeast to the purifier at about ",[33,100,101],{},"26.2, 38.6"," in Ashenvale. He sends you to Stormwind for help.",[24,104,105,108,109,112],{},[33,106,107],{},"3. Catherine the Pure (Stormwind)."," Roughly ",[33,110,111],{},"37.8, 31.6"," in the Cathedral District. After her, the line detours to the Mage Quarter for a second opinion.",[24,114,115,118,119,122],{},[33,116,117],{},"4. Ursula Delin (Mage Quarter)."," About ",[33,120,121],{},"26.2, 77.4",". She points the investigation at Blackrock orcs, which is your cue to leave the city.",[24,124,125,128,129,132],{},[33,126,127],{},"5. Summoner's Salt (Redridge Mountains)."," Kill Blackrock Summoners, Warriors and Trackers around Redridge until you have ",[33,130,131],{},"14 Summoner's Salt",", then return to Ursula in Stormwind.",[24,134,135,138,139,142],{},[33,136,137],{},"6. Mannoroth particles (Demon Fall Canyon, Ashenvale)."," The long leg: back to Ashenvale's southeast corner and into Demon Fall Canyon, killing the demons inside — the reports name four types, roughly the canyon's lashers, searing infernals, doom guards and demon commanders — for ",[33,140,141],{},"12 Mannoroth Particles",". This is the chain's actual difficulty spike; the canyon's demon packs are not solo-friendly at the low end of the level band.",[24,144,145,148,149,152,153,156],{},[33,146,147],{},"7. The Spear of Mannoroth."," At about ",[33,150,151],{},"89, 77"," in Demon Fall Canyon, interact with the spear. A ",[33,154,155],{},"Broken Orb"," appears beside it — the line's final pickup.",[24,158,159,162,163,165],{},[33,160,161],{},"8. Back to Delgren."," Return the Broken Orb to Delgren the Purifier in Ashenvale to finish the chain and receive the ",[33,164,39],{},".",[53,167,169],{"id":168},"what-the-cloak-is-worth","What the cloak is worth",[24,171,172],{},"The reward is a leveling cloak with spell damage — the reports call it a must-have for the early spell-damage (holy) paladin build, which Forever supports through baseline Consecration at 20, the reworked Seal of Fury and the new Holy Strike kit. It is not a keep-forever item; it is a leveling accelerator, and the effort it asks for — two continent crossings and a demon canyon — prices it accordingly. If you are leveling an Alliance paladin on the beta with time to burn before the October 21 close, it is one of the better investment-per-hour chains found so far.",[53,174,176],{"id":175},"why-it-is-worth-watching-beyond-the-reward","Why it is worth watching beyond the reward",[24,178,179,180,183],{},"The significance is not the cloak. Blizzard has been explicit that SoD's class quest philosophy — sending your class somewhere specific to earn something class-specific — is a permanent part of Forever, and that anything that missed the launch cut can arrive later ",[28,181,182],{},"\"because it's unboxed.\""," The paladin line in the beta is the first concrete proof of that promise being executed, and it suggests more ported and expanded chains are sitting in the client undiscovered. If you play another class, the practical takeaway is to watch your class's beta communities this week: with less than ten days of testing left, whatever else got ported will be found now or at launch.",[24,185,186],{},"The Alliance-only restriction is the other thing to watch. Forever's Horde paladins are new, their weapon and ability tuning is still moving between builds, and the reports themselves note that nobody knows whether the Horde gap is a design decision or a beta shortcut. If a Horde version ships later — at launch or in a post-launch patch — it would fit the pattern Blizzard described: class content that keeps arriving after November 4.",[188,189,190],"note",{},[24,191,192],{},"Accurate as of October 12, 2026, and entirely based on player discovery in the Forever beta as reported by two independent Chinese-language outlets on October 11, 2026. Blizzard has not documented this quest line, its coordinates, its requirements or the cloak's stats; RealmList has not played the chain, and any step may differ in your build or change before launch. The Alliance-only limitation is confirmed by both reports as of their writing, not by Blizzard. The beta ends October 21, 2026, and beta progress does not carry to launch on November 4 — the chain's beta reward is for testing, and the launch version may differ.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":196},"",2,[197,198,199,200],{"id":55,"depth":195,"text":56},{"id":81,"depth":195,"text":82},{"id":168,"depth":195,"text":169},{"id":175,"depth":195,"text":176},"guides","Beta players have found a Season of Discovery class quest line ported into WoW Forever. 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