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Ambushed!

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

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64496+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

While currently this quest is fairly bugged and the third ship can't be boarded through natural means, you can board it by water walking and then entering through the cannon windows on the north eastern side. I have no doubt this will be corrected in the future though.

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

These guys respawn fast. You can hear them fighing one of the good guys (they are always in pairs), so run to where you hear a skirmish, help a good guy kill the bad guy, listen, and run to the next one.

You can hear fighting below decks from top deck and visa-versa.

Very easy and quick quest, even when the place is crowded.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11230

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11230))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineHowling Fjord, step 42 of 162
RewardsBone-Threaded Harness, Benevolent Hood, Nerubian Inner Husk, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

This should have been a walk in the park. Their forces are hungry, injured and ill equipped. Yet somehow, we walked right into their trap. We approached these reefs from the south to gain cover and were immediately boarded by the Alliance dogs. I'm sorry to say, if you want our cannons to fire at anything, you're going to have to help us take our ships back.

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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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for Ambushed!Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 84.7 36.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 84.7, 36.5/way #117 84.7 36.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 84.0, 37.4/way #117 84.0 37.4

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 Howling Fjord map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:

  • Vengeance Landing, Howling FjordHorde · about 440 yards north-west
  • New Agamand, Howling FjordHorde · about 2,300 yards south-west
  • Camp Winterhoof, Howling FjordHorde · about 2,400 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 yards south-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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationHorde Expedition +150

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeLeather Chest
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for46 gold25 silver
TypeCloth Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+7 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +16 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for34 gold49 silver
TypeShield Shield
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor74
Stats+4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Parry, +13 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for42 gold61 silver

Reputation: Horde Expedition +150

The combined forces of the Horde in Northrend, spearheaded by the Warsong Offensive.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Horde Expedition reputation: The New Plague (+250), The Windrunner Fleet (+25), Trail of Fire (+350), Sniff Out the Enemy (+150), The Dragonskin Map (+75), A Lesson in Fear (+250).

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.

Storyline

Howling Fjord

Part 42 of 162.

Previous: The Windrunner Fleet · Next: Guide Our Sights

  1. 37Two Wrongs...
  2. 38Report to Scout Knowles
  3. 39War is Hell
  4. 40Reports from the Field
  5. 41The Windrunner Fleet
  6. 42Ambushed!
  7. 43Guide Our Sights
  8. 44Landing the Killing Blow
  9. 45Report to Anselm
  10. 46Let Them Eat Crow
  11. 47Sniff Out the Enemy
  12. 48The Dragonskin Map

Showing steps 37 to 48 of 162.

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.

  • The Windrunner FleetHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    We have the Windrunner, the Queen's Reprisal and the Oblivion stationed just east of the Derelict Strand. Send orders to the fleet's commander, Captain Harker, that they're to destroy the Alliance's cannons. Speak to our bat handler, Camille, and ask for passage to the fleet's location.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Guide Our SightsHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    We should be able to kill our way back to our guns. Unfortunately, visibility is less than desirable so you will have to mark our targets from the ground.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.

  • Ambushed!Alliance only · Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30

The storyline at a glance

Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Howling Fjord 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.