Retail quest

Root Causes

Root Causes is a World of Warcraft quest for level 10–30. Rewards include 5,150 experience and item rewards.

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

‹name›, ‹class› and ‹race› stand for your character’s.

All things in nature seek a balance. It is only through the interference of those not in tune with that harmony that the balance is shifted. You waste your efforts when you kill the whelps and drakes. The real culprits behind the expansion of these magically burning woods are the newly awakened vrykul and their master, Skeld Drakeson. If it's blood on your hands that you seek, start with them. You will find their lair on the south side of the Ember Clutch.

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 10–30

Rewards

5,150 experience

Choose one of

Dark Iron Signet
Flint-Reinforced Spaulders · Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Fire, Arcane
Cold-Iron Armbands · Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Restoration, Elemental, Enhancement, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival
Arcanum-Bound Bracers · Holy, Protection, Fury, Frost, Blood, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms

Source

Where this data comes from.

Read from Blizzard's official World of Warcraft API.

Data from Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft API, retrieved Oct 5, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC. World of Warcraft and its game data are © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. NeedBeforeGreed isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard.

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