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Ambushing the Enemy

Ambushing the Enemy is a quest for level 40. It is step 1 of 8 in the Garrison Campaign storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Gorgrond at 39.9, 37.1. It rewards 1 reward item, 1,350 experience and money.

Description

See that Iron Horde camp to the south, across the water? We've been watching their movements for days.

We've seen a lot of correspondence between their lieutenant and the Iron Horde command in Nagrand.

We need to disrupt their operation.

Gather their supplies, and bring me their leader's head.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money25 gold47 silver
Experience1,350 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Gorgrond 39.9, 37.1 /way #543 39.9 37.1

Known issues

Top Comments

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

2
Cornnelius+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Be sure to complete this quest before moving on to the cauldron. I finished all the other quests in the quest line and now can't turn this quest in. Still awaiting a response from a GM I'll update after.

Edit: The gm completed the quest for me and gave me the rewards

1 more comment below ↓

Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34336))

Top Comments

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

2
Cornnelius+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Be sure to complete this quest before moving on to the cauldron. I finished all the other quests in the quest line and now can't turn this quest in. Still awaiting a response from a GM I'll update after.

Edit: The gm completed the quest for me and gave me the rewards

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

1 Garrison Campaign: Crows In The Field / Garrison Campaign: Crows In The Field | http://youtu.be/4V3ULdmZZHo
2 Ambushing the Enemy | http://youtu.be/oHzQfgTb4Nk
2.1 Bladefury's Orders | http://youtu.be/NP8PlbZSQpM
3 The Giant Cauldron | http://youtu.be/ATBu4R0Cv_0
PS can Bug: http://youtu.be/x8zGRQhJIJc My solution was to abandon quest, return, relog, take quest 1 more time.
4 The Descent | http://youtu.be/p1JK9QrQwxE
4.1 Heating Up | http://youtu.be/xPU_bJKGoD8
4.2 A Goren's Feast | http://youtu.be/4EiQya7mG20
5 The Beating Heart / The Beating Heart | http://youtu.be/7AbAmdvs9EQ

Read all 16 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,350
MoneyGold25g 47s

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeMiscellaneous
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
UseConvert to Garrison Resources
Requires level40

“Food, skins, armor, weaponry, and beer looted from the Iron Horde caravan in Gorgrond.”

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 mapGorgrondTurn-in marker at 39.9, 37.1, 8 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.

Gorgrond Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Gorgrond map showing where to go for Ambushing the EnemyTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #543 39.9 37.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGorgrond 39.9, 37.1/way #543 39.9 37.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Gorgrond 41.5, 40.3/way #543 41.5 40.3
  • Objective areaGorgrond 40.5, 40.3/way #543 40.5 40.3

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 Gorgrond map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Gorgrond:

  • Skysea Ridge, GorgrondAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards north-west
  • Iron Docks, GorgrondAlliance and Horde · about 960 yards north
  • Breaker's Crown, GorgrondAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 220 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 180 yards south

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

Garrison Campaign

Part 1 of 8.

Next: The Giant Cauldron

  1. 1Ambushing the Enemy
  2. 2The Giant Cauldron
  3. 3The Descent
  4. 4A Goren's Feast
  5. 5Heating Up
  6. 6Bladefury's Orders
  7. 7Garrison Campaign: Crows In The Field
  8. 8The Beating Heart

Also part of: Garrison Campaign (part 2 of 8).

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

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Giant CauldronLevel 40

    A high value artifact at Cragplume Canyon, hmmm? Let's see if we can't beat the Iron Horde to it. Let's move fast. Speak to Choluna, and we'll be on our way.

The storyline at a glance

Garrison Campaign has 8 steps, from Ambushing the Enemy to The Beating Heart.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Gorgrond (7), Lunarfall (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Gorgrond 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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