The Headless Horseman
A verified Blizzard quest record. Use the archive brief, rewards, and linked research to finish it without losing your place.
What To Do
Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker, then return to the turn-in NPC.
Quest Text
The Headless Horseman is driven away, but he will return as long as Hallow's End looms. {name}, end our misery, and the insane lament of the Horseman. Face him when he is joined with his head, and destroy it! He rests in the Forlorn Cloister of the Scarlet Monastery, in Tirisfal Glades. Find his pumpkin shrine and say this: Horseman, rise Your time is nigh You felt death once Now, know demise! Go, {name}. And may the Light go with you.
Plan the run before you travel
Check the quest area, faction, and level range before you travel. If this quest is part of a chain, finish nearby campaign quests in the same zone first.
Open the Wowhead page for coordinates, NPC spawn comments, cave entrances, and player-submitted route notes. WoW-God links out instead of copying community comments.
No group size is listed by Blizzard, so this is usually soloable unless the objective text says otherwise.
Pin the quest in-game, enable objective outlines, then use the exact-title references in the archive for NPC or object coordinates. Add a correction below if the live game differs from this record.
Build The Headless Horseman together
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Rewards
- Experience
- 9,500
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