World of Warcraft Forever: Marla’s Last Wish Full Quest Guide
Where Samuel Fipps spawns, how to bury his remains at Marla's Grave, and what the quest pays out.
Where Samuel Fipps spawns, how to bury his remains at Marla’s Grave, and what the quest pays out.
by Kabir Anand
Marla’s Last Wish is one of the short Horde starter quests in Deathknell, and it is the kind of errand that stalls new players for one reason: the mob you need only exists at a single roaming camp, and he takes a while to come back after someone else kills him. Everything else is a two-minute round trip through Tirisfal Glades.
Quick answer: Kill Samuel Fipps at the ruined camp on the road northeast of Deathknell, take Samuel’s Remains, bury them at Marla’s Grave in the first graveyard row, and report back to Novice Elreth.
Marla’s Last Wish requirements and start location
The quest is Horde-only and lives entirely inside Tirisfal Glades. Before it appears in Novice Elreth’s dialog, a few conditions have to be met.
Character level 3 or higher; the quest itself is tuned to level 5.
The prerequisite quest The Damned must already be turned in.
Novice Elreth, in Deathknell, both gives and completes the quest.
It is sharable, so a party member who already has it can push it to you.
Internal quest ID is 6395, which matters for the completion check further down.
Talk to Novice Elreth and accept the quest. She explains that Marla Fipps died at the hands of her plagued husband Samuel, and that her dying wish was to be buried alongside him.
Open your quest log and confirm the objective reads “Samuel’s Remains Buried 0/1”. There is only one tracked step, so anything else in your log is a different Deathknell quest.
Open the Tirisfal Glades map and zoom into Deathknell. The quest marker sits out along the road running northeast of the village, past the graveyard and the last of the buildings.
Follow the road out of town. You will pass Wretched Zombies and Rattlecage Skeletons on the way, and none of them need to die for this quest, so run straight through if your health is low.
Stop at the ruined camp. It is easy to identify by the scattered barrels, tables, wagons and tents, with more undead milling around inside it. Samuel Fipps roams this camp rather than standing in one fixed spot.
Kill Samuel Fipps. He is a level 3 Undead mob and goes down quickly at the quest’s intended level, with no special mechanics to play around. He drops a few copper alongside the quest item.
On busy servers he is often already dead. Wait near the wagons for the respawn and invite anyone else standing around to a party, since the drop is shared and nobody has to queue for a second kill.
Loot the corpse and take Samuel’s Remains. Check your bags before you leave, because without the item in your inventory the grave will simply tell you it requires Samuel’s Remains.
Run back down the road to the fenced Deathknell cemetery and find Marla’s Grave. It sits in the first row of the graveyard, near the gate, marked as an interactable object.
Click the grave and let the burial cast finish. Your objective updates to “Samuel’s Remains Buried: 1/1” and the remains leave your bags, which is the confirmation that the step registered.
Head back into the Deathknell chapel and speak to Novice Elreth, who now shows a yellow question mark. Click Complete Quest to finish.
Marla’s Last Wish rewards
The experience and reputation payout depends on which version of the game you are playing.
Version
Experience
Undercity reputation
Forever
450
+100
Classic (original)
450
+100
Season of Mastery
630
+100
Burning Crusade Classic
450
+250
There is no coin reward and no gear. In Forever, the turn-in adds a reward choice of one item from a set of three profession primers, listed as Mining for Dummies, Wild Harvest and Pelt Collecting for Beginners. Pick whichever matches the gathering profession you intend to level, since only one can be taken.
How to check whether Marla’s Last Wish is already complete
If you are not sure whether an alt or an old character already turned this in, run the completion check in chat. A result of true means the quest is flagged complete on that character.
One historical footnote worth knowing if you are hunting for this on a modern retail character: Marla’s Last Wish was removed from the live game in patch 4.0.3a when Cataclysm reshaped the starting zones. It only exists in the Classic-line clients, which is why the Deathknell graveyard looks nothing like it does on retail.
