The Fallen Star

The Fallen Star is the first quest line in Diablo III.

Quest Information

Initiated by: Captain Rumford
Pre-requisite: None.
Required to progress? Yes
Lore items: Wretched Mother Bestiary entry.
Related Achievements: The Last of the Horadrim.
Leads to: The Legacy of Cain.

The Fallen Star Walkthrough

Rumford fighting.

The Fallen Star quest begins with Captain Rumford who is battling zombies outside the gates to Tristram. Once the quest is accepted more zombies will appear. Once they are dead the captain orders the guard to open the gates so you may enter Tristram. There is a Checkpoint here.

Find The Slaughtered Calf Inn and Leah inside. As you are talking to her more zombies in the Inn will spring to 'life', kill them. Speak with her again and she'll direct you back to Captain Rumford.

Return south down the path back to Captain Rumford, right past the indefatigable Mr. Meat Wagon. A barricade near the captain will be broken down by some Risen who have been spawned by a Wretched Mother.

Rumford fighting.

The Wretched Mother is capable of spawning more zombies from her puddle of continuous vomit, but neither the mother nor her children are very dangerous. Killing her will net the player a bestiary entry, and an update to the quest.

Kill them for the captain and he'll ask you to carry on along the path to The Old Ruins to more zombies and their Queen. You'll get another Checkpoint as the path changes into the Old Tristram Road. You'll encounter Walking Corpses and more Risen here. None should present any problems.

Appropriately-named Wretched Queen.

When you get to the more open area of the Tristram Road you should see red markers on the mini map when you are close by the Wretched Mother. You need to find three of these. Once they're found and killed carry on along the road to The Old Ruins and seek out the Wretched Queen. You'll get another checkpoint just as you enter the Ruins. The Ruins has Quill Fiend, Risen, Walking Corpses and of course the Queen. Much like the Wretched Mothers, she is able to vomit up zombies, the difference being that she has more hitpoints and is able to summon the zombies a bit faster than the mothers can.

Take the Waypoint back to Tristram and speak with Captain Rumford again. Another Checkpoint and your quest reward.

Speaking to Leah will activate The Legacy of Cain quest.