World of Warcraft: What Is My Purpose? Full Quest Guide

What Is My Purpose? is one of those quests that takes longer to find on the map than it does to finish. There is no combat, no collecting, and no escort. You accept it, you walk down a road in Thendal Grove, and you hand it in to a single NPC who does not stand still.

Quick answer: Follow the grassy road through Thendal Grove to Aamelia Windfield, who stands by the fruit cart near the archway and stone pillar, then click Complete Quest for experience.

Where to find Aamelia Windfield in Thendal Grove

Open your map and confirm you are in Thendal Grove. The quest marker sits along the main grassy road that cuts through the area, so you are aiming for the road rather than any building interior.

Map Location — The Thendal Grove zone map, showing the grassy road you follow to the turn-in point. Shown at 00:10 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Run along that road until you reach the stone archway with a fruit cart beside it. Aamelia Windfield is the NPC standing near the pillar there, and she is the only person you need to talk to.

Finding Aamelia Windfield — Aamelia Windfield next to the fruit cart, framed by the archway and stone pillar. Shown at 00:21 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Talk to her to open the quest completion window for What Is My Purpose?, then press Complete Quest. The quest disappears from your log and the experience is awarded immediately.

Aamelia does not hold one spot. She patrols up the road toward the house, so if the marker looks empty, follow the path in that direction before assuming something is wrong. If she has been killed, she respawns near that house.

Choosing Your Purpose in Oribos is a different quest

Similar name, completely different job. Choosing Your Purpose is the Shadowlands quest that locks in your covenant, and it is the one people usually mean when they search for a “purpose” quest at max level. It starts and ends with Tal-Inara in the Ring of Fates in Oribos at coordinates 38.9, 70.0, requires level 60, and was added in patch 9.0.2.

It closes out the level-up portion of the Shadowlands campaign. Everything after it is max-level content, including the Covenant Campaign and access to the Maw and Torghast. Turning it in pays out 12g 87s plus experience, and awards the Choosing Your Purpose achievement, worth 10 points.

Covenant	Representative	Oribos coordinates
Kyrian	Polemarch Adrestes	36.2, 64.2
Night Fae	Lady Moonberry	39.7, 60.9
Necrolords	Secutor Mevix	43.0, 74.2
Venthyr	General Draven	44.8, 68.8

All four representatives stand in the same chamber as Tal-Inara, alongside a set of training dummies. Each one can hand you that covenant’s signature and class ability so you can test them before committing.

Accept Choosing Your Purpose from Tal-Inara. She closes the conversation with “Until we speak again,” which is your cue that the objectives are now live in your log.

Head to Polemarch Adrestes and pick the gossip option asking about the virtues of the Kyrian, then cross to General Draven and ask how the Venthyr would help you. Each opens an offerings window listing abilities, soulbinds, and that covenant’s sanctum feature.

Viewing Venthyr offerings — General Draven's Venthyr offerings window, listing Door of Shadows and the Ember Court sanctum feature. Shown at 00:12 in Wuumi’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Do the same with Lady Moonberry for the Night Fae and Secutor Mevix for the Necrolords. Opening and closing each window is enough to tick the objective off, so you do not need to read every line.

Viewing Night Fae offerings — Lady Moonberry's Night Fae offerings interface, covering Soulshape and the Queen's Conservatory. Shown at 00:38 in Wuumi’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Return to the central chamber and click the Shadowlands Covenant Map on the table between Tal-Inara and Bolvar. Pick a covenant from the “Which Covenant will you join?” screen and click Okay on the confirmation prompt.

Speak to Tal-Inara one more time to hand the quest in. A banner reading “You Joined the Covenant” with your chosen faction’s name confirms the choice went through.

Completing Choosing Your Purpose — The covenant confirmation banner appears before you turn the quest in to Tal-Inara. Shown at 00:55 in Wuumi’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Tal-Inara immediately offers the next quest in the campaign, and it depends on your choice. That is Report to Adrestes for Kyrian, Report to Draven for Venthyr, Report to Moonberry for Night Fae, or Report to Mevix for Necrolords. Pick it up before you travel to your sanctum.

The Threads of Fate version for alts

Alts who opt into The Threads of Fate get a second version of the quest at level 50, following Re-Introductions. The order flips: you choose your covenant at the map first, and speaking to the four representatives becomes optional. It pays 11g 70s along with experience, and hands you your covenant abilities straight away.

Tal-Inara then offers Aiding the Shadowlands instead of a Report quest, which lets you pick which of the four zones you level through first.

How to check whether you already completed it

If you are not sure whether a character already picked a covenant through this quest, paste this into chat. It prints true if the level 60 version is flagged complete.

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(57878))

Swap 57878 for 62000 to check the Threads of Fate version on an alt. Between the achievement popup, the covenant banner, and that flag returning true, there is no ambiguity about whether the quest actually registered.