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Attack by Air!

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

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sunsmoon+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Part of the Horde questline for the Wrath Gate event. This quest line is very long and spans the entire length of Dragonblight. Quite honestly, I consider this one of the most important quest lines (thus far) in Wrath. A must-do for any hordeling. :)

In quite a few of these chains there are optional prequests. I will not list these, despite them being in the quest series list, because they are just that: Optional. I will list the LATEST quest available that will start the chain, or the one most likely to pick up while completing other parts of this chain.

Additionally, these quests are Horde Only. I, unfortunately, do not have an Alliance character on the Beta, so I do not have access to any alliance quests. Sorry!

Step names are purely flavor. They generalize what that part of the chain leads up to/is about.

I highly urge everyone to read the quest text. This quest line is quite possibly one of the most epic in Warcraft history and is highly worth the time. Lore lovers and haters alike should enjoy them.

Step 1: Recruiting the Taunka

1.) Into the Fold
2.) Blood Oath of the Horde
3.) Agmar's Hammer

Step 2: Destroy the Nerubians

1.) Victory Nears...
2.) From the Depths of Azjol-Nerub
3.) The Might of the Horde
4.) Attack by Air!
5.) Blightbeasts be Damned

Step 3: Annexing the Taunka

1.) Strength of Icemist
2.) Chains of the Anub'ar
3.) Return of the High Chief
4.) All Hail Roanauk!

Step 4: The Forsakens New Plague

1.) Imbeciles Abound!
2.) The Forsaken Blight and You: How Not to Die
3.) Emerald Dragon Tears
4.) Spread the Good Word
5.) The Forsaken Blight

Step 5: The Red Dragonflight

1.) The Kor'kron Vanguard!
2.) Audience With The Dragon Queen
3.) Galakrond and the Scourge
4.) On Ruby Wings

Step 6: Victory Over the Scourge?

1.) Return to Angrathar
BONUS! Wrath Gate In-Game Cinematic/Machinima outside link to view it
BONUS! Achievement: Veteran of the Wrath Gate!

Step 7: The Betrayal

1.) Darkness Stirs
2.) Herald of War
3.) A Life Without Regret
4.) The Battle for the Undercity

Experience and Reputation totals will be filled in when more information is available.

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86842+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Don't use 1st skill provided by windrider, it's not reliable even against 1 target, find place where few of blights are gathered close to each other, turn windrider so you face them and launch 2nd attack, it will blast poop out of them.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID12071

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12071))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDragonblight, step 105 of 149
Rewards525 XP

Description

They have seen the might of the Horde by land, now they must feel it from the air! I want you to report to Valnok Windrager at once! You will find him here, in Agmar's Hammer. Valnok has already been briefed on your mission and is expecting 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.

Dragonblight Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dragonblight map showing where to go for Attack by Air!Turn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #115 37.2 45.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDragonblight 37.2, 45.7/way #115 37.2 45.7
  • Objective areaDragonblight 36.6, 46.6/way #115 36.6 46.6

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 Dragonblight map

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

Getting there

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

  • Agmar's Hammer, DragonblightHorde · at the same spot
  • Kor'kron Vanguard, DragonblightHorde · about 1,100 yards north
  • Moa'ki, DragonblightAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 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
Experience525 XP
ReputationWarsong Offensive +10

Reward details

Reputation: Warsong Offensive +10

Garrosh Hellscream commands the Horde's main expeditionary forces as they make their way into Northrend to face Arthas and the armies of the Scourge.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Warsong Offensive reputation: A Tauren Among Taunka (+10), Into the Fold (+250), The Taunka and the Tauren (+10), Pride of the Horde (+250), Blood Oath of the Horde (+150), Agmar's Hammer (+150).

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

Dragonblight

Part 105 of 149.

Previous: The Might of the Horde · Next: Blightbeasts be Damned!

  1. 100Strength of Icemist
  2. 101Chains of the Anub'ar
  3. 102Return of the High Chief
  4. 103All Hail Roanauk!
  5. 104The Might of the Horde
  6. 105Attack by Air!
  7. 106Blightbeasts be Damned!
  8. 107The Kor'kron Vanguard!
  9. 108Audience With The Dragon Queen
  10. 109Galakrond and the Scourge
  11. 110On Ruby Wings
  12. 111Return To Angrathar

Showing steps 100 to 111 of 149.

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 Might of the HordeDragonblight · Level 15-30

    The taunka are now our brothers in arms. We must show our solidarity and retake Icemist Village. You will find Icemist Village west of Agmar's Hammer, sitting at the foot of the mountains. Travel there and challenge the Anub'ar Nerubians!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Blightbeasts be Damned!Dragonblight · Level 15-30

    You've no doubt seen the army of Anub'ar blightbeasts that are being constructed at Icemist Village. The Anub'ar have plans to send those monsters against our soldiers at the Wrathgate. This cannot happen!

The storyline at a glance

Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dragonblight 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.