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Ascending the Vale

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

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I now have this device that looks like "jets" on my back and I have no idea what to do with it...i know it is suppose to allow my to glide up...but do I walk first, mount up, and then use the device later? Help

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneStonetalon Mountains
Quest ID25930

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25930))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineStonetalon Mountains, Alliance, step 30 of 48
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

I am told that before the great upheaval the Charred Vale was a valley, closed off to the sea. One has merely to look to the south to see that the Charred Vale is no longer a valley and in fact has become an area of great volcanic activity. Salsbury here has configured a device that will allow us to ascend the volcano. Use it to get to the top and assess the goings on. I will keep in touch with this Gnomecorder device, which Salsbury has so kindly gifted upon me.

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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.

Stonetalon Mountains Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Stonetalon Mountains map showing where to go for Ascending the ValeTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #65 33.1 59.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStonetalon Mountains 33.1, 59.6/way #65 33.1 59.6
  • Objective areaStonetalon Mountains 30.6, 69.9/way #65 30.6 69.9

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 Stonetalon Mountains map

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

Getting there

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

  • Farwatcher's Glen, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 110 yards south-west
  • Mirkfallon Post, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 970 yards east
  • Nijel's Point, DesolaceAlliance · about 1,100 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 430 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.

Related
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationGilneas +250

Reward details

Reputation: Gilneas +250

The people of Gilneas are a nation of survivors. Having walled themselves off from the rest of humanity, they must now face new threats from within.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Stonetalon Mountains that reward Gilneas reputation: Brood of Seldarria (+250), World First: Gnomegen (+250), Hungry Pups (+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

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance

Part 30 of 48.

Previous: Thal'darah's Vengeance · Next: Brood of Seldarria

  1. 25No Time for Goodbyes!
  2. 26Warn Master Thal'darah
  3. 27Save the Children!
  4. 28Last Ditch Effort
  5. 29Thal'darah's Vengeance
  6. 30Ascending the Vale
  7. 31Brood of Seldarria
  8. 32Tell 'Em Koko Sent You
  9. 33The Deep Reaches
  10. 34They Put the Assass in... Never Mind
  11. 35Is This Thing On?
  12. 36Leave No Man Behind!

Showing steps 25 to 36 of 48.

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.

  • Thal'darah's VengeanceStonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30

    We must attempt to establish communication with Farwatcher Glen, to the south. Our Darnassian glaive throwers are at your disposal, <name>. Use them to cut a swath through the encroaching Horde forces and clear a path to Farwatcher Glen. I only hope we're not too late to save the Glen.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Brood of SeldarriaStonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30

    <The Gnomecorder buzzes.> Be very careful, <name>. You do not want to rouse that black dragon. Now, look around you. If this is a nest then there must be black dragon eggs nearby. Search the premises for eggs and destroy any that you see. Return to me should you find and destroy Seldarria's eggs.

The storyline at a glance

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance has 48 steps, from They Took Our Gnomes to Dances with Grimtotem.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stonetalon Mountains (43), Ashenvale (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stonetalon Mountains 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.