A Valiant Effort (Alliance)

Reward details

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.

Getting there

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

• Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 100 yards east
• Bouldercrag's Refuge, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards east
• The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Securing the AreaLevel 50-60

  The Scourge's attack was as sudden as it was unexpected. Truth be told, they caught us unawares. Through swift action, we were able to rally our defenses... though not before the tournament grounds were overrun. We must secure the area before we can mount a counteroffensive.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Scouting from a Safe DistanceLevel 50-60

  The resurgence of the Scourge is troubling enough, but there are also reports that the Cult of the Damned has risen anew as well. If true, then that bodes ill for us all. We cannot allow the cultists' machinations to continue unchecked. I suggest we engage in some reconnaissance.

Quests that require this one

• Strange Scourgestones

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Level 50-60.

• A Valiant EffortHorde only · Level 50-60

The storyline at a glance

Return of the Scourge has 15 steps, from Securing the Area to With Hope in Hand.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (12), Orgrimmar (2), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

• Death Rising Complete the Death Rising storyline leading up to the events of Shadowlands.

Other storylines on the Icecrown map

• Icecrown167 steps, starts with Honor Above All Else
• Class Mount: Death Knight4 steps, starts with Amal'thazad's Message
• An Uncertain Fate7 steps, starts with An Urgent Request
• Lorewalking: Arthas9 steps, starts with Lorewalking: The Prince Who Would Be King

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.