In Service of Zephras: Full Quest Walkthrough (World of Warcraft)

In Service of Zephras is a delivery-style step in the Skyborne opening chapter on Zephras Isle, the level 1-12 starting experience in World of Warcraft: Forever. There is nothing to kill and nothing to collect. The whole quest is a climb, and the only thing that slows players down is finding the way up the tower.

Quick answer: Turn in In Service of Zephras to Valeenria Stormdrift in the top chamber of the pagoda-style tower on the hill, reached by an interior staircase and then an outer spiral ramp.

In Service of Zephras requirements and quest details

The quest sits inside the Skyborne starting chain, so you need a Skyborne character to see it at all. That race and its starting island are gated behind a paid upgrade rather than a standard subscription.

Detail	Value
Zone	Zephras Isle (Valanaar area)
Level range	1-12
Race	Skyborne
Access	Skyborne Heroic Pack ($29.99) or higher edition
Turn-in NPC	Valeenria Stormdrift
Follow-up quest	Tower Defense

An active subscription or Game Time grants access to Forever, while the Skyborne race and Zephras Isle questline come with the paid packages offered on the official World of Warcraft: Forever page. If you purchase neither upgrade, your character begins in the original zone for a Classic race and cannot access this chain. Forever releases worldwide on November 4, 2026.

How to complete In Service of Zephras

The route runs from the main hall to the highest chamber of the tower on the hill above it. Every part of it is on foot, and there is no hidden entrance or teleport involved.

Leave the main hall and take the green hill path outside. The pagoda-style tower is visible from the doorway, so you can run straight toward it without checking the map.

Running up the hill — The hill path leading up to the tower where the quest is turned in. Shown at 00:18 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Cross the wooden bridge at the foot of the tower and head through the opening at its base. This is the ground-floor entrance, not a side door.

Entering the tower — The wooden bridge and ground-floor entrance at the base of the tower. Shown at 00:34 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Follow the winding wooden staircase inside up to the next floor, then leave through the arched doorway. The interior stairs only carry you part of the way, so do not expect them to reach the top.

Take the outer walkway that spirals around the outside of the tower and keep climbing until it ends at the highest chamber.

Climbing the exterior ramp — The exterior ramp that spirals up to the top chamber. Shown at 00:55 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Speak to Valeenria Stormdrift at the top and hand in the quest. She is standing in the open upper chamber, so there is no need to search the floor below her.

The full run from the main hall to the top takes about a minute at base movement speed, so there is no reason to hearth or look for a shortcut.

How to confirm the quest completed

You will know the turn-in registered when In Service of Zephras clears out of your quest log and Valeenria Stormdrift immediately offers the next step, Tower Defense. Accept it while you are still standing in the top chamber rather than running back down first, since the follow-up continues from the same spot.

If she is not offering anything, you are most likely on the wrong floor. The interior staircase ends at a mid-level doorway that looks like a destination, and it is easy to stop there instead of continuing onto the exterior ramp.

From there the Skyborne chain carries on through the island’s crisis story until level 12, when your character leaves Zephras Isle for the wider Horde or Alliance leveling path.