Shattered Sun Offensive The Shattered Sun Offensive , abbreviated as SSO , is an army of blood elf and draenei priests , magisters and warriors raised by the naaru to combat Kael ' thas Sunstrider ' s mad bid to use the Sunwell as a portal to summon his master , Kil ' jaeden . Their operations are centered around the Isle of Quel ' Danas , where the Sunwell is located . The Offensive is the culmination of a plea for unity between the draenei priests of the Aldor and the blood elf wizards of the Scryers in an effort to prevent Kil ' jaeden ' s summoning , which would result in the end of all life on Azeroth . The Offensive ' s main base is located on Quel ' Danas in an area called Sun ' s Reach , on the island ' s northwestern corner . The first efforts of the Offensive are to retake Sun ' s Reach - first the arcane sanctum , then the armory , then finally the harbor - from the Dawnblade blood elves loyal to Kael ' thas , as well as the demonic forces of the Burning Legion who have come at the evil Prince ' s call . Members of the Offensive will also be called upon to enter the Magisters ' Terrace and do battle with the elite of Kael ' thas ' forces , eventually facing the lord of the blood elves himself in a final showdown . Only the most elite adventurers of Azeroth , however , dare to enter the Sunwell Plateau , where the fruits of Kael ' thas ' work are most evident - where Kil ' jaeden ' s most loyal servants prepare for their master ' s arrival on this world . . . The Shattered Sun Offensive is a new faction that was added in Patch 2 . 4 . 0 , with the opening of the Isle of Quel ' Danas and its instances . In addition to the NPCs on Quel ' Danas , several new questgivers were added in Shattrath City , and the majority of the NPCs around the Terrace of Light are now marked as members of the Offensive , with blood elves mingling with the draenei ( prior to 2 . 4 , all of the NPCs around the Terrace were draenei affiliated with the Aldor ) . Faction description : " Shattrath City ' s final push against Prince Kael ' thas ' operations in the Sunwell . " Reputation and Rewards . Reputation through " Exalted " with the Shattered Sun Offensive can be gained via doing specific quests as well as by running the 5 - man dungeon Magisters ' Terrace . Additionally , after players retake the Sun ' s Reach Armory , several other vendors spawn , including , the vendor . Once players retake Sun ' s Reach Harbor and activate the Alchemy Lab , begins selling her jewelcrafting wares . Reclaiming Sun ' s Reach . for a list of NPCs corresponding to each phase . Quests marked with a † were removed at the end of that phase . Shattered Sun Staging Area . When the first players reach the Isle of Quel ' Danas , the Shattered Sun Offensive ' s base of operations at Sun ' s Reach will only consist of the night elven ship they came on and a small camp , the Shattered Sun Staging Area . As players complete daily quests for the Shattered Sun Offensive , they will progressively take over buildings on the island , unlocking more resources and quests . Sun ' s Reach Sanctum . The first building to be reclaimed is the Sun ' s Reach Sanctum . The daily quests † and † count toward securing this objective . Upon retaking the Sanctum , a Trade Supplies vendor and two additional quest givers will appear , while players may also continue repeating the daily quests , via and . Sun ' s Reach Armory . Once players have retaken the Sanctum , the next step is recovering the Sun ' s Reach Armory . The two daily quest s directly associated with retaking the Armory are † and † . Once the Armory has been retaken , four PvP armor vendor s , two questgivers , and the vendor / repairer , Smith Hauthaa , spawn . Additionally , the quests and replace the earlier quests . While players are working on retaking the Armory , in Shattrath City , Exarch Nasuun is in the process of creating a portal to the Isle of Quel ' Danas . Players who complete † will aid him in his task . Once the portal has been activated , replaces this quest , and is activated in the Sanctum . Sun ' s Reach Harbor . Sun ' s Reach Harbor is the third and final location to be reclaimed , along with the " Silvermoon ' s Pride " which is moored there . Quests associated with recapturing the Harbor include † and † . Once the Harbor has been retaken , and may still be completed . While players are working on retaking the Harbor , work also commences on building a forge and anvil for at the Armory . Players who complete † will aid her task . Once the forge and anvil have been completed , and replace this quest and Hauthaa begins selling her Badge loot . Alchemy Lab and Memorial . Upon reclaiming Sun ' s Reach in its entirety , is trying to set up an Alchemy Lab for players , which also allows both her and to set up shop . Completing the quest † advances this objective . Once the Alchemy Lab has been built , the quests and replace Discovering Your Roots , and the reagents vendor , , spawns . Additionally , the Shattered Sun Offensive will begin to accept donations of gold to construct a statue in honor of the fallen via † and , the latter of which becomes available at and allows a player to obtain the title in exchange for a donation of . Once the Memorial has been built , the quest replaces A Charitable Donation for players who are not exalted with the Offensive . Completion . Once all objectives on the Isle have been completed , and an unknown number of additional daily quests have been completed , spawns and buffs players zone - wide and inside the Magisters ' Terrace with K ' iru ' s Song of Victory , increasing Stamina by 79 and Intellect by 40 . Quests . The Shattered Sun Offensive storyline is unique in WoW as far as gameplay is concerned , as most quests are added or removed based on the completion of server - wide objectives like retaking locations on the Isle of Quel ' Danas or activating the Portal to the Isle from Shattrath , and not based on reputation . Most quests take place solely on the Isle , but a few involve activities elsewhere in Outland . Quests not taking place on the Isle are marked with their zone information below . Once the final phase is reached , there are Shattered Sun Offensive quests taking place in every zone of Outland excluding Zangarmarsh . Sun ' s Reach daily quests . Quests are first introduced in the phase designated by their column and either last until the beginning of the phase introducing their replacements if marked by a dagger ( † ) , or are permanently added to the game . The dagger notation is kept throughout the wiki for all links pointing to the removed quests . Only the quests in the rows designating an objective count towards completing that objective . So , only the quests ( IR ) and ( TH ) , as part of the Sun ' s Reach Harbor objective , will advance the realm towards Phase 4 . Alternate rows under the " Portal " , " Anvil " and " Monument " headers are introduced at the same time as their parent phases ( Phases 2 , 3 and 4 , respectively ) , but track completion separately from the parent phases . Realms on average will complete the alternate ( Phase " n " B ) phases before advancing to the next major phase . Nearly all of the quests in this table are both daily quest s , and available at all reputations starting from with the Offensive . The exceptions are ( YCS ) , which is a daily quest available until players reach reputation with the Offensive , and ( AMB ) , which is a one - time only quest , available starting in Phase 4 , but requires exalted reputation with the SSO to be eligible . These two quests also have a " negative " amount listed in the ΔGold column , indicating their status as donation quests . Due to the rather large amount of information in this table , all of the quest names and rewards have been abbreviated to limit the visible size of the table . Simply hover over the link to bring up a tooltip with the full name of the quest and reward information if javascript is enabled . Additionally , the column headers for the phases link to their relevant sections in the Reclaiming Sun ' s Reach section of the article . Players performing these daily quests after the Wrath of the Lich King expansion will now see a lower gold return in exchange for experience granted for completing the quests while still under the level cap . The total for all 19 quests ( including but not ) will grant 208800 experience , , and 4450 reputation .