Havoc in the Highlands is a kill-and-collect quest in the Shen’dhar Highlands, and almost all of it happens inside one location: Falaath Village. The four objectives look long on the tracker, but they overlap heavily. The same pull that gives you a stormcaller kill usually drops a supply crate, and the boss sits a short run from where you enter.
Quick answer: Kill 6 Al’Aketh Stormcallers and 4 Living Lightning along the village path, loot 10 Stolen Shen’dhar Supplies from the bodies, then kill Commander Cyclas inside the ruined stone building and take his head.
Havoc in the Highlands objectives and where to complete them
| Objective | Count | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Al’Aketh Stormcaller slain | 6 | Village path and road |
| Living Lightning slain | 4 | Village path, mixed with stormcallers |
| Stolen Shen’dhar Supplies | 10 | Looted from defeated enemies |
| Commander Cyclas’s Head | 1 | Ruined stone structure, rear balcony |
Nothing here is spread across the zone. Falaath Village is flagged as a sanctuary area on approach, and every enemy you need stands on or beside the stone path that climbs through it.
Drop your disguise before you enter Falaath Village
Earlier quests in the area can leave you with a passive disguise or buff still ticking. If it is active when you walk in, you will not be able to start hitting anything. Check your buff bar on the run up the path and cancel any leftover disguise before your first pull.
Do this before you pull, not after. Discovering the problem mid-fight wastes the pull and the respawn timer.
Clear the stormcallers and Living Lightning along the path
Kill Commander Cyclas and loot his head
Collect the 10 Stolen Shen’dhar Supplies
The supplies come off the enemies you are already killing, so treat this as a looting habit rather than a separate trip. Work your way back out through the structure and pick up everything from the bodies you left behind on the way in.
If you finish Cyclas before the count fills, the fix is simple. Go back to the path outside and keep killing Al’Aketh Stormcallers. The same enemies feed the 6/6 kill objective and the 10 supplies at the same time, so both finish together.
Confirming the quest is complete
You are done when all four lines on the quest tracker read full: 4/4 Living Lightning slain, 6/6 Al’Aketh Stormcaller slain, 1/1 Commander Cyclas’s Head, and 10/10 Stolen Shen’dhar Supplies. The tracker updates the instant each condition is met, so there is no delay to wait out.
Everything beyond that point is cleanup. Once the head is in your bags, the rest of the quest is nothing more than clearing enough of the village to top off the two counters, which is why it is worth looting every kill as you go rather than sprinting for the boss first.
