WoW Forever: How to Complete Tears of the Lady

Tears of the Lady is a short gathering quest in Shadowgale Forest, one of the low-level areas added in World of Warcraft: Forever. It asks for eight samples of a specific moss, and the whole thing takes a couple of minutes if you know which trees to check.

Quick answer: Pick up Tears of the Lady from Elegast Thornipaw in Shadowgale Forest, gather 8 Lady’s Tear Moss from the tree trunks near the Shrine of Akir, then run back to him to turn it in.

Tears of the Lady quest details

Detail	Value
Quest giver	Elegast Thornipaw, Nightclaw Druid
Zone	Shadowgale Forest
Objective	Collect 8 Lady’s Tear Moss
Search area	Trees near the Shrine of Akir
Turn-in	Elegast Thornipaw
Rewards	Experience and reputation

Elegast Thornipaw stands out in the open in Shadowgale Forest, and he is both the start and the end of the quest. There is no escort, no timer, and nothing to protect, so you can leave and come back whenever you like.

Where Lady’s Tear Moss grows in Shadowgale Forest

Once you accept the quest, opening the world map highlights a blue search zone sitting near the Shrine of Akir. Everything you need is inside that circle, and it is a compact patch of misty woodland rather than a sprawling search area.

Map Overview — The world map view of Shadowgale Forest, where the quest begins. Shown at 00:04 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

The moss itself does not lie on the ground. It hangs off the bark of the oversized tree trunks scattered through the area, usually near the base, and several nodes can sit on a single tree. Circling one big trunk often nets three or four samples before you need to move on.

How to collect all 8 Lady’s Tear Moss

Talk to Elegast Thornipaw and accept Tears of the Lady, then head deeper into the forest toward the highlighted area. The path runs through thick mist, so follow the map marker rather than trying to eyeball it.

Exploring the forest — Leaving the quest giver and heading into the misty part of the forest where the moss grows. Shown at 00:09 in FocustaGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Walk up to the first large tree and look for the pale moss clinging to the trunk. Interact with it to bank your first sample and push the counter to 1/8.

Collecting first Lady's Tear Moss — The first Lady's Tear Moss node at the base of a tree. Shown at 00:31 in FocustaGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Walk a full lap around the same trunk before leaving it. Nodes sit on opposite faces of the tree and are easy to miss from one angle, and a single trunk can carry several of the eight you need.

Collecting Lady's Tear Moss — Moss clusters hang off the large trunks, so circle each tree before moving on. Shown at 00:43 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Move to the neighbouring trunks and repeat until the objective reads 8/8. The nodes respawn and are shared, so there is no need to hunt for a rare spawn if another player beat you to one.

Shadowgale Shrieklings roam through the same trees. They are level 11 beasts and will interrupt your gathering, so clear the one nearest your tree before you start looting.

Turning in Tears of the Lady and confirming it completed

When the eighth sample lands, the objective tracker flips to 8/8 and the map switches the quest marker over to the turn-in location. That marker is your confirmation that nothing was missed.

Checking Map — With all eight samples gathered, the map marks the quest as ready to hand in. Shown at 01:28 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Retrace the forest path back to Elegast Thornipaw, speak to him, then click through Continue and Complete Quest. He hands over experience and reputation on the spot, and the quest disappears from your log.

Completing the quest — Handing the moss back to Elegast Thornipaw to claim the reward. Shown at 01:32 in FocustaGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

It is a small errand, but it is a useful early marker of how Forever treats its reworked starting zones. Shadowgale Forest, the Shrine of Akir and the druids stationed around them are part of the new questing layered over the original version of Azeroth, and gathering steps like this one are built to be finished in a single pass rather than sending you across the map.