WoW Forever Night Watchman's Torch: Where the Duskwood Guard Spawns

The Night Watchman's Torch is a toy you light from your bags, and it makes Duskwood, which is already a spooky zone, look even better. You get it from a dead Night Watch Guard who shows up in a different place each time. It took me two evenings to find him, so here's everything I learned, including the coordinates of every spot I know about.

As far as I know there's no level requirement. I got mine at level 16 on my dwarf hunter. Most of the mobs in the zone are around level 25, though, so at 16 I was mob dodging the whole time and I did die along the way.

Getting to Duskwood from Stormwind

Duskwood is just south of Stormwind. There are a few ways in:

1. Leave Stormwind through the main gate and walk south through Elwynn Forest.
2. There's no road that goes straight there, so at some point you'll swim across a river into Duskwood.
3. If you'd rather stay on roads, go through Westfall first and walk into Duskwood from there.
4. If you've already been to Duskwood you may have the flight path. At 0:49 you can see me flying in over the fog and the treetops.

How the Night Watch Guard works

You're looking for a dead Night Watch Guard lying on the ground. He spawns in a random spot, usually near a building or a farm. When he's there you get a quest marker for him, and the quest is called An Unfortunate End.

The nice part is that once somebody finds him, everyone nearby can grab the torch too. So keep an eye on chat while you're in Duskwood. That's how I found him. And if you find him first, post it in chat for everyone else.

At 1:32 you can see Raven Hill with another player already standing around waiting for him. He wasn't there.

Night Watch Guard spawn locations

These are the places he's been found so far:

• Raven Hill house, around 17, 54. This is the one most people report.
• Top of Raven Hill Cemetery, just north of that, around 21, 34.
• The main road going south, on the left side of the road between two trees, around 46, 78. If you keep going you'll end up in Stranglethorn Vale, and then you've gone too far. I did that.
• The path to Twilight Grove, around 48, 59. I didn't get to check this one myself.
• Brightwood Grove in the northeast, around 66, 34. Didn't check this one either.

The map at around 2:11 shows that southern stretch of road.

Where I found him: the Rotting Orchard

On my second evening I checked Raven Hill and the road south and found nothing. Then someone in chat called out 68, 69. That's the Rotting Orchard, down in the south of Duskwood.

I ran over. The mobs around the orchard are well above level 16, so it wasn't a clean trip, and I died once getting there. But he was lying behind the house at 68.9, 69.4. I haven't seen anyone else post that spot, so I think it's fairly new.

Once you find him:

1. Right click the body.
2. The quest An Unfortunate End pops up.
3. The torch goes straight into your bags. You don't have to do anything else to complete the quest.

You can see the body, the quest window and the torch landing in my bags at 2:55.

Using the Night Watchman's Torch

Click the torch in your bags and it lights up in your hand. A few things to know:

• It lasts 5 minutes and has a 30 second cooldown.
• It goes out if you swim or enter combat.
• You can't use it in cities, which is a shame, because I'd carry it around Stormwind all day.

At 3:24 there's the shot of me with my bear on one side and the guard on the other, torch lit. I spent a while after that just walking around Duskwood with it.

If you find the guard somewhere I didn't list, leave the coordinates in the comments so the next person finds him faster.

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