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A Reason to Stay

A Reason to Stay is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-60 in Stormsong Valley. It is step 2 of 4 in the Goldfield's War storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormsong Valley at 50.8, 73.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 8,150 experience and money.

Description

<You find a pocketwatch on the ground. It is dirty, but still works. It was taken care of well.

Perhaps there are other objects that Goldfield wasn't able to grab before he had to hole up in his house. He might appreciate it if you brought them to him.>

Rewards

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationStorm's Wake +75
Top Comments

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2
varenne+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

[item=156577] is under the tree, [item=156578] is inside the house on the floor.
/way 50.06 71.45 Battered Toy Sword
/way 48.92 71.21 Tarnished Locket

A Reason to Stay quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olmzhmnnalk
This quest is a part of Briarback Kraul quest chain of the Stormsong and Dance achievement.

ID
Quest
Stormsong and Dance
Questgiver
Zone
Video
52
A Pocketful of Shells
Briarback Kraul
[npc=129808]
Goldfield Farmstead
https://youtu.be/XoCr6sG3dXY
53<
A Reason to Stay
Briarback Kraul
[npc=129808]
Goldfield Farmstead
https://youtu.be/Olmzhmnnalk
54
Goldfield's War
Briarback Kraul
[npc=129808]
Goldfield Farmstead
https://youtu.be/JnjYu47p__Y
55
Golden Fields Forever
Briarback Kraul
[npc=129808]
Goldfield Farmstead
https://youtu.be/76uaH439OU4
56
Deal's Off
Briarback Kraul
[npc=129808]
Goldfield Farmstead
https://youtu.be/Z2qlD94KPN0
57
Boaring Company
Briarback Kraul
[npc=133953]
Deal Farmstead
https://youtu.be/rMyucWH_GTE
58
Look Out!
Briarback Kraul
[npc=134752]
Deal Farmstead
https://youtu.be/i7lWlgeGQiY
59
War Pigs
Briarback Kraul
[npc=133953]
Briarback Kraul
https://youtu.be/pe5jZoHrsJw
60
Run For the Hills
Briarback Kraul
[npc=133953]
Briarback Kraul
https://youtu.be/0_n9PWcHIjE
61
Anger in a Bottle
Briarback Kraul
[npc=133953]
Briarback Kraul
https://youtu.be/FSe-FuPi9V4
62
Terror of the Kraul
Briarback Kraul
[npc=133953]
Briarback Kraul
https://youtu.be/mAQePayeOBo
63
A Question of Quillpower
Briarback Kraul
[npc=133953]
Thornheart
https://youtu.be/sX8qYYSpB2E


Id column is approximate quest № In Stormsong Valley storyline (Stormsong and Dance <= for more info)

3
Boxofbeer+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

After picking up the quest you have to find two more keepsakes:


  • [item=156577] can be found at 50.1 71.4 spot, under the tree.

  • [item=156578] is located inside the house, coordinates are 48.9 71.2.


TomTom:
/way Stormsong Valley 50.1 71.4 Battered Toy Sword
/way Stormsong Valley 48.9 71.2 Tarnished Locket

A Reason to Stay - www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6zxDDitUCA

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
ReputationStorm's Wake+75

Reward details

Reputation: Storm's Wake +75

Home to farmers, craftsmen, soldiers, and the mysterious tidesages, the Storm's Wake seeks to reclaim Stormsong Valley and affirm their place in Kul Tiras.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Stormsong Valley that reward Storm's Wake reputation: The Missing Fleet (+25), House Stormsong (+75), Haywire Harvesters (+150), Unnecessary Duress (+150), Proclamation Investigation (+150), A Risky Ploy (+75).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapStormsong ValleyTurn-in marker at 50.8, 73.1, 4 mapped points
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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Stormsong Valley Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Stormsong Valley map showing where to go for A Reason to StayTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #942 50.8 73.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormsong Valley 50.8, 73.1/way #942 50.8 73.1
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 48.9, 71.2/way #942 48.9 71.2
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 50.0, 71.5/way #942 50.0 71.5
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 49.8, 73.5/way #942 49.8 73.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Stormsong Valley map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormsong Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormsong Valley:

  • The Amber Waves, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 110 yards north
  • Brennadam, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 520 yards east
  • Deadwash, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 750 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 130 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 80 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 50 yards west

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Goldfield's War

Part 2 of 4.

Previous: A Pocketful of Shells · Next: Goldfield's War

  1. 1A Pocketful of Shells
  2. 2A Reason to Stay
  3. 3Goldfield's War
  4. 4Golden Fields Forever

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Pocketful of ShellsStormsong Valley · Level 30-60

    You see the problem? No you don't. Problem isn't all these dang quilboar. Quilboar I can shoot all day. Been shootin' em all my life, since my pappy gave me my first gun. Problem is these pigs are tough. Tougher'n they've been before. Can't kill em like I used to, see?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Goldfield's WarStormsong Valley · Level 30-60

    I'm not leaving. I'm never leaving. Those quilboar, they killed them. I gave her the watch, told her to hurry. Grab our boy and get to the house while I got the gun... <Goldfield is choking back tears.> I won't leave. Our family has our roots here. They would want me to stay, don't you understand?

The storyline at a glance

Goldfield's War has 4 steps, from A Pocketful of Shells to Golden Fields Forever.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormsong Valley (4).

Other storylines on the Stormsong Valley map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

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