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Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole is a Horde-only quest for level 15-30 in Western Plaguelands. It is step 45 of 63 in the Western Plaguelands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Western Plaguelands at 39.4, 70.6. It rewards 5 reward items, 1 reputation reward and 6,200 experience.

Description

You have no idea how difficult it was to stay disguised while I watched Koltira let this war slip away from us. Even now, those infernal farmers threaten to overwhelm us. All because he refused to slay a friend.

Take my val'kyr again, <name>. With her by your side, kill these farmers, convert them to Forsaken, and mobilize them. Then take a group of them into Alliance-held western Andorhal and hunt down this death knight, Thassarian.

We will win this war yet.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Experience6,200 XP
ReputationUndercity +500
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
458239+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The 5 Forsaken Troopers are following me everywhere I go now. I do not know how to get rid of them. I hearthed to UC, there they were. I flew to Silverpine to start questing there, hopped off my flight, there they were.

At least I can't complain I am lonely. I hope they don't expect me to feed them or anything.

Edit: It seems after a certain period of time, they dissappear all on their own! Whew!

3
62174+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest seems to be bugged again. There is no way to complete the 'Forsaken Trooper Mobilized" portion of the quest. When you kill a Frightened Provincial Minuteman and your val'kyr converts him, he just despawns. The "call to arms" ability does not seem to be showing up. Unless I'm doing something wrong (and I've tried a lot of things) the quest is not able to be completed at this time.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
ReputationUndercity+500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePolearm Two-Hand
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon12 - 22 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+8 Strength, +5 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toFrost, Blood, Unholy, Retribution, Arms, Fury
Sells to vendors for11 gold28 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for3 gold16 silver
TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for4 gold69 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility, +5 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for21 silver83 copper
TypeMail Wrist
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for2 gold95 silver

Reputation: Undercity +500

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Western Plaguelands that reward Undercity reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Alliance Later (+250), The Endless Flow (+250), War Machines (+350), Scholomancer (+500), Araj the Summoner (+350).

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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapWestern PlaguelandsTurn-in marker at 39.4, 70.6, 10 mapped points
World Map

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.

Western Plaguelands Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Western Plaguelands map showing where to go for Ace in the HoleTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #22 39.4 70.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 39.4, 70.6/way #22 39.4 70.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 47.8, 67.9/way #22 47.8 67.9
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 39.3, 70.5/way #22 39.3 70.5
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 49.0, 63.7/way #22 49.0 63.7

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 Western Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:

  • Andorhal, Western PlaguelandsHorde · about 350 yards north-east
  • The Bulwark, TirisfalHorde · about 660 yards north-west
  • The Menders' Stead, Western PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 710 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 370 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 460 yards north-east

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

Western Plaguelands

Part 45 of 63.

Previous: Lindsay Ravensun, Revealed · Next: Andorhal, Once and For All

  1. 40The Battle Resumes!
  2. 41The Farmers' Militia
  3. 42Supporting the Troops
  4. 43Ashes to Ashes
  5. 44Lindsay Ravensun, Revealed
  6. 45Ace in the Hole
  7. 46Andorhal, Once and For All
  8. 47The Reckoning
  9. 48Learning the Ropes
  10. 49This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup)
  11. 50An Audience with the Highlord
  12. 51A New Era for the Plaguelands

Showing steps 40 to 51 of 63.

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.

  • Lindsay Ravensun, RevealedWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    I was informed that that worthless woman, Lindsay Ravensun, would be here to support me in this battle, but so far, she's done nothing but brood within the basement of the greathall behind me. All the better, I suppose. She was a bit of a distraction.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Andorhal, Once and For AllWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    Sylvanas will want to know about Thassarian's departure from Andorhal. You resolve to return to the Forsaken-held side of town.

The storyline at a glance

Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands 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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