Updated September 18, 2026
If you're stuck on Keep an Eye Out in Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom, the confusing part is finding Edric's lost eye. The quest gives you a large area to search, but the actual item comes from a specific Level 6 Ooze.
There is also a choice once you find it: return Edric's Eye to Edric or keep the eye for yourself.
Quick Answer: Where Is Edric's Eye?
Edric's Eye is found southeast of Edric Hollowgaze. From Edric, follow the lower wall toward the southeast until you reach a room containing a green or poisoned pool. Look for the Level 6 Ooze in this area and defeat it to obtain the eye.
If you want to keep the trinket, you can take Edric's Eye for yourself instead of returning it to Edric.
The quest itself explicitly allows you to either help Edric find his lost eye or take it for yourself.
📋 Table of Contents
- Where to Find Edric's Eye
- How to Reach the Level 6 Ooze
- What to Do If Edric's Eye Doesn't Drop
- What Happens If You Keep Edric's Eye?
- Edric's Eye Stats and Forsaken Gaze
- Should You Keep Edric's Eye or Return It?
- What Happens When You Return the Eye?
- Keep an Eye Out Quest Reward
- Keep an Eye Out FAQ
- Final Thoughts
Where to Find Edric's Eye
Edric's Eye is not somewhere inside the main area around Edric.
After accepting Keep an Eye Out, head southeast from Edric Hollowgaze and keep following the lower wall.
The important landmark is a room containing a green/poisoned pool.
Once you reach this area, look for a Level 6 Ooze.
Defeat the Ooze and it will drop Edric's Eye.
A player who was stuck on the quest described the solution as going directly southeast of Edric, hugging the lower wall and continuing right until reaching the Level 6 Ooze.
Can't Find the Eye?
Don't search the entire sewer area.
The key is to find the Level 6 Ooze in the green-pool area southeast of Edric. Once you locate that enemy, you're in the right place.
How to Reach the Level 6 Ooze
Follow these steps if you're having trouble navigating to the eye.
1. Start at Edric Hollowgaze
Use Edric as your starting point.
You don't need to search every room around the quest giver.
2. Travel Southeast
Move southeast from Edric and follow the lower wall.
The route can be easy to overlook because the eye isn't placed beside the quest giver.
3. Look for the Green Pool
Continue until you reach the area with the green/poisoned pool.
This is the main landmark to look for.
4. Find the Level 6 Ooze
Once you're in the correct room, look for the Level 6 Ooze.
Defeat it and collect the eye.
That's the item you need for Keep an Eye Out.
What to Do If Edric's Eye Doesn't Drop
If you've reached the correct area but can't find the eye, check whether you've already cleared the enemies there.
Some players have reported difficulty completing the quest after killing enemies in the area before properly dealing with the quest objective. The safest approach is to return to the green-pool room and check whether the Ooze has respawned.
If the enemy isn't there:
- Leave the area.
- Re-enter it.
- Check the green-pool room again.
- Look specifically for the Level 6 Ooze.
- If necessary, reload your game and revisit the location.
Reloading or revisiting the area may help if you cleared the Oozes before completing the quest, but it is not a guaranteed fix.
Don't assume you've reached the wrong part of the map just because the eye isn't immediately visible.
What Happens If You Keep Edric's Eye?
This is the main choice in Keep an Eye Out.
Once you've found Edric's lost eye, you can choose to keep it for yourself instead of returning it.
Keeping it gives you access to Edric's Eye, a Common Trinket with an active ability called Forsaken Gaze.
This makes the quest more interesting than a simple fetch objective because you're deciding between returning a quest item to its owner or keeping a piece of useful equipment for your hero.
The quest description itself presents this as a deliberate choice: help Edric find his eye or take it for yourself.
Edric's Eye Stats and Forsaken Gaze
Edric's Eye is a Common Trinket.
Its key details are:
- Item: Edric's Eye
- Type: Common Trinket
- Sell Value: 89 Gold
- Ability: Forsaken Gaze
- Effect: Reveals the target and reduces its Armor by 2
- Duration: 30 seconds
- Cooldown: 30 seconds
What Does Forsaken Gaze Do?
Forsaken Gaze gives the eye a combat utility role.
When used on a target, it:
- Reveals the target.
- Reduces its Armor by 2.
- Keeps the effect active for 30 seconds.
- Has a 30-second cooldown.
That means the item isn't simply a quest collectible. It provides an ability you can use as part of the campaign's equipment system.
Forsaken Kingdom uses a more RPG-oriented structure than the traditional Warcraft III campaigns, including inventory, gear slots, hero kits and talents.
If you're still learning how the new equipment system works, see our Warcraft III Reforged Equipment & Inventory Guide for a broader explanation of gear, trinkets, rings and RPG stats.
Should You Keep Edric's Eye or Return It?
The choice depends on what you want to do with the item.
Keep Edric's Eye
Keeping the eye gives you the Edric's Eye trinket and its Forsaken Gaze ability.
This is the option to consider if you want to retain the item's combat utility.
Return Edric's Eye
Returning the eye allows you to complete the quest by giving Edric back what he lost.
If your priority is simply completing the optional quest rather than keeping the trinket, returning it is the straightforward route.
Does Returning the Eye Give Another Special Item?
Returning the eye completes the quest, while keeping it allows you to retain Edric's Eye.
Don't expect a separate weapon, trinket or Talent Point to appear simply because you returned the eye unless the game explicitly awards one.
What Happens When You Return the Eye?
If you decide to help Edric rather than keep his eye, take the recovered item back to Edric Hollowgaze.
The Keep an Eye Out objective is to find Edric's lost eye, and the quest's description makes clear that the alternative is taking the eye for yourself.
This is therefore one of the game's smaller optional choices where the important difference is between quest completion and retaining the equipment.
Keep an Eye Out Quest Reward
The most important item associated with the quest is Edric's Eye.
If You Keep the Eye
You retain:
- Edric's Eye
- Common Trinket
- Forsaken Gaze
- Target reveal
- 2 Armor reduction
- 30-second duration
- 30-second cooldown
If You Return the Eye
You return Edric's lost eye and complete the quest.
The important thing is not to treat Edric's Eye as a separate generic loot drop unrelated to the quest. The choice over the eye is the central mechanic of Keep an Eye Out.
Keep an Eye Out FAQ
Where is Edric's Eye in Warcraft III Reforged?
Edric's Eye is southeast of Edric Hollowgaze. Follow the lower wall until you reach the area with the green/poisoned pool and find the Level 6 Ooze.
Which enemy drops Edric's Eye?
The Level 6 Ooze in the area southeast of Edric drops the eye.
Should I keep Edric's Eye?
Keeping it allows you to retain Edric's Eye, a Common Trinket with the Forsaken Gaze ability. Returning it lets you complete the quest by giving Edric his lost eye back.
What does Edric's Eye do?
Its Forsaken Gaze ability reveals a target and reduces its Armor by 2 for 30 seconds. The ability has a 30-second cooldown.
Why can't I find Edric's Eye?
Make sure you're searching southeast of Edric and looking for the Level 6 Ooze near the green/poisoned pool. Players have specifically reported struggling to locate this part of the quest.
What if the Ooze isn't there?
Leave and revisit the area, check whether the enemy has respawned, or reload your game and return to the green-pool room.
Is Keep an Eye Out an optional quest?
Yes. Keep an Eye Out is listed among the optional quests in the City of the Dead portion of Forsaken Kingdom.
Final Thoughts
Keep an Eye Out is easy to overlook because the game doesn't make Edric's lost eye particularly obvious.
The important part is simple:
Go southeast from Edric, follow the lower wall, find the green-pool room, and defeat the Level 6 Ooze.
After that, you have the quest's main choice: return Edric's Eye or keep the trinket for yourself.
If you're working through every optional quest in Act 1, you can also continue with our Warcraft III Reforged Forsaken Kingdom Chapter 1 Walkthrough, or explore our Relic Raiders Guide for another optional Act 1 quest involving the Arcane Sanctuary and its Artifact.
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