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Against the Giants

A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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THE SKYBREAKER Quest Tree From Whiterock

The Crusaders' Pinnacle*                      1)Preparations for War
 |->Orgrim's Hammer(H)* The Shadow Vault*
 |                        |
1)The Skybreaker------->Exploiting an Opening*
 |__________________________________________
 |                 |->2)Mind Tricks        |->D)Blood of the Chosen
3)The Broken Front |->D)Slaves to Saronite |->2)Joining the Assault
 |   +3)Finish Me! |->2)Get to Ymirheim!       |->D)Assault by Air
 |->D)No Mercy!       D)King of the Mountain   |->D)Assault by Ground
 |
 |--------------------------->1)Your Attention, Please
1)...All the Help We Can Get. 3)Borrowed Technology-->D)The Solution Solution
3)Poke and Prod               5)Killohertz
 |_________________________   6)Leading the Charge
 |                        |    |->D)Static Shock Troops: the Bombardment
3)That's Abominable!      |    |->D)Putting the Hertz: The Valley of Lost Hope
 |->D)That's Abominable!  |
 |                       4)Against the Giants
5)Sneak Preview           |->4)Coprous the Defiled
 |->5)Chain of Command    |->4)Basic Chemistry-->D)Neutralizing the Plague
 |->5)Cannot Reproduce
 |  5)Retest Now-->D)Retest Now
 |
5)Drag and Drop-->D)Drag and Drop
 |->5)Not a Bug-->D)Not a Bug
 |
5)Need More Info------------>5)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                            |->D)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                            |
7)Raise the Barricades------>8)The Ironwall Rampart 
 |->8)Get the Message         |
 |  D)Capture More Dispatches |
 |                            |
8)Bloodspattered Banners      |
 |____________________________|  
 |
9)Before the Gate of Horror
 |                   \
9)Shatter the Shards 9)The Guardians of Corp'rethar

Watts My Target(doesn't work/exist)
Quest Zones:
1)Scybreaker_____2)Ymirheim_____3)Broken Front_____4)Mord'Rethar_____5)Aldur'thar_____6)The Bombardment_____7)Valley of Lost Hope_____8)Valley of Fallen Heroes_____9)Corp'rethar
D)Daily
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
TypeGroup
Quest ID13294

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13294))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineIcecrown, step 28 of 167
Rewards21g, 5,150 XP

Description

While it's going to be crucial to defeat the Scourge on the ground, we mustn't neglect the gate itself. The flesh giants on the ramparts are capable of hurling massive boulders and chunks of ice, inflicting devastating damage to enemy infantry below. Muster a force and defeat these giants. We need to know just what we're up against in terms of their strength. Oh... and bring me their spines. If memory serves, there's a little trick I can share with you.

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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.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for Against the GiantsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 62.6 44.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 62.6, 44.1/way #118 62.6 44.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 67.0, 58.7/way #118 67.0 58.7
  • Objective areaIcecrown 62.7, 44.1/way #118 62.7 44.1

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 Icecrown map

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

Getting there

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

  • Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-east
  • The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north-west
  • Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 670 yards south-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.

Related
Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP

Storyline

Icecrown

Part 28 of 167.

Previous: That's Abominable! · Next: Basic Chemistry

  1. 23Your Attention, Please
  2. 24Borrowed Technology
  3. 25...All the Help We Can Get.
  4. 26Poke and Prod
  5. 27That's Abominable!
  6. 28Against the Giants
  7. 29Basic Chemistry
  8. 30Coprous the Defiled
  9. 31Sneak Preview
  10. 32Chain of Command
  11. 33Cannot Reproduce
  12. 34Retest Now

Showing steps 23 to 34 of 167.

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.

  • That's Abominable!Icecrown · Level 25-30

    Abominations... They can be a very capable enemy. I've seen them turn the tide of battle more than once. What few realize, is that they can also be very capable friends. They are not deep thinkers.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Basic ChemistryIcecrown · Level 25-30

    <Thassarian takes the pustulant spines and drains their fluid into a flask.> A little-known quality of the flesh giants... Their spinal fluid interacts with the plague in a very interesting way, turning it into a corrosive acid.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Icecrown · Level 25-30 · Group.

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Icecrown 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.