Rescue the Forsaken walkthrough: groups and Sylvanas turn-in
Quick answer
After A Second Chance, accept Sylvanas’s assignment and travel to Capital City Ruins with Anya. Find the four groups tracked by Remaining Groups; one recorded group turns hostile. When the quest adds Return to Sylvanas, go back to her in the Undercity for the completion message.
Open marked sections to reveal solutions or story details.
Before you start
Complete A Second Chance and finish the Sylvanas conversation that assigns Rescue the Forsaken.
Match the quest name in your game. This guide reveals the rescue encounters and quest ending.
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3.0.1 balance and recorded route limits
Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 to live on October 19; its hotfix post that day lists build 24371. The 3.0.1 changes described here now apply to the live game. Kingy has not retested them in an installed client.
The cited footage predates 3.0.1. Blizzard’s October 7 patch increases main-campaign enemy damage and durability and adjusts hero attributes, consumables and equipment. The recording supports these objective checkpoints, but its combat pace and equipment are not current-build measurements. 3.0.1 is live again, so mid-map saves from earlier versions may no longer load.
This guide follows the main quest from its assignment through the return to Sylvanas. The numbered encounters below follow Video Game News’s recording. Use their timestamps and visible landmarks to compare your position; the recording includes exploration between groups and is not an optimized route.
Kingy inspected actual gameplay frames and did not independently play-test the quest. Objective changes, counter readings and dialogue are observed evidence. Combat preparation and recovery suggestions are editorial advice.
Reveal video · quest objectives and campaign progress
Open the recorded objective checkpoint, then follow the steps in this section.
At 10:39 the quest directs travel to Capital City Ruins and finding and rescuing new Forsaken. At 11:08 a named Elevator is visible on the circular Undercity platform with both heroes nearby. At 12:03 the travel objective is explicitly completed, and Anya warns that some freed from the Scourge are unfriendly. At 13:03 the Remaining Groups counter reads 4. Exact client build and difficulty are not established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 41:13 the party is back in the Undercity with Sylvanas selected. MAIN QUEST COMPLETED: Rescue the Forsaken is visible, and Sylvanas acknowledges the new Forsaken. Exact rewards and the next quest are outside this verification. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.
Sylvanas assigns travel to Capital City Ruins and finding and rescuing new Forsaken. At 11:08 the party reaches the named Elevator on a circular platform connected by wooden bridges. The 12:03 frame explicitly marks the travel objective complete on the surface. Anya warns that some people freed from the Scourge are unfriendly; the rescue counter then shows four groups.
On screen: The heroes stand on the circular Elevator platform, a cutscene pans over the ruined city, then the Rescue the Forsaken quest update appears with Anya warning that some freed Forsaken are not friendly.
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Take Garek and Anya to the Elevator on the circular platform in the Undercity and use it to reach the surface ruins. Check the quest update on arrival: Travel to the Capital City Ruins should be marked completed.
Keep both heroes together while exploring the ruined streets. Read the Remaining Groups counter before moving on to the encounters below.
Check health, mana and supplies before engaging another group. Anya’s warning means you should be ready for a fight even when you have come to rescue someone.
At 16:55 the party reaches a group beside a round tiered fountain, with crates and barrels along the ruined house and a nearby campfire. Anya offers shelter in the Undercity and directs them to the sewers. Remaining Groups drops from four to three.
On screen: The heroes reach the tiered fountain square; Anya offers the group shelter in the Undercity and sends them to the sewers, and Remaining Groups reads 3.
“Warcraft III Became OPEN WORLD - ACT 1 City of the Dead part 1” by Video Game News · Sep 12, 2026 · Reforged 3.0.0, uploaded on launch day (live build again since the Oct 8 rollback)
Compare the fountain square and minimap in the linked 16:55 frame with your explored streets. Approach the Forsaken group with the heroes and let Anya’s conversation finish.
Check for three groups remaining. The recorded party continues exploring after the handoff; this checkpoint does not require a manual escort back to Sylvanas.
The next encounter is beside another fountain, near a dark spiked structure with green domes. At 18:11 a Forsaken Survivor demands to feed and the counter already reads two. Combat follows; at 18:31 Garek describes the group as mindless husks.
The counter tracks groups found, including this encounter. A lower number does not mean every group has been sent safely to the Undercity.
On screen: The heroes approach the next group with Remaining Groups at 3; after the fight the counter reads 2 and Garek calls the attackers mindless husks.
“Warcraft III Became OPEN WORLD - ACT 1 City of the Dead part 1” by Video Game News · Sep 12, 2026 · Reforged 3.0.0, uploaded on launch day (live build again since the Oct 8 rollback)
Use the 18:11 checkpoint to identify the group and let the encounter unfold. If the survivors attack, fight with both heroes and watch their health.
After the encounter, check the counter and continue searching the ruins. Do not wait for the same shelter dialogue as the first group. Two groups remain in the recording.
At 36:31 a Barricade is labelled in front of the next group beside a fountain and piles of supplies. The heroes move around the fountain at 36:36–36:41. At 36:51 Anya tells the group it is safe and sends them toward the sewers. Remaining Groups now reads one. The long gap since the previous encounter includes exploration and combat; it is not a required waiting period.
On screen: A labelled Barricade sits by the crates at the next fountain; the heroes reach the group and Anya tells them it is safe now, with Remaining Groups at 1 beside the open talent panel.
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Compare the fountain, surrounding ruined houses and minimap at 36:31–36:51 with your current area. Move close to the group around the fountain. If your heroes are still fighting nearby enemies, finish that encounter before continuing.
Let Anya’s safety dialogue finish, then check that one group remains. Continue through the streets toward the final encounter.
5. Find the final group and read the return objective
Reveal solution / story details
The 38:41 frame shows combat near the final group in a street between ruined houses. The group is beside supplies near a large ruined structure with tall stone columns. At 39:41 Bernd thanks the rescuers and Garek directs them to the sewers.
At 39:48 the game marks both original objectives completed and adds Return to Sylvanas. This is the clearest checkpoint for finishing the search.
Approach the remaining group, handle the nearby combat and allow the rescue conversation to finish. Compare the street and columned ruins in the linked frame if you are still searching.
“Warcraft III Became OPEN WORLD - ACT 1 City of the Dead part 1” by Video Game News · Sep 12, 2026 · Reforged 3.0.0, uploaded on launch day (live build again since the Oct 8 rollback)
Open the quest information or watch the update. Continue to the turn-in once Return to Sylvanas appears. You do not need to keep searching for groups after that update.
“Warcraft III Became OPEN WORLD - ACT 1 City of the Dead part 1” by Video Game News · Sep 12, 2026 · Reforged 3.0.0, uploaded on launch day (live build again since the Oct 8 rollback)
“Warcraft III Became OPEN WORLD - ACT 1 City of the Dead part 1” by Video Game News · Sep 12, 2026 · Reforged 3.0.0, uploaded on launch day (live build again since the Oct 8 rollback)
Go back to Sylvanas in the Undercity and approach her with the heroes. Let the conversation finish.
Confirm the Rescue the Forsaken completion message before marking the guide done. Finding the last group and completing the quest are separate checkpoints.
You have not reached the recorded arrival checkpoint. Check your quest destination; the surface arrival at 12:03 explicitly completes travel.
A group attacks instead of accepting help
The second recorded group turns hostile. Handle the encounter and check Remaining Groups; it has already dropped to two in the dialogue frame.
Two groups remain after a lot of exploration
Compare the 36:41 fountain area and minimap with your explored streets. The recording also spends a long time exploring while the counter stays at two.
One group remains
Compare the final street encounter at 38:41 and the columned ruins at 39:48. Let the group’s conversation finish after combat.
The counter disappeared but the quest is active
Check for Return to Sylvanas, then return to her in the Undercity. The explicit completion appears there.
The heroes keep running low on health or mana
Pause your advance, check supplies and read your available abilities. No optimal build or difficulty-specific combat rotation has been verified.
Open the recorded objective checkpoint, then follow the steps in this section.
At 10:39 the quest directs travel to Capital City Ruins and finding and rescuing new Forsaken. At 11:08 a named Elevator is visible on the circular Undercity platform with both heroes nearby. At 12:03 the travel objective is explicitly completed, and Anya warns that some freed from the Scourge are unfriendly. At 13:03 the Remaining Groups counter reads 4. Exact client build and difficulty are not established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 16:50 Remaining Groups is 4. At 16:55 it is 3, a Forsaken Villager is selected beside a round tiered fountain, supplies and a campfire, and Anya offers shelter in the Undercity and tells the group to head for the sewers. The counter remains 3 at 17:05. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 18:11 the counter has dropped to 2 as a Forsaken Survivor demands to feed. The group is near a fountain, a dark spiked structure and green domes. Combat aftermath is visible at 18:26, and at 18:31 Garek calls them mindless husks. The decrement precedes the fight’s aftermath; this does not establish four successful rescues or a kill-based counter. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 36:31 a Barricade is labelled in front of the group. At 36:36–36:41 the heroes move around the fountain and the counter remains 2. At 36:51 it is 1 and Anya says it is safe and tells them to make for the sewers. Part of that scene is obscured by the player’s talent panel. No mandatory barricade destruction is established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 38:41 the party fights near the final group between ruined houses, with Remaining Groups 1. At 39:41 Bernd thanks the rescuers, Garek directs the group to the sewers, and the counter is absent. At 39:48 both original objectives are explicitly completed and Return to Sylvanas is added. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 41:13 the party is back in the Undercity with Sylvanas selected. MAIN QUEST COMPLETED: Rescue the Forsaken is visible, and Sylvanas acknowledges the new Forsaken. Exact rewards and the next quest are outside this verification. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.
After the rescue completion, Sylvanas sends Garek to Putress. The next main quest is Apothecarium Supplies. Its linked guide covers the supply requirements, collection checkpoints and Putress hand-in; the venom pickup remains in research.
Spoiler clip · Sylvanas sends Garek to Putress · reveal
After Rescue the Forsaken completes, Sylvanas says Grand Apothecary Putress was asking for you. The new main quest, Apothecarium Supplies, says “Talk to Putress in the Apothecarium”.
Verified checkpoints: arrival at 12:03; three groups remaining at 16:55; hostile-group dialogue with two remaining at 18:11; one remaining at 36:51; Return to Sylvanas at 39:48; explicit completion at 41:13.
This is an objective-based walkthrough of one recorded route. Exact coordinates, a shortest path, all loot and optional routes, guaranteed rewards, exact client build and difficulty differences remain unconfirmed. The recording is titled City of the Dead part 1; this guide does not claim to cover the whole act or the next quest.
Reveal video · quest objectives and campaign progress
Open the recorded objective checkpoint, then follow the steps in this section.
At 10:39 the quest directs travel to Capital City Ruins and finding and rescuing new Forsaken. At 11:08 a named Elevator is visible on the circular Undercity platform with both heroes nearby. At 12:03 the travel objective is explicitly completed, and Anya warns that some freed from the Scourge are unfriendly. At 13:03 the Remaining Groups counter reads 4. Exact client build and difficulty are not established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 16:50 Remaining Groups is 4. At 16:55 it is 3, a Forsaken Villager is selected beside a round tiered fountain, supplies and a campfire, and Anya offers shelter in the Undercity and tells the group to head for the sewers. The counter remains 3 at 17:05. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 18:11 the counter has dropped to 2 as a Forsaken Survivor demands to feed. The group is near a fountain, a dark spiked structure and green domes. Combat aftermath is visible at 18:26, and at 18:31 Garek calls them mindless husks. The decrement precedes the fight’s aftermath; this does not establish four successful rescues or a kill-based counter. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 36:31 a Barricade is labelled in front of the group. At 36:36–36:41 the heroes move around the fountain and the counter remains 2. At 36:51 it is 1 and Anya says it is safe and tells them to make for the sewers. Part of that scene is obscured by the player’s talent panel. No mandatory barricade destruction is established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 38:41 the party fights near the final group between ruined houses, with Remaining Groups 1. At 39:41 Bernd thanks the rescuers, Garek directs the group to the sewers, and the counter is absent. At 39:48 both original objectives are explicitly completed and Return to Sylvanas is added. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. At 41:13 the party is back in the Undercity with Sylvanas selected. MAIN QUEST COMPLETED: Rescue the Forsaken is visible, and Sylvanas acknowledges the new Forsaken. Exact rewards and the next quest are outside this verification. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.
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Rescue the Forsaken: assignment and arrival ↗At 10:39 the quest directs travel to Capital City Ruins and finding and rescuing new Forsaken. At 11:08 a named Elevator is visible on the circular Undercity platform with both heroes nearby. At 12:03 the travel objective is explicitly completed, and Anya warns that some freed from the Scourge are unfriendly. At 13:03 the Remaining Groups counter reads 4. Exact client build and difficulty are not established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Rescue the Forsaken: first group sent to the sewers ↗At 16:50 Remaining Groups is 4. At 16:55 it is 3, a Forsaken Villager is selected beside a round tiered fountain, supplies and a campfire, and Anya offers shelter in the Undercity and tells the group to head for the sewers. The counter remains 3 at 17:05. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Rescue the Forsaken: the hostile group ↗At 18:11 the counter has dropped to 2 as a Forsaken Survivor demands to feed. The group is near a fountain, a dark spiked structure and green domes. Combat aftermath is visible at 18:26, and at 18:31 Garek calls them mindless husks. The decrement precedes the fight’s aftermath; this does not establish four successful rescues or a kill-based counter. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Rescue the Forsaken: third group reaches safety ↗At 36:31 a Barricade is labelled in front of the group. At 36:36–36:41 the heroes move around the fountain and the counter remains 2. At 36:51 it is 1 and Anya says it is safe and tells them to make for the sewers. Part of that scene is obscured by the player’s talent panel. No mandatory barricade destruction is established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Rescue the Forsaken: final group and return objective ↗At 38:41 the party fights near the final group between ruined houses, with Remaining Groups 1. At 39:41 Bernd thanks the rescuers, Garek directs the group to the sewers, and the counter is absent. At 39:48 both original objectives are explicitly completed and Return to Sylvanas is added. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Rescue the Forsaken: explicit completion at Sylvanas ↗At 41:13 the party is back in the Undercity with Sylvanas selected. MAIN QUEST COMPLETED: Rescue the Forsaken is visible, and Sylvanas acknowledges the new Forsaken. Exact rewards and the next quest are outside this verification. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Apothecarium Supplies: assignment after Rescue ↗Actual gameplay inspected: after Rescue completes, Sylvanas directs Garek to Grand Apothecary Putress. At 41:43 MAIN QUEST: Apothecarium Supplies instructs Talk to Putress in the Apothecarium. This verifies the next main quest, not a new act or chapter title. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Version 3.0.1 · build 24342 patch notes ↗October 7 release post for 3.0.1 build 24342, re-read October 31 UTC. Lists the older-save incompatibility warning with chapter/act progress retained, campaign/equipment balance, talent-reset tomes, graphics, multiplayer Paladin and editor fixes. Live was rolled back to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 re-deployed on October 19 (hotfix post: build 24371); Blizzard has not posted separate notes for the re-deployed build. No installed-client test, complete stat audit or named Apothecarium Supplies repair.Official ·
Warcraft III: Reforged hotfixes · 3.0.1 build 24371 (October 19) ↗Staff post 28 in Blizzard’s live hotfix thread, read October 31 UTC. Says a hotfix has been deployed for version 3.0.1 build 24371 and lists one fix: a crash when transferring resources to other players in the Korean locale. It does not restate the October 7 notes, mention saves or say what else differs from build 24342. No installed-client test.Official ·
Version 3.0.0 Restored — October 8 ↗Staff post 1 by Kaivax was re-read October 31 UTC. It states that live Warcraft III was restored to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 remains on PTR pending re-deployment in the coming weeks, allowing players additional time to finish Acts before the save-compatibility change. This inspected staff post gives no exact return date, rollback build number or guaranteed save recovery. No installed-client test. Superseded on October 19, when Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 (see the October 19 hotfix post).Official ·
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